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I have been a busy little bee in my home art studio lately. I have been very motivated and inspired to work on illustrating some children’s books I have written. But it’s hard. Very hard. And harder than it sounds – harder than I thought. I have big visions and plans for them (like any creative … [Read more...] about Work In Progress

A few months ago I discovered the most adorable line of baby and children’s accessories called Ivey Handcrafted. And as if I needed a reason to love the bright and cheery style any more, it turns out that the story behind the business makes the company even better. It was started by a beautiful … [Read more...] about FOUND: Ivey Handcrafted

We had the most fun a photo shoot by our sweet friend Hill of Capturing Motherhood. She was kind enough to give us a list of her favorite locations to shoot (all were gorgeous) but as soon as she suggested Malibu Lagacy Park, we knew that was the place. B and I met in Malibu as Pepperdine students … [Read more...] about Malibu: Where Our Love Story Began…

I quickly found out about Hope & Stay soon after moving here to Riverside – everyone here seems to know of this adorable company. So naturally when I was invited to go to a sign making party hosted by a friend and taught by the sweet and talented Hope & Stay founder, Sonya, I jumped at the chance. … [Read more...] about FOUND: Hope & Stay

Today on this holiday set aside to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr it seems fitting to also honor a very special person who went to heaven last month after a long and brave battle with cancer. Pastor Ken Hutcherson (AKA Hutch) was our pastor during the brief time we lived up in Seattle and it was … [Read more...] about Hutch

I love hearing what everyone’s words for the year are. I have never actually officially chosen a word for the year before … Although I’m pretty sure that last year’s word ended up being hope.A few weeks ago I started thinking that perhaps this would be the year that I pick a word and perhaps it … [Read more...] about My Word(s) for 2014: BE STILL

My parents gave us the cutest book (one for each kid) a couple of years ago called My Quotable Kid where we can record some of our kid’s best quotes. We all know that kids say the darndest things… like the time that K told me that he didn’t have to clean his room because he is a Storm Trooper and … [Read more...] about My Quotable Kid: My Favorite Kid Quotes of 2013

We had a very special and unexpected Christmas gift this year…a new dog! B literally rescued her a couple of weeks before Christmas. This Dachshund-Chiwawa Hybrid dashed in front of our car in the dark of night near a free way onramp of all places and B slammed on the breaks to avoid hitting her … [Read more...] about Meet Dasher

This December has flown by as December seems to do. I think I’ll share a brief recap of the “Creative Christmas” season we have been enjoying with the kids so far this month. I had meant to be blogging about everything as it’s been going on but a recap is the best I can do in the midst of it all. … [Read more...] about Creative Christmas