a summer evening

the weather in northern california can be

just as disappointing as the summer weather in seattle.

so when we had a beautiful and sunny day 

at the house

with friends

celebrating a birthday,

i couldn't help but take a couple shots of the good times. . .
it would be overwhelming
if life was always this fantastic...

-e

the best chocolate chip cookies. . . ever

my friend sarah and i made chocolate chip cookies the other day.

they are

in my opinion,

the greatest chocolate chip cookies ever.

and this little freshly bathed monster would agree. . . 

-e

good morning sunshine

steven and i moved out of our seattle apartment on may 29th.

since then

we have been staying with gracious friends and family,

on whatever extra space they have.

and it's been wonderful so far. 

we got to spend extra time with friends before we said goodbye in seattle.

we've had lovely meals made for us.

and we feel extremely blessed to have all of these wonderful people in our lives.

but this morning,

for the first time in almost a month,

we woke up in our own place!

for the next several weeks

before we leave for japan,

we get to house sit up in the woods of humboldt.

it's really not a bad place to wake up...

-e

view from the master bedroom. fog covering everything down the hill. the pacific ocean in the distance. redwoods trees surrounding us! 

sorry for the poor quality. my phone camera was all i could find this morning. . . 

unexpected vacation

while in humboldt

i'll be going back to work for the jitter bean.

they're such a great company that

instead of making me come straight to work on monday,

they've pretty much given me the week off.

so thank you JB.

for letting my today look like this...

-e

HUmCo

we made it safely to humboldt.

our first day was a complete success.

highlights included:

playing with our friends adorable daughter in the hammock,

watching chickens grow,

eating one of my sisters delicious meals,

and catching a wild bird....

-e