Family of 5 and our homestead life in a 500 square-foot cottage on the island of Maui
80s pop radio is blasting in the background as I upload these photos of our new cottage garden reveal. It's inspiring + uplifting, nostalgic + harmonious setting my life + garden to music. Reliving the past while looking toward the future with hope + anticipation for good things. Such great things came out of the… Continue reading Our Maui Cottage Garden Reveal!
Our weekends lately have looked a lot like this: Wake up before 6 a.m. to kids careening through our bedroom door + jumping on the bed. 2. Pack lots of snacks, water bottles, towels, sunscreen, floaties, swimmies + load up the car. 3. Drive to the beach for an epic morning adventure as a family.… Continue reading Mornings at the Beach
Each year Kula Country Farms hosts a lovely U-pick strawberry patch in the late spring/early summer and an epic pumpkin patch in the fall. This is the second year I've brought all three kiddos by myself and it always feels like such a big accomplishment to get all three kids dressed, packed for the day… Continue reading A Visit to the Maui Strawberry Patch
We officially broke ground on our home build this past week, and it is w-i-l-d. It's taken about three years to get this point, and can I just say that building our own house (mostly ourselves) is anything but glamorous. Ken and I considered starting our own YouTube channel but I'm not yet sure how… Continue reading Breaking Ground on our Maui Homebuild!
It all started with a simple desire to be more present with my family. A prayer and a plea, perhaps. I am so easily consumed by what other people think about me - or what I think they think of me. The past five+ months of being off Instagram has been soo good. Almost too… Continue reading Our Latelys
