the good stuff {#6}

there is so much. 

so much good stuff. so much joy abundant in the air i breathe every day. so much love bursting forth from the incredible, selfless, robust people i have in my life.

the good stuff is...

watching sookie and rory dance together, hearts perfectly in tune with each other. lunch date with my girl, just the two of us. (and perfecting my newest chipotle obsession; burrito bowl - brown rice, black beans, peppers and onions, chicken, hot salsa, corn salsa, sour cream, cheese, lettuce, guac. all of it. yes please.) fishing with poppa on his birthday.

big sunglasses only rivaled by the big toothy grins they inspire. fall football games. all natural "crayon rocks" on clearance at target, the vigor with which little chubby toddler hands promptly pick them up to let loose their master creations.

finally procuring a copy of green eggs and ham. making cookies on a sunday afternoon. flying high by way of swing.

the simplicity and somewhat contradicting beauty of fall leaves sprinkled across the lawn while i relish in the fact i wore sandals in late october.

finding solace in all of this good stuff.
what has been your good stuff from the past week?

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the good stuff

i'm having a rough night. i went to the doctor this morning; reality is crashing head on into dreams i have for myself and my little family.

but what do you do? you push forward and power through. you tear up the stuff you don't want and you eat up the good like it is your very last meal.

the good stuff is returning this week with a vengeance.

this makes me happy.

fairly certain we will officially switch to mondays. what do you think? does that work better for those of you who want to link up? let me know!

the good stuff is...

my man's silhouette against a sunburst and wheat fields. story time at barnes & noble courtesy of daddy, with one little lone audience member, rapt with attention. brunch with the two souls i swear i have known forever (& a day). trying on sookie's teal peacoat and loving the contrast of it against her red curls. waking up in the mornings with a toddler smashing kisses into me and a dog cuddling with my neck.

my little grasshopper whisperer. lunch at the dear lizzie bistro. mini blue sunglasses and a rocking chair.

the tastes of fall dancing on my tongue; zucchini, squash and pears. the way a breeze picks up a gathering of yellow orange leaves and hurries them along as if they are tiny spastic ballerinas spinning every which way.

poppa playing in the sandbox with his girl. the beauty in the chaos that is a healthy, rambunctious, mess making toddler. the illusive promise of a new day. the way the clouds are scattered across a perfect end of september sky, while i sit at a streetlight and ponder the big questions.

a stack of 28 post it notes of things that rory loves about me, from my birthday. books with her frog. our bona fide scarecrow. 


see? this is why i blog. feeling better already.
would love to see your weekly gratitude posts and lists linked up in the comments!
xo.

the good stuff sunday (on a monday)

the good stuff sunday


...on a monday, because yesterday i took a much needed break from technology. (more on this later.)


the good stuff is chipotle guacamole and a dainty blue flower pin in her hair

the good stuff is the way a brilliant blue shirt brings out those eyes that make me feel like I can do anything...truly anything

the good stuff is the rapture that enthralls her as she spies a praying mantis on the front lawn and does her best to hold him, ever so gently


the good stuff is my new favorite color combination for fall; turquoise and purple


the good stuff is scooping my girl up in a hug to comfort her, feeling her hot breath right up against my neck


the good stuff is witnessing her riding a pony at the fair with poppa protectively by her side


the good stuff is spying teeny tiny shoes right next to my giant ones


the good stuff is our new headbands from la luce our incredible sponsor!


the good stuff is the utes absolutely slaughtering byu on saturday night; 54 to 10
(i have fierce ute pride as that is the hospital where i had my kidney transplant and where i graduated college)


the good stuff is my favorite day i've had in a very long time, in nature, with the two loves of my life.


and here...in pictures. ;)

what was the good stuff from your week? link up to your posts in the comments below, or just leave a comment with your gratitude list. i love reading what you all have to share! it inspires me to be more meticulous about picking out the little details from my week as well.


the happiest of mondays to you. 


make some memories this week.
laugh.
live.
dance.
capture it. write about it. relish in it.
stretch your toes.
xo.

the good stuff sunday

every sunday afternoon around these parts, we write about all "the good stuff" that filled our week. it can be life altering things, it can be lots of little joys that snuck themselves into our days and made them better, or it can be a mish mash of both. think weekly gratitude list to remind ourselves of how lucky we truly are, no matter what. so grab a button and link up! i can't wait to see what has made your heart sing this week!

the good stuff is a very low key labor day with my two loves, delicious food and perusing borders' very last chance sale. ...and this face, ha!

the good stuff is an impromptu getaway to the really good park with my girl & red mango yogurt in the september breeze.

the good stuff is oodles of sunflowers in our yard & jack (our dachshund) searching for fun.

the good stuff is fresh zucchini, green beans, & mushrooms drizzled in some olive oil with some garlic.

the good stuff is a trip to the zoo, with my wonderful cousins & our little ones, seeing sookie taking it all in on an entirely new level, just since we were there back in may, over mother's day weekend. i feel so full when i witness her on a brand new facet of understanding and comprehending her world around here. 

the good stuff is elephants, monkeys, & giraffes.

the good stuff is not getting peed on during the carousel like i did in may. ;)

the good stuff is to die for treats from the sweet tooth fairy; coconut bites & a raspberry lemonade cupcake.

the good stuff is tiny silver glitter toms in sookie's size.

the good stuff is satisfying a friday night craving of pizza cooked to perfection, accompanied by my mom, roar, and sook.

the good stuff is ute game day & a red and white polka dot dress.

the good stuff is homemade margaritas & my dad's out of this world salsa.

i'm linking up with


what little bits of happiness made your week special?
grab a button and link up!!

happy sunday.
do something awesome today.
...because you are. ;)

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the good stuff

the good stuff is realizing sonic diet coke is a tremendous assist when i must channel my inner badass on a 100 degree day, with a nap ready toddler and groceries that need to be purchased for dinner. i feel like any trip i try to take to target, just the two of us...is a recipe for disaster. however, at the peak of my frustrations, hindsight leans in and softly whispers, someday you will miss these adventures in toddlerhood; trying to balance crossing items off of my oh so sophisticated list on a post it, while little miss S thinks she needs to crawl on the germ infested floor while trying to push the cart that probably weighs a hundred times more than what she does. (girlfriend is tiny, she was 19 pounds at her 18 month check up.) yes, she somehow thinks she needs to crawl while pushing the very bottom of the cart. this all happening while i'm on the receiving end of some awesome stares because people think i'm a teenage mother. ;)

the good stuff is reveling in a lazy sunday morning of lady gaga, alice in wonderland (the target dollar bin book version) and juicy gala apples with our girl.

the good stuff is being inspired to change things up a bit in the house, rearrange, shift, add, take away, and so on and so forth. just as it goes in our hearts and minds; there is a season, turn turn turn. & a time to every purpose under heaven.


the good stuff is dropping everything on your to do list (literally, i dropped packages i needed to mail and my actual, physical representation of my to do list), to take your girl to the park.

the good stuff is roar's killer yard sale finds (yet again!); his penchant for yard sales rivals my grandma's. she was the queen; she found all the good stuff. the treasures no one knew they had. rory's finds on saturday were a fire pit and a corduroy love sac. if a corduroy love sac doesn't scream fall, i don't know what does.

the good stuff is the sound of football smoothly sliding through the air, with the promise of fall and the utes first season in the pac 12!

the good stuff is watching a girl and her pup play in the frigid water sprouting from the garden hose on a sweltering summer afternoon.

the good stuff is grilled pink lemonade chicken tenders. sounds crazy, i know! but you marinade chicken in frozen pink lemonade (don't add water) overnight and they are so tender they melt in your mouth.

the good stuff is trying out the tv on top of the fireplace, asking sookie her opinion and her response? "oh .wow!"

the good stuff is seeing the one you love fulfill a boyhood dream of owning a drum set. while yes, there have been frequent trips of loading sookie into the car to drive around and escape the noise, i'm a sucker for watching those who mean the world to me live out a piece of their dreams.

the good stuff is devouring a banana shake from taco amigo while on aforementioned escapes from the extreme noise of drums in the house. ;)

happy sunday!
what was your "good stuff" from this week?