a nice Sunday!

the other day my girls and I got all dolled up and went for a fancy lunch!our oldest was so impressed that the napkins were folded pretty and there was even white blankets on the table… (white tablecloths)so we were very polite and enjoyed the most beautifulSunday lunch at a Spanish restaurant … and I … Read more

a bunch of things…

weekends are all about trying to spend some time at home…relaxing… recharging… breathing!lately though we have come crashing into our business’s most busiest time of year… 3 weddings this month… + I cannot even count how many family shoots we have done… let alone everything that goes with that. I am quite pleased though with … Read more

sidewalk chalk and some pies!

sometimes an afternoon of sidewalk chalk and a surprise stop by from Grandparents are enough to make us smile…I could sit out on our drive way covered knees with chalk…listening to our girls imaginations run wildtelling stories of different landsarguing with each other on which drawing really is a bird… not a cat!laying on tummies … Read more

slooooowwwww down!

these are some of my favorite parts… my favorite days!just being at home… biking on our sidewalk.. bar-b-qing fish in our garden… these are the little things that to me are BIG! sometimes life gets going … someone presses fast forward and all of a sudden two weeks have flown by and I find myself … Read more

windsurfing in the bay

it’s days like this that make us really appreciate where we live…it’s a paradise… hot, the bluest skies, clear blue water…just sitting on the edge of our bay…with great friendseating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…taking tuns on the board.

school girl…

Our BIG girl… what a feeling… what a big beautiful feeling! Nothing quite describes it… that heavy huge soaked up heart feeling… but in the end it feels good.. really good! this is when my eyes started filling… gulp gulp… hold it together keep holding holding… don’t ache! this is when the first tear dripped … Read more

last days of summer…

saying goodbye to the summer absolutely crushed me… it did… I didn’t want to say goodbye… we had too much fun! When we came back from Sweden I knew it was coming… the day was almost here… I knew it would creep on up and hit my like a dodge ball… unexpected… I knew I … Read more

last days in Sweden

where we spent nice weather mornings… hours… sipping coffee… reading paper… watching the girls play with Simba the dog… picking berry snacks… listening to birds… beautiful! I love old European churches… they are so OLD… so BIG… so PRETTY! I was explaining to our girls how you can light a candle in a beautiful church … Read more

Bornholm, Denmark

ooooooh I really loved this Danish Island called Bornholm! I had never been here before… just love finding new places and discovering more while on vacation! We took a giant catamaran (actually the largest in the WORLD!!!) from the harbor in the village we live… all the way to Bornholm with Farmor & Farfar for … Read more

Forest Walk…

to me… this is what matters most…I love my sweet little family!gosh, the fun we have had on this vacation has been fantastic! we have seen so many things, done so many things, and seen so many people… but a nice walk in a forest is always the highlight! I love how small my girls … Read more