if you are local this weekend...

Visit Santa at the Rustic Rooster.
P.S. if you have never been, this is an adorable shop with everything from custom painted casegoods, to your favorite throw pillows, to interior design services just look for the yellow house with black shutters.

Start your holiday shopping. Buy handmade at the Holiday Artist Market. I have been so looking forward to this show ever since I found this flyer at the M.O.M shop. There will be many artist showing & selling their work at local artist, Karin Grow's, home in Encinitas.

birthday + clean out + paddle boarding

The weekend started out perfectly, a fish taco & a beer for my grandma Larita's birthday. When I walked her to her room on Friday night she said it was the best birthday that she has ever had {I think that she says that every year... so sweet}.


This weekend was all about a major purge. It started in the Art Barn last Tuesday {more on that later} and slowly worked it's way into the house. On Saturday morning Nini picked up Henry so Ross and I could dive into removing the play yard and turning Henry's room into more of a playroom/ bedroom rather then a nursery. After 3 loads to the Goodwill; all closets, drawers and cabinets are free of anything useless {mostly}. It is amazing how much better life is when it is cleaned out, I highly recommend it. With everything I would say is this 'useful' or 'beautiful'?, if I couldn't answer the questions with a confident 'yes' it was gone.


A clean and tidy Art Barn.


On Sunday afternoon we took a break from all the clean up and met some friends at the lagoon in Carlsbad. It was the first time that I had every stand up paddled and I loved it. It was the most beautiful afternoon, the sun was bright and warm and the air had the crispness of Fall, it was perfect.