M.I.A.... :)

I'm here! Alive and well! I skipped last week because, well...

life was just happening:)

I've had guests pretty much the entire month of March.

I had to laugh the other day when I went outside and saw my front

doormat. It really does tell a story:)

The story of love and family.

I'm a lucky lucky girl.

I live in a place that beckons my awesome family to want to come visit.

First visitors were my brother and his girls.

Always -always- always a great time no matter what.

We mesh so well we've actually traveled around Europe with them.

All of us together. 

In a van...

HILARIOUS I tell ya!!

They're always up for fancy dinners at home complete with 

picture worthy drinks....

Or bbq's on the beach with paper plates and solo cups:)

And what's no to love about s'mores cooked over a grill??

The beauty of improvisation:)

And then there's the laughing...

Lots and lots of laughing!!!!

Next up?

My hubby's most favorite sister in the whole wide world:)

These two could have been twins.

I have shared many a crying belly laugh with this woman, and I love her

dearly for accepting me since the day I met her when I was just a silly

girl of 17:)

I love this picture of us with her and her sweet hubby and daughter.

Rain or shine, they want to go to the beach:)

I crack up how everyone says her daughter looks like

she could be mine....ok! I'll take her!!

In my best dreams they would move here, my hubby missed

her 5 minutes after she left:(

 Theeeen came last Monday night and this gorgeous baby

showed up at my door and it was all over:)

I forgot what day it was...

I forgot to blog...

I forgot everything...

I was M.I.A because of her.

And guess what...

Her name is Mia!!!

hahahaha!! Perfect right??!!

If you've been reading this blog for a while, then you know about an

amazing foreign exchange student that we hosted way back in 2001.

I blogged about her here.

Anyway, this sweet girl has become more like our daughter. She's honestly

one of the smartest most driven girls I know and we are

so lucky to call her family:)

Just one more pick of Mia and her adorable little chicklet teeth:)

So there. There's my excuse for not blogging last week.

I was busy lovin' on my family:)

I'm thinking I'm going to order a new doormat like the one above,

because summer's a comin' and I'm pretty sure some of my peeps

are gonna want some beach time.....

And I can't WAIT!!

** source for rug HERE
** source for similar lab mug HERE