the little things

it's late in the evening.

the kids are in bed.

rich and i are in the office, where we can normally be found this time of the night, winding down in our own computer-related sort of ways.

we have "his and hers" computers but we share office space.

his desk is always clean.

my desk is always a mess, even right after i clean it.

rich is always listening to itunes when he's at his computer, which means, i'm always listening to it too.

it's fine, we like a lot of the same artists.

my favorite thing about rich listening to itunes at the computer is that he sort of hums/sings along to the songs. i'm not sure he even knows he does it.

but it sure is cute.

just one of the many little things that i love about this man.

i'm such a lucky girl.

alone at last!

thanks to a doting grandma and a best friend willing to double as a taxi driver, rich and i made it out of town for our anniversary on friday. we didn't go far, park city, and only for one night, but it was a fantastic 36 or so hours for sure. at lunch we realized we haven't been alone over night together since our cruise in 2004! what the? how does time get away from us like that? we concluded that we will definitely not be waiting five years to do it again.

things to remember-

(things i photographed, and things i did not)

*lunch at CPK even though rich hates that place. (thanks hon)

*gorgeous scenery everywhere, drive up and back, hotel room and view.

*the barn with the flag that i'm going to photograph some day.

*the teeny tiny movie theater.

*getting a little lost trying to find the teey tiny theater.

*dinner at baja cantina - our fave little restaurant in park city and mexican flags in our food.

*sleeping in until TEN with the air conditioning blasting. ahhh.

*getting caught in some serious rain while shopping the outlet stores. wow.

*seeing park city as a ghost town this time of year.

*holding hands the absolute whole time.

*discovering the most yummy breakfast place.

*who knew spinach in your eggs could be so fabulous?

*not getting even ONE spot on my white shirt all day. i had some close calls though.

*the gorgeous brighton jewelry rich gave me as a surprise.

*coming home to four happy to see us kids.

*finding out that they had mowed, trimmed and weeded while we were gone.

i love you babe, thanks for such a great weekend.

next time, we're staying for two nights.

double digits

i'm not entirely sure if rich really knew what he was getting himself into ten years ago today, but i am sure that i have felt real gratitude every single day since then, that he jumped into the proverbial frying pan with both feet. we really do have something to celebrate today.

ten years of not just making it work, but making it great.

ten thank yous to my ricardo mas...

1. thank you for helping me become a better person.

2. thank you for making me laugh, a lot.

3. thank you for being my safe place.

4. thank you for letting me be yours.

5. thank you for being an amzing father to our children.

6. thank you for having such a strong work ethic.

7. thank you for thinking it's important for me to be home with the children.

8. thank you for buying my wood floor before your tv.

9. thank you for telling me that i'm easy on the eyes.

10. thank you for stretching your comfort zone every day.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE,

I AM CA-RAZY ABOUT YOU.