Fall days….

so yes, like always I’m so so so far behind… it’s hard to be in so many places… but here I love maybe the most… a journal to keep track of where we have been… and where we are going… it’s a beautiful thing and I cherish it so! a lot of things have happened … Read more

wow, what a cafe!!!

This beautiful place is a cafe… maybe the most beautiful cafe’s I have ever been! It was amazing! in a beautiful garden full of so many flowers, vegetables, bumble bees! The girls ran and played… their Uncle pushed them on swings… the food was amazing! It was so relaxing and serene I could have stayed … Read more

International Festival Goodies…

food is our life! some people eat to live… others live to eat… we live breath and dream food! good food! food that makes you get goosebumps with first bites! We love cooking! love the art… the history… the culture! so many different inspirations from so many different lands, people, customs… what they have in … Read more

camping in the Spring…

oh my… our family LOVES to camp and gosh, we found the most amazing campground close to our home!  It was so beautiful! full of really nice people! animals! hiking! adventure!  We always tent camp which is our favorite! just us in nature separated by a thin nylon tent! perfect! you can hear the crickets! … Read more

Easter…

we love to celebrate… love holidays! I love to pull out the rubbermaid boxes and remember back on all of the years… last Christmas… Halloween… little treasures that help us remember. little buddies in the banyan trees…  I took this sweet pic a few days before Isabelle lost her first little tooth… I knew it … Read more

a little get-away…

such a fun little get-away we had… sometimes little tiny get-aways are just enough… we only went an hour away and gosh, I don’t know if I ever felt more relaxed! after a big giant busy season during the holidays and closely almost losing my mind a handful of times… enough was enough and we … Read more

my favorite part…

my most favorite part of Christmas this year… and maybe ever…was…just before bed…The Excitement!We set out milk and cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer… then put the magic key outside since we don’t have a chimney…then we sat just the four of us on our driveway under the stars and moon… we hugged … Read more

Christmas Time…

just came across these pics and had to post… I loved our Christmas time!It was magic!I love the coziness of it… it’s a nice reward after such a crazy busy season with our photog biz…We plan it right finalllllly… so we are OFF the week before Christmas!I dream of it… and when it happens… it’s … Read more

a little Christmas catch up… but still more to come later…

I’m pretty happy I married a Swede… for so many reasons…but gosh I love Lucia!This tradition is beautiful… I mean really… what other holiday do you get to have real fire on top of your head and SING! now our girls love these traditions just as much as I do!I love holidays I love everything … Read more