breakfast with jordan and other nice things

My best friend Jordan has a lovely house of her own and it was so nice to make breakfast in her new kitchen. We made blackberry scones, grits, sage sausage, fresh squeeze orange juice, fruit & tea. Needless to say, we were stuffed by the end of it. :)

The last few days have felt rather busy, but I suppose it's not been too bad. Besides a fun visit with Jordan, sandwiched between belting out Mumford & Sons on the drive to and from, I've been putting together a photo book of old photos I scanned. We have some Groupons for Blurb that expire on the first, so I'm racing to finish some projects last minute.

I'll put up links to my books when I'm finished... Here are a few more shots from the last few days:

I have to mention something about the last photo. The sky was... amazing. Absolutely amazing. Massive dark storm clouds followed me and Erin as we drove home from Athens. I was a little freaked out at first - I hate getting stuck in the car during a storm - but we made it home fine. The wind started to pick up and a while later Dad noticed that the sunset was throwing these crazy colors into the storm clouds. It was intense. 

 Have a lovely night,

- caroline

primarily the sandbox

Tonight's post primarily stars the sandbox. :) The other day (was it yesterday?), Erin came to visit with Micah. He is huuuuge. So big and cute and funny. There was lots of sandbox action that day, so I made sure to take pics.

Isn't that just the cutest darned expression ever. Erin was peeking around the pillar at him and he'd noticed and just smiles all adorably at her. 

Oh oh oh oh! We finally tried making ranch dressing from scratch! Here is the recipe. It turned out very good! Make sure to wait that 30 minutes before serving. 

I helped my best friend Jordan move out of her apartment a few days ago and may or may not have enjoyed wearing some ridiculous things, including a pair of high-heeled, camouflage shoes, this shiny metal mask, and a felted cowboy hat. 

See, the sandbox is back. This time it's another baby. You know, there should be a gender neutral word for "niece" and "nephew." You can say grandbaby, you can say sibling, but when it comes to nieces and nephews, you have to pick a gender! It's annoying! I'm going to start calling them "sibbabies": Siblings' babies. Or maybe "siblinglings." Which one do you think?

Anyway, Sara brought Lucy and Henry over today and Lucy was being hilarious in the sandbox. She was growling and throwing sand everywhere - you'd never know that she was such an odd kid by how she looks.

Okay, now my back really hurts so I'm off to bed. I learned how to play backgammon last night after downloading a free backgammon game to my iPod. It's quite fun, really.

'Night!

- caroline