if you had joined us today then you would have seen a few little girls giggling and oh-so happy on the front porch of aunt judy’s house.  the precious faces looked something like this: what prompted such merry looks?  why because the papa/uncle ricky was putting on a grand puppet show for all his favorite… Continue reading puppet show happiness

family vacation is all about family time.  and i sure am loving every minute i’m getting.  i sat for awhile with two little sisters on the streets of new york city while all the babies and parents were entertained in a toy store today.  much fun was had during our moment of sitting.

i picked up a new hobby today.  it’s called skim boarding.  you throw a wooden board on a bit of shallow water, chase after it, hop on board, and cross your fingers that you stay up. i didn’t.  this picture is a complete deception of what actually took place this evening at the ocean.  my… Continue reading skim boarding what?!

(with their wonderful grandson, jackson edward)

it’s been filled with lots of swimming, boating, and adventuring. and babies.  lots of babies. and being with family.  and my two youngest darling sisters.

i have a rather disgusting obsession with a girl name julie grey.  she’s pretty much the coolest thing ever and daily i find myself wishing that i could be a tiny bit as thrifty and awesome as she.  so, when i saw her with cutoff shorts last night, i was instantly inspired.  it doesn’t matter… Continue reading my own cutoffs

11pm.  i leave at 6:30am tomorrow.  what am i doing still up? well, waiting for my laundry to be finished to put this and the rest in a bag: chasing buggers like this on my floor to slay them: chattin’ on the phone with the sister in LA:

hello beautiful. hello wonderfulness. hello world through the eyes of the three year old nephew. hello crazy person. hello new colors waiting to be made into something. hello happy evening.

i went to bed at 10:30pm last night.  it was such a treat and i woke feeling so good that i decided i should really start doing that more often.  so, these daily picture posts shall [hopefully] be coming earlier in the day.  are you terribly bored with these silly little entries?  only a few… Continue reading regular life

want to know what i dislike most about myself?  my knees.  i dislike them immensely — always have and probably always will.  they’re chunky and lumpy and don’t even have the normal ugly knobs that most have.  my knees are just blobs in the middle of my legs.  so it’s only right that if i… Continue reading the fall