i am back

well we made it home. i start officially the hard core work today while baby noah is off playing. also we need to get all of our suitcases emptied. david and i used to have this BAD habit of letting our suitcase stay unpacked for weeks and weeks but now we are trying to get everything unpacked in the 2 days after we are back. 3 suitcases down and 1 more to go. we also decided that we need to travel with less. it is amazing how a little dude can need so much stuff!

noah had a great time with his grandparents and uncles and aunt. they adore him so much. you can just tell by how their faces light up when they see him. it makes me happy that he brings so much joy to them. he is very outgoing and flirts with everyone he knows.

last night i decided i needed to do a LO so this is the one i created.

simple yet totally easy to create in less than 30 mins.

before i left i also decided to see if i could do a LO with more than 1 photo and i actually fit 4 photos on here! i usually don't crop my photos but this time i wanted to capture a specific feel:

someone asked me in an earlier post what i read for inspiration. to be honest, i read a lot of different things- business week, wall street journal, teen vogue (they have a cool DIY clothing item each issue), newsweek, runner's world, vanity fair, CRAFT, adorn, real simple and of course i partake of the usual scrapbooking magazines too. my feeling is that i am only on this earth for a short time, i need to feed my mind and explore my world to see what is out there.

ok i need to get back to work. my marathon training has been slacking so i need to get back on track with that too.

oh yeah, before i forget, we got some samples of our NEW stuff for CHA summer and i am so super excited about it. we will probably start showing you some goodies in about 1 month!