Things I Love Thursday

• Having my friend Juliane in town. It's been ages since we've had a chance to spend any time together. Three hours of chatting feels like 30 minutes!
• The delicious comfort of traditional holiday meals:

• Geneva's logic: "You know what helps when your sick? To eat treats like lollipops and cookies. Remember when Dora brought goodies to her grandma when she was sick? Like that."
• My friend Michelle's Texas Cheesecake recipe (um... SO sinful!)

• Spending a couple afternoons this week enjoying the Oregon sunshine.
• The beautiful lilies we received from Tiffany the night we hosted Greg's sales team to dinner last week.

• The fact that I pulled off hosting 18 people to dinner last week!
• These cards I made recently:

• Avery's blossoming personality. She is one funny kid!
• Squirrel watching. We have the squirrel superhighway along our back fence. It is seriously entertaining. We typically enjoy our squirrel drama in the morning over coffee and chocolate milk, but the action really goes on all day. We love it!

• Sisterly love and crib-silly-cuddles. Sometimes Geneva likes to be the one to get Avery up from her nap (which includes climbing into her crib with her). It's not always this sweet and quiet--more often than not, it's jumping, singing, crazy chaos.