when we built our house, we put SO much time, effort, design and MONEY into our kitchen. i spend A LOT of time in the kitchen, and i knew if there was a place to splurge – it would be there. i’d had my ‘black and white’ kitchen dreamed up for YEARS, and i was so excited to bring it to life. and although this kitchen is small, it has everything we need – farmhouse sink and all. ❤ 
it’s another room that’s constantly changing, but i’m pretty in love with my happy place.
xo, marley.
i was itching for a change. kyle and i are both wishing for a dreamy solid wood front door with windows, but it’s just not in the budget right now. i’ve been staring at that space at our entry way trying to figure out what i can do to make it pop. so i decided to go bold…and paint the front door black!
before…
taped up and ready to rock…
one coat on…
kyle helpin with the trim details…
and here she is, all done…
TOTALLY LOVING IT!!!! it’s crazy what a little paint can do!!
xo, marley.
it’s my favorite time in texas. spring time.
gorgeous weather, later sunsets, and these beautiful wildflowers all over austin. in the parks, along the highways, lining the streets and filling the lakesides.
doesn’t get much better!
aaaaaand round two, because why not?! 🙂 
xo, marley.
so i know you guys have seen the family room and kitchen tour, but i’ve since made a few changes…
after we did the gorgeous walls and i decorated our loft and our master bedroom…i was completely drawn to the warm and cozy feeling the ‘farmhouse’ look brought. so i knew the teal in the family room had to go. i was dreaming of cotton stems, magnolia wreaths, tons of white and small wood details everywhere.
it feels much more ‘us’ now…. 🙂
the kitchen is still rockin that teal…i’ll take some photos of that soon.
xo marley.
i can hardly believe emersyn is already two. i swear i just sat in my bathroom crying when i finally saw two pink lines on that test!!! she was so wanted. so dreamed about. so thought through. and came out so perfectly perfect for us.
she is so silly. she is the cuddliest little girl there is. she lights up when her daddy comes home each night. she screams at the top of her lungs when she sees her ‘bubba’ and ‘sissy’. she loves to make us laugh. she loves to hold hands. she’s ocd like her mama and is already the 2nd best cleaner in the house. she is my little buddy and i can’t imagine life without her.
every day emy pulls my hand until we go play in her room while she makes me some delicious concoction. sometimes ‘mama cofff’ (coffee), sometimes ‘soooop’, and sometimes ‘cucakes!'(which includes pancakes, cupcakes, and cookies)
so i decided what better place to do our little birthday session?!
barefoot. in her kitchen. ❤
XO. marley
merry christmas guys! ❤
it’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. gosh, time flies!!!
the kids had an amazing day. filled with happiness, sillies, surprises and soooo many presents.
there is nothing that compares to that christmas morning magic. here are some photos of our christmas eve and christmas morning fun…
christmas jammies!!!
our attempt at family photos…
we tried. 
yep. that about sums it up.
cookie time!
hard at work…
serious concentration. 
oh so beautiful. 🙂
ready to put out our magic key for santa and sprinkle our reindeer food…
notes to santa.
all ready to go…
santa came!!!!!!
as you can see…it was a pretty awesome day. the rest of the afternoon we played outside on the kids new scooters, opened a million complicated boxes, tried out new toys, hatched a hatchimal, helped weston learn how to work his very first iphone, picked up wrapping paper and tape stuck to the floor for hours and soaked in every second that was our perfect christmas day. ❤
woo. that was a doozy. thanks for looking.
happy new year everyone.
xo, marley.
our ‘december to remember’ traditions are something i look forward to all.year.long. y’all know how obsessed i am with everything christmas!
here’s a quick cliffs-notes version of joey’s adventures this year. he’s the best.
xo. marley
