Yesterday was Elayna’s first baseball game! She actually earned the tickets to the game by reading 28 books for our local library. We are so proud of her. It was a super hot day (97 degrees), but we headed down to Principal Park anyway. Thank goodness our seats were good, and were totally shaded! Score!…

This year we celebrated the 4th of July in Gowrie, Iowa (where Jake’s grandma, Ruth lives). It was very much what you might imagine for a smalltown celebration, and it was amazing!  We started the day with Elayna’s very first parade. She LOVED it. She was so excited while we waited for the parade to…

It’s officially been a year since we moved to Iowa. A year since I chose to leave the place and people that I grew up with behind. It doesn’t seem like it was so long ago already. Time is sneaky like that. This last week has been a little sentimental. I think things like, “It’s…

So, being that I was thinking about the big move that we made a year ago, I (finally!) edited a few shots from our roadtrip from Oregon to Iowa and thought I would share. I have to add that Elayna was a perfect angel for this 30 hours car trip (over 10 hours a day…

I hope that all of the dads out there have a fabulous day today!  Elayna is an especially lucky little girl in the daddy department. She has a daddy who loves her unconditionally. One who would rather be with her than anywhere else. One who thinks she is truly the most beautiful, smart, funny and…