Briana's 30th, in no particular order

As part of my birthday celebration, I left Trevor with Rye and headed to Asheville, NC to meet up with my best pal, Jenny B for a girls weekend. This was the first time I have left Rye for more than 8 hours, (momentous occasion alert!) and everything went fine. Trev and Rye had some great father-son bonding time and I enjoyed a break from mommy-land. Win-win.

Ok, on to the fun. Here is a picture of Jenn and me. Please notice how nicely coordinated our ensembles are.

Friday night we walked around downtown, getting pizza at Barley's and then walking to our most favorite place of the trip, The French Broad Chocolate Lounge. It started pouring, but it wasn't a problem because Jenn brought her heavy-duty umbrella. (ahem)

Some of the specialty chocolates they had...don't the wrappers make you happy? Oh the yumminess! We (after much deliberation) decided on the liquid truffles for our chocolate of choice. Delectable. Everything you would imagine from something called, liquid truffle.

The next day we hit Tupelo Honey for breakfast. Both Jenn and I have a great fondness for breakfast and this place hit the spot.

Then we walked around downtown and saw lots of weird folks and cool stuff. Such as these note cards, oh i want them all....

photo-op at this cool door, Jenn's photo layout turned out so much better than mine....photo envy...oh well.

We had dinner Saturday night at Mamacitas, which was wonderful tex-mex. I got a pulled pork with mango salsa burrito. My it was good, my it was huge, my i was stuffed.

Then we headed back to the chocolate lounge because, hey, when you get a chance to live it up (twice) you gotta take it.

One of the highlights of the evening was when I met this bag lady. I felt sorry for her so i brought her back to the hotel...

(ok, the weather dropped about 15 degrees that evening so we were rummaging through my car for anything warmer to wear....hence, the bag lady look ;) Jenn was a sport at around 6months pregnito for this trip.

Sunday morning, after a big breakfast at Early Girl Cafe, we headed back home again. I'll leave you with a couple self portraits. Love ya, Jenny B!

a few of my favorite things (Rye edition)

Here are some of our favorite things lately. Rye's and mine.

This is from today at the park (more pictures later) but this is Rye-Pie-Heaven. Emily brought a basket full of of cars and there was this little picnic area for kids. I think Rye played in there with the cars for a full hour and a half.

Here are some of Rye's best buds, Avery and Maddy.

Another best bud, Zoe.

2 favorite things together...blankie and his favorite book, Pouch!

Rye's play area. His favorite because all his toys are here, mine because it's tucked away behind the couch, thus giving the perception of a toy-free living room (from the front, at least).

Rye has been obsessed lately with chapstick. He likes to carry it around and pretend to put it on his lips.

My baby's crocs. What a big boy. Just a random 'mine and his' shot.

and last, but not least, Rye's ever-growing collection of cars. His one true love. that and mom, and dad, and blankie, and Gramma and Mimi and Aunt Kiki, ok you get the idea.

More Florida shots

Rye and his Aunt Missy

books with Grampa

Family Florida Time

Here are some pics from our fun-filled trip to Florida.

At a fun park with Gramma...

Rye fell in love with these big 4-wheeled bikes. He got to ride in the front and got such a kick out of it.

because, because

Montana: the good ol times

Dad, Rex, Trev and I took the tram to the very top of Big Sky. The 1st pic is looking up at the top of the lift, 2nd pic is looking back down where we came from. wow.
Dad took our pic at the top.

Ski Patrol, an in depth look

before:

(due to the swift nature of the collision, photo documentation is not available. )

scene: Rex, followed by Trevor, take off down a steep and narrow patch of trees, beside the ski lift. Kaley follows, a bit closely, and thus collides with Trevor.

after: Trevor, post collision

after: Kaley, post collision

Kaley's ski patrol experience:

thankfully, no breaks, but she did have (insert technical medical terms that sound official regarding weak ligaments, bruises and cuts). So she got a cool brace to wear. and....lots of hanging out on the couch time.