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today

she turned her can'ts into cans and her dreams into plans - kobi yamada

sometimes all you need ...

to do is walk into the right thrift store at exactly the right time. $10 my friends. score!

All in all this past weekend was a really good weekend my friends, even with icky issues like the mama car needing a new starter { done! ouch!! } and our tv deciding that it just doesn't want to turn on anymore. we've got the tv on "hibernate" until we decide exactly what we're going to do about that issue. lol

but we also hosted the beans jammie movie birthday party on saturday so thankfully the tv decided to wait until sunday to die. the party was a huge success with 12 laughing, giggling, silly children eating pizza, popcorn & cake while playing in their jammies and watching beverly hills chihuahua. i don't know if there's anything better really than a silly mini dog movie.

maybe a love-ly new to me vintage footstool?

 

on top of all of this i was busy moving kR into a new office and setting up a new home studio. It was a busy weekend i tell you! and this week is reveal week for kR so it's only going to be busier. look for some sneaks soon :)

chihuahua!!

happy tuesday!
xo

ps : what does it say about you when you have to LOOK at the computer calendar to figure out what day of the week it is? lol

on my mind

- this image of maddie and her bestie on day one of first grade. it cracks me up because the shirt says it all.

- after a full week of sickies i have no more feverish littles, just in time for a three day weekend. :)

- having an assistant at kr. cannot express how awesome it is!!

- this piece. i can't stop thinking about it.

- september kr. i feel inspired and ready to create again.

- this beautiful lady coming back online & this one who lives to damn far away.

happy friday!
xo

little love

it's been a while... i know. i took a much needed vacay from here over the last few weeks to enjoy the last few days of summer with my littles and to regroup and reorganize myself. all things are good and i feel so energized, but that definitely wasn't how i felt when i got home from florida & cha.

i was stressed. i was exhausted. my creativity felt hollow and empty. our schedules were about to chage as maddie started first grade and ben started a 4 day a week preschool program. i started to realize that week after i got home that i just needed to stop. my priorities were a little jacked off center and i wasn't doing anything about it, even though i needed to. i desperately needed to.

so i spent basically all of august figuring things out and screwing my head back on :

1. playing with my littles and going on adventures; the sf zoo, dragraces; playdates and the park.

2. refocus on loving my man. he's amazing and so dedicated to us but honestly things just started to become rote, as i'm sure it does at times for alot of couples. life can become so busy and responsibilities can become so huge. so i started asking myself "what can i do for him". it's a small question but the rewards in our relationship are worth it. not to mention we're laughing again. alot.

2. i started weight watchers {and have lost 10lbs in 4 weeks} because i've had it with being overweight and not making myself enough of a priority.

3. i'm reorganizing kenner road and it is building, excatly itno what i always saw it would be, it's amazing how four mornings of childless work can help with all of that, and getting excited for our first birthday on september 14th helps too!

4. admitting i can't be all things to everyone if i'm nothing first to myself.... oh how this is another huge mountain i'm climbing. but climb it i will & i am.

5. making something everyday. this is being helped along because i'm guest designing on kari's a year of color blog and i created a daily journal tutorial {sneak peek above} for september. it's something small and simple that i can fill with all of my "little loves" on a daily basis as i want to recharge my creative spirit this month.

so here i am. i'm refreshed. i'm rejuvenated and i'm ready for everything.

i missed you.
xo

genuine

i have exactly seven photos from cha. none with dina. non with celeste. none with ems. none with vee & ronda. but i have this. this perfect picture with ames and gi. and i have to admit, i always prefer the laughing pics like these over any others. i like the real. the genuine. the ones that truly capture who we are and how we were.

you all live to damn far away you know. too. damn. far.

xo