04/27/2017
At three years old, it’s impossible to spend thirty minutes with Parker and not see evidence of Aaron and I in her. Not just in her blue eyes or sandy brown hair, but her mannerisms. The way that she loves to take pictures, can give side eye, or thinks of every little detail like her dad. She always checks to make sure the alarm is off before she opens the front door in the morning and “checks the weather”. If we are going somewhere new she wants to know there will be a car seat and a bed for her there. The other night … 
How much do you pay for clothes? Is this something we can all talk about without judgement? I was chatting with one of my sisters a few weeks ago about what we wore and where we shopped in high school. We laughed about Wet Seal “pleather” pants and my plaid 5.7.9. skirts. I also told her how I still remember this one shirt that my good friend bought for back to school from Guess that cost $72. I remember thinking it was such an exorbitant amount of money… so much so that I can recall exactly what it looked like and … 
Happy Friday, friends! As you might have noticed from my stories, I spent the last two days down in San Antonio for a lookbook shoot. I haven’t been there since college and am now dying to go back with Aaron! (Maybe a quick anniversary trip?!) After a few days out of my element, I’m ready to hit the grocery store and farmers market this weekend and prep for a week of clean (ish) eating at home. First, though, we’ve got one more shoot this afternoon, followed by dinner plans out with Parker and then it’s onto … 
In many ways, this trip has been almost two years in the making. Aaron’s work schedule is such that the best times for us to travel are summer, holiday, and the one very specific week in the spring that he has off. We tried to plan something for last summer, but with our cross-country move from LA to Austin, we never got around to planning it and instead spent June and July exploring our new Texas digs. Holiday rolled around, but we knew we wanted to be in town for Christmas and there just didn’t seem to be enough time on … 
