a very merry christmas at the porters'!

& then our christmas fun continued with the porter family!  blakey's little brother & wife joined us, blake's grandma nonie joined in, uncle jess & crew even stopped by for dinner, & of course dave & lisa!  it was so wonderful to see so many happy faces.  justin & peyton, you were so missed!  next year.  game on.

{note: dave never got all riled up about coach sampson's possible future as the nets' head coach.  maybe he's toning it down these days.  or maybe not :)}

we started our celebration with a new years morning breakfast accompanied with bacon & cilantro bloody marys.  that's right.  bakon vodka with freshly chopped cilantro.  it sounds weird but, as it turns out, is really really good.

{great brother time.  most of it was outside.  by the fire.  with the dogs.}

{our matching christmas gifts!!}

{hello!}

{my favorite gift of all}

{the cousins!

tanky & kaiser played & played & played & played.

it was adorable.}

{new years hoppin john with black-eyed peas, of course!}

on our last night in the ok, nonie took us all out to das boot camp, the new german restaurant on main street norman owned by royal bavaria.  we drank their german beer in boot cups & ate german sausages & watched a bowl game & a thunder game & had a great family meal.

{boot lights!}

{blake's jager schnitzel.  he loved it.}

a very merry christmas, indeed.

love love,

kjp.

my little buddy, malcolm.

{the cutest raccoon in the whole world}

to bring you all joy on this monday morning, please enjoy these photos of my favorite little buddy, malcolm.

{my second time to see the little man.

how fabulous is his monster jacket?}

{thanksgiving shopping with his favorite fox onesie & hipster cardigan}

{so sweet when he sleeps}

{good morning, uncle blake!}

{the little raccoon butt}

{i will hold your hand, buddy!}

{aunt kendall's new rings}

{the very proud uncle & aunt}

{night night, malcolm & julie.
thunder up.}

happy monday!!

love love,

kjp. 

thankful thursday - you're doin' fine.

how stinkin' cute are these oklahoma shirts??  my fabulous mother-in-law mailed them to us as an i-know-you-had-a-long-week-so-here-is-a-pick-me-up! gift this week!  so incredibly thoughtful & sweet. not to mention, my new thunder shirt is freakin' awesome.  & my first one!

{check out an article about the awesome new store at which these shirts were purchased in norman HERE!}

everyone should be so lucky to have amazing in-laws.

of course, blakey is pretty darn lucky with his too ;)

thankful for the encouragement after a long week.  thankful for our wonderful family.  & thankful i get to look stylish too.

i hope you can think of something today for which you are thankful.

love love,

kjp.

thankful thursday - a get away.

this has not been the most fun week of my life.  it certainly hasn't been the least fun either.  but i wouldn't rank it anywhere in the top.

so i needed a little get away last night & headed to a new coffee shop in town.  it is a lovely little place with delicious iced tea & flowers on every table.  the staff was kind & friendly & cheered on the thunder with me.  i listened to some adele & did plenty of people watching.  a beautiful reminder of my love for coffee shops.

it was so nice to get away, even if only for a few hours & a few miles down the street.

i hope with whatever this week has brought you, you can think of something for which to be thankful.

love love,
kjp.