Currently Viewing : Casa de Youngren

Apr 03 2013

A Bubbly Giveaway
And the Winner Is…

Category: Casa de Youngren

I LOVE having giveaways on the blog because your comments make me SO HAPPY. I mean, I would even trade in a pack of Mega Stuf Oreos just to sit down and read your stories. And by the way, Molly S is now my official bath time hero for introducing me to the limited edition Mega Stuf. These oversized cookies have 50% more creme than Double Stuf Oreos! Whaaaaa? These things are so massive that there’s ten less cookies in the package than the Double Stuf variety. I mean, I can now tell myself that I’m eating ten less cookies without sacrificing…

View full post »

Category: Casa de Youngren
Mar 27 2013

The Great American Dream
Plus a Bubbly Giveaway!

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags:

If I’m being honest with myself, I actually don’t take baths very often. Sometimes, I’m so tired at the end of the day that the process of drawing and prepping a decent bath feels like so much time and effort that I give up before I even start and end up on the couch watching TV with my cat and a package of Oreos.  But the idea of a bath I can get on board with. The idea of pulling out my basket of bath goodies and allowing the aromas of bath salts and candles to fill my lungs makes…

View full post »

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags:
Feb 21 2013

It’s Not Just a Bowl of Tomatoes

Category: Casa de Youngren

Jeff and I have been traveling a ton these past three years and we’re excited that it’s time to close the door on that season of life and begin a new one. One that involves us being home. A lot. So we’ve cut back on the flights and said no to almost all of our travel plans in 2013 and it feels so gooooooood. When our friends want to hang out for coffee down the street, we can actually say yes because we’re not on the 6:30 eastbound to Atlanta. When our family wants to stop by, we can say…

View full post »

Category: Casa de Youngren
Feb 14 2013

The Wonderful and Magical
Harper Cross

Category: baby | Casa de Youngren | portraitsTags:

It never loses it’s magic… The emotions of meeting a newborn baby still catch us off guard. The quiet, precious moments unexpectedly squeeze our chests at the worst moments rendering both of us awkwardly speechless. Breathless. Even though we’ve been here before and know what to expect, the wonderful emotions are still very much the same. They’re familiar now, though not any less vivid or strong. Like taking a shot of whiskey, we know what to expect but it doesn’t make the drink any weaker. In fact, it just makes the whole thing that much more exciting. And I say that…

View full post »

Category: baby | Casa de Youngren | portraitsTags:
Feb 08 2013

Poetry, Ray Charles, and the Bastille
The Youngrens in Paris

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |

I plopped down on the couch in the living room while our friend David sat on the floor next to the fireplace and his buddy Alex gazed out the window overlooking the Place de la Bastille and slowly sipped his red wine, one hand in his pocket. Jeff and David’s wife Nancy sat on the futon. Our half full wine glasses were either in our hands or sitting on a coffeetable near us. All of them reflected the warm rosy light that spilled from the table lamp in the corner that was covered in a red lampshade. It washed the…

View full post »

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |
Feb 04 2013

Helipad Engagement plus the City of Lights
Sneak Peeks

Category: Casa de Youngren | weddingsTags: | |

Today just couldn’t get here fast enough because there’s so much goodness coming up on the bloggy-blog over the next few weeks. Over the weekend, I couldn’t help but think, “You know, this Superbowl is pretty rad, but I just can’t wait for Monday to get here!” The joys of running your own business – Monday is the best day of the week. In fact, when the alarm went off this morning (yes, even though I work from home, the alarm is still VERY necessary) I threw myself sideways out of bed, scrubbed my teeth, threw on my favorite jeggings (jeans…

View full post »

Category: Casa de Youngren | weddingsTags: | |
Feb 01 2013

Facials, Antarctica, and Sheep, Sheep, Sheep
New Zealand Adventures, Part Two

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |

I have been sitting on pins and needles in excitement to share these images from the second half of our trip to New Zealand because they are not the kinds of images that I expected to come home with from such a beautiful mountainous country. Most of these images today are from the Catlins, the southern-most portion of the south island where the vast majority of the sheep farmers live and work. This area is normally passed up by tourists because it’s a little out of the way from the typical sights (and if you’re not into sheep you definitely…

View full post »

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |
Jan 31 2013

Friendship, Oatmeal Packets, & Roadtrips
New Zealand Adventures, Part One

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |

New Zealand was the perfect mix of old and new for me. It was beautiful and mystical and romantical and unbelievable. It was Jeff, myself, and four of our close friends sleeping and living in an RV together for two weeks as we drove around the south island which was the perfect recipe for friendship disaster, but it was also the perfect circumstance to learn that us six friends all fit together seamlessly. There was absolutely no hint of drama, no negative vibes, nothing. Our two weeks of vacationing in our confined mobile space was smoother than The Doobie Brothers….

View full post »

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags: |
Dec 25 2012

One Last Adventure for 2012

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags:

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that 2012 has been a wonderful and blessed year for you and that 2013 is everything you could ever imagine and more. For us, 2012 was the year that we chose to do it all. We chose to teach workshops, travel the globe, grow our business and launch new ones. In fact, I would describe this year as our ‘now or never’ year. This was our opportunity to act on those dreams that had been dancing in our minds but never had the chance to grow. So we did. We acted on them. And it…

View full post »

Category: Casa de YoungrenTags:

Older posts »