there was this one time…
a peek at the super cute fun school set, that doesn’t have to be just for school! 🙂Â
Edited: awww little Els starting Middle School. Walking with Kira and Colette and dad their dads from Spruce. So many playdates and sleepovers. So many changes coming in the next handful of years. I wish I could come and hug you and support you more. I hope you knew we were there for you and love you to pieces.
Edited: Promoting from AV to Middle school. I cannot believe our time at AV is over. My Mondays- Fridays being here at 2:45 everyday. Seeing all those parents and kids grow up and then not seeing them until Graduation at SPHS. Made those flower crowns for you and your friends. Bella was fun. I love you so much Els.
We ordered this cake from Kim Ma’s friend, Ann who bakes cakes. This was for Kira’s 21st birthday. I don’t remember tasting the cake but it was so cute 🙂 Peony for our girl 🙂
This spread of dad in AZ and Grand Canyon. THe kids were in Seattle, we were in town for Jake’s wedding but dad was back at the Airbnb sick. The kids and I had an epic discovery to this amazing lake. We thought we were gonna have to hike but we got so lucky, we didn’t have to! We just drove right up and walked along the lake. It was so beautiful! Poor dad, he would have absolutely loved it.
Mexico City pics. Early in the trip. Before Dad got sick.
Els in the slot canyons in AZ or UT? I don’t remember the state line. BUt I remember being so stressed about missing our tour cuz did this place have daylight savings or not? The pamphlet made such a big deal of it. It was so hot. Later we found cool water holes. Beautiful.
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The polaroid has been tucked away for many years, taken when Chris and I went to NYC to photograph Jamie Waters’ wedding in upstate NY years ago.
Edited to add- this photo above was taken on the morning of Chris’ bday. We had a rough night with Grampies and Life Alert calling us in the middle of the night. We snuck away to get a coffee to celebrate Chris’ bday. We went back to Meridian and everything went downhill after that. Our last morning with Grampies.
October at Kelly Purkey is full of goodness! We got our goodies a little late so I only have this to share for now but I will have more to come soon!Â
This FAVORITE THINGS set is going to get a lot of use! I used almost all the stamps just in this spread! 
Chris and I went to NY this spring to celebrate my birthday. We came home to chaos and our lives have been somewhat crazy since that trip. So I like to just take a mental break every now and then and remember this sweet weekend and how life seemed somewhat normal then. I’ve had a ziploc full of memories for months waiting to be cut up and documented. SO glad I waited till now to get it done.
++Editing to add that this is the trip we came home to where Grampies was acting erratic and Chris took him to the doctor and we found out he had a brain tumor 😦 The next time we went to NY we came home to my mom getting a pace maker put in. Thank goodness Elsie ended up in NYC for college and we were able to have some other memories that were not health heavy related 😦
It’s the holidays already over at Kelly Purkey Shop! 
Els was a witch in preschool. But the trick or treating pic was in elementary school. I clearly did not have my shit together.
 This gifting set is so cute, so many cute details to go along with your gifts, my favorite being the personalization of the tag stamps! This one could be used all year long!
We went to the Highland Park lot and were amazed at how expensive it all was. And the trees were all different colors. So we went to Home depot 🙂
I realized how little pictures I actually take of my tree once it’s up. Going to get the tree seems to be my favorite photo opp. 🙂  🙂 
Happy first day of school to my family today, nice to have these sweet holiday memories for me to look forward to since I’m already missing everyone and missing summer! This was one of my favorite photos of all 4 of the kids this summer. Heavenly!
Ah, June stamp sets already? How did we get here so quickly?! I have enjoyed playing with these sets this month. These colors are just everything! So fun and happy!  
And it’s been awhile, but I loved decorating my planner for an upcoming trip!  
Holy cow I’m glad I wrote down what we did. I feel like we need to do that trip again.
 This month at Kelly Purkey’s shop, I was able to design a kit and have it come to life! I designed this stamp set and some 4×4 cards. I was inspired by the things I love most: love, home and family. I am so excited to see it and feel it in my hands and USE them! I can’t wait to see others begin to use them. I’ve seen a bit and will compile a blog post on that shortly! Kelly’s stamps and cards this month are so fun. I love the words are the greatest gift card because I am actually always telling my husband, just give me words. He has a gift with the words and I treasure them completely. So this month really hit home for me.
 Here’s a little spread I made in my passport size midori. Our oldest daughter is off to University this fall and there are so many feelings that go with that, that I knew I wasn’t ready to dive in and let the tears loose! So starting small with the little passport size I love. 
 
Be sure to head over to the Kelly Purkey shop today from 9am- 5pm EST for 20% off the store and free shipping on orders over $75 (international customers too!)
These are a few peeks of a few of the new travel sets coming soon from the Kelly! 
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