domestic reflections

I just couldn't believe I had never posted Juliet's birth story.  Let me fix that right up.
The story really began 9 months before her birth (HA).  No really.  You see, we had just closed escrow on the house we are living in now and that very week I found out I was pregnant.  We had decided to undertake a major remodel before moving into the...

Well hello!  There is so much to get caught up on.  I've been busy posting some of the pretty bits of our trip on Instagram, but of course that's never the whole story.  As much as I love trying to capture the beautiful, the cute, the...

So, there is something sort of major that I have failed to tell you guys.  I'll just go ahead and say it....we are moving to Italy for 7 months.  And we leave a week from Saturday!!
There are stories about how this all came about and what it has taken to get here, but I figure I'll just go ahead and share things about this adventure as they arise.  I really want to blog from over there....both as a way to keep in touch with...

I'm pretty sure I never mentioned it, but a few years back, our family and home were featured in Riviera Magazine.  We had a fun day harvesting honey and photographer Ethan Pines was there to capture it all.  I can't get over how little the...