A few years ago Elle got what she had been begging and begging for for Christmas: a new camera. She was delighted. And instead of going around taking pictures of her Christmas gifts or of her family, she promptly went about taking pictures of everything on our walls. A wrought iron piece of decor, each…
Christmas was great. But my favorite moment was on Christmas eve. As a matter of fact, I think it always is. Because that’s when the kids give their presents to each other. And watching their anticipation and smiles and full-on knock-each-other-over hugs because they’re so excited makes my heart turn to putty. The kids drew…
And this photoshoot was like we were on a secret mission. We pulled up to this cool place and my heart dropped as I saw the big sign that announced there were two weddings taking place there that evening. Boy howdy were we in trouble! I tried to beg the guy to let us in…
I have to preface my “how-to” with a story: In high school I always had trouble finding prom dresses. I mean, I was super tall and the style was to have big floral mid-calf dresses. Oh, and the big hair and bangs. The hair thing wasn’t a problem for me. The floral thing was pretty…
We were so glad we already went to the Great Wall and other big Beijing tourist spots last time we were there so we didn’t have to fight the crowds. We were also really glad that they installed a bunch of normal toilets for the Olympics so we didn’t have to deal with these ones…
Growing up we had some crazy family traditions. I have two favorites: The first was my Dad’s birthday tradition. His birthday falls in October, which is a perfect month for him since he’s completely enamored by Fall leaves. I know, everyone loves the colors of Fall. But my Dad, serious nature lover, may win a…
Ok, so just a little side-note on Blissful Living Studio classes. The Capture the Moment class I had scheduled for tomorrow, August 14th has been postponed until the 28th at 10-11:30a.m. I’m sorry if this messes anyone up. Hopefully anyone planning on tomorrow can come on the 28th instead. Dave and I are leaving for…
Every year my sisters, sisters-in-law and I have a mini reunion. It’s called MFME (an acronym for the girls in my family). It was founded by my amazing mother years ago when all of us girls started leaving home. Since we scattered all over the place, MFME is totally precious to us. It’s our one…
Gradually we picked up more and more people up at the lake until all 34 of us were there and the actual reunion began. That means two things: 1) 34 people create mayhem. It was pretty crazy…especially the meals, and 2) it was SO fun to be all together…to have time to really talk and…