wednesday market

every Wednesday evening there is a small but sweet farmers market in our neighborhood at the beach park. we like to stop by for some fresh made salsa, delicious homemade donuts and locally grown fruits and veggies. the cherries and peas are unreal!!

I brought my camera last week...but failed to snap any of the food. but I guess food is for eating...not photographing. (try telling that to instagram)

I did however, manage to take about 37 million pics of my baby and my baby daddy. shocking, I know. miles' new favorite obsession is rocks. he examines them very closely before tossing them in the edge of the Puget Sound. (well... he almost makes it!)

he could do this for hours. and I could watch.

july 4th

holidays here in Washington are sometimes a little strange and still a little sad. I always get a little homesick. I miss the good old days spending the 4th of july in grandma pat's pool (all day) eating bbq and then heading to sugar house park for fireworks at night. it was so much fun when I was young. so I started the day feeling a little "off" thinking about such fun times years ago when all my cousins were close and life seemed simple.

but...we headed out for a day of exploration to somewhere new in the city we hadn't been before. we went to west seattle, found a hawaiin bbq joint, ate some good pork sandwiches, and then we found ourselves at alki beach. it felt so much like socal I could have sworn we were driving the PCH!!

it ended being a great day. can't wait to go back. I fell in love with west seattle and the view of the city was fantastic.

happy independence day! xoxo

weekly pins

this week's 5 fav...

woodland park zoo

a Saturday at the zoo.

and the dirty goats were clearly the highlight...

weekly pins

5 favorite pinterest finds this week...

uncle ryan visits seattle

last week we were honored to have Brandon's little brother visit us. we took him out for a day of tourist activities and made him pose for embarrassing pictures in the city. he loves me.

 gum wall

 space needle!

 miles is such a trooper. he loves trips to the city. I love that he can snooze in the buggy.

dad was quick to the rescue with a nice cold popsicle during some mid-city teething...

january at the beach

so...I have really been terrible at blogging this year. (not that I was great last year...but this year I haven't really done anything) we moved in February...and honestly it has rocked my world. getting unpacked and settled with a toddler takes sooooooooooooooo long. (for me...because I am a terrible multi-tasker) so, between the move and working on my little website...the blogging has been pushed way to the back burner.

but...I just found these pictures on my camera, of an afternoon spent at our local beach park back in January. we love to go to this beach...we just went today, actually! anyway...I love these pics, so I thought I would share. -

xoxo