get together

I know it's Wednesday night but I'm still dreaming about last weekend. One of our dear friends Kayla came to visit after her recent semester in South Africa. Since it was also her birthday, there was much to celebrate with old and new friends, some great food and a lot of memory-making adventures.

We went out to brunch on Sunday morning at one of our favorite spots with one of our favorite servers {cough*JT*cough}. Before we left Kayla asked if it was turning into a blizzard outside. I, naturally, scoffed and denied it. When we went to go fetch our car and drive home there was too much snow on the ground to make it there. So we park the car and have to walk back, in the blizzard, to our favorite brunch place with out favorite server and and ask if he would use his manly man skills to rescue the three, wet, drowned rat looking ladies. {see below photo} He obliged and a couple hours later we were back in our cozy house with a bowl of popcorn and a good tv series. 

Good company makes it all worthwhile. 

photo credit goes to kayla and several other bystanders. we love you. glad you came.

weekend with mamacita

Over the weekend my mother flew up to visit on a trip that would take about five hours to drive. I love her. And since I've suddenly become a terrible blogger and stopped documenting almost everything...I've got just a few pictures to share with you.

This weekend was Mama's first trip to Mall of America and, well, I think she liked it. We got our nails did and managed to snag a few slices of the best pizza in the world on Saturday night. Sunday we hung out downtown and enjoyed the noteworthy beautiful fall weather. Not to be confused with this windy cold crap we got goin' on.

The theater has a large room up on the top floor where you can look over the whole city. The only thing is that the glass is yellow and makes you feel crazy for a little bit.

This place is the old mill factory, now a museum. And from what I hear a pretty popular wedding venue. 

I just can't get enough of this city and I'm so glad Mama was able to come up and experience it with me!

What did you do this weekend??

today's agenda

today is sunday {duh}. do you know what that means?

it means that today's agenda includes unnecessary blog banner changes {sorry, again}, getting around to making breakfast at noon, reading, a little podcast-listening action, watching our new favorite tv show and a sunday {mango, orange juice, coconut milk} smoothie. if you want the recipe i just gave it to you. just put it in a blender, folks. 

oh, and it also means some extra time to spend together as a little house family before we welcome our summer groups full of awesome people coming to work on some awesome projects. 

what are you up to this sunday?

someday soon

took a little trip this weekend up to my future home i'll be moving to in the fall after i get rid of this jungle fever. being in the city was so much fun. and you know that feeling when you get to see all of these wonderful people you've been missing for a long time? yeah. it was like that. 

highlights include::

                               future roomie talk about how incredible this fall will be.

                               cheese grading my thumb off. woops!

                               dancing!! i'm serious. people need to dance. it makes everything better.

                               an ice cold strawberry lemonade {or two} to cure one of those 

                                                                                                  "melt your mascara off" kind of days.

                               not getting super lost driving{we're making major steps toward success, people}

                               awesome church service 

                               a nice long -catch-up-on-so-much-life- kind of dinner with that one guy, JT. 

aaaaaaand my heart is full. see you again sometime, home. 

until then, it's back to honduras. can't freaking wait to see all those faces i've been missing. and it is SO time to get back on that jungle diet...my jeans can't take any more eating out.