hello monday {anniversary getaway, santa barbara}

Hello friends! It’s Monday after a weekend away with Steve to celebrate our 13th anniversary. It was wonderful! Here are some pics from our weekend and some hellos for this brand new week!

Hello coffee. I drank so much of it this week. To me, coffee and relaxing go hand in hand!

Hello reading. I read Austenland  {again} over the weekend. So fun! Now I’m starting on Kite Runner.

Hello to cherishing the time I got to spend with him. So good!

Hello to coming back to the real world, filled with lots to do and not enough time to do it!

Hello little sunbathing turtle. You are so sweet.

Hello to being back home with my sweet boys. I missed them so much!

Hello heart-shaped leaf. Love is everywhere, you just have to look for it!

Hello to washing sheets and getting ready for my mom and sisters to visit. Hooray!


Hello gorgeous fabrics at Raoul in Santa Barbara. I was seriously inspired!

Hello menu planning and kids to cuddle.

Hello brand new week!

26 comments

  1. I just reread Austenland too. I was hoping to read Midnight in austenland, but was too late to run to the store, so I picked up an old favorite instead.

    Looks like you had a great weekend.

  2. Hello to….nothing planned! This week my husband is on standby for jury duty, so we are just planning to enjoy each day as it comes. Ahhh.

  3. so glad you were able to spend a weekend in santa barbara! it’s our favorite weekend getaway! thanks for hosting the hello monday! it’s a fun post for the week and so creative!

  4. Pingback: Hello Monday
  5. Anniversary trips are the best! Getting to spend time with my husband always makes me happy!

    This is my first time to link up. I hopped over from My Pink Life. I love the Hello Monday idea! I thought it was great fun to write a post in the hello format! Thanks for the fun idea and the link up!

  6. Happy Monday! So glad to hear that I’m not the only Austenland reader out there! Can’t wait to check out Midnight in Austenland now!

  7. Austenland was a fun read…recently saw Shannon Hale wrote Midnight in Austenland (Jan 2012). I haven’t read it yet…but plan to….it might be worth checking out…..

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *