• sometimes i feel the need to give james about 10258385 hugs in one day • sometimes i like to put my feet up and munch a whole bowl of popcorn • sometimes i dream i’m in my imaginary beach house in bora bora • sometimes we watch an old musical every night of the week •sometimes people forget i am a 24-year…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kS8RTRi7HA] …mumford and sons, that is! come quickly september 24th!

this week i began a cool new project on the side getting to write and edit for an online publication. excited squeal! well. so far, the best time to work on it all is in the early morning.. and i’m not always sure what an early morning me will bring!  anybody relate..? sometimes it’s.. extreme droopy…

sometimes James takes pictures of me eating yogurtland. more like devouring but then there are pictures of him doing this i believe he was dared by a jr. higher. such is our life. i love you cupface.

according to my vsco cam app mostly (which i love!) 1) vintage camera shopping 2) james preachin on a sunday morn! 3) summer baseball with the youth 4) celebrating national swiss heritage day (woot!!) 5) little sugar-crashes at yogurtland by little joah 6) james (swoon) 7) james seeing west side story (FOR THE FIRST TIME)…

this is my face, and my hair today.puffy and knotty- a fun mix right?ps. i miss my bed right now. sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. on to more exciting things: the lovely jenn asked me to guest post for her  while she’s tromping around alaskan glaciers, that lucky duck!  come check it out 🙂 …

today i did not wash my hair. i also did not go to the gym, or clean our shower floor. but i did take an afternoon nap, and wasn’t groggy after. i had lunch with a pal, and didn’t follow the french dietary plan (hello mac+cheese!) i went to an antique shop, and mused about…

Earlier this week, with lots of friends in tow, we went to watch Sandlot, one of the most epic baseball movies ever, on the sand (of all places!) in front of the santa cruz beach boardwalk! we packed up our beach blankets, snacks, hot cocoas and our some of our favorite sandlot quotes like these:   Remember kid, there’s heroes and…

since i started my first job after graduating uci, i’ve definitely missed being on a university campus. i’m one of those sick people who loves school, learning, academia, nom nom nom…loooove it. so when i began an office job, i knew it would be an adjustment. and there are some things that make my job wonderful. and i…

There are a few things that I’ve learned about small town living growing up here in Santa Cruz. Now, you may be thinking that Santa Cruz isn’t, by nature, a very small town. In the nicest way, I would beg to differ. it’s not as small as one of those 300-person towns in the middle of…

instagram by moi (caseymas), nice quality photos by this lady. Did ya miss me? You are probably enjoying your July to the fullest, so if you didn’t, I won’t take it personally (cue obsessively emphatic wink). We had such an awesome time at camp last week at Old Oak Ranch! reasons why camp was really…

Happy Friday, beautiful people. This weekend, we’ll be busily preparing for our youth camp early Monday morning. That means snacks, water, sunscreen, and lots of clothes that can dirty, …silly dirty.  I will oh so thankfully not have to stay behind this go-round (i usually do!), so I will be zooming around and taking the opportunity to…

tumblr=time-waster. am i right?  so make sure you’re enjoying it! so if you have some extra time to waste, or are looking to avoid the following:  work, cleaning your house, painting something, brushing your hair, working out, getting into your work out clothes, homework, cleaning your car, or the 19548293 things that you need to…

  oh, how i love the sound of a camera’s clicking! and this one clicks quite a bit..i’m looking forward to taking some pictures with this lil baby (nikon slr analog, thanks for letting it out, mama) and using real film!even if it does come with an entourage 😉  i cannot wait, i just love the…

a smile is a curve that sets everything straight. -phyllis diller   happys and joys around our house this week: italian sparkling water in abundance (more bubbles!) plopping my feetsies on james while we lounge + wonderful foot rubs stacks of my favorite books finding beautiful framed photographs for free a nice layer of fog after…

on sunday, this curly-haired, you-better-earn-my-photo-smile, giants loving little man named jasper turned seven! he even gave me a half-smile (above right), which still seems a bit pensive, but i’ll take it! it should firstly be mentioned that i walked at least a mile (above left) to get to the picnicking area, which the state park attendant…

On Saturday we enjoyed a lovely dinner at Cafe Cruz just outside the garden. This is one of our favorite places to dine together. This sort of ended up like a husband photo-shoot but he so kindly complied! I had the prawns, he had the salmon, and I about devoured a grilled artichoke; especially so…

hello! as my cinnamon mocha this morning piped through my veins a little too ambitiously (thank you pacific coffee roasters!), i’m still a bit wound up to say the least. and our current way of eating (french diet, people!) makes it so that a little caffeine in the morning is a little too much for…

receiving thirty kisses on my forehead before bedtime last night. oh boy i love that man. a delicious summer lunch with my mama, and a beast salad (copyright this lady) that we are going to start having ‘sunday projects’ for our home so we can finally finish all the things i want to finish so badly! great…

[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…