…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. It is decorated [...]

Dear mr. awesome, Has it really been three years that I’ve been calling you that? More, really- since I gave you that nickname the first week we were dating. I remember you rambling on and on our first date about all of your amazing qualities- how great you were at money management (I didn’t volunteer [...]

Background information for this post: With the exception of one evening in February, Garth and I have not been out without the kiddo since he was born (14 months ago!). We don’t live near family or have a good babysitter, so we spend more of our post-7pm evenings at home, watching movies in our room [...]

Garth is 31 today. He is such a super person, and that makes me one lucky girl. He woke up this morning on his birthday, made Jack a bottle, then let me sleep in and brought me hot chocolate in bed. Gosh, if only everyday was his birthday! love you, Mr. Awesome. Mrs. Awesome.

We were working up until the very last moment to get these together! They were pretty simple- as I used patterns for almost everything. Garth did most of his costume by himself! (it’s really not that amazing, hes actually really crafty). Here’s what we did: Peter Pan. We used a soft cotton jersey and a [...]

Our marriage is 731 days old today. Happy Anniversary Mr. Awesome.

we’ll run away to the park to swing our little heads dizzy. xoxoxoo elle

My husband Garth is the big three oh today. I’m thousands of miles away in Spokane, WA hanging out with my family in the snow while he works on his Austin Mini today….but I wish that I were close enough to don a party hat and make him a little cake. Happy Birthday to my [...]

We got our official souvenier photo from the Navy Birthday Ball back today, and it’s so darling. I just wanted to share it, and share this group of photos that Mr. Garth has added to his flickr account. They are from his re-enlistment ceremony on Halloween- where he was dressed as Popeye. Totally worth the [...]

A few weeks ago Garth and I started noticing the evidence of an uninvited guest living in our home. We found tiny droppings and half-chewed cupcake wrappers. We pulled our Halloween candy from the top shelf and found a tootsie pop that had been licked to the tootsie part on one side, wrapper still round. [...]