We spend most our days outside. We get Golden Spoon, whenever possible. Pool trips with our family. Movie dates. New books to read.Bike rides around town.Late night yoga.Lunch dates.This f...
Ive started doing yoga again faithfully. Four times a week, and I already feel so much better. Mostly all night classes, which I love so much. I sleep a lot better and it helps qu...
When we decided to open up our shop, Kyle & I both thought it would be so great to feature art from our friends and local artists in Redlands.So every 3 months at our shop, Pad, we have an Art Pa...
We took a trip to Disneyland.It was for Aydens birthday,and such a great day.Ill be honest I was scared.Waiting in lines with a toddler, in the heat...scared.But Lucas was perfect.Thank you Mickey Mo...
When Ayden was a baby, I remember thinking to myself that, "weve got a wild one."Stubborn, persistent, and in to everything. Then Lucas became a toddler...and turned our world upsid...
{Please excuse my horrible out of focus pictures... my camera just isnt cooperating these days...)Easter weekend was great.Busy and filled with lots of trips to see family.Which Ive missed so mu...
A few weeks ago, it snowed A LOT.And playing in the snow is a luxury that we just dont get to often around here.So we gathered up the posse and headed for the hills.3 boys in jeans, beanies, and rain...
Thinking back over the past 2 months, nothing feels more monumental and amazing, then the news that we opened up our own vintage shop in Redlands, called Pad!! It all happened so fast. SO fast! We fo...
Before Christmas I was able to spend a day with 2 of my best friends at the beach on an incredibly beauitful day.The day honestly felt magical. And the beach was breathtaking.It made me really m...
Ive hit the 4 month mark at my new job,and I have to say honestly...its not getting any easier.There are some women who love working,they love the independence, the money, the confidence their job br...
New Years Resolutions can be so cheesy,but I love them anway.It feels good to give youreslf a fresh start at something.A break from the difficulties of the past year.You can begin again.And that...
I am always so grateful for the extra time I have at home these days.And a 4 day weekend is just what I needed over the New Years Eve holiday to live life. My dear ol dad had promised the boys a...
My beautiful carefree friend Carynn tagged me in an "about me" post...so here goes.1. Whats the most important thing you learned from your mother? My mom is a fighter. She has won so man...
I hope you had a great Christmas!!
Christmas morning is always such a whirlwind!This was our first time celebrating Christmas in our new place.But honestly we could all be in a carboard box under a pepper tree and it would feel like h...
Christmas Eve was awesome!We spent the day with our families, ate WAY too much food, got some pretty amazing presents and laughed a ton!Im realizing the older I get the more I see how incredibly tale...
This year we trimmed our little aluminum tree with old glass ornaments from the goodwill. They are so delicate and sweet. Im sure a few will be lost for the cause this christmas...but ...
Redlands has a Christmas Parade every year,which is honestly one of my favorite things to do during the holidays. We get to sit outside, drink coffee and say Merry Christmas to just about every ...
SO Im reading this new book,and its weighing so heavily on my heart.Exposing so much of who I think I am, and how much of this person I dont recognize at all.Its amazing what you start realizing...
Im pretty convinced I dont deserve this life,or these sweet little faces that I get to hang out with everyday.Reason to be so thankful.
Well, I turned 31.Officially "in" my 30s. I still cant believe it when I say it or when I have to punch my age into the elliptical machine at the gym. I really do feel like a goofy teenager ....
This is Spartacus (aka Jason). He is our friend and he left us to fight some unfriendlies in a distant land far far away in the middle east.We love him dearly. He is like family.And so we celebrated ...
Saturday was our anniversary.We have 2 anniversaries each year...have I told you that?November 5th is the day we got married by our Pastor in his office with no one around but us.It was somethin...
We had our family over for a small birthday party for Lucas.He turned 2 on Sunday.And I really cant believe it. But I say that every year as they get older and I imagine Ill be old & wrinkly look...
Halloween was pretty awesome.We always dream up really cool ideas,and I totally look forward to making their costumes each year.Ayden decided he wanted to be "Billy the Exterminator." He...
This year we had our own little Halloween shin dig at our house.It was spook-tacular (sorry, I had too)!We ate mummy wrapped hot dogs, we drank dragons blood, ate brains & bones dipped in ch...
There are a few shows Kyle plays that I really love!And the Mountain Music Festival is definitely one of them.Its in Oak Glen at this amazing park, where youre surrounded by seniors and kid...
After we got back from our weekend in Palm Springs, I really wanted to have all our friends over for a retro cocktail party.Weve never had a "big kid party" at our house...and its way over du...
Over the weekend, my friend Kelly and I put on a little "baby sprinkle" for our sweet friend Amber, who is having her 2nd baby.It was simple and so sweet.And we were so happy to do it for her...
The boys live outside.They’d be out there all day all night, if I let them…And nothing is better to them then riding their bikes.…except Lucas. Who until recently only had a plastic ride on push cart...
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