December 22, 2011

The Hock Family :: Carpinteria Bluffs















One of my favorite families...and next time we do photos there will be seven of them! Sarah & Davis are in Ethiopia right now meeting the three new additions, or the "bigs" as they are called. It's a beautiful story of faith & love, so appropriate for this season.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays xoxo


November 9, 2011

The cutest flash drives you ever did see


Annie did it, and I thought it was brilliant. So now I have these cute little flash drives to deliver image files on instead of DVDs. It is almost 2012, after all!

They're like digital petit fours. I think Marie Antoinette would eat them up.

October 21, 2011

Happy Weekend + I love Instagram


Do you Instagram? Find me @ rayacarlisle and I'd love to follow you!


Happy Weekend! xoxo

October 17, 2011

Seven Years

































[photo by David Jay]

Today we celebrate seven years of being married. I'm sure I've told this story before, but it rained on our wedding day which seems like the worst thing that could happen, but really it turned out to be kind of magical. The sky was incredible and people still talk about dancing in the rain. I mean, how often do you get to dance in the rain? Next time we have wet weather I'm dragging Forest outside for old times' sake.

October 14, 2011

Red Lipstick Times...

One of the most enduring and stylish metrics for measuring the severity of hard times is sales of red lipstick. First noted during the dark days of Wold War II, when the popularity of the glamorous but relatively inexpensive pick-me-up skyrocketed, it has proven to be a surprisingly accurate barometer ever since. But it goes beyond makeup. Time and time again, when the going gets tough, the tough get glowing.

- Harper’s Bazaar: Greatest Hits by Glenda Bailey

September 30, 2011

Kartika & Allen's Wedding :: Casa Real Pleasanton, CA


Love these two. And these two love each other and their friends so much. I remember so much laughing at this wedding. Laughing and smiling.   Congratulations Kartika & Allen!