Monthly Archives: May 2009

the spelling bee

(photo via here) last night we watched the national spelling bee. I’m totally dumbfounded the whole time because I’m a horrible speller…well not horrible, but extremely lazy. I will call to grant in the other room for help spelling “bread” if I’m too lazy to think about it. these kids were so entertaining. especially this...

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on the interweb

searching through my blog stats today (that gave me the super cool info featured in the last post) I have come across a couple places where my photos or photos of me, have been posted. yay! tess on the interweb:oh happy day (thanks jordan!)casando ideias (scan down the page, beautiful brazilian (I think?) blog)wemetinabar (some...

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been around the world

dudes, look which countries have been to my blog so far today: United States Brazil United Kingdom Unknown – Canada Jamaica Switzerland Hong Kong Germany Korea, Republic Of Italy Australia Taiwan France Belgium Bermuda that is so amazing! I love the world!

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muscle beach- venice, ca

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tess & adam- reception- coto de caza

bs ‘!so many images I wanted to post from this wedding, I had to divide them into groups. tess’s mom is an amazing events planner. I need to get her details so I can pass them along. every detail was so well thought out…from the food to the lighting and decor…and check out that mushroom...

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tess & adam- newport beach temple

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tess & adam- wedding breakfast- zov’s, newport beach

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fresh photography

found stephanie rausser’s photography through marta’s blog this last week and LOVE everything I see. so refreshing and happy. I can see myself drawing a lot of inspiration from her work.

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may 22

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: dearest mother(grant and I just brought her breakfast in bed… sweet vanilla bean crepes with raspberries, peaches and fresh whipped cream along with some lemon and sugar ones and fresh squeezed oj. yumsters. we love being here with her and my dad. my plan is to spoil her rotten today. she deserves it.)...

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and smoked meat

me and the hus-band are flying to the great state of texas today to visit my parents.I don’t want to make any promises I can’t keep, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be eating a lot of this while I’m there. I’ll keep the blog up and running while I am away. goodbye earthquakes in california....

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riviera beach

here’s a pola of grant walking through the tunnel at rivi’s to surf. I kind of like that the emulsion is all smudged. brings back fond memories of darkrooms and developer.

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featured on marthawrites!

this fun little blog, martawrites, showcased laura & cort’s san diego wedding.marta designed all of the printed design for the wedding and did a beautiful job. I really enjoyed reading laura’s interview as well. go here to see the post. thanks laura! thanks marta! (ps. check out laura’s blog. love it!)

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stay the same

baby sister anna, was visiting my parents and found these little gems on my mom’s computer. sometimes I really miss my sisters. I wonder if I took for granted the last months we all lived under the same roof… knowing it will never happen again. growing up and letting go can be seriously hard. right...

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one of my favorites

(photo by the one and only jonathan canlas) jon’s awesome photography is going to make our tootsies famous. see us here!

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pasta w/ peas and prosciutto

(photo of a photo) listen dudes, this recipe is SO good. pretty much every thing I make out of my “everyday foods- great food fast” cookbook is really good. this is the best pasta dish I have had in a long time. It was surprisingly fresh and light tasting. I loved the lemon zest against...

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