betu-tiful weekend!

this weekend my family and i headed to vermont for our first vacation with olive betuts in tote. 


cell phones ran out of juice, the baby slept late, we all laughed, cuddled, skied, and hung... what could be better?  i basically held onto the baby the entire weekend (sometimes a fresh auntie can be a little greedy... i don't think oli's parents minded too much...) and i think she rather enjoyed it, if i do say so myself! 

here are some highlights from the weekend:

"my daddy's out of his mind... but he sure is funny"

very sleepy after the yumminess of a hot sink-bath... check out those ruffles on oli's tush!

the engle women doing what they do best.. cuddle

...ahh, perfection

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so, after coming home to bk and kinda melting down 

with my mom about this and that:

*not wanting the weekend to be done, 

*not wanting the work week to start up again,

*freaking out about various crazy-making life things 

 (my mom is so surreally wonderful at mopping me up from the ground and setting me on the path towards rational thinking... wowzers, did i need it!)

it was beautiful to find my way back to the yoga mat 

for a nice hr long stretch out...

and later go to the market for the week's groceries... 
only to find out that daffodils are back!

spring will be here oh so soon!  

just 7 more days til the solstice...

friends, this is the week to let go of your final bits of winter bs baggage so that you have plenty of room to welcome spring fully!


ps - robert, simone, kaiti-o:
THANK YOU FOR THE EPIC MESSAGE THAT I JUST LISTENED TO...
kait, i hope robert didn't take advantage of you too badly... 
and wendy? has that ridiculous cat survived another weekend in l'house?  
girl's. got. to. go.

xxa