Gita and her monkey

Celebrate spring with a visit from Nene

We had a wonderful visit from Nene (David and Alex's mom) this last weekend. She will be starting a new job this week (congratulations, Nene!), so wanted to get out here to visit before she becomes too busy. The weather was so beautiful while she was here and we all had a lovely time.

some highlights:

• helping Gita get dressed up for her ballet class. 
• an impromptu St. Patricks day gathering with the neighbors
• "beauty parlor" time with her granddaughters
• lots of walks and trampoline time with all the kids
• wii Micheal Jackson dance game
• doing homework with Nim (and writing a letter to Nim's teacher regarding Nim teaching Nene a new method for multiplying)
• and we even spent one evening watching Soul Train

dance

Nimuae attended her first school dance over the weekend with her friend Katie.

Here she is all dressed up and ready to go...

(she had a blast!)

And Gita Pi started ballet class at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts. It is her first dance class ever and she was so excited to buy real ballet slippers and meet her teacher.

Here is the little ballerina....

ode to the yome

in 9 years it has been....

• home for our family (yome sweet yome)
• home for various friends and neighbors who came to visit or just needed a place to stay for a spell
• yoga space
• birthing space (Gita)
• home to Noah's drum kit
• storage building

and now, it is gone. goodbye yome.

making room for our new (soon to be built) 

yoga studio & outdoor kitchen

February, come and gone

well, that month just flew by ~

It feels like I feel asleep mid February and woke up in March. There has not been too much excitement around here. We have been blessed with some beautiful weather and made it all the way through the month with no ice storms. phew. In fact, if we are able to ride out the winter into spring with similar weather, we will have burnt less than a cord of wood this whole season.

here are some of our favorite pics to represent the last few weeks ~

this little reader is ready to go!

this valentines day is brought to you by valentine kitty. meow.

guard dog greeting the day

an abundance of fresh eggs

celebrating birthdays of beloved cousins

the older sister giving her younger sister her old  nintendo ds

so lucky to have a neighborhood full of good friends