I love birthdays. 💯 Celebrating the people in my life actually feels selfish, though. If it goes well, we laugh and smile and connect and who wouldn’t want that?! Well, probably my husband. Not the laugh and smile and connect part…but the attention.
It’s his 49th birthday today and I asked him if he wanted anything. All the things that I know would help ease his stress (and mine!) these days aren’t things that I can magically bring to life, or buy at Target:
* A cure from Lyme disease and it’s co-infections 👎🏼
* A winning lottery ticket so we can keep our house in the mountains and buy a home near our kids new school. 👎🏼
* A real estate market that would allow buyers to avoid astronomical interest rates and take over ownership of a house that we’ve truly loved for 20 years because we made a decision to invest in our kids and their future. 👎🏼
The one thing that I could pretty much guarantee that would make him happy was spending time on his bike and with his fur bestie in the mountains. So that’s how he started his day. They’ll always be his home, no matter if our address is there, but he’ll always be mine. ❤️
So, even though I bought balloons and he’ll get cards and presents and love via social media posts and at our family dinner tonight I hope that the warm fuzzies outweigh the dislike of attention and he knows how deeply we love him…how deeply I love him, and always will.
Happy birthday babe. 😘❤️🥳
#happy49th #happybirthdaymylove
📸 #1: @villa_de_rosa for @people
They are why I do what I do.
They are why we live where we now live (although not the sole reason) 🏔️➡️ 🌆
And even with the stress of trying to sell and buy a home in the middle of what seems like an impossible real estate market and the unknown of whether we’ll all fit in or he’ll make the team or she’ll like the studio or we’ll all make new friends or everyone will like the city life or or or…I will always be willing to open my eyes wide to potential opportunity for them and for our family. ❤️
We all miss our Vail Valley friends and our small mountain town community but we are gradually finding our way and our Denver people. It will take time and patience and that’s not always my strong suite, but I have faith that we are where we are meant to be. How could we not be after the first day of all first days (see 2nd slide and why my kids were NOT happy I didn’t let them out before the drop off zone!! 🤣)?!
#lessonsinresiliency #lessonsinpatience #testsarentjustforstudents #vailtodenver #denverco #mybabies #maxwellalston #blakesleygrace #whyidowhatido
They are why I do what I do.
They are why we live where we now live (although not the sole reason) 🏔️➡️ 🌆
And even with the stress of trying to sell and buy a home in the middle of what seems like an impossible real estate market and the unknown of whether we’ll all fit in or he’ll make the team or she’ll like the studio or we’ll all make new friends or everyone will like the city life or or or…I will always be willing to open my eyes wide to potential opportunity for them and for our family. ❤️
We all miss our Vail Valley friends and our small mountain town community but we are gradually finding our way and our Denver people. It will take time and patience and that’s not always my strong suite, but I have faith that we are where we are meant to be. How could we not be after the first day of all first days (see 2nd slide and why my kids were NOT happy I didn’t let them out before the drop off zone!! 🤣)?!
#lessonsinresiliency #lessonsinpatience #testsarentjustforstudents #vailtodenver #denverco #mybabies #maxwellalston #blakesleygrace #whyidowhatido
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
The many faces of home sweet home(coming). 🌹 🌅
The last one may be my fave 🤣
#homecoming #mybabiesarentbabies #thankyouReagan
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam
Life lately…& my new fave verse/quote/inspiration. 🪻☀️🍁🥳🏒
#momlife #hoco #hockeymom #lifeintransition #friendsandfam