sweet playdate!

so lucky we are to have such sweet friends! so fun to have sweet little cookie playdates!!! I love this group of friends… we all hold these sweet moments tight and love to make memories together…. what a load of funny stories we will have to remember when the kids are off in college or … Read more

Gingerbread Fun!!!

every year we make a gingerbread house… once we even made one from scratch… although of course I would love to do that again… it’s so tricky and ends up being more of a project for the big kids of the house… lots of “eeeks, look outs!” “take it easies!” and tensions… so lately we … Read more

leaves and friends … and a bunch of fun clumped into one post!~

with all the sea grape, banyan, orange, lemon, and oak leaves falling over our garden we take advantage of the mess! since our girls were babies we have totally kept them in nature… always playing outside… hiding in our ferns, climbing trees… it seems so clear to them that leaves come from trees… but why … Read more

aaaaloha!!! sweet sweet visit!

I am terribly behind on blogging… the holidays have our photography business completely swamped!!! any free time I possibly have I scoop up my little cuties and hold them oh so tight! we have been spending lots of time together as a family lately even though we have done maybe 30 shoots in the past … Read more

mmmmm… the taste of fall…

to me fall is about smells… feelings… taste… a feast to the senses! I love all of the pumpkins… the squash! the sound of the wind blowing all of the trees in my garden every which way… wind chimes clanging… the smell of hot cinnamon tea… the feeling of a nice crisp morning… and the … Read more

chop stick fun!

Isabelle’s auntie/God-Mother is living in Beijing, China… she sent these little children’s pink chop sticks over… Isabelle just loves to use them… she’s getting pretty good actually!… funny girl