it’s always hard to return from vacation — especially after all the fun we had watching jazz play on the beach for the first time. she was actually slightly terrified of the ocean at first. i guess it’s understandable: the wind and waves were going crazy thanks to the tropical storm rolling into the gulf. (don’t tell my  mom, but it made for some AMAZING body surfing for me and my bro-in-law jonathan.) jazz calmed down once she discovered a new love for seashell hunting. i caught up on four months of national geographic magazines (still three more issues to go..), and we played lots of scrabble and settlers of catan with jonathan and sarah while our jasmine and their aurora (two of our family’s three disney princesses — honest, the naming pattern was complete coincidence) became fast friends, toddling around the beach house. but it’s good to be back in the studio. we have a lot of big projects and exciting endeavors planned for the next six months; always something new and inspiring. just wanted to show off this pic of me with my girls — the final and only sunny day during our excursion.