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a summary of forthcoming blerg posts: stay on your toes, friends!! there's a lot of catching up to do!

apple picking

halloween - what are our costumes??

election night

thanksgiving

white house christmas tour

christmas

touristing around town

inauguration

inaugural ball

leaving

returning

i left dc in a blaze of nighttime lights for a much needed break from here. getting back to my roots is so funny. it's a wonderful respite - not just wonderful, though: necessary. life can get pretty stressful here. i absolutely love getting back to the places and people that are truly home to me. i know i gush a lot about my friends and family, but it's only because they are the best people i know. a few weeks with my people has and will always recharge my batteries. thanks, y'all. 

i'm back now, moving forward as that is the direction things typically move. i'm excited to take advantage of all this semester has to offer. i am also pretty pumped to be involved in doctors for america right now. the health care system is seeing its biggest shakeup in almost half a century and it's all happening here. i'm feeling awfully privileged to be able to play a role in disseminating information about the affordable care act and how it moves our country toward a more stable and equitable health care system. if you have questions about it, please please ask! i love a lively chat.

let's talk again soon, kay?

xoxo,

k and e

an update in photos

first, steph came for interviews and we did it up right - what fun!

then i went home for the holidays and of course we had to attempt a family photo. also, ask me about redneck sledding sometime.

when visiting my gram, we found some fun childhood pics

and i had eleanor's portraits done by the incomparable mr. zach

then to kansas city for the new year! i absolutely love these girls. i can't say it enough.

"in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed" 

[khalil gibran]

whoa, that was a lot of photos.

this brings us to now - the start of a new semester. there's more to come, but i figured i'd interrupt the quiet of the radio waves to let you know i'm still alive and kicking. talk to you soon!

xoxox,

kate and the princess

do you want to know something??

these are people that i love. and they love me back, to boot.

how does one girl get so lucky?

i'm missing everyone back home right now. thanks for the wonderful summer! above are photos from my mom's birthday party - it was  great way to wrap up my terrific vacation. [you'll notice the vegetarian corn dog - i was in heaven!]

in other news, we've survived a earthquake and a hurricane recently. neither proved to be a big deal for dc, but thanks for all the good thoughts and the prayers! i really really appreciate everyone's concern with calls and texts and emails.

i'm just trying to stay afloat in terms of school and all the miscellany that i need to attend to [it never seems to end, does it?] but i'm trying to stay positive because in the end, happiness comes from within [but it also doesn't hurt to have lil miss eleanor being cute all the time and some quality friends giving me time, smiles, and encouragement]. in the end, everything and everyone on the periphery will fade away and only love will remain. probably. 

xoxo,

kate and the princess

we miss colorado

the video is of eleanor demonstrating her excellent "doggie paddle" stroke. it turns out that she is quite the little swimmer! we purchased the kiddie pool this summer because the heat wave made it all the way to colorado, only it was worse there because most people don't have ac due to the typically temperate summers that don't usually require it . . . anyway, i just wanted to post some cute pictures of the cutest dog alive. back to the books!

xoxo,

kate and the little fish

we do what we must

and call it by the best names. -rwe

you could say that this summer has been one of much needed relaxation, but what it really comes down to is a series of perturbing impasses. i have indeed relaxed and cleared my mind of the past year, but i have also stressed about the state of uncertainty accompanying this summer - i'm completely accustomed to having a plan and a backup plan. it's not often that plans a & b fall through and leave me at a veritable dead end. 

as i reached said dead end, i decided to come home for a few months. what i've found is that home is a good place to end up when everything else falls through. here, people will love you even though you're a big grouch-ball lazy lump of a person, complaining about the injustices that you alone have been so harshly dealt in life. 

i've also learned that a summer like this is a gift in disguise. i've spent some valuable time with my radiant grammy, my kind aunties, my supportive parents, and my merry and droll siblings. princess eleanor rose has been spoiled rotten. i've cleared my mind and soul for the impending year. my faith has been restored and i am reminded that i am sustained by something greater than my own resolve. 

i am grateful and renewed. 

estes park, co

steamboat springs, co

be here now

don't let your mind get weary
and confused your will be still, don't try
don't let your heart get heavy child
inside you there's a strength that lies

don't let your soul get lonely
child, it's only time, it will go by
don't look for love in faces, places
it's in you, that's where you'll find kindness

-ray lamontagne

i'm so sorry for the hiatus!

ellie and i are being the epitome of lazy by sleeping in, reading, visiting family, and doing some extreme relaxing. today we're about to break that trend by heading up to steamboat springs for some touristing/admiring the scenery. you know how we do.

i would be remiss to not end this post by saying - congratulations to abby and adam for their engagement this week!! they are my dear friends and such a wonderful couple. mazal (mazel?) tov, you two!!

xoxo,

kate and eleanor

on vacation in colorful colorado

to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

-jane austen

awkward family photo and a cute dog

here are a couple old photos to tide you over until i do or think something interesting to blog about

up the poudre river canyon last spring

e playing in the snow, colorado 1 year ago