When I married Timmy, I became an instant aunt to one beautiful niece and three adorable nephews. My nephews are not only delightfully ...

Sometimes... while I'm sitting at work I get emails like this one from my darling husband: "So I just had an amazing revelation ...

My little sister, Rynn, is beautiful and mysterious. She loves locks and keys and hidden compartments and secrets . And because she is so i...

(This is a picture of Pinklepurr by my parents' fireplace. I think she is pretending to be a log.)

Hot drinks just taste better when your fingers have pretty cup cozies to keep them warm and happy. I have one amazing mom in law and th...

Timmy and I made all of our Christmas presents this year. We did not step into the mall craziness even once. Of course, I could not show...

When you're married to a graphic designer, your life is a creative adventure... Because she snaps pictures of you at all sorts of inco...

    So, my amazing mother-in-law bought me new socks. They are so pretty and comfy and warm, my feet have been happy all day. So happy, i...

December 13, 2008 December 13, 2009   When you're married to the most darling boy, life is like a fairytale... Because he holds yo...

Dear Mom, I lit candles in the living room the other night. Lots and lots of them. As I was lighting them, I told Timmy how you never ever...

The tour of the USS Arizona Memorial begins with a brief, but moving film relating the events leading up and following December 7, 1941. W...

December is not the best month to do an outdoor photo shoot in Wisconsin. Brr! B ut don't I just have the prettiest big sister? Prou...

those blue, blue eyes. reflecting the christmas lights on our very first tree.

itty bitty preview of my newest line of cards.

Timmy: You are more beautiful than me. Me: Well you are more handsome than me . Timmy: No. What I mean to say is that you are more beaut...

Hanuama Bay is a glittering crescent, carved out hundreds of years ago by pools of boiling lava. The water is a dazzling jewel of turquoise...

Hawaii is full of beaches. Some beaches are created just for tourists, with sand as soft as talcum powder, brought in by the truckload. Bar...

   (original photography by Laura Zastrow )

Hawaii smells like saltwater and flowers. The air is sweet and warm, and constant breezes dance with groves of palm trees. The sunshine is...

Today Timmy learned to surf. For $75 they give you a surf board and a super cool blue swim shirt, right after you sign a waiver, promising n...