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The Current Collection

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Treasuring our weekends together. ❤️
I had a feeling that as soon as we got back from New Zealand, life would speed up and become a flurry of to-dos leading up to our move to Bend. As excited as I am for our next adventure, I'm simultaneously feeling so sad and anxious about leaving our people and this life we've made for ourselves in Portland. I'm trying my best to stay present and soak up these last few months with our community, rather than feeling overwhelmed by all of the things that have to get done between now and then (I.e. selling our house, finding a new one, Marie Kondo-ing all of our crap, etc.). Annnnnd I'm also doing a fair bit of procrastinating by day-dreaming about being back in NZ, hiking alongside braided rivers without a care in the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Basically, I just wanted to share this pretty throw-back photo from NZ and then out came a brain-dump of my anxieties in this caption. You're welcome? 😜
When the sun comes out after a long Portland winter and you're all like, "Joy? Happiness? Is that you?!" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.S. this painting and one other from the Current Collection are still available in the shop. 😉
We're officially putting our house on the market in May 😱, which means my last collection before our big move to Bend will be released sometime in April. Eek! Any colors or themes that you want to see? Lemme know! 👇
Back to reality after an incredible two weeks. We're in a bit of a post-trip haze after another super long travel day, jet-lag, and coming home to a broken fridge 😩, but I wouldn't trade a single moment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Spending time with @wwroper and @hunterpoarch filled us to the brim. I am who I am in large part due to my friendship with these two. We've done so much life together over the past 9 years...3 of those years in the same apartment complex and almost 1.5 of those years under the same roof. So having them live all the way across the world, even for a short time, has felt a little bit like a piece of me has been missing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To be with them again, in such a gorgeous place, was the greatest gift on a deep-down-in-your-soul level. I'm so grateful for the way they have taken care of us, both on this trip and throughout the course of our friendship. Being in the presence of their kindness and generosity continuously challenges me to be a better friend, wife, mother, and all-around version of myself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My brain is still a bit fried from our 24+ hour travel day, so I'll stop gushing. But I'm sitting here with a jet-lagged toddler, a huge pile of laundry, and spoiled food all over the kitchen (boo you, broken fridge), feeling like the luckiest gal in the world. ❤️
Happy #internationalwomensday to our Miles, who brings us so much light and laughter. 💙