pogo

pogo.
fun.

these may not look like exciting photos, but let me tell you. 2 adults on a pogo stick is pretty funny.

ridiculous update

the poor little woodpecker friend definitely has something going on in his little head :(

i heard him this morning, a couple little taps, and went to see what he was up to.

he'd moved from the window (i opened the shutters) to the grapefruit tree next to it and was going at it. not on the bark, like you'd think. he was pecking the grapefruit.

tap tap crash

our little household has a bizarre new friend... (i'm being generous with the term)

for the past few days, every now and again i hear a "taptaptaptaptap..." coming from one of the windows. it's never the same window. and it's quite loud. and pretty obvious what it is.

a woodpecker.

on the windows.

at first i thought he had lost it, but i quickly realized that the only windows he was "pecking" were the ones with plantation shutters. poor guy must just be a little slow and thinks that he's actually gotten ahold of some good wood.

yikes.

let's just hope he doesn't ever break the glass...

what a sight

...to wake up to!

sis

i love my sister
:)

can you guess this classic tv show reference?

louisville

another catch up post. 

we couldn't make a trip to louisville without visiting our american grandma mary k. what a special treat it was to be able to spend the afternoon with her :)

and for our friend donna, we visited her father-in-law colonel sanders' grave in the wonderful cave hill cemetery

downtown louisville

the slugger museum

christmas . spaghetti factory & traditional carriage ride

when kirsten and i were little we used to love the spaghetti factory, a yum restaurant in an old building in downtown louisville. it's beautiful, but the best part about it : the horse carriage that waits outside and takes you on tours of downtown.  it's especially nice around christmas, with the decorations and lights up.

we couldn't miss an opportunity to go back in time a little bit.

 kirsten and i have photos like this that date back to when we were about 5 & 8

christmas . hangout

christmas

let's talk christmas! 

we had such an amazing christmas and took so many great pictures that i've kind of had a hard time trying to get everything together. here's a little taste of our wonderful family holiday 

this is christmas, complete with our special head adornments :)

christmas dinner

traditional christmas crackers included

the treats from our christmas crackers

christmas . food

christmas with my family meant a lot of cooking together. it was so much fun (and so yummy!)

um, this is a lemon

the traditional, but this year infamous brandy tart

c

 

we've been eating a lot of grapefruit lately. 

our tree + a huge bag from a friend...

and they've been pretty enormous. 

we're definitely getting our vitamin c

:)

 

valentine's day was wonderful. 

my favorite part: waking up to a big, lovely breakfast picnic and enjoying it with my honey :)