family photos.

 the unspeakable actually happened.

pete let me pay an actual photographer to come to our house and take pictures of our family.

i still can't believe it.

i asked the kids for their ideas about the pictures.

lucy wanted to bake cookies.

unanimously they wanted pictures reading (dorks) and of all of us piled into our bed.

and finn was set on catan pictures.

sarah from arrow & apple did such a great job.

these pictures are a true family treasure.

if you live in phoenix, i couldn't recommend sarah enough.

thank you, thank you, sarah!

9/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week,

for one year"

{april 2013 - april 2014}

fancying.

jars of paint brushes are the prettiest.

and making homemade watercolors sounds like 

the perfect summer art project.

check it out.

{from design sponge}

my house could use a little bit of color.

i love the idea of painting the inside 

of your door a bright color.

{from jelanie shop}

we should drink more tea.

teach our daughters manners.

and drink more tea.

{via parisians in polkadots}

digging this art and the color it adds.

i may need to begin a search for some affordable art 

for my little home.

{via coco + kelly}

happy.

flowers from trader joe's are the simplest way to make my whole week look brighter.  

i just can't get enough of them.

and, with my baby about to turn one, i need a little something around the house to keep me from bursting into tears...

world's best

we ended up with three "world's best" teachers this year.

i realize only one can really be the world's best, 

but for each of my kids they had the very best.

and, what more can you ask for as a parent?

8/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week,

for one year"

{april 2013 - april 2014}

fancying.

love this room.

especially the wall-to-wall, 

floor-to-ceiling photos.

{from style by emily henderson}

delicious.

adding this to my list this summer.

{from oh joy!}

i am obsessed with that 

perfect little school desk.

{via the boo and the boy}

i want to have a pie party.

everyone bring a pie and we try little slivers of them all and vote on a winner.

county fair style.

let's paint a table cloth for the occasion.

{from a subtle revelry}

the coolest.

i love buttons.

i love the idea of them as conversation starters.

just awesome.

{from you are my fave}

back on the road...

wrapping up this road trip with a stop in balmorhea state park and then back to phoenix.

it's been a great trip, but it will be good to be home!

(having fun playing with the new a beautiful mess app!)

more handmade riot.

took some more pictures for handmade riot.

got three shelves for myself and

am so excited to hang them!

seriously, go check them out.

you won't be disappointed.

can i recommend the popsicle coasters for summer?

7/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week,

for one year"

{april 2013 - april 2014}

fancying.

send me here, please.

i want an entire week vacation just in 

that tiny little cabin on a dock.

{via tiny.k}

happy tape, rocks, feathers...

this could be lucy's dresser.

{from design sponge}

hmmm, all white never gets old for me.

{via the design chaser}