Tuesday tunes : Stella Sisters

First thing is first... do you watch Nashville? If you don't, do yourself a favor and get hooked! Love it so much. But then again, husband and I are both huge country music fans.

Either way there are two little girls that play the daughters of the main character, Rayna, (aka Tammy Taylor) and they have just started singing on the show, and they are absolutely incredible! I went searching for them last night because I wanted to share this song that they sang on last episode and I found out that they truly are sisters and they have performed so many other covers! Stone and I spent an hour or so just going through all of their videos, absolutely amazing. So, I thought I would share!

Happy Tuesday, y'all! xo.

Look of the week : A mom's kind of shoe.

Lately I have been taking my cues from Jessica Alba... girl knows how to dress comfy without sacrificing style! It is Spring so I have been dreaming of new items for my closet (as I do every year around this time) and I landed upon these Yosi Samra flats the other day. They could totally be old news, but I had never seen them before! So cute and they look perfect for women on the go! Plus, if Jess wears them, then they have to be good :) 

Mama style is a whole new ballgame, lots of spit up, messy hands, crawling on the ground at the park, and bending over to pick up toys are all things we have to think about! I have not mastered it, a lot of days I don't change out of my leggings and sweatshirt, but I am hoping to get it down someday! Ha. 

PS. I am also loving the ShoeMint website! Have you seen it?

xoxo.

Easter.

Easter Sunday was full of good things.

Stone's parents arrived late the night before from Colorado, just in time to make it to sunrise service with our church on the beach. It is one of my favorite things that our church does, such an incredible experience to see thousands on the beach gathered to celebrate Jesus' resurrection! Also, just two years ago, Stone was baptized on this day, such a sweet memory!

Now that we have the little guy around, all holidays are way more fun than they ever were before! Getting to put together a basket and fill eggs with baby snacks was so fun for me. I know that sounds totally cheeseball, but I love it! Knox was pretty pumped too :)

This year his basket from us included this book, and this one, a Jellycat bunny, and some treats!

Since we moved away from family it has felt lonely at times around holidays when most people are celebrating with family. I am one of those people who loves holidays, traditions, and celebrating so this year I decided to make our own plans and invited over a few friends who I knew also did not have family in town to join us for a potluck. Everyone brought a dish and we ate, chatted, and played with babies :) Being with these people on Easter meant so much!

 ^^ First Easter baskets! Also, because people have asked, his cardigan came from Zara :)

 ^^ All looking at the camera, and all smiling... miracle!

 ^^ Papa Scoot is here!

^^ So happy to have Stone's parents in town!

Simple Spring

I am confident that since becoming a mother my needs have become way more simple. Perhaps it is because all of the sudden you are not so selfish anymore, I don't mean to sound harsh, but before having Knox I was solely doing things that make me happy. The 'who, what, when, where' of my life revolved around me. Now it revolves around sleeping and feeding schedules and because of that I have become way more of a simple gal. It does not take too much to make me happy. These days it is a moment of peace preferable outside with a good book, something comfy on, and nothing else. 

I thought I would put together a lust list, if you will, of my Spring favorites. As I perused Kate Spade and Anthropologie I realized there is not much there that gets me excited. The things that are making me most excited about this spring is being able to garden in our backyard, pushing Knox in his swing outside, and seeing family. It is just an altered mindset than my life before baby.  I do, however, have a few things that I could find that I would be happy to call mine. Simple things, though. A new pair of shades, because I lose my one pair that I own every other day so it may be beneficial to have at lease a couple pairs to lose. Sophie Kinsella's new book, scoff all you want, but I love to get lost in her books! This bag to carry all of our beach belongings, best part is the zipper so things are not spilling out as I balance bag, baby, towels, umbrella, chairs, etc. on our walks down to the beach! And, lastly, I just ordered one of these tops, because I think they are so cute and these days comfy is key!

Happy Spring y'all! xo.

A bit from the weekend...

Our weekend was a pretty lazy one... the best kind!

Lately, in order to go on dates and not have to pay for a nanny we have been doing date swaps with friends! It is pretty great, we dropped Knox off on Friday at a friends' house and went to dinner and a movie. That is kind of our 'go to' date these days. It feels kind of lame because I always imagined that after having a baby we should have these long romantic dinners, however the sweetest thing about our dates is getting to sit for 2 hours, hold hands, and not have to speak a word. Movies are our thing. We saw Admission and thought it was pretty good, not my favorite, but definitely entertaining! 

This weekend was also spent gardening, eating doughnuts, beach walking, hanging with friends, park outings, and an engagement session. We got to photograph the most stylish couple in one of the most beautiful locations we have ever been! There is a lavender farm pretty close to where we live and it makes for a pretty epic backdrop, I just cannot wait to share the photos!

Hope your weekend was wonderful :)

The little man is starting to stand up on everything!

My favorite is the maple glaze!

Keys Creek Lavender Farm

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A little T Swift for your friday... only the best to start the weekend off ;)

xo

Lets try this again...

So my grand plans of continuing blogging post-baby have crashed and burned... until now... hopefully :)

The truth is that I love blogging. I love having a place where I can share thoughts, be creative, and dream. That sounds pretty cheesy, but it is the truth. Our little family has had a pretty incredible past 9 months starting with the birth of our baby boy, Knox. He is everything we ever could have imagined and so much more. The coolest little human being I have ever met by far... and the best part is that he is all ours. I hope to share a lot more about Knox and our adventures in parenthood on this blog. We have a lot of fun and have learned so, so much. Here is a little photoshoot of our fam back in November taken by our good friends Rachel and Rico Castillero when Knox was a wee little 5 month old. He now is standing and that little hawk of his has blossomed it to a full grown head of hair! Ha.

Happy Monday! xo.

All I want for Christmas...

Love Jimmy Fallon always... This was just too good not to share! It is just beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! The temperature in our little town will not be above 62 this week, which is so welcomed. We used to live in Colorado and would dream of a warm winter... grass is always greener on the other side...

Finally I have presents under the tree, star shaped sugar cookies in our kitchen, and it is non-stop Christmas music at the Crandall house. All. Day. Long. Hope you guys are getting into the spirit! xoxo.

Holiday Gift Guide no.1

Target does it again. This time teaming with various designers from Neiman Marcus like Thom Browne, Alice + Olivia, and Tracy Reece. Just in time for Christmas shopping too :) All of these goodies will be in our very own Target beginning of December and I cannot wait. Who does not want a metallic Marc Jacobs pouch in their stocking? So fun! Happy Friday y'all!

xo.

Another season complete...

(Photo shot from Ston'e iPhone)

This weekend marked the end of our wedding season! Oofta. Stone and I drove to Santa Barbara for the final hoorah and it was the perfect wedding to wrap this season up with. Possibly one of my favorites we have shot this year....

Everything was just so classic from the black tuxedo's that the men wore to the woman singing Ave Maria as the bride walked down the aisle to the all white floral centerpieces, I just loved it. 

I cannot believe we made it through this season, I am still pinching myself. It seemed so daunting thinking back to October when we found out I was pregnant it was so overwhelming to think about how we would manage. Patience from our clients, a hardworking husband, and a baby who is flexible have all made it possible and I am so thankful. We love our job. We really do. At times it is super difficult to muster the energy every weekend for 12 hour work days, but the reward of getting to know these couples and be apart of such a special day is payback. Stone and I together have witnessed so many beginnings for couples... how great is that? I am just rambling at this point, but it feels good to have made it through and I cannot wait to see what next season brings. 

xo.

Halloween.

I think this year may top my favorite Halloween of my adult life. Adult meaning post-college ;)

Our little neighborhood is just a dream... for real! Sometimes I have to pinch myself because I cannot believe that we found such an incredible little community to raise our family in. For halloween, and all other holidays of the year, they do it big. Think planning committees, pot luck dinners, parades, etc. This works for us because we are all about celebrating and traditions in the Crandall fam and Halloween is no different. This year I decided to find something  easy from Knox's already too full closet to make into a costume so he went as a nerd, and while none of the kids in our neighborhood had any idea what a 'nerd' was, the adults all found it pretty funny! Cannot wait for all of the halloweens to come with this little guy...

Happy to have all of that candy out of my home! Hope your halloween was wonderful.

xo.

Tuesday tunes.

A few weeks ago Stone snagged us last minute concert tickets to see Ben Howard at a venue right by our house! If you have followed my blog for any amount of time I am sure you have seen the multiple videos and songs that I have posted of him, so, to get to see him live was such a treat. Later a friend sent us to a link that he and pro surfer Rob Machado had made a little promo video while he was in town and I thought I would share so that you can see glimpses of the concert (the venue was amazing, so intimate) and our little town. Enjoy! Happy Tuesday.