Yesterday my sister gave birth to a healthy baby boy. He’s pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself. It was the first labor I’ve been a part of so there was a good deal of me screaming in my head “OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!”
It went really well; most of the [...]
We celebrated our second anniversary this past week. It’s the happiest thing in the world being married to Jason Dukes.
I had a fun time with family this morning. (Jason had to work…poo!) We walked downtown to watch our city’s annual 4th of July parade.
Here’s a little video of my favorite part. Dancing horses! They stole the show. That, and the groups of little kung fu students. Hiyah!
We arrived yesterday in Southern California after a short, five hour drive. (How did that happen?) Last night we ate dinner at home with Jason’s parents, catching up on life and ardently discussing this year’s American Idol (which is especially interesting when your in-laws are in the music and television biz).
Today Jason and his dad [...]
I’ve been keeping an eye out on Craigslist for an old (preferably mid-century) dresser with character that I could clean up and paint a fun color. Well, I found one that I liked so on Saturday morning, Jason and I hopped in the car and headed to Oakland to check it out. It was pretty [...]
One of our goals is to become expert home movie makers by the time we have kids. Here is our first shot (filmed and edited by Jason, starring The Nephew™).
Lincoln WALKS! from Jason Dukes on Vimeo.
Putting Away, originally uploaded by Casey Dukes.
One of the things I love about living in a small place is that it entices you to simplify everything. For example, it seriously took me 5 minutes to put away my Christmas decorations.
This year, I did several tiny vignettes around our apartment. I also put together a makeshift [...]
Dear Jason,
Merry Christmas! Over the past several months, you’ve been saying how you’d really like to have a blog just you and me. Since we’re being frugal this year, I thought that this would be a nice Christmas present for you. I hope you like it!
XOXO,
Casey