WE MOVED! First week in California

This pacific island girl has moved to the California coast! And my life looks wildly different than it did last year. Heck, it's a stark contrast from my life just a few months ago. Some big milestones and life goals were met -- wowowee -- and there are even bigger...

AmSam crew in Hawaii

Met up with some of our AmSam friends during our layover in Hawai’i. I love that our connection to our AmSam crew is so strong because of our shared experiences in Samoa. Time and space may have separated us over the years but we’ve had such an amazing community, and...

Life Lately: 5 months of change and evolution

Helloooo there. It's meeeee. Nerelleeeee. It has been a hoot of a while — and I have missed this space of mine to document my ever-changing life, romanticizing it in a way, and to express my gratitudes in words and images. A summary of the most inexplicably changing...

Underwater Mama

Black and white edits of some maternity pics that Ian shot of me at almost 32 weeks pregnant with Alava. And some random color edits I liked as well of most of the same pics.

Coconut Point sunrise with Alava

It felt so good to be back home. Everything was just as it was. Except it wasn't. Same same but different. Coconut Point. Sunrise. Me and Ian. Different how? We have been joined by our sweet darling baby Alava. We moved out of our place at Coconut Point, the cutest...
We built a blanket fort

We built a blanket fort

We engineered this blanket fort with sheets, lavalavas, clothespins, binder clips, rope, and framed it all around of our couch bed and TV. Plus, electric fans to keep us cool, and the bouquet Ian picked for me to make it smell nice. Ian made berry smoothies, salad,...

Beach Picnic Essentials

Beach Picnic Essentials

Reusable water bottle microfiber towel picnic blanket book hat / visor reef safe sunblock moisturizer tote bag iphone with LifeProof FRĒ waterproof case snacks lavalava loose button up shirt