The rest of Mendocino

our little americana cabin

 I wanted to get the rest of these pictures posted before I forgot or it got so far past the actual date that you guys all wondered why I was posting pics from 5 years ago...you know what I mean...

It was breathtaking. Mostly the cabin and the owners and the story..which I promise to blog about shortly.

here's the pictures.

look at those rosebud lips...(reagan's I mean hahaha)

John and the baby monster

I SEE THE BEACH MAILEY!!!

These girls are always holding hands...its so sweet....

look at this handsome gentleman! what a wonderful papa...

This is an incredibly symbolic picture for me...

Papa and his reggae

the only picture of me. taken in the bathroom at a cafe. now lets move on

the outdoor fire pit

It was so quintessential and charming...

This very old and well tuned piano stole my heart.

This was in the town of Mendocino..I haven't a clue whats going on but this statue sits a top a church. Its very avant garde and dark...an angel with a pick ax holding the hair of  a praying maiden...?! kinda creepy...

A very old home...so many homes looked like this with hundred year old water towers all over the place

And who doesn't need a good windmill pic?

Did it charm you like it did me? I will try to explain the significance of the family we met...this is a place we hope to return to time and time again when we need a reprieve. In fact, the couple staying there asked if our entire family could come for christmas...what do you think grammy zhanette? wouldn't that be amazing? Christmas in the wooded oceanic town of Mendocino, with smoke curling out the top of sleepy cabins, and trees and deer all around...oh! be still my heart!

Que the Mailey Monster!!

Okay Mai Mai...here's your photos!! Tomorrows post will be all the rest..but today is just for my darling little first born. The tender hearted Mailey monster. She really is such a tender, intense, dramatic, heartfelt little wonder. Mailey has this sensitive heart that seriously empathizes with everyone..literally. I don't think I've ever had her just tell me no and be obstinate about it...Emry, yes. Mailey no. She has such a sweet  passivity to her that really melts me. She is such an incredible help to me at only four years old, and such a great older sister to Emry and Reagan...She wakes up so excited to see her sisters and loves, actually BEGS, to help me. I love you Maizey Mai...She had a bit of a pre-nap breakdown in mendocino and so never got to see the incredible lighthouse, she keeps asking everyday to go back...my tired little mailey bug, you need your naps love, you can't outgrow them yet!!!
She loved mendocino, I think she was more heartbroken than I to leave! Here she is!!!

classic mailey smile..what is WITH these kids?!

One of my all time favorites..

Can you tell she's grossed out? hahaha

Collecting sea glass with nana...

And thats a wrap!!!

Emry Addyson in Mendocino...

Mendocino was like therapy for my soul...there was something so magical and peaceful about the very still quiet of the redwoods where we stayed. There were no highways bustling with traffic, no people hurrying about, no city noises...just the wind and the rain (boy did it storm that last day!) and the smell...I can't get over that woodsy, grassy, smell...it was like breathing in pure peace. Emry is my quiet, silly, raspy voiced little brainchild. This kid is SMART! And there's such a deep concentration in her when she's trying to learn...it was so sweet to see her observing the woods and the deer...her little self traipsing through green grass and picking up sticks...playing with sand and finding sea glass on the beach for daddy...so sweet...here's her pictures.

As you can see, trying to get this child to smile nicely...well...it doesn't really happen. In fact, when she was at the fence and I asked her to smile for a picture, she literally rolled her eyes and let out a big drawn out, Mo o o o o ommm.....yes, just like a teenager. Ha. however, it really does capture her little silly personality. I love you Emmy...you make me smile so much, you have stolen my heart completely...someday you'll smile little wild thing...someday.