28 December 2012

travel log : seattle christmas









after a nuclear family christmas in portland, we hustled up to seattle for a ramsdale christmas, & a garrels gathering, too. 

24 December 2012

christmas eve



a feast, quiet music, candles, hot cocoa.  

23 December 2012

guest book : sarah & ray



a gingerbread house for heron, shepherd, solomon & sophie, while our littlest ones--peregrin & denali, chatted beneath the christmas tree.

22 December 2012

16 December 2012

instagram : there & back again (colorado)




all photos iphone / vsco cam

josh, per, & i went to colorado for josh to play two shows with trace bundy.  it was so special to go along on this trip because we were able to visit with our dear friends in the boulder area--dave & ally wilton and trace & becca bundy.  per was a champ on his first trip.  traveling with only a newborn felt like a vacation!  grandma & grandpa garrels came down from seattle to watch heron & sheppy while we were away, & had a lovely homecoming feast awaiting us!


instagram : morning exercise

iphone / vsco cam

baby gym time!  per gets his morning exercise reaching for ornaments.

12 December 2012

instagram : studio plans in hand!

iphone / vsco cam

#men with buns

10 December 2012

instagram : daddy's home!

iphone / vsco cam


iphone / vsco cam

06 December 2012

instagram : hello there.

iphone / vsco cam

instagram : winter window

iphone / vsco cam

heron & i are really into decorating with pom poms this year!

03 December 2012

27 November 2012

the garrels menfolk in kinfolk

all photos by parker fitzgerald

this past july, josh & shepherd donned their warm winter gear, hopped into an old volvo station wagon with hot cocoa and an ax, & drove to cascade locks--an icelandic setting thirty minutes east of portland. the occasion?  a photo shoot for kinfolk magazine's vol. 6.  in the pacific northwest, you can take pictures for a winter edition way in the middle of july, & no one will ever know.


photographer parker fitzgerald, who goes to our church, was looking for a father & young son for a piece in the winter volume of kinfolk, the very day after i'd told josh my dream of having my own photographs in kinfolk someday.  second best is having pictures of two of my favorite guys in it.  these will be treasured family portraits for years to come.


if you aren't familiar with this gorgeous periodical, and you don't live in portland (where it's stocked at many boutique/independent retailers), you can pick it up at your local anthropologie or west elm store.  you'll be hooked!  you will subscribe!  you will look forward to each new issue arriving in your mailbox for visual & culinary inspiration!    

some of my favorite photos from the shoot didn't make it into the magazine, but you can take a peek at them on parker's blog.  sweet!



21 November 2012

instagram : sweet tooth

iphone / vsco cam

sheppy : "we could put chocolate chips in our hot cereal--wouldn't that be yummy?"

20 November 2012

17 November 2012

instagram : ultimate relaxation

iphone / vsco cam

rainy day reading with per while the family naps.

14 November 2012

12 November 2012

guest book : the bents

zack & gala came into town not only to meet their new nephew, but also to deliver the studio campaign posters that we commissioned gala to design.


josh, teal, gala, & zack worked late into the night packing them up for mailing



: the kids loved cousin time :



: solly & per :


: uncle zack :