Photo Drop: June

FOOD

Strawberry rhubarb pie. Smith men insist on these come spring and, while time-consuming, it probably is my favorite type of pie as well.

Hibachi with my folks. The boys' first time. James cautiously loved it.

Owen openly loved it. He would have caught rice in his mouth all day if the chef had been game.

Best cheesecake ever. 

Tried seaweed salad at California Rollin'. It was amazing!

When your best friend knows you're almost done your DNI cookbook and you adore cookbooks and you're going to France in one year. #perfectpresent

New glass mixing bowl from my boys for my birthday. It's working a lot better with bread making and gripping the lockplate.

LITTLE BOYS

Asleep in the new van. As it should be.

Room for Hamways now!

There are many more photos of Owen I'm afraid. He is a total cheese-ball when it comes to the camera.

Eating a doughnut.

Fell asleep in the flower pot.

The sweetest little feet.

The saddest little foot. (May I just add lugging around a 2 year old with a sprained ankle for 5 days is ZERO FUN when you are 9 months pregnant.)

Off on a treasure hunt.

Daddy made the swords. 

The last few days of my baby being my baby. Another reason I can't stop taking photos these days.

Breakfast with Georges.

A puppy came to visit. James said, "Maybe someday we should get a puppy. Maybe." Owen said, "That siwwy puppy twied to TASTE me!"

Putting in a little raised bed for herbs and some veggies. 

And adding some colorful flowers to welcome people to our home!

They are so BIG! I can't handle it. My mommy hormones are just ugly-exploding all over.

ASSORTED

Loving little Lucia Holdridge.

I mentally stuck 20 post-its all over this car for blocking me into my driveway...

Retreat at Panek Lodge with the two besties.

It was, in a word, perfection.

Friends for life.

Raspberry cordial at Anne of Green Gables movie night. What a sweet shot of Alexa!

Helping hands when Mommy can't walk so well anymore. 

Two years since my last haircut. Julianna always does great work, I'm just terribly lazy about keeping up with it.

Family bakery walk.

We have a video of Roy reading this book to James when Owen was firstborn. I caught him reading it to Owen days before Owen becomes the big brother and I had some more ugly-hormone explosion.

I'm convinced. A summer pedicure is worth the investment, especially if you are, as your husband calls it, "profoundly pregnant."