makes my stomach hurt...

it starts with this...

then u walk into this...

                                                            cook in this...

                                                              eat in this...

                                                         relax in this...

                                                       sleep in this...

                                                    refresh in this...

                                             and then i woke up...

who knew i would find my dream home while googling ideas for "long fireplace hearths?" weird...
storing these visual treasures up for my next home. via houseplans.com

does your stomach hurt when u see beautiful pictures? it's like an anxious/excited hurt. try it.

                                                            xo.k

heyyyy...

up and out by 7:15... it's a bit early don't u think? (those legs. so beautiful)

                                  love her in pink... u10 is hardcore. go pink tigers!!

                   
gooooo zebras! she looks like a little snowman out on the field. so darn cute it makes me teary. i thought she grew over the summer, but looks like her frenz did too.                        

how many more days until summer? jr. high business, carpooling, homework and soccer soccer soccer...i'm ready to be back on summer schedule sitting on the beach watching my kids swim & getting sunkissed & sandy. i'm really struggling with this new schedule. but how darn worth it to be full in my days with these faces and all their stuff. just get to missing the little moments.  xo.k

progression...

this is better. 

ordered 2 watercolor art picts from flourishdesignandstyle.blogspot.com for the 2 gold frames. 

bottom/ left silver frame has a underwater shot from a tahoe trip in it. and the other 2 silver frames are up for discussion. a vintage skateboarding pict. of my husband needs to find it's way up there. 

you will be proud of me that i ordered and received knobs for the cabinet. but they're going back. didn't love. back to square one. anyone have any ideas?

and this here below my frenz is happening. my father in law took this little bathroom down to it's studs, on the first day of school, and has replaced it with a lot of tile. (he hates that i want grey grout. i love that i'm getting grey grout!) it was the grossest bathroom ever! i would get so mad at anyone that used it. my kids didn't even want to use it. this might be my new favorite space in my house after alls finished. light and bright and CLEAN!!

 crossing my fingers that this little lady will squeeze it's self into the small space. i love it and she's  soooo cheap! actually, all of these things have been budget. this small project was unexpected, and i really wasn't totally prepared for what i wanted in there. home depot & ikea. enough said...

i'm a really bad photographer. i'm sorry for crappy pictures. not inspiring at all...  xo.k

S.O.S. dining room addition...

          here's the situation...                                      

                                                                 HELP!!!

amongst other really unfortunate spaces in my home, this one is killing me! i have put up, removed, put up, removed frames like 50 times. the wall looks like i used it for shooting practice.

also... check out the tree, sitting on a plastic bag in desperate need of a pot/basket  i don't know...

and then the cabinet... just need to commit to some pulls. that's all, easy as that. what's my deal?

there's so much more that needs to happen in this little adobe of ours. remember the post about amanda peete's lived in space? (how do i do that by the way? refer back???) yeah, my lived in isn't as cute as hers... however, i will not give up on our home!!!!!!!!!!! onward & upward right?
                                                                 xo. k

holy hottest day of the year...

here comes the hot and sweaty bride... seriously, hot as balls!!

hi and welcome. 

derek & i had no idea of who the bride or groom was, however, we were happy to be of assistance to our dear friend summer who realized this little wedding gig that she had agreed to do wasn't such a little gig. 

 

come & sit

(fruit stand built by mr. derek roche... it was a HUGE hit!! very proud wife moment. )

                                       eat some fruit & have an ice cream sandwich.

 when you're the wedding planner ( & have a cutie for a husband) you change super fast, in the park bathroom. slap on some makeup, layer on the deodorant, somehow look like perfection, because summer is just adorable, welcome the bride and guests and then bust a move for another 4+ hours.

when you are the chirrpas, you help for 6 hours in the blazing sun, sweat...exit stage left as is, check into a sweet hotel,  SHOWER OFF THE SWEAT!!! dinner at a fav. spot, enjoy some chat time with each other then end it with a $20 glass of wine ( that wasn't in the plan, but we figured we deserved it ). the day was a success and so enjoyable & again, SWEATY!!  loved working with scummer, she did a supurb job!! mark my words that derek & i might be for hire someday...we really do enjoy working together, funny huh??

summer songs...

it started off with a family affair concert in san diego where we sang to all the tunes of my uncle gary's hits. gary puckett and the union gap toured  with a few other old time favorites.

we were in a cluster of hawaiian shirts and 60ish year old people & we were told that there were complaints about our crew being too loud. lighten up humphry's.

my sister heidi, me & my super fun, sweet cousin bri. my mom, dad, brother, husband, brother in law, aunts, uncles and lots of cousins were all there. i guess we were a bit of a scene.

next up...brother's of the sun tour at anahiem stadium. not a concert, more like a festival. started at 4:30, didn't get home until 12:30am!! kenny chesney, tim mcgraw ( in an all white situation...weird), jake owen (that we missed) and grace potter...can we talk about grace potter? i was in love love love with her sparkle onsie and sheer cover up, with her black booties, gahawwww. she is a rocker, and a beautiful one & i was in awwww!! that day was too fun... family, frenz, talegating, horse patrol, in & out @ midnight,  laughing and dancing... my calves were soar the next day. it was awesome! thank u aaron and heidi for the tix. forever grateful...

and then there was victoria justice with my 9 year old and her frenz @ the oc fair.  it was, ummm well...no country music concert, but eve had a blast, and having a special date with her made all the high pitched screams worth it. and we met tori!! do u remember you're first concert? yeah, me neither.... she wanted to sit by me the whole nite. melt my heartsies. love that girl.

until the next one, party on!

xo. k

20 augusts...

20 years together.
15 years married.
3 babies.
countless amounts of memories.
countless amounts of memories out there to be made.
i still feel like that 16 year old cheerleader wearing her glasses when we kiss. 
proud of us...

yep... then 

                                            & now...   (he still has the same pucker)  
                                                           
                             xo.k