Boaz's "Buzz lightyear" room

To say my two year old loves toy story would be a gross understatement at this time! I try and veer from overly themed rooms just because they grow out of the phase so quickly, but when I saw this rocket canopy on land of nod, I had to come up with a whole room centered around that piece!



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Friday Favorites

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This bike kinda sums me up right now! Feeling worn (a bit old!), there's a bell indicating there's still some toot in my horn, and the flowers.....the flowers offer hope of new life.  In other news, this past week we had tinker bell and the pirate fairy movie on repeat. They are clev…

Wallpapering using wrapping paper

We've landed an awesome base house in San Diego, the Lord's grace to us truly. There's basketball courts, sidewalks galore and parks on every corner-dream come true for this season of our life. It's really been answered prayer, I was one lonely girl out in the country.

I'm sure …

A whole meal around goat cheese

I have a serious love for goat cheese, it just gets me. A cheese that is creamy, tart, and smooth. Heavenly. Here's two goat cheese recipes that have me drooling.

Kale, spinach, and goat cheese pasta

Milk Chocolate Fudge goat cheese ice cream

Turquoise stones

Ever feel like you've been lashed by a storm?! Yeah me too. In fact, the day I arrived to California. A storm in my life I never saw coming....
I intended merely to hit the reset button when I arrived to California, but God wanted a complete rebuild. Good news....when he rebuilds it's with…

This mind-blowing home tour

On my quest for home inspiration as we set up our house in San diego, I've been perusing the oodles of home tours in blog land. This one stopped me in my tracks, wowsers!!











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San Diego home plans

Hello friends! I know its been forever! We are settling in and quickly falling in love with sunny San Diego.  San Diegans truly live outside so as I'm putting our base house together focusing on the outdoor patio space is a must ; here's my plan. (check instagram for other home progress sn…

Giveaway Winner and a little family update!

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We are roughly half way across the country, Austin Texas to be exact and make our last leg to sunny San Diego tomorrow! I'm beyond excited to plant our feet in some warm sand and shed some winter layers. Prayers please that our base house will be ready for us before Christmas; its our…

Who needs a new dress?

What better way to get back to blogging than to kick it off with a gorgeous dress giveaway!! Shabby Apple contacted me offering this stunning dress, perfectly in time for Christmas parties! I've admired their vintage selection of dresses for quite a long time now, be sure to peruse their site f…

We still do!

Its been forever, but all is well and I'm still here!! My photography business is full time at this point, so I haven't been able to update my personal blog here! So sorry and so sad. But we are about to get even crazier with the planning of our upcoming 10 year vow renewal and our big move…