weekend favorites
- on: February 22, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: family life
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After I missed the last weekend’s favorites, I’m back with a new inspiration Ifound this week.
:: I’m so in love with Sarah’s photography aka My Four Hens. She isn’t just an amazing photographer but she also creates awesome actions. I use her actions all the time and this week just got her new Memento set and I can’t wait to play.
:: speaking about photography, this quote says it perfectly why people love black & white photography:
When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls.
~ Ted Grant
:: I’m a huge fan of Liz’s clean designs. She just came up wit this new photo template pack called pictures + words no. 9. It’s perfect for documenting life in a simple way.
Hope these choices above have inspired you to do something creative in the upcoming days.
double digits, baby!
- on: February 06, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: family life
- 2
Almost two weeks ago Patrik turned 10. I mean double digits, baby! How crazy it is that he is already 10?!
He is such a special little man (well, not so little anymore, he is already over 5 feet tall!). He is very athletic which he’s got definitely from his dad. When he runs, he has a similar style to Ivo’s and is very fast as well. The same goes for biking. He loves to play soccer, he loves to ride his mountain bike in the woods but he also loves to ride a road bike. And he does crazy stuff like stunts and jumps on a ramp and bmx track as well which always gives me goosebumps and worries that he will get hurt. Well, I’m a mom, right?! His goal is to do triathlons which he started doing last year and was quite successful at them. Again, inherited genes?!
He is very creative. He can spend hours playing with LEGO and a lot of the times he makes his own creations. He is crazy about Minecraft lately. And he’s got into the rainbow looms crafting as well. He likes to draw and write stories, always adding so many little details.
His favorite colors are green and orange. He loves frogs and monkeys.
He is a good joker. He mixes Czech with English and a lot of times he totally nails the expressions on which makes me and Ivo crack up.
He is definitely a sweetheart. Even though he tries to show his sister who is the tough one, he has such a warm heart and is very sensitive. He is always up to some mischief and wants to have a lot of fun. A lot of time he reminds me of myself when I get into the silly moods and start laughing and can’t stop. He is definitely mine!
He is a very special person in my life. Thanks to him I’ve discovered how it feels to be a mom. When he was born, I was 24 years old and neither me or Ivo had any idea what it takes to be parents. And we all have learned on the go. Together.
I love you from the bottom of my heart, Pati, and I know I can speak for your daddy and your little sis as well. I love you forever.
yours, mami
Leave a comment...around here | february
- on: February 03, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: around here
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Around here we try to spend as much time as a family together as possible. We go for family walks on the weekends and even though kids always complain before we go, they always have fun outside. I can’t wait for the warmer weather to come so we can switch to bike rides.
Around here the rainbow loom craziness goes on and on. I love how kids stretch their creativity and are able to pick up different techniques from videos on youtube.
Around here both kids are also into minecraft. And again, their creativity and ability of finding new designs just fascinates me.
Around here I’m trying to live up to my one little word, which is thrive. I still struggle with time pressure a lot but lately I force myself more often to just do stuff which makes me happy and let go of things which are not so important to me. On a professional side , I hope that one day I will find a job which makes me thrive as well. I’ve found out about myself that I’m not a 9-5 sitting-at-the-desk person and that I need to do more creative/thinking/moving around stuff than I do now otherwise my inner self “quietly suffers“.
Around here I’ve slowly started to train for my biking race which will take a place at the end of July. I did the shorter one last year (86km) but for this year I’ve signed up for the longer distance (160km). I would also like to loose some weight. I wish I could be as strong and determined as Ivo so I wouldn’t be failing in my attempts of regular exercising.
Around here I’m growing out my hair again. I can’t wait to be able to put it into ponytail without hair falling out from the sides.
Around here I love getting short lovely messages from kids. They both got their own iPods and text me while I’m at work. Love love those little notes, they are totally priceless.
Around here the mornings outside are so magical lately.
Around here things are good.
Leave a comment...four people twelve times | 01.14
- on: January 31, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: family life, four people twelve times
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January.
Few years back I saw on Tara Whitney’s blog her personal project and I knew I want to do it with my family as well. Honestly, how many photos you take through the year include the whole family? In our case – not too many. So for this year (and I hope I will continue with this through the years to come) I will post each month a photo of the four of us together. Just a simple photo captured through the month and maybe a summary of the month?
I know this photo above isn’t perfect because we had the sun shining directly into our eyes, but it is the only photo of the four of us togher, so it will make it.
January 2014
The first month of a new year came and went by so fast.
Ivo celebrated his 39th B-day. He is fully training for his Ironman race.
Patrik turned double digits. He’s joined a cycling club and decided to quit his swimming after one and half year. As much as Ivo and I aren’t too excited about him quitting, we also don’t want to force him into anything he doesn’t want to do. He is amazing swimmer already and now he just wants to focus more on cycling and triathlons.
Katrin is still enjoying her swimming club but said that no more soccer for her next year. She tried it, doesn’t like it and let’s move on. We support our kids in trying as many sports as they want to find the one which they like. She is so much into the rainbow looms and is getting much more creative with her creations than in December.
As for myself goes, I still struggle with time but I’m getting a little bit better with planning ahead. I’ve also started exercising on regular basis again. It feels good.
Well, January was a good month. February, we are ready for you.
Leave a comment...my man
- on: January 23, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: family life
- 4
It feels like yesterday when Ivo looked at me with his bright blue eyes and gave me his charming smile for the very first time on that very early Sunday morning in November 1999. He was 24 years young at that time and full of crazy ideas and dreams. At that time we both had no idea where life gets us.
14 years, two months and 16 days later, here we are celebrating his 39th Birthday today, several thousands kilometers from our homeland.
I just love him so much!
He is the most amazing and loving daddy and husband.
He is caring, honest, loyal and has such a great sense of humor.
His determination is admirable; when he wants something, he works really hard to get there.
He is very athletic and such a great example of healthy lifestyle to our kids. Patrik really admires him and I can see that he wants to be as good at sports as his daddy. He is going to participate in his second Ironman race in July and is already training hard for it.
He still kisses me good morning and good night every single day. And also every time one of us leaves the house or comes back. And I like it. He still gives me the butterflies even after so many years being together. He is the true love.
Every day I spend with him on my side, is the best day of my life. He is my life.
Happy Birthday, sweetie!! I love you!
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