Happy St. Patricks Day!

today is one of my favorite days of the year!

we Athay's have a special place in our heart for the Irish ways.

this is the day i like to wear green and adorn myself with all of my authentic Irish jewelry purchased while in Ireland.

i like to remember how lucky i am to have been able to go to Ireland twice thus far in my life!

We Athay's, are true blue.......eyed...Irish folk. 

see...there is even a town in Ireland that might look familiar to you all...

exhibit A.

the town Athy, co. Kildare Ireland just so happens to be verrrry similar to my maiden name.  

coincedence. i think not. 

this town made me very happy the day my family stopped in to look around.

we took pictures of signs and felt so at home!

whoever came to America long ago in my family, must have added the "a" before the "y" to make Athay.

hmm. i wonder why they did that.

while perusing google images this morning i ran across this, and it made my day.

my family crest!

i love this day, and i am so happy that my sweet hubby even gets in on the wearing green action.! The only thing that would make this day better is having my mom dye all of my food green like the old days!

i hope everyone is having a wonderful St. Patricks Day, and that you have all the luck of the Irish. 

muchlove.

NBD

my family is coming.

to new york.

NO BIG DEAL.

OKAY, YES IT IS A BIG DEAL.

I'm so excited and so giddy and  SO HAPPY!

weeeeeeeeeeeee.

also--this just means more blogging on my to do list.

who's dad is the best? MY DAD IS THE BEST.

 today my post is dedicated to the most amazing dad in the world.  my very own.

Shawn Russell Athay

 

it's the day of his birth!

i am so lucky to have a daddy that is:

smart

funny

reliable

loving

handsome

helpful

sweet

supportive

full of personality

hardworking

friendly

outgoing

fun

a BSU fanatic

witty

family oriented

and the best example to our family.

I am so thankful for everything he does for me and for our family.

he is the best dad that I could imagine having and I feel so lucky and blessed that he is mine!

48 never looked so good!

p.s. I am sad that I'm not in Idaho to celebrate with you....and to have a portion of this...

 

 

for those of you who are not familiar with Athay birthday tradition, the birthday person gets an artichoke on their birthday! 

weird? -yes

amazing? -double yes.

I love you so much daddy.  Happy Birthday!!!!!

xoxo

M.I.A.

so sorry folks, i have been missing in action. really. not good.

i have so many things to blog about.

here are just a few thing on my list.......maybe telling you will keep me accountable:

Christmas?

nate berkus re-do!!!

new years.

mr. larsen's 26th birthday.

valentines day.

visitors in NYC!

amazing...awesome....experiences in our favorite city.

so there. you will hear of them all. i will make myself do it.

but i started school again.

and i am still working full time.

and i have a hungry monster that always needs to be fed.

so i hope i can use my wand and transform myself into the best multitask-er EVER.

only my family will get the wand joke. :)

it's secretly not a joke..weird...anyways.

back to the hungry monster that lives with me.

i would pop in and share what we had for dinner last night......

because if i do say so myself.....it was mmm mmmmmmm good.

 

sorry the quality isn't great. this is an iPhone shot.

we had home made stir fry. it was scrumptious.

i was lucky enough to enlist the hungry monster to utilize his Korean roots and make the best sticky rice ever.

and the best part is....he said it tasted like his moms!

that's big news folks.

she makes uh-maze-ing stir fry.

and he compared mine to hers.

that means it tasted like authentic Asian stir fry.

WIN.

my cooking is often labeled as "white bread" cooking.

FAIL.

i am a self proclaimed kitchen master...but i usually don't get knitty gritty with national authenticity...until last night.

therefore, i am a proud chef.

this post became a lot longer than intended. 

have to go.

i WILL be back soon with posts galore.

much love from NYC.