i am not ashamed to say that our house has been decorated since early november. since we're typically not home for the holidays we take advantage of enjoying the warmth and joy of holiday decorations for as long as we can. in fact, it was jordan who wanted to set up the tree and we listened to christmas music, "watched" a roaring fire from our computer screen and lit all the candles. i'm an advocate for decorating early for christmas and an advocate on snow in the ground in november and december and not in february and march. i am excited for a break this friday. and time to just be with my husband. here's to finishing everything off my to do list by friday, so that we can have a restful two weeks! cheers!

bakersfield is our favorite place for tacos. they are the best (but, jordan would say that i say that about everything)

i took these photos early this past summer when i first got my 35mm in the mail, (which explains the selfie) before then i just had a 50mm and it was difficult to shoot indoor spaces, i began taking many many photos of our home. it wasn't entirely clean and decorated at the time, so i meant to go back and take photos later, but i never did. i thought i'd share these for now, because it looks entirely different with our holiday decorations up. i'll share those soon too!

we love everything about this house we're renting now, the tall white walls and wood floors. the detail has actually stopped me from hanging things on every square inch of wall like i did in our other places.