Journal

We visited Santa– at the beach no less. We are determined to make the most of living in Maui, including with our yearly holiday traditions. We were looking to find a Santa (and not at a mall if possible) and learned that he makes a brief appearance at Whaler’s Village, just off the pathway that takes […]

  I just have to enthusiastically say “Woohoo!!!” The Worship Art Gallery is LIVE! It is up and ready to take orders, and in time for holiday presents!! Talk about holiday cheer! Talk about a lot of exclamation points in this blog post. Please check out the gallery and please, if you like it, share with […]

Talk about contrast! So this image is a Thanksgiving side-by-side with last year on Lookout Mountain, Georgia next to a picture from this year: Thanksgiving Eve on Maui, as the girls prepared for a hula-worship performance at church. It is one of those images, when side-by-side that makes me thankful for a rich variety of […]

I was just looking back at this family photo shoot I did at the very beginning of November last year, and appreciating those fall colors that you don’t really see on trees in Maui.  There are some bright fish and flowers and a different beauty to be found though.  I digress.  Back to this location– it […]

At the very first Thanksgiving feast, in 1621, the Wampanoag children and Pilgrim children ate and played games together for three days. At your table, either for Thanksgiving Week or Day, this craft is a simple and fun way to up-cycle, educate, and entertain your little ones by using coffee sleeves and creating both a […]

Every fall I take my girls to the pumpkin patch, it is an autumn tradition and one of my favorites. I look forward to going every year. The pumpkin patch tradition started 10 years ago when we were in Westlake Village and visited the ever-popular Underwood Family Farms. Now the weather in Southern California is […]