Rock on

The weight of sadness due to being back on St. John for an undetermined/infinite amount of time is really looming over me today (just got back last night, sans luggage, of course). With that said, I thought I would share some wonderful things to try to brighten things up a bit.

1. I have recently discovered Monocle magazine due to a visit to my cousin Ryan's abode in Alaska. It was so refreshing to see such a sophisticated, smart, and worldy publication unlike anything I've ever encountered before. What I wouldn't give for a subscription! Why is this so difficult, you may ask? Well, a subscription costs 75 pounds (about $150 U.S. Dollars!) for 10 issues. Another day.

2. My favorite design blog, Design Sponge, which I check religiously sometimes multiple perusings a day as she updates a lot (and yes, I do have a lot of spare moments), showed me to another great blog some styley hip ladies that I will now need to check frequently. The link...

http://www.vivavenacava.blogspot.com/

These ladies make me wish I was living another life. A much more traveled, urban, stylish life.

3. Lastly on today's parade of goodies, my nephews, Landon and Eli. I love them and can't stop thinking about how I miss them! They are so well-behaved, hilarious, cute, loving and fun. And they adore their Auntie Momo (that's me!). Here are a few pics of my recent visit to Wyo.

Rawk and roll rodeo

Well, a month later here are a few pics of Wyoming. Good times, very tiring. How will I ever deal with kids of my own when my nephews and niece wear me out so much. It was great to finally meet little Allison, my cousin Stacey's little girl. She was such a sweet little girl compared to her boy cousins who were rowdy and wrestling, but they all really loved each other. Eli got the cast off his broken leg the day after I arrived, and he is talking a lot more and LOVES to run and wrestle. And sooooo cute in those thick glasses with his long eyelashes pressed up against the glass. Landon was so excited about starting kindergarten that he was waking up at 4 am and asking if he could go to school each day. He is a very witty and loving little boy. I love to take naps with him because he still cuddles up and rubs my thumb, just like when he was a baby.

Also big ups to Miss Sadie who drove all the way from Idaho to hang out with me what amounted to about 1 day. But one GREAT day as we enjoyed the parade and debauchery that occurs around Fair and Rodeo in small town Wyoming.

With my sweet Sadie at the Century Club

The Munchkins...Landon, Allison, and Eli

Hustling off to Buffalo

Leaving Monday on a 2 week vacation and I cannot wait. The old home town of Buffalo, Wyoming to hang with the family during Fair and Rodeo week, then to Seattle with all my favorite homies for my dear friend Tim Morelli's wedding. Good times ahead. Here are some pics of my nephews from when I visited last summer. These are certainly better than looking at dead lizards. Landon is now 5 years old and is the class clown and very smart and funny. Eli was 9 months old in these pictures and was just starting to walk around without help a year ago. Now he is such a loving and rowdy little boy. He'll be getting a cast off his broken leg the morning after I arrive. Wild children. Pics from vacation will be posted in a few weeks.