bright eyes

more shots of the babies- i think this one is of lena?

baby love

My college roommie had twin girls last month and I went up to meet them this weekend... so sweet!

that's my seat!

Waiting to be seated for lunch, Damien and Christian goofing around.

naked trees

poor naked trees... soooo can't wait for spring and summer this year!

winter shores

on the shores of the lake at mt trashmore

stretch

stretching out at sunset after my run at mt trashmore friday

stair steppin'

I am determined that by the end of summer, I will be able to easily run these stairs- on friday i tried and felt like i was going to have heart attack!

running

This guy was so motivating to watch out at Mt Trashmore earlier this week. We crossed paths a few times as he ran a couple laps around the lake, then continued to run up and over the hill several times.  I was so impressed- such endurance! 

downtown vb

va beach's "downtown" high rises - still so weird to me to see this, but i love the pseudo city vibe it's giving to that area!

chilly sunset

It warmed up to the 50s today so I took the chance to go to mt trashmore for a run... took me awhile to get there but managed to get in one lap around the lake before the sun started setting and i had to take some photos! this one was my fave- i'll post the rest through out the week.

"mine" "mine"

seagulls on the docks at mt trashmore

blackberry bellydance

one more shot from last weekend's belly dance show... the guy in front of me was videoing the show with his phone and he kept getting in my shots... but this one turned out kinda cool as my camera focused on his phone with mom blurry in the background

Fat Tuesday!

Taken with my cell phone- but that's me on mardi gras wearing some beads from Erin!

can-can

Mom's belly dance-cancan fusion piece

lean back

more from mom's show

belly dance joy

Mom was in a belly dance show today and I got to go and take lots of pictures.  She created a fusion piece of belly dance with cancan- hense the pretty, ruffled costume.  This pic was definitely my fave- her expression is perfect- so in the moment and just total joy!

king of the world

such ooey gooey deliciousness

mardi gras goodies

mardi gras goodies!

king cake baby

we found the baby!

mobile mystics

Erin's stepdad is part of the Mobile Mystics and her whole family went to their mardi gras ball this year- these are goodies from the ball!  Cool coincedence: the Mobile Mystics were founded in 1993- the same year Erin and I met and became best friends!

playing catchup

I failed on getting pictures up this last week, but luckily I got a mardi gras care package from my middle school best friend who lives in alabama!  So of course I had to set it all up pretty and snap away!

self-portrait

it's so much easier to take a self shot with a point-and-shoot versus this big dslr!!!  i think this was attempt #5 :)

so full

post-bday dinner, the hubster had to sit back and digest all the yummyness... SO FULL!!!

one more

one last picture of our fondue food!

fon DO

more from last night's fondue feast!

fondue feast

the hubby's birthday is today (big 30!) and we celebrated with a 4-course fondue dinner at the melting pot... so good! this is a shot of dessert- mmmmm....

starting to melt

much of the snow is melting away, but what didn't disappear during the day on sunday refroze at night meaning we got a snow day today! and tomorrow will be a late day for the same reason!