good friends, good food, good life.

birthday week continues at our home.

 just another excuse to surround ourselves with some

 beautiful people! 

happy birthday, p!

our  lovely marina. we don't get to see enough of this woman!

after the wishes were made, p did the honors and served up the cake (which, might i add, was baked my our beautiful little friend who is leading the pack on the right side of the table).
the cake read "happy birthday pete". i was told, the originally writing, was going to say,
 happy birthday pete! keep surfing and keep climbing!" but she got embarrassed.
can a little girl be any cuter?!?!

these boys! j(left) and p were roommates during the grad school years, which is the time p and i started dating.
man, oh man! are there some fun memories here! we don't get to see j and his family too much, as they live a bit of a road trip away. however, when we do...we make up for lost time!

these girls!
these girls have been a major part of our fun since...circa 2003.
if you ever get a chance to spend some time with them-do!
amazing women!

marky&me!

i like to refer to mark as my australia Zorba. get to know him, and you shall see why.

 he is a treat! (hence liam mark)

 and yes, kids are smashing their faces in the birthday cake as we stand by smiling. i think mark was telling me that our home was a place of "peace and tranquility". ahhh, the beauty of sarcasm!

bundle up, plum. it's cold outside!