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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPHXVnt27g] There’s not a whole lot in this little town that screams VIP, but tonight we’ll pretend we’re the most VIP it gets, when we see the pre-screening (read: FOUR days before the general public!) of this sweet French film The Intouchables at our favorite theater The Nickelodeon (not the gak one). Have you heard about it?…

  Our Sunday afternoon was full of softball, hot dogs and a inning-ending catch, but more on that later! Our church is doing something in the month of July that gives different people from our congregation a chance to lead a service. We were able to lead the first one (whew!) but there are many…

Happy weekend, lovelies! Wouldn’t you say this is a get-out-and-enjoy-summer sort of weekend? I would! I’ve got an opera in the city on my mind, we’ll see if we can make it up there! And tomorrow, we’ll be enjoying a pool party tomorrow, paired with church- which I’m so excited for. What are your plans…

Our Fourth of July was spent at our oh so happy place berry farm (swanton berry farm) and with lots of friends! we love going to swanton for playing games, eating lots of berries, photoshoos out in the sunflower grove and purely away from all the hubbub. it is a little oasis for us! we…

Happy Fourth of July my friends! Hope your mid-week holiday is wonderful. We’re spending it with family and friends, and I just might do a little manicure to boot! Image of fireworks in San Francisco by David Paul Morris, Getty Images.

Ever since I could remember, our Fourth of July consisted of breakfast at a local diner (Cats Incredible, which, sadly is no longer around) and a walk down to find our place on the side of Soquel Drive in Aptos- and for what, you may ask? Well, the World’s Shortest Parade! This sweet and short…

he does this. for our church and the kids. i think it’s wonderful. for a day or so..

Happy Friday, friends! I hope this weekend is full of glitz, glam and sparkles..or just a nice portion of fun. We’ve got a full weekend ahead, but on of the more exciting parts is that we get to lead the Saturday evening service for our congregation. For us, church means relationships, food, and Jesus, so…

I recently came across this article in Forbes discussing the important lessons that one can utilize in the workplace from this book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I read this book, originally recommended to me by our pastor, to help us through some of the misunderstandings and hang-ups I had experienced in our communication.…

Do you ever feel the need to publicly hold yourself accountable to some goals you have? I don’t necessarily throw myself at the opportunity, but I’m going for it! I’ve had some things I’ve really wanted to achieve and this summer feels like it’s the right time. And, some of them are more time-sensitive (like…

Why, hello weekend! Looking forward to kicking off our weekend with our Swiss cousin and her friend tonight as we enjoy the oh-so-lovely delicacy of good ol American pizza. For this, I am happy. We’ll also be working at our Vacation Bible School prep party in the morning- the next week will be one crazy week as nearly a thousand…

It’s called Marianne’s. AND IT’S way GOOD. So we go there for Birthdays..in which we cheer for our ice cream scooper, take pictures in a big mob as we wait in a line outside, and make silly faces…Marianne’s is a sentimental place for lots of visitors to Santa Cruz. I don’t have any great memories…

happy weekend! …here are some things i’m loving this sunny friday: +some eye candy for the love of pie & kinfolk magazine +and really..this photographer +some tips for mastering the art of getting lost in Paris…honestly, let’s get lost already why don’t we! +Shakespeare’s first theatre discovered by archaeologists in London! +instagram magnets. need more be…

to be frank, life is just a bit messy right now. Work. Life. Fam. Blah. Mess-ville! Things seem to just be running over everywhere, all over each other. And suddenly, here I am, face to face with my Starbucks barista, who’s currently under the impression that they made me cry. No, Tom. No, Nancy. It’s not…

We have been graduation crashing, grad party hopping {the ones parents throw- which obviously, are the best, yah parents!}, and celebrating our large number of youth who get to add “high school graduate” to their list of accomplishments as of this year! We’re so proud of the youth in our youth group and have had…

Enjoy a safe holiday and thank you  to all our past/present/future troops! xoxo

Say hello to my wonderful friend, Laura from Laura Unrefined! Laura and I met back in 2009 when I was still at UC Irvine, and helping with a church plant in the LBC. Well it just so happened that Laura’s whole family was apart of this church in some way or another {they’re amazing, people!}…

Our next lovely lady to share is Jenn- the sweet, funny, Jesus-lovin, Boston fan {oh man!}, newlywed and {obviously} a pure beaut from {Passenger Seat Perspectives}! I so enjoy Jenn’s genuine perspective on life and hearing about all her adventures! And I think we’re a little big bloggy twinsy {both married to a James, met…

So in honor of me and the hubs ONE YEAR anniversary, I’d love to kick off our little feature with Nicole from the lovely, sophisticated, heart-felt, faith-filled {the Neesby Lookbook}! They’re beautiful people, obviously {see below}, but I so love how Nicole shares her life and heart. She is SO easy to relate to and…

Didn’t realize how many creative, customized family trees were available out there. These were a few that caught my eye on Etsy the other day! I believe number one is now on my wish list 🙂 Would love to frame one of these for the wall! Find them here: 1 Bus Scroll by LilyGene 2…

You guys, I’m seriously feeling super pathetic after experiencing my first boot camp on Tuesday. I believe the woman who ran it was in her mid-forties and has given birth to at least three children– she made me look like an out of shape little baby child. Intense woman she was, she pulled out all…

happy weekend! excuse me while i play with css, i don’t quite know what the heck i am doing. tra-la-la!

You know when moving just. doesn’t. end?? And it feels like it goes on forever?? Yes, well, welcome to the last week! I love blogging and getting my thoughts out, but all of my thoughts over this last week are kinda thrown all over our new flat’s walls, furniture, and some of them shared with…

Guys, this is my first time to Switzerland since I was three! I look different, no? The above picture is actually in Paris in front of the Picasso museum, and the second picture is in Bern, at a wedding in the mountains, and it was one big party (I think). So first off, I’m excited…

James and I took a little break to have a wonderful date this weekend. Even in the midst of busy lives, hubs is so good at making time for “us”. I have to admit, I’m not as good as him at this.. So when he suggests that we, we who are in our “cozies”, walk…

+To give people the benefit of the doubt…like when person A decides that yelling at you because they are upset. And they are lame. really lame. And then you want to punch said person in face but don’t because they are in New York and you are in California. Then you remember that you want…

Happy Friday, people! This has been a crazy week of packing, cleaning and other things, and I’m so happy that tomorrow’s Saturday 🙂 I think I get to sleep in at LEAST a half an hour and that’s seriously a lot right now. AND to top it off, James would like to go see the…

This is what our week is supposed to look like so far. But if we’re telling the truth around here, which we are, then we would know that our week actually consist of getting home and almost falling asleep on the couch, and then working really really hard to peel ourselves off of said couch in…

Happy Tuesday everybody! I’m back in town and back to the swing of things {except for my voice, I left that in the mountains!}. I have a post with lots of camp pictures and stories to come! And whew, oh baby do we have stories. Husby showered me with gifts last night and a wonderful…