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have a happy/goofy/fun {and safe} halloween! silly faces are entirely welcome and accepted by us. we will be running around the “sweets and treats sweet shoppe” selling concessions with our “youts”.. which, by the way, james has started calling our youth group high schoolers “youts,” and i actually don’t love it all that much, but…

a little look at our autumn weekend.. first we went to swanton berry farm and then we went here: and then we headed here: then we carved punkins and ate and watched the world series at the barn: —interlude: sleep sleep eat church eat— back for more! …then we went here: and wilder ranch (with the horse…

I would love to share with you the sweet Abi and her photographs. mrs. abi q has been a friend-of-pretty-much-all-of-my-friends for a couple years now and i have always admired her photography, her wedding photography {for a couple of my friends‘ weddings—gorgeous stuff, people!} and just her! i also have loved learning about her and her…

today, i woke up with a pounding migraine..sad face. and my cheek bones were achey. which i didn’t get? so i’ve been in the house all day and am beginning to feel a little stir crazy. i was glad the sun decided to stay in with me..cause it just feels better to be sick on…

last night, i helped celebrate my friend lindsay’s (and evan’s) two little buns in the oven—they are having twin girls! i only took a few pictures, but am so excited for their little babes. and lindsay has the cutest belly! can’t wait to meet their two little sweet things!i have to admit, i quite admired…

thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway! … heidi {comment 30} is the giveaway winner!! … please email me casey{at}theleafletblog{dot}com with your shipping address! and congrats! *we used random number generator to select the winners.

over the last few weeks, we’ve had various groups of swiss friends and family visiting us. while we have family in switzerland, we also have quite a few friends from all over the switzerland. and for some reason, they couldn’t keep away from us!! ooor they had a fall holiday and are visiting. my cousin…

some notes about the beard (or glory in some circles..well james’ personal circle): +growing strong at the moment +hasn’t scared any small children lately +was shamelessly caught snacking on popcorn crumbs +has found increased inspiration from the film argo (article ref: a, b & c) +is using shampoo & conditioner again beard coverage, out.

today we have a special giveaway from laura at stylefox! {insert excited squeal!} one lucky reader will win a $25 gift certificate to shop for anything they’d like in the stylefox shop! stylefox launched earlier this year & i don’t think there is anything in laura’s shop i don’t love (& very affordable)! i’m smitten with this simple and stylish envelope…

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/14190306 w=560&h=310] MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp have you seen this yet!? hopefully it makes you smile too.

there are quite a few things that make me looove fall. one is it’s my birthday season {and we’re not even to my birthday month yet, people..it just gets better #shameless}. it’s also the season of pumpkins, thanksgiving, welcoming back basketball into our lives, scarves, plaids, socks and just a general “anticipation” in the air!…

this weekend, we were in southern california for a wedding and, in the process, gave some of james family a lil love squeeze. we don’t get to see his family as oft as mine, so any opportunity we have, we soak it up! {along with the sun} the temperature was about a bazillion and three! more to come!

do i look italian to you?? i’m totally not. and i totally don’t (think) i look it! my italian is the quintessential italian…passionate, hands-in-the-air, responding loudly and a beard that grows like nobody’s business..well maybe that’s just my italian. ps, i am allowed to stereotype because my future babies will be italians. so as you’re probably aware, i…

hello friends! just a little note to say that it’s been one year since I began blogging (and we still enjoy it)! so that’s a good sign.. i’m still a little bit in wonder about how big this blog world is and how wondrous so many are… how long have you been blogging?

via i’ve pretty much wanted to crawl back into bed every morning for the last five days.  so this print pretty much sums up exactly how i’ve felt! i’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful things that have pulled me through: + here’s looking at you husband {thank you} + knowing that at any moment, there is the…

these are all on my fall wishlist! and yes..i want a tutu 🙂 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15 find last’s fall’s lookie lookie here 🙂  

joanna posted this video of an upcoming documentary on what makes people happy.  it looks absolutely lovely 🙂   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vZ1LutLRRY]

pizza, to be exact. it was a bit weird. ..at least the bistro’s “margherita pizza” was delicious!

eating, jumping looking, snoozing swagdad-ing, pigtailing head-tilting, sleep-piling taking off our shoes, vacuuming our rugs and enjoying a cookie with our first pumpkin spice latte of the season! ps definition and rules of lomography if you’re so inclined 🙂

he made lil jude drool & giggle this weekend 🙂 {made w/ picasion}

today, i feel like being brutally honest with you all. duh duh duh! but anywho..out of curiosity, i looked up the definition of “brutal” and realized it meant savage and inhumane. ummm, yeah..creepy. the only synonym i could hang with was ferocious. so, instead, i guess i’ll be ferociously honest with you. ferociously honest enough to…

last week, we went out of town for a few days for a conference and to handle some family business. we stopped off shortly at a cheese farm that had some lovely little ponds and some livestock. and although i didn’t notice til now, i’m definitely getting my fall on with all these farms and such! some highlights: grilled cheese with gouda james first interaction…

i love getting to spend time with our youth group girlies!! truly, they are a riot..i think i’m always laughing. and they’re always ready for a photoshoot. since all the men were away at a men-away weekend (or as our church refers to it, “men’s advance”), we decided that it was the perfect weekend for…

Our thoughts today are with our fellow Americans and everyone  around the world remembering 9/11, eleven years ago today. some beautifully captured pieces from NY mag. image via.

dear bed, i miss you. let’s be friends. dear husband, i miss sleeping in with you. darn my 5am sched. dear house, i promise i didn’t forget about you and the shelves. dear faraway friends, we should reunite asap, with cupcakes. dear m other, don’t worry! i will come pick up the quilt today. dear…

labor day this year was full of yummy food, friends and cute babies in the pool 🙂 i treasure those sorts of days off with friends and loved ones, especially my hubs. i think one of my favorite parts was julia (pink sweatshirt below) coming to wake us up in the morning..after that, her and…

however, i didn’t get any cracker jacks..i had ghirardelli sipping chocolate! which is equally delicious and you must try if you ever go. serious now. on tuesday evening, we had a wonderful adventure at the sf giants game! our friends, bill and lorraine, shared their incredible seats with us and we had a view of the game that we’re not…

i forgot to tell you that i—a little bit—have butterflies in my tummy today because… we are going to see the giants  play ten rows behind home plate! eee! i was told it might look like this 🙂

hope you all had a wonderful three-day weekend!  we have been enjoying the extra time together over here 🙂 this weekend, we tackled some house projects..getting it truly clean, not just using a wipey, and it feels so good! we also had an unexpected breakfast date! james and i realized that the way our life…