We did a mini shoot on Saturday with the lovely (sweet, funny) Heather and Jordan. They are expecting their first in a few short weeks and we were honored to document their season of waiting.
Enjoy our sneak peak!
This is one of my faves!
This one is by intern Zach.
Another fave...
And last but not least, two more by the Zach.
We can't wait to meet Baby Smith soon, soon!
Our fabulous and fun friend Rachel decided to host an Easter Eggstravaganza at her home last night and even invited us. It's was the first time we'd seen a few of our friends since we got home a month ago and it felt so good to just sit back and spend a few hours with ones we love so dearly.
Thank you, Rach, for making this lively party happen. You're the best!
Rachel spent hours (I think she must have anyway) making decorations for her party. Hello, Pinterest!
I guess we were all supposed to bring Easter-themed snacks but Jono and I were delinquents with our "chicks and salsa" offering. (Chips and salsa-get it guys?!)
Okay, these cookies, yes these here, were Fabulous. I had...well..more than one. We'll leave it at that. What's not to love about a combination sugar cookie, cream cheese, coconut and dense chocolate eggs? Hmmm? You caught me-I'm not fasting dessert for Lent this year.
Notice most of my photos are of food and decorations and this is my only one of my friends? Oops. I guess I was distracted by all the bright colours....
"Bird baths"
Happy Easter week my lovelies. I am home most of the week if any of you want to come by with a basket full of goodies.
xx.
My friend Rebecca (HI, Rebecca) is the only one who has asked me about the "6 creative projects" I put on my "To Do" list I blogged a couple of weeks ago. To be honest, I really didn't have much of a plan when I wrote that down. I just love creating and love the challenge of new things.
So for my first project, I decided to document our life, alphabet style.
Here goes, a glimpse into our lives, in the simplest of ways.
A-Apartment. We LOVE our cozy home.
B-Books. My reading list is always eclectic.
C-Cup. Shirley gave this teacup for my birthday last year and I love, love drinking out of it. Every single morning...and some afternoons.
D-Dollars. We’ve been saving up since we got married for a trip to Australia and New Zealand in a mason jar. As you can see, it is slow going.
E-Equipment. Hello, Canon. We love our babies. Can you guess who's bag this is?
F-Flame. We are addicted to our candles and burn them almost every night.
G-Grimes we are.
H-Hoodies. We are gangsta like that.
I-Iphones. Even though we “only” have the 4 and the 4s (finally upgraded!) we’re not going to lie-they are pretty addicting. #helloinstagram
J-JOY. In January we each chose one word we wanted to define this year. We both, separately, chose JOY. May it be so.
K-”King Jon.” Just one of my pet names for the hubs.
L-Laynie. Enough said.
M-Macleans. Jono gave me a year’s subscription for my birthday and I’m constantly reading them in an attempt to stay up on the times.
N-Napkins. We only have cloth. Let's just say that this is the one place in our lives an iron would be convenient. (Sorry Chris and Chuck.)
O-Owls. Sister made these for us. I.LOVE.THEM.
P-Photos. We have the everywhere. Shocker.
Q-Quilt. Shirley made a quilt for us as a wedding gift and we keep it on our bed all the year-round.
R-Robe. King Jon loves strutting around the apartment in his warm plaid. He is camera shy in The Robe though, so this is the best photo I got.
S-Shelf. We got a few pieces of our furniture off the side of the road and this is our fave...though we can’t move it an inch even if we want to.
T-Thanksgiving Tree. We had this at our wedding with a note to “write something you are thankful for” and despite the audacity of one soul’s “penis” we’ve displayed it in our bedroom ever since.
U-is for...either Underwear or US. Jono voted for "underwear." I'm going to stick with "US."
V-Vent. We have a couple of these bad boys in our apartment and pretend they are artsy.
W-Wine with dinner? Yes, please. We made 90 bottles bottles last year and have already given away or drank half of them. Mostly given away, we promise.
X-eXtra gum. eXcel flavour. We love our gum and minty fresh breath.
Y-YWAMy. It got it’s nickname from Jono because I brought it into our marriage all the way from my YWAM days. It is my favorite blanket on so many levels and it is perfect for almost any temperature. Jono gets jealous.
Z-Zenfolio. The site we use to host our online gallery for our clients.
And there you go-the alphabet-soup life of Grime.
Happy weekend y'all.
xx.
We've been friends with Lulu for 4 years now-she was in Jono's DTS and in my small group oh those many years ago.
Since then, we've hung out in South Africa, her native land of Germany (twice) and Canada (she came over for our wedding.) A fellow photographer, she's been interning at a photo gallery in New York City for the past six months and came to see us on her way back home to the Motherland.
Lulu is here for a bit over a week and let's just say we're taking these days slooooow. She's been over-worked and under-slept for lo these many months, so we Grimes are focusing on a few importants only while she is here:
1. Baking.
2. Sleeping.
3. Eating hot, yummy meals each night.
4. Watching lots of "Big Bang Theory"
and
5. Having consistent walks on snow-lined streets to the nearby Blue Dog. (Starbucks, I will come back and see you soon. Worry not.)
We made four kinds of scone: chocolate chip (of course), apple cheese, cinnamon and cranberry lemon.
Paul and Susi gave us this grill thing for our wedding and we brought it out on the special occasion of Lulu's first night here. Long, leisurely dinners are The Best. You should come over soon too?
xx.