Apartment Necessities: asparagus and bowtie pasta

i went shopping for apartment-groceries for the first time
i was so excited that i shopped for about an hour and a half,
picking out just the right things.

apples
spelt
bowtie pasta (MY FAVORITE!)
cheese
marinara sauce
golean crunch!
honey yogurt
avocados
tomatoes
bread
bagels
animal crackers!
babycarrots
white macaroni and cheese
coffeeeeeeee
mustard
CHICKEN, mmm.
frozen corn
basil !!!
milk
spelt (a grain, kind of like rice)
chocolate.

photos from a field that i love

This summer I discovered a wide open field next to my track-home, Southern-Californian neighborhood. Seriously, I never knew about it, and it's literally right around the corner from my house.

It's amazing what you see when you actually
look
!

the best emotionally-charged, full of life, mid-moment photo ever.

i just melt at this photo.
so in the moment!
what's going through their heads at that moment?

right now i feel like my world might explode and crush me...
and i know that everything can't be wonderfully full of bliss,
but it seems like its been too long since i've
had one of these mmmmmm life moments, like they're having.

its when my heart audibly screams PAY ATTENTION TO ME!
that i know i have to go drink some iced tea outside or something.
you know?

the really pretty, really fun Alpha girls

this is the RA staff from Alpha Chi.
We fulfilled one of my life visions:
to stroll down Beach Blvd and take photos.
I absolutely love that street because of all the great buildings, colors, textures, light... so I'm excited that they let me take them there to explore!

here's the RD, Dawn.

and her lovely staff.aren't they fun?

{thanks for helping me bring the beach blvd vision to life!}

art while driving

Joy and Michael's Wedding!

When we first met, Joy told me that her wedding was going to be in Inglewood, but that I'd never know it. Boy was she ever right!! Directly next to LAX, in the middle of run-down LA, was the most beautiful Victorian house that Joy and Michael were married at. Gardens, fountains, antiques... it was absolutely incredible. If anyone needs to know how to plan the classiest Inglewood wedding the world has ever seen, talk to Joy McCoy.

okay, this is possibly one of the most unique wedding day moments I've seen: Grandpa measuring his granddaughter on the day of her wedding!! He has fourteen grandchildren, and this door is covered in names and ages and dates and heights. ahh! I love this!!

her shoes were so precious.

just hanging out on the counter

blythe {my wonderful friend!} was my
assistant and took this one of me in ac-tion.

again, one of my favorite wedding moments.

Ashley, glamorously eating corn on the cob

We were by a wheelbarrow or something and I told Amy, "now you just need a farmer boyfriend!" I already have one! "you DO?" yup

here is the beautiful Joy :)
i couldn't get enough of all the lace!
this window had such great light coming in.
i absolutely loved kim's hair.
side swept curls are the best best best.Michael, looking amazing in his hand-tied (!!) bow tie.

!

they asked if they could fight for their group photos,
i said yes

then they gave me a few smiling ones. :)

these centerpieces ruled. pears! and asparagus!!sweet thing.

they were glowing the entire day

blythe took this rad abstract

and... one last favorite!

thanks for taking me to the place that i now want to copy you and get married at, mainly for the amazing wallpaper, and of course, all the lace.

it was a lovely day :) joy and michael i am glad to know the two of you. family photos when Riley arrives, okay?

Ellen and Alex and Tropicana

I'm moving in to Tropicana today-- my new apartment, which you will be hearing a lot about this year, because I am absolutely ecstatic about it.

So many good things.
#1, it's completely teal
#2, i will have things like a kitchen and a couch
(luxuries after living in a dorm room!)
#3, i have the best roommates ever ever ever
#4, these are the people who are in charge:el and alex and i collaborated on this little welcome postcard that each person will get when they move in! ahhhh! i'll pretend to be surprised when i find it in as i move in today. we did the photos outside of trop-- I need to post more of them this week, because they are so much fun.

okay, time to go put the boxes that i still haven't unpacked from the beginning of the summer back into the car to move in.

i cant wait
!

Tjepkema Family Photos!

Yesterday I did a family portrait session for the Tjepkema's. We had so much fun together! Being in college-land, it's always fun to hang out with families-- especially when there's little kids!

here's Reagan! she was such a crack up.

sweet Lila.Nate set up his train to show me.
I love this shot.

Kim and Travis!

each of their expressions just makes me melt.
woo-hoo for family photos!