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~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

Thanks to our complimentary stay at Pebble Beach last weekend, I have lots of photos to show! It’s a little out of order so the story makes more sense.

{pretty}

The view from our balcony.

At sunset the Bagpiper plays his tunes to mark the end of the day.

The “Lone Cypress Tree” on 17 Mile Drive.

The beach along 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.

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My happiness was seeing the ones I love the most having a good time.

Brian and Matthew

Matthew

John-Paul and Andrew

Bella

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Maybe this should have been in the funny category but we were excited to be treated to such delicious food! On Friday, after dinner at the Italian restaurant Peppoli’s we were too full for dessert. However, we were hungry later that night so we ordered their room service dessert special. It was chocolate raspberry cake/soufflé with a raspberry center, a dish of raspberry sorbet with vanilla ice cream on top and hot chocolate fudge to drizzle over it all. Ohmygosh, it tasted so good!

If that wasn’t enough, in the morning they brought us room service breakfast. It’s a good thing we had a lot of walking planned to work off our meals!

{funny}

We are truly blessed to have this once a year mini-vacation but Brian always dreads me coming back home afterwards. It takes him a few days to reprogram me to let go of all the pampering, special treatment and being able to use the bathroom uninterrupted. I have to get back into the mode of stinky diapers, sticky hands, dirty dishes and piles of dirty laundry.
He says I’m like Lucy after she comes back from the home show…

After seeing all that luxury her own house makes her say, “Yesh!” LOL! (If you don’t remember the episode, you can watch it here.)

Well, I’m happy to report that I’m back to myself again and ready for the next mini-disaster to photograph for next week. 😉

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

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The other day I ordered these heart notecards from my friend Caroline at her etsy shop peaseblossom studio. I thought they would be cute for Valentines Day. I was happy when they arrived in the mail in this pretty package.

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If you recall, two weeks ago I shared about Andrew’s current obsession with Spiderman. On the weekend he was able to spend some Christmas money at Target. He nearly fainted when we walked down the super hero aisle and saw this Spiderman mask. He knew exactly what he wanted. You can’t tell by this photo but underneath that mask he has a huge, happy grin. (And yes, he still wears his Spidey outfit/pj’s every second he is in our house.

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Note to Self – Never leave the Cheerio box on the sink unattended because a certain two year old may try to serve himself a bowl. (Thank God I caught him before he got to the milk!) Oh, and this is considered “funny” because if I don’t laugh at these things I will lose my mind. 😉

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Finally, after a long day of mischief John-Paul will sometimes just collapse wherever he may happen to be. Don’t ask me exactly how he happened to fall asleep on his chair like this.

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

{pretty}

I’m not sure if I’d call him “pretty” but Matthew is darn cute and he is 9 months old today! (Photo courtesy of my sister JC. 😉

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This weekend Andrew attended a birthday party that was held at a fire station. He got a kick out of the fire truck’s tires being so tall.

He was even more excited when he got a turn shooting the fire house into the street. (Free car washes for unsuspected cars driving by. LOL)

{funny}

Matthew was having fun squirming his way into the bar stool.

However, the fun ended when he couldn’t figure how to get out of there!

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Back to the fire station..they were showing us how high their ladder went. One of the firefighters started climbing…

…and climbing…

…until he finally made it to the very top. I was dizzy just looking at him. Those guys are amazing!!
Lots of love to all our firefighters!! 🙂

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

I never got the chance to post any Christmas photos last week so I’ll do them this week. 🙂

{pretty}

My pretty Bella.

My handsome Andrew.

My sweet rascal John-Paul, ready to run.

Mama and her little Matty. (I just wish I we had a pic of Brian too but he hides from the camera.)

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Matthew admiring the wrap of his gift.

He is finally able to rip paper to his heart’s content.

Happy with his new red ball.

{funny}

Matthew is playing with a ball in the kitchen but it kept rolling away.

He was squealing with delight when he caught it.

Mr. Smiley.

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The kids were excited to see that Santa ate his cookies. Matthew decided to stick around and inspect the plate longer.

“Maybe I’ll have one little nibble…”

“Oops, Mama caught me with the evidence in my mouth!”

Overheard in the kitchen…
Andrew: (While making the sign of the cross after his prayers…)
“…Father, Son, Holy Spirit (pause) The End.”
LOL. I think we need a quick prayer review. 🙂

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