Lola’s sweet and awesome Auntie Katie made it possible for Lola to score some darling “Liberty of London” clothes from the US! She looks so adorable in them. Thank you so much Katie for all your work to coordinate, picking up and shipping for me. Lola loves her new clothes and can’t wait to see Holly again soon too. XO – Daria
Meet my gorgeous new Kitchen Aid Mixer!! I am so ecstatic I can hardly breathe, she’s finally mine!! I’ve wanted one our entire married life (10 yrs in Aug), and this Mother’s Day Nathan and the boys gifted me one. The only color he could get his hands on was black in the store, but he knew I wanted a specific color so I was able to trade it in for the one I was dreaming of.
Isn’t she just beautiful? Vintage Martha Stewart Blue, Artisan 5 quart. Love Love Love it! I feel crazy spoiled now, I just about hugged the delivery guy. 
Thank you Honey for this wonderful gift, I am so excited to whip up yummy stuff for you with it!! XO – Daria
Mama’s makin’ cupcakes! My buddy Elizabeth and I baked up some fun little cupcakes the other day. It was fun to mix up some sugary treats while she’s here staying with us. They weren’t perfect, but man were they yummy ! (P.S. isn’t Elizabeth super cute in my red apron? Love it!)
Friendship + 1 box of cakemix = fun!
For Easter Break this year we decided to travel across the border to Washington and visit the lovely city of Spokane. Partly because we hadn’t ever been there, and mostly because the iPad was being released in the US and we wanted one for our very own. It’s always sweet to coincide our family trips with an Apple launch (you laugh but it actually works out fairly often for us). While in Spokane we shopped, took the kids to the children’s museum, viewed the IMAX 3D version of “How to Train Your Dragon”, swam in the hotel pool, attended an Easter play downtown at the convention centre, enjoyed the beauty of Riverside Park and all the amazing bridges/waterfalls, took in an arena football game with the Spokane Shock, and ate at SONIC drive-in twice…YUM. On our drive home we stayed at a cool hotel in Fernie with a killer waterslide – the kids loved it.
There’s just nothing like being able to get away together as a family. I am always so impressed with the kids, they travel so well now (even Lola – her first road trip and she slept the whole way on both legs of the trip). Sweet baby. Here’s just a few pics from our family getaway, I have most posted in my Flickr Stream too.
Last night Nathan and I broke with the typical mainstream restaurant, and decided to try out a fun little East Indian place called Taj for our date night. I’ve only had Indian cuisine once before with Bjorn and Nicole in Calgary and we loved it, it was about time we tried it again.
As we entered the establishment I must say we were both saying how much Bjorn would be in heaven. The restaurant isn’t the Ritz, but because it’s so offbeat that is it’s charm. It feels like you’ve discovered a fun treasure of culinary delight. This quaint little place boasts the BEST Butter Chicken ever! Oh my goodness it was so delicious you want to lick the plate – and it’s RED (not orange, bright bright red). Basmati rice = happiness and yummy yummy Nan bread. We will definitely be going back for more! Bjorn and Nicole, you are officially invited down for Butter Chicken! XOXO – Daria & Nate
I adore Patrice, she makes amazing clothing and is an outstanding photographer to boot. She currently is hosting a giveaway for this darling dress in linen and available in Egg Robin Blue, Butter Yellow, or Petal Pink and made in your choice of size 1 yr to 4 yrs!
YAY I want this so badly for Little Lola!! XOXO
Here’s her awesome blog>>
Happy Birthday this weekend to inspiring mommy blogger Stephanie Nielson (Nie Nie)! We love you so much and wish you the happiest Birthday ever! To celebrate @sweettoothfairy is baking up yummy yummy’s!!
If you haven’t read Nie’s blog before, we can promise you’ll walk away feeling more love for your family, for life’s gifts, and for your faith than you ever thought possible. Now scoot over to the Sweet Tooth Fairy Bake Shop in Utah this Saturday, from 11am to 7pm. All proceeds from the sales of the VaNIElla Squared cupcakes will benefit the Nie Recovery.
My sister in law Nicole is absolutely in love with these gorgeous Pincushion Rings from Grosgrain Blog. She works so hard, is such a good Mommy, and has so many creative talents. I am aiming to win a ring for her! (yes I’d love one for myself, but Nicole needs this even more!!)
Here’s the Giveaway where you can enter and lower her chances. LOL!!
My iPhone external speaker suddenly fizzled last night, with crazy distortion. It shocked me because the 2G never really was loud enough to blow a speaker, but it happened.
Anyway I called Apple Care today, and they informed me that I was 7 Days out of warranty and they probably couldn’t help me. I told him that my family was crazy for Apple and we basically decorate our homes with their products, he laughed so hard. Then he said hang on, and left for about 5 minutes. When he returned the product specialist granted me a CSCode, which means I can run in to the Calgary store tomorrow and they will swap out my old iphone for a new or refurbished one! SCORE!
This touching story has been brought to you by Apple and Boutique Cafe
- Daria
Aren’t they precious? My Twitter family portrait! It took so long to get us all looking in the same direction. LOL!!
I’m crazy about Twitter for business and pleasure. I can’t shout it from the rooftops loud enough that if you have a business and you want to get your message out there to the world, Twitter can be a valuable tool to make that happen! In just a few seconds you can reach out to your network, and the results and replys are instant. It takes awhile to build a following, but keep at it and have fun. I use my Twitter account to promote Boutique Cafe but also to connect with friends, and network with people who have similar interests.
Add me to your network of Twitter Buddy’s and I’ll be most pleased to follow you. I love to read my friends tweets and see what they are up to.** It can be a time suck, just be warned. But with a cattle prod at the ready, I can easily be tempted away from the screen. LOL! Enjoy and I’ll see you guys on Twitter. – Daria
