hello friends. I hope your 2012 has been lovely so far. As much as I love the holidays I also love this time of year. This buckle-down-and-get-it-done & clean-it-out-and-oganize-it time of year is invigorating. We’ve been doing a little of all of that. The kiddos are back at daycare and [...]

It’s the last day of the year. This is always such a reflective & instropective time for me. I love looking back at the year and seeing how the tiny daily steps have brought me to where I am. Then I love making some large & ambitious goals for the coming year. [...]

Christmas is magic. We had such a sweet little understated Christmas. Strawberry shortcake & orange juice punch for breakfast. Cars, choo choo trains, accordians, pettiskirts, and ponies for the kiddos to open. Lots of candy & snacks. And an afternoon, dressed in red & green, trying to keep the little [...]

…a little bit like Christmas. Although it’s warm/rainy/sunny here everyday and we never close our windows and it’s just about always too warm for hot chocolate. We picked out a tree the other day at Helemano farms, just down the road from our house and brought it home with the top down. [...]

Just got back yesterday from a week in the desert with Garth’s parents & family. It was a little chilly at times and we loved it. We left 2 cans of spam and like 15 strange sodas when we left (including egg nog fizz and lilikoi). Yes, we will leave spam at [...]

This is me just a few moments ago in my quiet and calm house. I’m working. I’m all alone- and gosh I like being alone.
The kids started going to daycare this week and it’s breaking my heart. I wasn’t built to be a stay at home Mom. It is what I [...]

Circus sideshow acts for Halloween 2011! We threw these together in a day or two from a few thrifted items and some things around the house (and a lovely lovely 3/4 yard of tiny sequin fabric). We certainly could have taken them to a more extravagent place if we’d had more time- but [...]

We love you gram gram!
love, Jack & Gigi
p.s. Look how much we’ve grown in one tiny year!

What a sweet sweet duo these two make. Ginger is so interested in all of the buttons and knobs and she just looks like she belongs on a bike. It’s nice for Garth since his firstborn son runs away and cries when he hears a motorcycle start. Luckily Ginger was dressed in [...]

The kiddos back in the day as Sally & Moishe.

The kiddos as Sally & Moishe in modern times
(can you believe how much Ginger has changed in one year!?)
Costume season is in full swing for me which means that I am stitching Sally and Moishe in the car everywhere we go, in my bed before sleep, [...]