market.

i could eat nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables (and chocolate/peanut butter) for the rest of my life and be happy.

one of the millions of reasons why i love summer. 

yum.

(it got a little too healthy for someone...had to have his maple bar!)

lately.

1. we have a baby apple tree. its blooming.

2. i love yellow. i love target.  i love $12 shoes.

3. PANERA BREAD!!!

4. boy.

we obviously bring out the best in each other...

also...im shooting lots of weddings this summer. (yay!!!) im in love with this one--from the couple...to the dress...to the most perfectly decorated reception...it really was a perfect day. 

garden.

ive been thinking/trying/scared of/too lazy to/hoping to grow a little vegetable garden for some time now.

so i did it over the weekend.

there will (hopefully) be at least one of:

 peas. cucumbers. radishes. squash. basil.

ready...go!

26 miles across the sea.

confession:

i have lived in southern california my entire life.

i had never been to catalina until two weeks ago.

i know. embarassing.

BUT i can make up for that by having really cool friends. (one of which happens to be a pilot!)

darren and i flew out to catalina with our friends lauren and dean.

i documented.

so so fun.

i feel like a very small part of my life has been completed. how had i never been before???

on a sunday...

lately...

ive been doing more and more of this:

(note: and when i say "this" i dont mean taking pictures of my shoes/cat/whatever else walks into the picture...i mean the actual running part.)

because im (excitedly/nervously/wondering what i was thinking/hoping i dont die while i do it) training for one of these in october.

however....i can say that after a few weeks of it, im finally seeing progress!! finally!

phew.

do you run? you should. i have a sort of love/hate relationship with it, but im finding that the more i do it, the more i love it.

p.s. id like to apologize to anyone unfortunate enough to come across this picture for how white my legs are. id love to tell you that it will change come summer...and i'll get a tan...but that wont be happening.

i made curtains!

note: dont judge my "ruffles." i kind of just made it up as i went along...?

raspberry.

remember my favorite jam?

mmmm....

growing.

favorite place in the world.

there's a small little house in a small little town in the evergreen state.

its my favorite place in the world.

my favorite memories...

my favorite smells...

favorite sounds...

favorite homemade jam from home grown and picked raspberries and blackberries...

i even welcome every mosquito bite. (and believe me...there's a lot)

 theyre all part of the memories.

they're all bundled up into my childhood summers and tucked away neatly in this little house waiting for me each time i come back.

(this "favorite place" is oma and grandpa's house, by the way. :)

my mom, brother and i cheated this year and snuck a trip up before summer came. just a quick trip.

it wasnt long, but its enough to hold me over for a few months.

love.love.love.

be back this summer.