Please forgive my absence lately. We have relocated from Hawaii to the Washington, D.C. area, and are in the process of settling in. I am so over cardboard boxes!! ha! My studio space is the next room to tackle so hopefully I’ll be making more Gocco prints soon!!! Stay tuned…

Here’s some eye candy from a recent trip to San Francisco. Enjoy!

It was divine. Santa Cruz Boardwalk

Haleakala at Sunrise, Maui, Hawaii, 2007

Monday, July 14, was our 3 year anniversary. It’s amazing and sad how quickly time passes when you are enjoying your life together. Shouldn’t it be the other way? Why does time just drag when we are miserable. I wish life would slow down a bit so we could soak up so much more of the wonderful, happy times.

We have had a really incredible three years together. We began with two weddings, lived on a sailboat in Key West until Hurricane Katrina came through and sank it. Next we were homeless before moving to Oahu, Hawaii for 2 truly amazing and breathtaking years. It was really a 2 year honeymoon!! Camping on and exploring the other islands, snorkeling, hiking and beautiful beaches. Taking in all that Hawaii had to offer. Now we are settling in on the East Coast, and can’t wait to see what’s to come.

Our life has been such an amazing blessing. Not always perfect, sometimes things get hard, but in the words of Hannah Montana, “Life’s what you make it, so let’s make it rock!!”

…Kua ‘Aina Burger on the North Shore of Oahu. They have the best Mahi Mahi Burger on the planet, and I miss it today more than ever! What is it about food that brings such joy to my life!?

FYI: If you order the Mahi Burger, get it with avocado and on wheat toast… AMAZING!

What are you craving?

This is Cracker, our newest edition to the family.
He made the very long journey with us across the U.S.

As much fun as it is to see family and friends and drive all the way across the country… I’m having major withdrawals from making and creating… I’m so ready to get some of these ideas out of my head! A few more weeks though until we get settled into our new home in D.C. It would help if we even had a home to look forward to! Yes, we are currently homeless, but hopefully not after our house-hunting expedition this week. Will keep you updated. 

Until then, enjoy Father’s Day!  

Hello! We made it to El Paso, TX safe and sound and unfortunately … sick. Hopefully, this nasty cold is making its way out. I’m ready to have some fun in the dessert! It looks like we might be taking a trip out to Carlsbad Caverns while in town which sounds like fun to me! 

Unfortunately, we did not have internet access after we left L.A. so you’ll be getting an all-in-one overview of the last three days of our trip! Enjoy the smattering of photos! 

Jack Sparrow followed us to Vegas!

Tried to eat the mussels at The Buffet at the Bellagio
for my uncle Dennis, but just couldn’t do it.

At the New York New York hotel, can you spot us?

$1,000,000!!!

Us at the Grand Canyon, amazing!

I loved this tree overlooking the Grand Canyon.

Curbside.

The aliens got me!

Four days in a row of In-N-Out, still ridiculously good!

***Thanks to Jessie, I know I have at least one fan! (thanks, Jessie!) This post is officially dedicated to her.***

I swear it was Johnny Depp!

Life has become completely insane the past couple weeks. One day I am happily living in Hawaii, enjoying the surf and sun and the next… I’m mingling with Jack Sparrow, Wolverine, Yoda and TWO Marylins! Alright alright, so we are in Hollywood. The Hubs is transferring to Washington, D.C. and we decided to make a road trip of it!

Huntington Beach

The lull in my posts is most certainly a product of this very time consuming move halfway across the world. I promise once we get settled there will be many more posts. In the meantime, keep checking back for updates on our adventure across the U.S. - up next… Las Vegas! Looking forward to the Bellagio Buffet!! 

Los Angeles sans smog.

How cool is that!?

What a great way to finish the post. In-N-Out. YUM!