lub is...

my boys in the snow

new years with the brick a bracks

last new years was kinda anti-climactic. dinner with friends. attempting to stay up till midnight. blah. this year the work gods smiled down on me and i was awarded for all my hard work (watch it...) with three days off! cue choirs of angels singing... so we went to mr. brack's family's cottage in Ellicotteville, NY! it was such a lovely vacation filled with sleeping late, staying in pjs all day, learning to froth milk for hot chocolates, catching up on movies, and playing in the snow! and since we had to cross the boarder, we had no access to wifi or cell phones! i highly recommend that everyone has an electronics holiday every now and then (she says to the people reading her blog on the interwebs...)!

road trip time!

this dog lives the life

being chauffeured to and fro...

i promise he'll smile at some point in these photos

so beautiful!

and relaxing

<3

watching dad shovel...

i was in charge of the broom...

i was a very important part of this whole process

throwing snow...

murf dog

reiley

why do you have to take my picture?

because i said so that's why

my lovely mother in law

yelling at us or something...

the road to christmas

just a few snaps from christmas time! it was so busy...three weeks went by like a flash! here are a few of my favourite moments...

wrapping gifts with craft paper

& martha stewart tape...

and not to mention

white russians

made so many cookies!

our charlie brown christmas tree

my handsome man

me and my cousins at our annual cookie

decorating party!

our wares!

my ma's garden

my mom has always had the most beautiful garden. i, however, did not get any of these abilities. at all. i am very skilled however at overwatering, forgetting about and consequently killing every plant i've ever had in my possession. so i take pictures of pretty flowers, that aren't dying, in my mom's garden. that i can do at least...i don' know what any of these plants are called all i know is that they look pretty darn good...

oh this is a poppy...i know that one

this is my mom on her hog...she's pretty proud of it...

and mom my stupid dog bentley

he's so quick, i only got a few good shots of him...

i like how he's kinda smiling in this one

delicious macaroons

these beauties were the desserts at the wedding i went to a couple of weeks ago. they were so amazing i had to pack them up (in the little 'merci' bags...) and then eat them all in one sitting (after i took these pictures...)

cappuccino, rose, pistachio, salted caramel, orange & chocolate, strawberry madeleines, and

a sugar cookie topped with marshmallow and royal icing!

wedding soul mates

sometimes when i'm on pinterest, i notice how much i have in common with other pinners and i just know if we met in real life, we'd be best friends. creepy enough for ya?...awesome. anyways...that's how i felt when i walked into mr. brack's cousin's wedding! i was that lunatic that walkes around all night with her phone in front of her face. just be glad i didn't bring the big guns...then it would have become all kinds of annoying and embarrassing (for me, because there were professional photographers there, and for my family, because i would be THAT relative...)

i just love the simplicity of fresh cut flowers

in beautiful, mismatched vases...

no, thank you...

more to come on this later

all the white, and then the gold chiavari chairs

elegant and simple

paper frigging straws

italian lemon beverage

delightful!

why not relax by the lake?

not to take away from the beautiful wedding

ceremony, but this kid (lonely little jude...) gave the greatest

face through the whole ceremony

just type out your message on this awesome

vintage typewriter...

done and done

don't get me started on the desserts 

a whole tree of macaroons!

the best flavours were:

slated caramel

rose

cappuccino

chocolate & orange

in that order

yeah, that's me

melt my heart

heaven!

also those are now my favourite shoes ever

and that's mr. brack on the beach

checking the temperature of the water...

"it's kinda warm..."