I Know I'm Not the Only One

My mailbox has been over loaded with catalogs lately...tis the season I suppose. Some of them are immediately recycled but every once in a while I take a quick peek and am surprised at the treasures inside.
Here are some super cute (and crave-worthy items) I've been sneaking peeks at lately:
Night Owl Sateen Bedding from Garnet Hill. What?! These are so cute...Trey would HATE them!

These clay owls also from Garnet Hill, so cute they're all sold out...how did I even get on the mailing list for Garnet Hill?

What about these knit sleeve candles from anthropologie?

Or this amazing cardigan also from anthropologie?
But really, have you looked through the new anthropologie catalog? Holy smokes!

Wouldn't August look so handsome in this sweater?

Um...yum!

And...yum!

And...can you tell that I wish we were going to have the opportunity to eat at our favorite deli this holiday season?

This is our year to stay home for the holidays. We try to get back to Michigan every other year. Staying home is a bitter-sweet thing for us. I do love decorating the house and really getting into the spirit of Christmas...it's so much easier to do it knowing that we'll be in our own home on Christmas morning. We do need to establish our own traditions after all.
I'm really hoping to go to see the PNB put on the Nutcracker. We've always thought it would be a good thing to look forward to on the years that we stay home...we've yet to go, but I'm really hoping that this is our year.
We are really looking forward to having Thanksgiving with the Bazan family this year. D and A really are like family to us here in Seattle...it's so good to have them around...and with their new baby...I just can't get enough of them.

Christmas is creeping up on us and I've started ordering things for the kids. A few years back I found these super soft sheets and bought the kids each a set. They. Love. These. Sheets. And they were on sale! So I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery, a new set for each kid. Hazel currently has the light purple one so I picked a light green for her new set. August has a dark blue set so I just picked another shade of blue for him. They'll be so excited when they open them on Christmas morning.

Shopping

a friend of mine just opened her esty shop. if you're in need of some very special jewery please check her stuff out. i have some earrings and a beautiful, beautiful necklace from her. she's very talented.

her shop

Hot Town, Summer in the City

We're still trying to get into some sort of schedule for the summer. It would be so easy to let this time slip through our hands with lazy summer afternoons!
Thus far we've gone to Cali to visit family (see previous Ode):Had a family reunion of sorts:

Swam with our good friend Jonah:

Played PLENTY of DS!:

Enjoyed a can of BUZZ COLA (thanks to Auntie Kathie):

Yesterday we escaped the 97 degrees by making our way to Bellevue where we sat in a gloriously air conditioned theater to watch the Nancy Drew movie. It was cute. I don't remember reading the books when I was young so I'm not a die hard fan but I thought the story was engaging for the kids and I didn't mind it either.
After the movie we had some pizza in another gloriously air conditioned place then we hit the mall to look for a dress for our friends wedding. I was happily surprised at Banana Republic where I found a very cute dress AND 2, yes 2 pairs of shoes. Why 2? Well, let me just tell you: the shoes were 50% off AND another 40 % off!! I SAVED money by buying them! 2 pair for $60.00!!! That's better than PayLess!!!!! How could I not buy them both?!
So that was a good day!

Today we met with Auntie Kathie to pick out some invitations for her reception. Weddings are in the air and I have to admit, it's quite fun.