Yesterday it was raining fat drops here in San Diego. This Washington girl was giggling and splashing in the downpoor. miles of good things and more to come. stay tuned elle. =)

In honor of my brother Joshua, and his most beautiful wife, Julie, my blog is now pink. They are expecting their second child in the coming months. I bet you can guess what it’s going to be. It seems the middle name hunt is a common symptom of Hawker pregnancy. My brother Eric’s daughter Samantha [...]

I live a few blocks from San Diego’s Little Italy and this weekend, the streets were jam packed with artists and onlookers as the streets became covered with chalk creations for the annual Chalk La Strada and Precious Festa. Wow. These artists spend all day on thier knees creating these street paintings, knowing that in [...]

walks laughing riding a bike kissing grocery shopping Brian stretching after a run baking cookies the beach hershey’s milk chocolate with almonds chasing Kaitlyn taking photographs pineapple weddings painting

I’ve made the ebay pulse page! Which, for those of you who aren’t ebay freaks, like me, means that my auction is one of the most-watched in it’s category. Cross your fingers that the bidding goes really high as it ends tomorrow! elleayeyouareaye

I often retreat to a place where I can be alone. I intentionally keep myself a stranger in many ways. I am content with this situation. That isn’t to say that I prefer my own company to the company of others. It is to say that I do sometimes prefer my own company depending on [...]

Sometimes your lava lamp bleeds to death. Sometimes in the same day you are reunited with your favorite blue chair. Very rarely do you paint these things. But I do. *squeezes* elle