love note

Just found this on Sadie's art table after she went to bed. How sweet is that? I love all of the little hearts around her name...

may recap

To say that May was a busy month is the understatement of the century.  All told, we were gone nearly 3 out of 4 weeks, and I'm looking forward to a little downtime around the casa.

I celebrated my 40th birthday in Cabo, where we spent 11 glorious hot and sun-filled days for Darren & Christy's wedding.  On that trip, Rachel talked me into using Picasa for photo-sharing, which is a million times easier than any other sites/tools I've used and will save me the trouble of reposting all of the pics here.  You can find the Cabo pictures here and here.  There were so many I had to post them in two groups!

After a few days back in Bend, we packed up our passports again for a trip to the French Riviera with Reid's family.  It was a whirlwind 9 days. After landing in Nice we hopped aboard a cruise ship, making stops in Portofino ITL, St. Tropez, and Monaco.  Despite all of the picturesque seaside locations, I'm a city girl at heart, and our two days in Nice were the highlight of the trip for me.  There was minor disappointment when the Michelin-star restaurant I'd planned to visit was closed (don't visit Nice on a Monday), but that was easily assuaged by an outrageous, delectable bottle of Bordeaux.  Pictures can be found here.

It sure has been hard to get back to work.