What’s GOLD to me today… FAMILY! I am so lucky to have an amazing family that all live within 20 minutes from me! I am also so thankful that I have amazing in-laws and brother-in-laws (and soon-to-be a sister-in-law)! They are all a total blast. I have plenty of stories that I could share about my awesome family, but I thought I’d share a few photos today from a trip we took back over Thanksgiving to visit Jeremy’s grandpa. His mom, aunt, cousins and brother joined us out in the desert of California to celebrate the 75th birthday! These are just a few snapshots of the fun we had together…

We rode a Rhino off-road vehicle!

Even Jeremy’s mom and aunt took part in the fun!

The cousins!

Me driving!!

Cheers to a weekend of fun!

I had THE most fun time on my vacation to Hawaii. I was so lucky to spend a week with my best friend’s family and meet her son, Jake! I pretty much had my camera, ipad or phone (with camera) glued to my side the entire trip. Side note — if you are my facebook friend or follow my instagram photos, you most likely thought I adopted this adorable baby last month. I just couldn’t get enough of his cute little face !

He turned one during my stay there and we had loads of fun planning his “uno” themed birthday party. I have a few projects to share when we were in party-planning mode coming soon to the blog. For now, just a few photos of Jake’s adorable face! I love this kid!

We stopped by the new Disney resort on Oahu, as well. Jake got to meet Mickey Mouse!

Evelyn and I have been friends since we were in middle school. We can pick up just where we left off with our silly jokes and giggles… even if we live across the ocean from each other.

I thought I’d take a quick minute today to share some photos from a brag book that I just recently finished up. This custom brag book was full of memories from Jeff & Sue’s 25th Anniversary Wedding Cruise. They took some amazing photos on this cruise and documented every day of their travels. Using a Basically Bare album, the album is full of photos documenting their adventure.

I know the blog has seen a lot of DIY Kit action lately, so I thought I’d switch it up to include a fun, personal post! Here are a few snapshots from our recent trip to Las Vegas! We had such a blast!

Here’s Jeremy and I at the chandelier bar in the Cosmopolitan. This casino is absolutely gorgeous. This is on the top floor of the chandelier bar… We made stops at each floor to taste test their fancy drinks.

Jacob and I enjoyed a “shmore” drink complete with roasted marshmellows on the top! Delicious!

One of the highlights of the trip was seeing the show Blue Man Group. Jeremy had been dying to see this show for ages. It was definitely a crazy show — really entertaining!

We took a few photos with the guys in the show after it was over.

Ashley and I being a little silly!

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Hope you are having a wonderful day full of sunshine! Here’s a detail shot of our new Summer Album on Etsy! Enjoy!

I’m super excited to share we have a new 6×6 pre-made mini album available on Etsy! Here are a few snapshots of this adorable mini album.

Summer mini albums are coming soon!! Stay tuned for the final product. In the meantime, here’s a SNEAK PEAK of the adorable paper collection! Ice cream cones, clouds, bottle caps, banners, roller coasters, limes, polka dots and more!!

What do you do with your photos after you go on vacation? Leave them on your digital camera until the memory card gets filled up? Then, download them to your computer and then… do they stay there? Next time around, print your favorite 20 3×5 photos, order a 6×6 travel premade mini album, take 10 minutes to glue those photos to the pages — voila — you have a super cute handmade mini album you can show off your vacation photos! Here are a few snapshots of my favorite pages in the album. Click here to see the listing on etsy! Enjoy!

I’ve been meaning to put together a cute travel 6×6 mini album for months now!! My amazing friend, Alex, visited Egypt last year and requested an album as a gift for her grandmother. Lucky for the rest of you, I’m putting together a few extra travel-themed albums for all of you vacationers out there! Here’s a sneak peak of the paper you will find in this album. Please let me know if you’d like one! Only $40 — coming soon on etsy!!

What’s more fun than a trip to Disneyland?!