belle really loves bbq sauce.

things have been really busy around here with my shop, making christmas presents and getting ready to go to utah in less than 2 weeks. woohoo! and i just maybe have had my tree up for over a week now... i love it!

Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda

THE best and most magical Christmas book ever. i read this book to belle last night and it is amazing! each page is an extravagant pop up and even has a light-up surprise at the end. you can buy it here.

photo via RobertSabuda.com

wild thing...

belle walked into the bathroom one day carrying this mask... she likes to snoop thru my nightstand... LOL.

lately, she has been wanting to sit on the bathroom counter while i get ready. she copies me and takes my make-up brush and brushes her face and then mine. she is hilarious. i love this little girl so much. most mornings, i wake up and can't wait to see her little pudgy face.

*recognize the mask jill or kym? ;)

my little garden gnome...

as you can see i wasn't successful in only picking one.

belle won the costume contest for her age group...we couldn't be prouder. ;) (she is holding her ribbon)


we did make it to the pumpkin patch and it was hot and dirty (*i just read this after i posted and i can't stop laughing! LOL). made me miss utah this time of year.


i had a halloween party at my house... we ate fingers, spider infested boiled eggs, mummy pizza and moldy cheese. delicious! wha ha ha.

turtle bay is where it all began...

and maybe that is why it is still our #1 place. jay and i started surfing together when we first met (and he kept trying to play hard to get and it literally drove me crazy). i remember checking him out, out of the corner of my eye, in his beat up station wagon.



out of nowhere the waves got big and i was glad i went in...look at all that white water! i was sucking anyway...i wish i would go more! jay and i miss the north shore sooo bad! we plan on moving back when we can.



uh oh. i think i heard belle. she will play in her crib after a nap forever if i let her (sometimes i do). i wish i had a camera on the wall to see what she was doing!

i (sort of) heart the zoo.

i can't help but feel bad for all of the animals stuck in their cages.

something you did not know about me: my long lost dream was i always wanted to be like Steve Irwin and work at a rehabilitation zoo.

i posted all these amazing photos in case you felt left out ;)

flamingos are fluorescent. INSANE. (i put belle in her giraffe dress for the occasion)

jason was really excited to see his long lost relatives.


i have a thing for tigers.

my very favorite part.

my favorite animal that we saw...besides belle ;)

for your viewing pleasure.


jay has been on vaca before he starts the dreaded 4th quarter (crazy holiday rush) at target. we are enjoying lots of family time. headed to the north shore to surf! pics to come.

i made these.

get the how to for pumpkin people here.


made the apron for my mom's b-day. and we can laugh together at my awkward pose.


yup. i made that last one too.

Belle's surfer girl headband

i have been really busy with my shop...which is a good thing. and i finally got my halloween decor out...it looks really great with all my craft clutter. i really need to create a work station somewhere in my tiny house for my craftiness. poor belle scoots around the house with felt stuck to her bum.

did i mention that belle is obsessed with all of my halloween stuff? i love it. she makes me walk her around the house so she can point and blab nonsense to everything. it's great and so is halloween. i have started belle's costume... you'll have to wait and see! it's a surprise.