Not a lot of weddings start out in the quiet calm of the couple’s home, but if you really want to have a relaxing start to your wedding day, this is how you do it! When I arrived at Anna & Matt’s home, Anna was just wrapping up with hair and makeup in the living […]

Late this past fall, we got rid of Perrin’s crib and upgraded her room to big girl status. (She’s very proud.) While we certainly weren’t in a rush to do this, we also suddenly realized that the furniture we needed was going to be really delayed because of shipping issues so, in the end, we […]

After spending time in Santa Cruz, we headed away from the ocean and in toward the mountains. The drive from Santa Cruz to our Airbnb in Oakhurst, just outside of Yosemite, was about 3 hours, but we had some time to spare so we stopped for lunch and then later stopped in another town to […]

I had vague ideas of photographing this room before Perrin was born, but, lo and behold, she’s 6 months old and I finally took the photos. I’m not mad though because as you will see, because I waited, she is in some of the pictures, which are obviously my favorite. So for starters, I should […]

With a little baby on the way, we needed to get Henry moved out of his nursery and the transition has been strangely easy; far easier than we ever expected! His new room was our old guest room and we decided to get rid of the full size mattress and get him a twin size bed […]

When we first walked through our home back when it was on the market, one of the first things I noticed was the dark kitchen countertops. (I hated them.) But the house otherwise was perfect for us and so I got over the kitchen and we moved in. We immediately painted the entire house and […]