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brunch @ the Garbers

It’s a family tradition every time most of the kids are in town.  Pick a weekend morning, gather for Mom Garber’s good cooking, pet the dog, admire Lena, talk about playing Settlers (but rarely actually do, poor Elliott), go for a walk, savor the season.

This time brunch was French toast and sausages on the grill.

Annie would like some, please.

The basement flooded during the recent rainstorms.  Few good things come out of such a disaster, but occasionally old treasures are disinterred, such as a box of photographs from when all the older Garber kids were in middle and high school. 

Afterwards Lena showed everyone how she’s almost able to crawl (hands and knees, rocks back and forth, sooo cute).  She tried out her new pants from Aunt Eden, which are as darling as can be and even have reinforced knees for when Lena does start crawling!

When she got tired, she snuggled with her mommy.


We finished the morning with a walk around the block.  Not much fall color yet, but it’s slowly seeping into the leaves.
Such a great family I married into!
1 :: in family, husband, Virginia, weekend

so good to be home!

We arrived back in sweet Virginia on Friday for a long weekend with family.  There are few places I love more than my parents’ living room with my sisters, brother, parents, hubby, and baby around me.  Oh, and Sona, our 15-year-old (!) puppy, who somehow weaseled her way onto the rug… again.

For a few days, many members of our family were back together for just a little while.  Emily and Julia back from college, Eric over for dinner after a long week of work, my grandparents in town to visit, Elliott reunited with everyone after his year-long deployment.*  These moments are rare and precious, I realize now, and I treasure them.  We belong together, yes, and we are family, but we’re all making our own roads into the world now, and none of my siblings live at home full-time anymore. 

Now Elliott and I have our own little family with each other and Lena, and yet in the process of forming our own family, our parents and siblings have become more dear than ever.  I’m already looking forward to Thanksgiving.  And then to having all my family come visit us in Sicily over Christmas, too, and introducing them to our new lives across the Atlantic!

*Yes, Elliott’s deployment ended in July… but after a year away and missing out on these family gatherings, it always feels precious and unique to have him home again!

0 :: in family, Virginia, weekend

so good to be home!

We arrived back in sweet Virginia on Friday for a long weekend with family.  There are few places I love more than my parents’ living room with my sisters, brother, parents, hubby, and baby around me.  Oh, and Sona, our 15-year-old (!) puppy, who somehow weaseled her way onto the rug… again.

For a few days, many members of our family were back together for just a little while.  Emily and Julia back from college, Eric over for dinner after a long week of work, my grandparents in town to visit, Elliott reunited with everyone after his year-long deployment.*  These moments are rare and precious, I realize now, and I treasure them.  We belong together, yes, and we are family, but we’re all making our own roads into the world now, and none of my siblings live at home full-time anymore. 

Now Elliott and I have our own little family with each other and Lena, and yet in the process of forming our own family, our parents and siblings have become more dear than ever.  I’m already looking forward to Thanksgiving.  And then to having all my family come visit us in Sicily over Christmas, too, and introducing them to our new lives across the Atlantic!

*Yes, Elliott’s deployment ended in July… but after a year away and missing out on these family gatherings, it always feels precious and unique to have him home again!

0 :: in family, Virginia, weekend

chips and salsa, please, Daddy!

One of our evening walks recently was to Blue Star Brewery, an unassuming place along the River Walk with outdoor seating.  We set off as Lena examined her toes…

Diaper blowout!  Pit stop.

Once at the brewery, with a glass of Whithead Wheat and a pint of stout, we started into some chips and salsa.  Lena was immediately focused.

She tried so hard, poor thing.

But to no avail.  Her parents gave her no crunchy chips or spicy salsa.  Maybe next time.  I think she knows we love her.

3 :: in eat this, family, Lena, Texas

chips and salsa, please, Daddy!

One of our evening walks recently was to Blue Star Brewery, an unassuming place along the River Walk with outdoor seating.  We set off as Lena examined her toes…

Diaper blowout!  Pit stop.

Once at the brewery, with a glass of Whithead Wheat and a pint of stout, we started into some chips and salsa.  Lena was immediately focused.

She tried so hard, poor thing.

But to no avail.  Her parents gave her no crunchy chips or spicy salsa.  Maybe next time.  I think she knows we love her.

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