~~Take Your Wife to Work Day Part 2~~

Part 2 is all about the bones! Check out the previous post if want to know why and how I was so lucky to see all of these cool specimens!

~~ Take Your Wife to Work Day ~~

About a month ago I asked if I could tag along with Chris on a special work day. Chris is the Art Director at KU Endowment and is involved in every step of the creation of their Giving Magazine. This edition, which came out a few days ago, was extra cool because Chris got to go behind the scenes, with a photographer (our friend, Brian) and shoot bugs and bones and fish and snakes and birds and, and, and.... Super cool. KU’s Biodiversity Institute holds 10.2 million specimens of animals, plants fossil material, and archaeological artifacts collected in Douglas County and across seven continents over 140 years. WOW!

Here are the bugs.

Bones to come...

*∆∆ My Little Tater Tot ∆∆*

Last weekend I went to Chicago to visit my sister and her husband and my little hilarious, goober, silly pants niece, Hadley. We had a blast! She is at such a fun age, talking up a storm but not forming words yet. She is so smart and sassy! Whitney and I had a chance to go out on our own one night in the city. We went to a really cool vegan restaurant called Karyn's on Green and then we went out dancing! Staying out until 3:30 am was probably not the smartest thing to do since the little tater tot gets up at 7 am, but it was worth it. We had a really fun time!

This was at the Children's Museum where they have little kid-size play areas set up -- a nursery, veterinarian office, a restaurant, a grocery store and much more! It was soooo cool!

Hadley's super cute playroom. Check out the little nook on the left!

This quote was on the wall at the vegan restaurant. I just thought it was cool enough to share with you. And below is one of their cocktails. They plant a tree every time someone buys one of these. Pretty neat, huh?

**Birthday Brunch**

Yesterday we had a little birthday brunch at our house for our friend, Rita. Katie (who I forgot to get a picture of) made a delicious frittata and breakfast potatoes and I made a caesar salad and smoked salmon plate. I got the idea from a magazine -- juniper sea salt and caper/lemon zest/mustard/herb butter on dark rye with salmon. Yummy....

Oh yea, and bloody mary's! Mmmm!!!

That's Rita and Michael and yes, we are playing a super nerdy, hilarious, fun game called The Settlers of Catan. It was a really great day!

•∞ My Reality ∞•

Chris and I are in the middle of remodeling our basement. It's hard to see through the mess but it's going to look amazing when it's done. I think the wood strips on the wall look awesome and can't wait to clear all this junk out of the room and set everything up like a real room. It's going to be an art studio/office/letterpress room. I'm so excited! I'll show you pictures when we are done.

!!!So Darn Excited!!!

Chris and I were completely honored when asked last summer if we wanted to be interviewed and photographed for an article in Lawrence Magazine. Yes! Of course we do! It was a really fun process and an anticipatory 8 months to wait before the article came out, but it's finally here! Below are some shots of the pages but if you wish to read the whole article go here. Thanks Lawrence Mag!