If that ain't love then tell me what is

we made it out of california! oregon. rad gnar super awesome times. family, coffee, tasty beer, walks, skateboarding, bbqing, bridges, dogs, best breakfast ever, hipsters, haircut, cherries, 75 degrees, green, sunshine, the max!


todd skated 4 parks in one day. savage.
these precious human beings are olivia and alex. they belong to my dear cousin mikey and kelly.

ashland. greenery abounds and we saw some shakespeareans faux sword fighting in the park.
we stayed in the ace hotel. it is so lovely, and was totally awesome after a WHOLE WEEK of camping.
so, word is that is rains a lot in portland. it was high 70s and sunny for our whole trip.
this is olly, who belongs to monica and stevie.
and this is monica and stevie, who have a rad portland house that they graciously let us stay in.





i know todd! portland is the raddest!

after all it was a great big world

i was thinking, this fine saturday, that we could all use some redwood photos.

did you know that redwoods used to cover pretty much all of north america, in the days of the dinosaurs? they are the oldest living things on the planet!


that is reason enough that all of you who are lucky enough to live near some redwoods should go outside and check them out. go spend the afternoon being amazed that their bark gets to be about a foot thick and they live to be 3000 years old!

babe the ox, you are not a redwood tree.



enjoy the sunshine!

we've been on the run, driving in the sun

we popped south to san francisco to help tyler pick out a suit for the wedding.
popping the veuve means that we found the suit. you will all just have to wait to see how much tyler looks like a professional male model! handsome and dapper just do not do him justice!
finding such a suit meant we had some time to be tourists in our favorite city.


and look who we coaxed over the bay bridge????
inti!!!!

no matter how short our trip to sf, we always have time for some blue bottle. we love blue bottle.


we love sf. we love the bay area. we love california. we live california.

we are blessed that we were lucky enough to be born here in this amazing state. you all realize how mind blowing california is right??

california. magic. love you.

passing these old rusted warning signs, what did they say? i think they said "run!"

california. love you.
first stop! yuba river, thanks to dear friends jason and kate, (who are getting married this year!) kate planned an epic birthday weekend camping trip for jason, which is an awesome thing to do. think about all the birthday parties you have been to, where you talked to a friend of the host and had a rad chat, but then you all leave and that is that.
spending a weekend with your friends friends is more like a friendship marathon. we met and got deep with bunches of rad and inspiring people.
kate herself is full of brilliance and rad. like a camp counselor of fun really.
we jumped off rocks, floated down the river in inner tubes, swung on rope swings, bbqed tons, drank beer, laid in the sun, played whiffle ball, snacked, plotted, laughed, sang a long.


this is chuck, who gave us a sibley's field guide to birds of western north america. birding is our new hobby, thanks to chuck!

so thanks buzz, thanks jason and kate, thanks fiddle creek. thanks new friends, thanks sunshine, thanks california!

we'll meet up on the floor, and maybe do the twirl

skipping town gives you an excuse to have going away parties. who doesn't love parties? who doesn't love an evening with number one aces?
we filled the great room in my parents house. most of the people in the room have known me my entire life.
like this guy, the best man in my brothers wedding. he is the best guy.
and these turkeys. number one aces.
people that know you inside out, in the dark and in the light.
i love these people, these rad humans. these people help make sense of the crazy insanity that is life, strike some sense of balance, move forward, keep going, slow it down, live it.
before we left my mom blessed the car and called out the universe to keep us safe.
and with that, we started the new chapter.