life lately

life lately. it's been one of those months where i feel like i have been so busy, but when i stop to reflect on what i have done this month, i can't really tell ya, odd isn't it? but, i am becoming a happy little lady with how beautiful it is getting in minnesota. spring has arrived! and it's my birthday month ;) which automatically makes anything much, much better. with the warmer weather i am getting my itch to garden and take advantage of all of the beautiful inspiration that surrounds me. i know this blog has been much quieter compared to months before, seems like i am just trying to figure out this new chapter in life, off the web. and i think that is a healthy and great thing. i don't know if it is just me but i feel in my twenties i am constantly trying to figure myself out. i think i know who i am, and then my feelings regarding something completely change, and instantly i feel something different. its a weird stage because i am not longer really concerned about what my peers think of me, rather i am focusing on what makes me, me. quite the challenge! but, everyday i figure it out a little more, and begin to feel more and more comfortable in my skin. it's starting to feel real good.

anyway, here are some other little pieces of what life has looked like lately. 

**may day flowers from chad, and the cutest pig cutting board c/o personal creations*

**little encouragement from the word, i am needing more of this lately.**

**my hair is ombre, not on purpose, but by not dying it for so many months, i am kinda liking it and am embracing the change**

**my favorite guy**

** it is finally starting to warm up around here, and it is about time!! the summer at the lake has begun, and spending all afternoon outdoors, it's glorious! i love being outdoors and anytime there is sunshine, you can find me out there. why i live in minnesota where half of the year is cold? i couldn't tell you. but then again, maybe because of that, i know to embrace the sun and take advantage of every last minute!**

what have you been up to lately?

life lately...

life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram 

1&2// not like i need an excuse to drink coffee, but fall does make a lovely time for drinking coffee

3&4// little babe keeps saying "uh oh" it is too funny

5// three things about this photos, the first there has been awesome weather lately... i cannot get enough of theses beautiful fall days. second thing, i love having nanny play dates. it is so fun to see the kids interact with one another  (plus they happen to be so dang cute). third thing, i love having a baby on my hip. for now i am very happy it is not my baby, but regardless. i love it.

6// chad and i have been going on lots of hikes lately. the trees are so beautiful. we are lucky to live within five minutes to a state park, and have been spending several evenings a week out there

other things going on lately...

chad and i are planning a few road trips that we will be taking the last few weekends in october, i am beyond excited. we will be heading to nashville and chicago! i have never been to nashville, but have always heard such great things. cannot wait to go check it out. any blogging friends that live in either of those places?

i am in a reading dud, its weird. i haven't been motivated to read at all... but i am not quite sure how i am spending my free time... but i want to get back in. maybe i need a new read so if you have a recommendation... send it my way ;)

what have you been up to lately?

ps do you use instagram? i would love to be friends! 

life lately...

life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram 


this "lately" post is a quieter one because i accidentally used some of my photos i posted on instagram for another post, oops ;) 

anyway, these photos were taken last saturday when we went to brunch and the farmers market in st. paul. if there was a way to scream "i love you" it would be to go get breakfast. i love breakfast. maybe it is because i am a morning person but, i always crave it. chad on the other hand, he isn't a huge fan. luckily he still takes me out;)

other things going on lately... 

we have had tacos 3 times this past week, i guess we are on a taco kick ;) 

i finally used my ice cream maker and whipped up some peach-strawberry ice cream. it is delicious and now i think why did i wait until september to use my ice cream maker, silly me.

chad and i are trying to start a netflex series. if you know anything about chad and i it is that we watch no tv. none. just football and hockey. but with the change in seasons we thought it may be fun to start a show, so last night that is exactly what we did. breaking bad. i don't know how long it will last... but i had to put it out there, we are watching a show! we are kinda cool, ha!

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life lately... a little late

 life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram 

1// pedal pub for one of our great friends birthday, it was so fun! 2// little girl playing with chalk, we will miss the sidewalk chalk out on the streets once summer ends 3// little girl chatting with all of her friends ;) 4// sister date with rosie! but we miss laurel, who is back in colorado... but no fear rosie and i are going to be visiting soon!  5// chad and i got to have a nice summer date after a busy week of work, it was so great spending quality time with one another 6// izzy's ice cream... a great treat 7// sunsets are beautiful 8// i have been spending some quality time with this little guy lately and i think it is safe to say we are buds. he is the cutest 2 month baby i know!

other things lately....

so i know it is saturday. and i am doing the link up that is suppose to be posted on thursdays. sorry friends if you were waiting to link up with us, i have been a little nuts and completely blanked! please forgive me :) i felt sick nearly the entire week last week with serious stomach pain and headaches. thankfully i am feeling "back to normal" and am so glad!

i have found some awesome inspirational instagram accounts lately, and i have now decided i want to have cool accounts like they do ;) chad is teaching me how to take better photos because i keep telling him "wow they are so cool" good thing i have a creative husband

life lately...

 my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram

1&2//  we went to the warby parker event last thursday in minneapolis. it was a great time eating, drinking, and trying on glasses. after leaving it made me want to have glasses that i had to wear all of the time, i know that is a little crazy but i only have reading glasses. and sometimes i think "if only i could wear my glasses all of the time", those little guys add so much character to an outfit. if you are in the minneapolis area check out the warby parker bus, it will be traveling around the city for a little while longer.

 3/ surprise! i am polish. last weekend my sister, mom, grandma and i headed down to the polish fest where we could indugle in polish food, music, and pottery. it is a little tradition that we have every year. and i am always wanting to get some delicious polish food in my belly. 4/ always have got to have a baby photo around. i mean how can you resist ;)

5/ pride and prejudice was great. i have read the novel several times but somehow had 1, never seen the play and 2, never seen the movie! where have i been?? well the play was great. now i  have just got to watch the movie, and while i am at it, re-read the book :)  i had a great time going with some of my lovely friends to the play, and there will be some more photos later on 6/ my beautiful sister. this was in the yellow room at the guthrie theatre, it was sunset so all of the colors looked so sweet, and this photo actually doesn't have any editing to it, isn't that amazing!

other things going on lately.

just a few words on this piece this week. but i have just been typing away. 

and then in my spare time, i want to read because i have hardly read at all this week. it makes me so sad. but in a few more days i will be free and can read all i want for two whole weeks. then back to school. :)

also i am really loving instagram. whoever created it was genius, i love seeing peoples lives through their photos and it is so fun to follow along. do you have instagram! i would love to take a peak in your life ;)

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life lately

life lately according to chad and i's iphone/instagram feeds. just a warning, it has been a pretty slow week. :)

1-3// we went up to the cabin this weekend with a group of our friends. it was so nice to get away, be with friends and have a good time.didn't get a whole lot of shots of the group, because we were not really engaging in technology while we were up there. its nice to get away.

4// my lunch break needs, boots pelligreno, and snacks 5// what my mornings look like 6// the best road trip snack

other things going on lately...

my sisters are home my sisters are home. (remember how my dad and sister were biking across the usa, you know 3,400 miles, they finished! and my other sister was just on vaca) let me tell you, i am at so much more peace. my sisters truly do complete me and i feel so weird when they are not around. we are planning on having lots of sister time over the next few weeks before laurel goes back to school in colorado

also, while we were up at the cabin i caused a little accident where i had the four wheeler flip over ontop of my friend kelly and i. luckily we just got a little banged up but nothing serious happened. however this did cause some swelling/bruising, especially on my calf. so i have been limping around town. hopefully it will heal up soon!

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life lately...

life lately according to chad and i's iphones/instagram feed

1// baby is loving my keys lately. she cannot stop playing with them, good thing she is so cute
2// chad and i up in the north shore
3//  missing my friend rachel... she is one of my dearest friends but lives in florida. long distance friendships are hard. and i wish we could teleport instantly whenever you would need some girl time.
4// mambas. who thought these things were SO good. i always buy fruity candy for chad but decided to taste some of his. and i like the mambas. don't tell chad but over the past week i have eaten them all- oops!
5// another snap shot from our trip up at the north shore
6// sometimes when i nanny i feel like i am a mom. so proud of a little one and you get to see how  they grow and develop. i feel so blessed to be  a nanny and to have an insight on what parenting will look like. and though we are not planning to have our own children anytime soon, i am excited to be a mom- in about five years :)
7// sunny skies in duluth

other things that have been going on lately:

i decided to remix my lately photos. instead of doing them side by side i decided to make a little arrangement out of them. what do we think? stick with this way or go back to the old way?

and remember last week how i was a night owl. this week it is the complete opposite. 9:15 and i am out cold. maybe it is because chad has been gone the last few nights? but either way. i am thinking about that bed all day long. i kept thinking it felt like i had eaten gluten but i couldn't think of what it could be. until today... mambas contain wheat. well that explains everything and  guess i won't be stealing chads candy again ;)

also we got some amazing fudge while we were on vacation. we got maple bacon (amazing- taste like frosting) and salted caramel (classic heather) it is so tasty. they even mail out their fudge, if a place mails out their fudge you know it is going to be good. now if i could only remember the name of the place so all of you could order some...

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life lately...

life lately according to chad and i's iphones/instagram

1// love this lady. so thankful to have met her in college!2// heck this cutie out! he is only five weeks old. such a precious little life. 3// i finally got my hot soup i wanted!!! yay, have you ever had the veggie pesto soup from panera? it is my favorite but is only served monday,wednesday, and friday so you have to be strategic when you go! 4// i have been wearing my hair in a little side bun everyday this week. i don't know where this little idea came from.. but i is becoming an addicting thing.

6// baby and i played piano in the park.. more on this in a later post! 7-10// chad was gone over the weekend but he came home sunday afternoon. and it was soo nice to have him home again. we celebrated (because don't you too celebrate all of the little things in life? ;) ) by going and getting a double espresso from dogwood (which is amazing and delicious if you are in the minneapolis area) and walked around a lake. simple lovely summer date.

life lately: summer heat

life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram

1// baby and i went to the walker, a great museum in the minneapolis area! they have a great sculpture garden with lots of life sized pieces of art. this cherry on the spoon is a great local classic! the little baby loves going here. it is her favorite art museum 2// look at her cute little blue eyes 3// hot hot days around here! meaning more time beach side. we are experiencing the heat wave that a lot of midwest/ east coast people have. yesterday i passed an office building that said 97! and that isn't factoring in the humidity factor either. needless to say, lots of showers. and water. 4// lake nokomis, that is the closest minneapolis lake to chad and i, we go there often if we feel like doing a quick lap around the lake. then we usually stop and get some gelato at a local shop around there!

other things that have been going on lately:

it is still busy around here. i feel like my head is spinning. not to mention i haven't been sleeping well, which is never a problem for me lately?

also with all of this hot heat, i am craving more hot things? ironic right? i want hot mochas, hot soup... someone please tell me i am normal ( i know i am not, this is a very weird and abnormal thing) but, oh well. i have had a hot cappuccino the other day and it was delightful. i didn't care that it was 95 degrees out... now only if i could get some soup ;)

life lately

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed 

1 & 2// we went down to our dear friends, our former youth pastors in northfield a few weeks ago. we had such a blast hanging out and spending time with their family who we have grown close to over the past several years. this little lady, sally was the flower girl in our wedding and is just a gem! 3 &4// chad and i riding in our friends jeep with the top down. it was like a movie, a perfect summer night! 

 5// more chinese fire balloons, they are so fun! 6// baby at the lake. i think she already loves lakes as much as i do :) 7// dinner at brits pub for my dear friend kelly! i got this amazing pita wrap thing that somehow doesn't contain gluten. yum! 8// kel and i on her birthday. we have been friends for over ten years!

9// chad and i on a boat, what else is new ;) 10// if you are going to be at a lake, you gotta have berries! 11// isn't minneapolis just beautiful? 12// my sister laurel, who is biking across the country, was in minnesota over the 4th. so we naturally had to have a little sister time.  i miss her so much and cannot wait until she is home again!

13// my lover and i 14// plains of northern minnesota 15// soy beans 16// my favorite desert.... especially in the summer

other things that have been going on lately:

i recently started a new job at a local university as a research aid. i am loving it but am feeling a little overwhelmed. i am still nannying but decreased my hours. so to say it simply, i have been keeping myself pretty busy this summer with the two jobs while attending school and trying to be a wife/good family member/ and friend. i love it, but i just don't feel like i have enough time in the day. life is too short.

i am also on a strawberry kick. i feel like i am buying cartons like they are going out of business. they are just so so fresh right now i cant contain myself. good thing they are pretty reasonably priced right now!

summer lately

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed. 

1// pretty ally way in saint paul 2// we love brunch 3// the days have been early around here.. just finished up finals week and chad had a lot going on at work. meaning, we had lots of early mornings! in fact today was the first day we got to "sleep in" and that was 7am. 4// ice cream on the tail gait! we have been lovin that chad got a new truck. especially for summer dates like this one!

5// had to get at least one ice cream picture in. sometimes i like fro-yo to be a healthy little snack.. the other day it was not. just cold chocolately fro-yo. it was great 6// cute litte flower shop down the lane 7// we went to a trampline park for chads birthday! 8// and it was this little one's birthday this last weekend too. her birthday party was at the zoo!

other lately's that have been going on.

i have a few days off from class before starting again so i am taking full advantage of this by not spending time on the computer (apart from this post). it has been so nice, actually getting away from the internet. it is a love hate thing

so instead of spending time on the computer, i have been reading! ah so nice. i have become obsessed with the library and spend hours requesting books online, so then all i have to do is stop by and pick them up! its become a weekly thing. how come i never did this before?!

life lately .. lots of babies

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed. 

hate to say it but not a whole lot went on this week... however. the majority of this past week was spent with children... so the baby pictures are going to be a little high. but they are so cute to look at i am sure no one will mind ;)

1// my sister rosie and i did a double date nanny date. it was really fun. and she is such a fashionista 2// me with the babes. i love them so much 3// big eyed babies 4// the cutest little man

5// picked up some beans from my favorite minneapolis coffee joint, dogwood. so so good 6// happy fathers day to the best guy around... i miss you and am so thankful to have such a great role model in my life (i am the on the left. lets hope my looks have gotten better ;) 7// started juicing again! this juice has celery, carrots, apples, and lemon. a tangy treat! 8// through the window... 

other things going on lately. i want a bird. i don't know where this came from but all of a sudden i have this great idea that i want a cute little bird as a pet. they aren't too much work like a dog right?! they would live in our little kitchen area and sing songs to us every morning. we would be the best of buds and i would feed her fresh fruit in the morning. i have already picked up their name, peaches. now lets see if we can get the idea past chad. ;)

life lately

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed 

 1// yogurt lab is sooo tasty. my favorite fro-yo place of all time 2// it makes it even better when you are eating it with one of your best friends! 3// rain rain rain. that is all we have had in minneapolis. 4// pretty rooftop building in minneapolis

5// string lights at bonfires with friends 6// the little girl and i had a date to lego land! 7// good morning sun nice to finally see you 8// sometimes there is no better treat then a dq blizzard

9// my favorite colorful things, aside from flowers! 10// his and her key rings. chad got me a new key ring from mn leather works and i am loving the look!

... as you can tell from the photos. i am still loving ice cream...and food... oops :)

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biking lately

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed 

 chad and i have started do go on our bike rides once again! but the weather is cheating us. on saturday we started off our ride.. and two minutes into it, it starts to rain. boo. we still haven't make it to the minneapolis lakes yet... but i hope to this weekend. it's weird because usually chad and i have been biking for months once june hits... but with this crazy season we have had, there has not been a lot of biking, just around our local neighborhood. but soon we get to do more fun biking adventures !

**my mother-in law and sister in -law before our dinner last friday night*

on monday i had to say goodbye to my sister and dad as they are biking across the country this summer! they begin in seattle and in eight weeks they will end their journey in new york city. they are doing this with venture expeditions, a local christian non-profit to raise money and awareness for the burma people in thailand. i will miss them like crazy but am extremely proud of my dad and sister as they do this trip of a lifetime. 

the weather is very seattle-y here. clouds, fog, rain. though i am a bigger fan of the sunshine, it does make for some nice photos.

so lately. my life is a lot of bikes i guess? chad and i biking, my sister and dad biking across the country. surreal! 

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my life lately...

my life lately via chad and i's iphone/instagram feed 

 1// reading at the park, my new favorite thing to do. ps if you haven't read bread and wine yet, you should. great book! 2// chad picked some lilacs for me, and it makes the house smell amazing. he is so thoughtful 3// it has been raining non stop lately in minnesota. which isn't always fun but it makes everything look SO beautiful. always gotta think of the positive 4// chad and i going on a mini road trip... actually we were just car shopping ;)

 5// more green, cannot get enough of the beauty of it all 6// found a picture of my grandma and i over twenty years ago. if you look in the right of the photo you can see the building with the green roof, thats the minneapolis city hall, and is where chad and i got married! 7// aster cafe. they have amazing orange chocolate scones 8// the cutest little girl and i

9// little girl getting so cute and curious 10// i love babies laughs.

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birthday lately's

it has been such a good week. the weather has been a little gloomy and rainy. but some weeks i really enjoy that. it means extra days that i get to wear my hunters ;)

and this week has been *extra* great because it is birthday week! i am feeling even more loved by family and friends who all have blessed me so much, with calls, texts, and shout outs on social media, i am thankful for all of you! in person friends or blogging friends, you all have attributed to my happiness on this day! 

with that, here is what has been going on lately via chad and my iphones! 

 **flash back to my second birthday, barney style, please tell me my looks have improved since then ;) also barney looks a little discolored here... 

chad made me breakfast this morning (and got me flowers) (i was in a rush and just snapped this photo realizing that i cut out both the breakfast and the flowers... oops!) what a great man, and then my sisters came over and brought me coffee (and were also my nice alarm clock, they called me at 6:45am, singing happy birthday, what better way to wake up?!)

what a great start to my morning, and to top it off, it's not gloomy today! **

 ** little baby and nanny adventure to the MIA yesterday, she was being so cute. we went to the MIA a few months ago, and she loved it then, but it is fun to see what things capture her attention now that she is 11 months vs. 9 months, way too entertaining!**

**got coffee with one of my best friend katie young, so blessed to have her in my life. i brought her to one of my favorite coffee shops in the cities (yes people, i know i may have a slight coffee shop problem) , spyhouse. it was a rainy day so the coffee was extra delicious. but apparently everyone had the same great idea to go get coffee because there was no where to sit! **

see how great birthday week has been so far? thanks again for everyone who has made it special! tonight (today is my actual birthday) chad is taking me out to dinner. hopefully it stays sunny out so we can go a little walk around minneapolis before our dinner starts. and of course he told me we could go get desert. best husband ever ;)

anyways. 

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