Notes She Wrote

Chopped.

2012-02-29T19:13:00.003-08:00

I chopped my hair off.

Carey Mulligan style.

I'm in love with her.

And have been told I look like her.

So now I want to be her!

And now that it's all said and done, I'm realizing I'm also a white version clone of my mother :)

Although, I'm pretty sure I've never seen her make this face.

;)

love you lots, emma.

Can't wait

2012-02-28T09:30:00.000-08:00

*I can't WAIT for spring. And for all the trees to get their leaves. And for all the beautiful wildflowers that grow in Texas!! I have so many spots picked out for photoshoots; now I just need everything to bloom!

*I can't wait for for my camera to come in the mail. YAY!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I am so excited, it's ridiculous.

*I can't for for April when I get to see all of you sissies and my mom!! I never would have thought that I would get to see them this soon after Christmas!

*I can't wait until I have all the money in the world and can buy everything from here:

*But mostly, I can't wait for all my hair regrowth from losing it after having Cole to just REGROW already. I am so sick of the fuzzies. And I'm so sick of not knowing how to part my hair anymore. It's seriously a new experiment with parts every single DAY. In the meantime, I can play around with what I would look like with bangs:

love, Lulu

We wrote Pixie Dust

2012-02-27T08:09:00.000-08:00

Last year Lissie and I wrote a song together about my three kids. I wrote the lyrics and she wrote the music, and she sings the song with that beautiful voice of hers. Anyway, I don't think we've ever posted it on this blog. I know some of you have heard it before, but for those who haven't, I hope you like it! The first is a pretty professional recording that our brother Christian helped her with. And then at the bottom of the post is the video of the first time she sang it for me over Youtube. Made me cry. Still does. ;)

Pixie Dust Lyrics:

I stand back and sigh at the torrent of toys

That keep cluttering our living room floor,

I scoot it aside, plop down in the middle of the mess.

My kids' make believe-play is the background noise.

I flip through the pages of a magazine,

Inside its cover, I see picture perfect things--

Everything put together and pretty.

I imagine myself in one of those scenes.

But he says: “I wanna hold you” as his arms reach up to me

She says my baby girl “is the cutest piece of pixie dust in the whole world.”

And I say, “I wanna story book my babies' childhoods,

So that someday, it'll all come back to me.”

Legs crossed, hand in chin, I look over at them.

I smile as she mimics me on her fancy phone.

He claps a hand to his ear and answers big sis,

Both unconscious of their flawless beauty.

My baby's dimpled hands crawl to me;

I lift her high, see her bright eyes so happy.

She squeals with laughter as I gobble her chin,

And my life lights up with love, pure love.

Cuz he says, “I wanna hold you,” as his arms reach up to me,

She says my baby girl is the "cutest piece of pixie dust in the whole world.”

And I say, “I wanna storybook my babies' childhoods,

So that someday, it'll all come back to me.”

Fingerprints on the walls,

Crumbs all over the floor,

Laundry pile so tall,

I think I might fall over.

Way too often am I,

Overwhelmed by this life,

Yes, their scribbles have made it

Into these pages.

But oh so soon, I'll ache for little hands,

And I'll miss reading bedtime stories and watching them sleep.

I'll miss the patter of their little steps,

Or the feeling of them tugging on my jeans.

Love how he says, “I wanna hold you,” as his arms reach up to me.

She says my baby girl is the "cutest piece of pixie dust in the whole world.”

And I say, “I wanna storybook my babies' childhoods,

So that someday, it'll all come back to me.”

I want it all to come back to me.

And I'll secretly stash

Some of their pixie dust

And I'll fly myself back,

To when I loved everything.

XOXO, Marie

FPB: Enchanted

2012-02-24T16:17:00.001-08:00

Friday Picture Book:

Enchanted.

Marie:

Lulu:

Emma:

Lissie:

Next week's word:

angelic.

Happy Weekend, everyone!

love you lots, emma.

"I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose, fire away, fire away."

2012-02-23T12:27:00.000-08:00

Hey!
I made another cover!
This one is "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia.
It's my favorite song on the radio lately. (:

I know. There were some weird moments in there. But that's okay, weird is cool these days.

Here's the original:

Definitely a good T-Swift head banging song. ;) Dance party to this song in April!! :D

FORTY-EIGHT MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't. wait.

Total, true, love,

Lissie

Onion Juice. Try it.

2012-02-22T10:31:00.000-08:00

So, I'm going all hipster on you.

The green smoothie/juicin' kinda hipster.

Not the big glasses kind.

Well, the whole family is.

We watched this really awesome documentary on Netflix called:
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead

Go watch it.
Basically this ginormous man becomes a little skinny man.

And all because he juices fruits and veggies for 60 days.

So we're gonna try it.

I mean, how bad can onion juice really be?

Jokes.

It's pretty bad.

We tried it.

But honestly if you juice any kind of vegetable and add an apple to it, it instantly becomes heavenly little droplets.

And Annabelle loves these juices too.

Like our carrot, tomato, apple, spinach, lemon drink.

(that's what she's drinking in these pictures)

And we tried a green smoothie last night (chard, spinach, strawberries, apple juice, water) and she LOVED it.

So now we're green smoothie-in it up over here too.

But only for 30 days.

I may only last 10 though.

love you lots, emma.

Tuesday Top Five

2012-02-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

ONE.

I sold my camera!!!! Which means two things:

*Lissie will now have a DSLR too!! :) (thanks for buying it from me)

*I'm getting a new camera!!!!!!!!! Can't wait.

TWO.

A couple of fun family walks this past week. And lots of picture taking, which I love, of course :)

THREE.

This past weekend I had a girl's night! We went to see "The Vow" (my first time to the movies since before Cole was born!!) and the wedding scene was by far my favorite scene!
This movie made me want to visit Chicago :)

FOUR.
Ruche's new lookbook which you can find here. Oh my gosh, kill me now. Such beautiful photography by Kiss The Groom. So so dreamy :)

FIVE.

Probably the most exciting of all: I officially launched my photography business, Love Lulu Photography!!! Gosh, that feels good :) Marie and I are toying with the idea of working together and offering a couple of mini sessions while we're in Utah in April. Sounds like the best idea we've had all year if you ask me ;)

love, Lulu

Bangs, Bangs. They're In.

2012-02-20T11:24:00.000-08:00

So, girls. In case you haven't heard, bangs are in. I just thought I'd pass that along since I had no idea. I just went in for an innocent haircut. Ya know, trim, trim, here. Snip, snip, there. And then the lady asked me what I wanted to do with my bangs. She waited until the very last second for that question.

Her: "Alrighty, I'm pretty much done. How do you feel about getting some bangs?"

Me: "Like full-on bangs?"

Her: "Yeah, it will look cute on you. Bangs are in."

Me: "Oh. They're in? Well, sure. Why not? I've always wanted to try that. (What? No, I haven't. Words just came out.)

It was an "if I told you to jump off a cliff, would you?" type scenario. She said they were in. I said, okay then, as if there were no other alternative.

And here they are. I really hate the above picture of me, but I felt bad not posting at least one of the ones Hubs took of me since he went to all the trouble. :) Looks like Edward Scissorhands went at my bangs from that picture. haha

Anyway, I've decided I like my bangs much more when my hair is up. It makes my regular blah hairdo feel a little more fancy, and it makes me feel a little more Zoey Deschanel-ish. I like Zoey.

So, yeah. I think it's a fun change. And it gives me options. Like bobbypinning them out. Or wearing them straight down or swept to the side. The only way it doesn't work is to let them go free style. Yikes. Must use blow dryer on these babies. Or else.

XOXO,
Marie

Friday Picture Book: Secret

2012-02-17T10:48:00.000-08:00

Marie:

Me:

Emma:

Lissie:

"Dumbledore is Santa" Secret's out!! ;)

Next week's word: "enchanting" :)

Braces.

2012-02-16T10:14:00.000-08:00

Yes, on February 11th 2012 I wore all black to the orthodontist to get my dreaded braces.

I seriously did wear all black.

Not totally intentionally though...

It took about two hours.

TWO hours of having my mouth wiiiide open and totally dried out.

Sick, I'm telling you.

I hated that day.

BUT,

my sweet dad did have a chocolate milkshake waiting for me in the car when I came out. (:

Love that guy.

Well, they tell me I'll have them for a year to a year and a half.

Boooo.

And you know what else?

I went back today to fix one of my brackets that had gotten loose...

and there was this pretty dang cute ,teenage, German boy "interning" with MY orthodontist.

He helped my orthodontist fix my bracket!

Sooo embarrassing and disgusting.

Whatever.

If you wanted to see the lovely train tracks on my teeth

here are some pictures of me and my baby brother, who has had braces for a year now.

We be twins. ;)

Total, true, love,

Lissie

My Head Popped!

2012-02-15T07:58:00.000-08:00

The etsy shop is open.

First new year's resolution: check!

Introducing you to Annabelle's first Monster Doll:

Josie!

(Happy Valentine's Day, baby girl!)

I initially started making these Monster Dolls for fun.

And then my sister's aunt's uncle wanted one.

And his cousin's little sister needed one.

And finally, when my friend's girlfriend's niece just could not live without one,

my head popped!

And out came: forever emma.

Uhh -- I have an etsy shop!!

Meet Lola.

Lola & Josie: BFF's.

Master: Annabelle.

These are just a couple that I've made. You can see some other Monster Dolls in my shop.

So, basically if you're looking for a cutsie baby shower, birthday, or any other kinda gift, check out my etsy shop:

forever emma.

And while you're at it, grab a button!

love you lots, emma.

So in love

2012-02-14T12:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!!

This is one of my favorite holidays.

And this is what I'm surprising Steve with when he comes home in just a couple of hours:

Cinnamon rolls!

(which were supposed to be heart-shaped, but when it came down to it, I decided it was more work than it was worth)

A card and a picture of us from our wedding. I got the idea from here but instead of writing the lyrics of the first song we danced to, I decided to write the lyrics of the song that I wrote Steve and then performed for him at our reception.

Have I ever mentioned on here that I wrote him a song for our wedding?! Well, I did and it was cute and completely embarrassing all rolled into one. I don't have a performing voice so I'm sure some people were wondering what I was doing up there singing it.

But the lyrics I wrote from my heart, so really, whenever I re-read the lyrics or sing the song in my head, I get chills because I remember how perfect our wedding was and how much fun it was to fall in love with Steve :)

So, here are the lyrics to the best love poem I have ever written:

"So in love"

by Lauren Allred, music by Christian Allred

I lay my head down

and shut these tired eyes

Rewind, let's hear it again

You say I'm too pretty for this

You say I'm too pretty for that

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

My thoughts go back once again

a silly love song stuck in my head

I know I took my sweet time

good-bye babe, thank you for the ride

as he pulls me back in

and plants one right on my..chin!!

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

I'll happily hold you while I focus on forever

and I will love you even longer than that

I'll happily hold you while I focus on forever

Forever

and I'll love you even longer, I'll love you even longer than that

And then I roll over again

Once more, in my head

blue eyes, so intently

at me, looking so kind

there you are on one knee

asking me

will you forever be mine?

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

And suddenly

there I was so in love, so in love

And suddenly

here we are, here are

here we are so far

Will you forever be mine?

I love you Steve! Happy Valentine's Day!! :)

love, Lulu

A lot! And a lot! And a lot!

2012-02-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

I'm short on time today, so I just thought I'd share a sweet video of me and my Liam from back in September. :) I snuck up on him during his rest time and did a little impromptu recording. My voice sounds creepy in the beginning, haha, but other than that and my 80s-looking hair, I think it's a gem of a movie of me and my little guy.

XOXO, Marie

Picture Book: Romance

2012-02-10T13:57:00.000-08:00

Marie:

Lulu:

Emma:

Lissie:

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling pret-ty romantic after viewing this collection. Nice job, girlies! Lu, the lighting and setting in yours is so timelessly romantic! I feel like yours and Em's totally go together. Makes me want to go scribble a love note. (I think I will.) And Miss Lissie, I'm loving the Ralph Lauren feel to yours. I think you need a signature perfume now. :)

Anyway, seeing these pictures was getting me extra excited for date night tonight, but then I remembered that it's just going to be me and the grocery store. :/ Not the most romantic date in the world, strolling the isles alone. But I do get this big, huge feeling of love and gratitude in my heart when I think about how Hubs will be working super late at the flower shops tonight, getting ready for the big V-day. Hope you lovely ladies are all getting some flowers! And I hope you all don't mind my Friday Picture Book commentary. Just felt like blabbing is all.

XOXO, Marie

PS. Next week's word is SECRET.

April = Sister Reunion!

2012-02-09T14:02:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It's official. We bought our tickets. Mom and I are coming to Utah for THREE weeks on APRIL 11th!

Our plans include:

-Hugging and snuggling

-Eating

-Thrifting/shopping

-Going to mom's graduation!

-PHOTO SHOOTS.

-My best friend's wedding!

-Visiting Lola! (Grandma Minnie)

-Celebrating Marie's 30th? birthday...I'm not sure /: hehe oops...

-PARTYING ( =Shakira owning our hips)

-And loving on beautiful baby nieces and nephews.

I CAN'T WAIT!

Count down starts now:

Sixty-two days!

(Super cute photo shoot idea? I think yes. ♥)

Total, true, love,

Lissie

Come See My Fort!

2012-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

Remember this little gem?

Well, I finally made one for the Tiny.

And I'm not gonna lie - I crawl in there sometimes too.

OK, a lot.

So, more like every chance I get.

{It's a totally sweet hangout lounge.}

Look at her caress her new fort grounds!
Um, major mom points!!!

And it was really simple to make.

So whether you wanna surprise your Mister with it this V-Day {riiiight?}, or make it for your little nugget

here's what you need:

* 4 yards of fabric altogether:

-1 yard for each flap

-2 yards for the roof piece

* 2 tension rods

(they're less than $3.00 at walmart)

*sewing machine

snip snip, sew sew, and...

TA DA!

(basically you're just making 3 curtains, sticking tension rods through them, and setting it up in any ol' corner) :)

I can tell you're a proud fort owner already.

PS: Don't worry if your child doesn't wanna live in it, like you do.

Mostly, Annabelle sneaks in real quick, picks her book, and then reads it out in the open. Where it's much much safer ;)

love you lots, emma.

Hitting the books

2012-02-07T06:00:00.000-08:00

I spent this past weekend with my husband finalizing my business plan for my photography which I will be launching with new pricing, packaging and everything later this week! (I'm super excited about it:)

But today I thought I would share with you a couple of gems that I found at the library. Every time I go to the library, I always check out the photography section to see if any new books have come in and every so often there are new ones! Most recently I found "Visual Poetry" by Chris Orwig. It's not a new book, but it's new to the library ;)

This one has been my favorite so far. His book doesn't really teach you about the technicalities in photography, but more, it teaches you how to think creatively and what to look for in different situations, whether it's photographing children and families, weddings, portraits in general or travel photography.

The way he writes is very engaging and you can tell that he is extremely creative himself.

You can check out his blog here. He seems like such a nice person and he has a beautiful family. He also teaches at Brooks Institute of Photography in CA, a wonderful place, I'm sure, to go to school!

What I like best about this book though, is that at the end of every chapter, he interviews "guest speakers," famous photographers who are SO talented. He also does workshop assignments and points you in the right direction of what blogs and websites to check out.

I've loved some of blogs I've found this way.

Here are a few links:

*This is the most beautiful photoshoot I have EVER seen. Seriously. (think girls in white dresses and sun hats on the beach) And how do people shoot in broad daylight like that?! I have no idea. I want to figure it out though.

*A forest wedding. So dreamy :)

*I thought these family pictures were sweet. So real and timeless. All of his family shots are awesome and not too pose-y which I like :)

*And I just about died when I saw this photoshoot. Adorable.

And here are a few more photography blogs which I absolutely love!

Pastor's Girl's Ponderings

Simplicity Photography

Jamie Delaine

All in all, if you want to be exposed to a lot of really good, but very different photography, you should read this book! It's full of wonderful inspiration!

"The Right-Brain Business Plan" by Jennifer Lee is the second book that I am reading. This one caught my attention because Steve was recently learning in school how our society seems to favor developing our left-brain which is characterized by being "logical, sequential, verbal, analytical, detail-oriented, practical" and not the right-brain which is characterized by being "creative, visual, non-linear, intuitive, imaginative, understanding the big picture." Both sides are equally important but for some reason, especially in the business world, the right-brain characteristics are seen as less-than. This book also caught my attention since for the past few months, Steve has been helping me write my business plan, which is something he enjoys doing and he's good at. But it's something that I didn't really have any clue about until he showed me the way.

I haven't read too much of this book yet, but so far I really like it because I see myself as a very creative person, as probably all photographers do, but at the same time, if I want to have a business, ONLY being good at photography just isn't going to cut it. A business plan is necessary. And this book kind of directs you in a very fun, creative way and shows you just what you need to do to put together a business plan. The author is against a boring multiple page word document as your business plan (which is what I actually have right now haha) She put together a collage which shows all aspects of what her business plan includes, but it keeps it visual which is better for the right-brained, creative person. It also makes it fun which I think is very important! If you're needing help writing a business plan, I totally recommend this book!

And the last book I'm reading, which I also haven't finished yet is "Techniques of Natural Light Photography" by Jim Zuckerman. And I'm pretty sure that this book is famous and probably lots of people have read it.

I like it because it goes through all different types of natural light: sunrise, early morning, late afternoon, midday, sunset, twilight. He shows his amazing pictures that were taken during those times and how he did it (all with a film camera too, which blows my mind since I've never tried anything with a film camera!)

All this reading about photography has made me dream about photography almost every night all.night.LONG! I love it :)

Anyway, does anyone have any book recommendations for me?! I also love finding new photography blogs to follow :)

love, Lulu

Top 10 of our Baby Bro

2012-02-06T10:21:00.000-08:00

Hey, so I want you all to meet our baby bro, Christian! He is a SENIOR this year and I was lucky enough to take some senior pictures of him over Christmas break. I'm sure this is just what he wants, me debuting his pictures on our girly blog, but what can I say? I knew the ladies would want to see! And I did spare him my girly watermark, so that's good, right?

Which one is your favorite? I absolutely can't pick a fave. He's just too handsome and photogenic.

10.

Anyway, I hope you all had a good weekend. Mine was somewhat terrifying. I was asked to head up a skit at a church party Friday night and something possessed me to write a rap song and then convince the others that it was a good idea for us to get our gangsta on in front of crowd. I still can't believe I did that! Luckily, I had some skilled rappers at my side. :) Betcha wish you could've seen that number, huh? Yeah, sorry. There are no pictures. No videos. Nada. Bwahahaha.

XOXO, Marie

Friday Picture Book: Hope

2012-02-03T21:17:00.000-08:00

It must be a busy weekend for all of us! For now we have my (Lulu's) hope picture and you other sissies can add yours later :)

Okay (this is Marie writing now, btw), I had a really hard time with the word hope! I even took my monkeys out one afternoon with a big ol' vision that turned out to be a big ol' flop. So, I dug up this picture of Lissie from 2010 and figure it can count for the both of us. :)

Next week's word is "romance" :) Just in time for V-day! :)

Westley

2012-02-02T14:10:00.000-08:00

So Mom's been telling me you've all been asking about this date I went on last Friday...
Well let me tell you.
It's actually kind of a good story.

SO.
This boy who "asked " me on a date, we'll call him Westley.

Westley is an attractive boy and he's the best at everything athletic. A typical jock really. But he's sweet too. Westley and I sit next to each other in our early morning seminary class and we're pretty good friends. He's always asking me to come to his sport events, and a couple of weeks ago he asked me to go to his wrestling match. I decided to go because I had time and I knew his sister, a pretty good friend of mine, would be there.

So I'm at his wrestling match and it's reeeally awkward. Not only because wrestling is just plain awkward but because his mom and sister are talking to me about how Westley is always talking about me at home and how he really likes me. This whoooooooole time, like when he asked me to go to his wrestling match and I said I would, I thought he had a girlfriend. I'm facebook friends with his girlfriend! I was sure they were still together! or else I probably wouldn't have gone to his stupid match! So after his mom is saying things like "Yeah, I keep telling Westley if he wants to win you over he's going to have to raise is standards and be a better person!" I'm like "Haha...that's sweet...Doesn't Westley have a girlfriend???" Their response: "Oh. Well... that's complicated but we think it's over."
.......Okay...?

Anyways. After Westley has finished wrestling and winking up at me twice while pinning other poor boys (he's kind of a flirt), my brother picks me up to take me home. As soon as I'm home I get a message on FB from Westley asking me if we could "hang out or go on a date sometime."
I respond "Suuure, we can always hang out, Westley!" I was trying to make it seem casual. I failed. After that he would talk about when we should go on "our date" and what we should do every.single.day. Then one day in seminary he had it all planned out and told me Friday evening we would be making pizzas at his house with another couple.

I was okay with that, nothing too fancy, other people will be there, plus I like pizza...perfect!
So Friday I'm waiting for him to tell me what time this date would be happening, and then Friday late afternoon he sends me a message saying I can "come over any time." ......Not good. Mom and dad will not like that...
I tell my mom anyway. And this is how it went down:
Mom: "Wait. He's not picking you up? You know we don't like that."
Me: "It's inconvenient...? Mom, I don't want to make a big deal out of this! I don't even like him!"
Mom: "We'll talk about this with dad when he gets home from work."
Crap.

BUT. Before Dad even got home, mom had miraculously agreed to just take me this one time because she understands that I don't want to make a big deal out of it.
Halleluja! I love mom!

Then Dad got home.
He comes up to my room after I'm completely ready to go and says:
"Aren't the boys supposed to pick up the girls?"
Me: "Maybe...? Occasionally?"
Dad: "Now, I know you've already told him we would take you and I don't want you to be upset...but I'm going to call him and just let him know that we usually like it when the boys pick our daughters up. I won't make him come pick you up tonight though."
Me: "WHAT? No! How are you going to say it??"
Dad: "I don't know. It'll come to me naturally."
Me: "No seriously. What are you going to say."

We proceeded to do some role playing. Me being Westley. There was really nothing I could do so Dad called Westley.

The phonecall:
Westley: "Hello?"
Dad: "Hey Westley, this is Tracy Allred, from the ward. How are you doing?"
Westley: "Hey President! Good thank you, how are you?"
Dad: "Just fine thank you. I hear you and Lissie are planning on going on a date this evening. That's sounds fun.
Westley: "Yes, sir."
Dad: "Yes well, usually we like it when the boys pick up the girls on dates."
Westley. "Oh. Do you want me to come pick her up right now??"
Dad: "That would be great! Do you need the address?"

Meanwhile I was telling mom that I could solve all of her and dad's problems, and that all they would have to do is lock me in a tower.

To wrap up this super long story: Westley and his mom picked me up (since he can't drive.) The couple that was supposed to be coming couldn't come, but his best friend was there. It was basically like going on date with two boys. The pizza was delicious. It was a pretty good night.
And yeah. That's the end of the story about the date I went on last Friday.
Sorry it was so long.

Total, true, love,
Lissie

GOLDEN GIRL

2012-02-01T08:24:00.000-08:00

It happened.

I turned 22.

On 01.22.12!

It was a Golden Bash! Just like I wanted it to be.

All my party guests wore Gold.

And I even got $22.00 in Gold coins to celebrate with :)

(Here I come TARGET!!)

We dimmed the lights and had a dance party!

Oh, FYI, something crazy happens to your hips once you become a mom. It's like, Shakira doesn't own them anymore...

Weird.

I still danced my heart out anyway :)

This Golden Year is shaping up to be pret-ty amazing.

love you lots, emma.

2011: a review

2012-01-31T12:32:00.000-08:00

It is the last day of January, so naturally, I thought I would put together a little "year in review" when it comes to me and my sisters :)

We've been lucky with how often we were able to see each other last year

and here's to hoping we'll see each other at least as often in 2012!!

In fact, we're planning a sisters reunion In APRIL and we all better be there!! (fingers crossed!) I can't wait! :)

love, Lulu

Love Rocks

2012-01-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

As I was perusing some blogs I love last week, I stumbled upon a fun Valentines idea over at my friend's blog, The Copycat Crafter. She introduced me to love rocks.

What are love rocks, you ask? They're rocks that you paint with your kids, and then you put them in a jar somewhere easily accessible. And then throughout February, whenever you do an act of love, like make someone's bed ect., you take a rock from the jar and then leave it on their pillow. :)

So, last Monday night, we gathered some rocks, paint, our little artists, and got to work!

We even let our littlest munchkin participate. She had a ball painting herself!

But when it came to trying to paint her eyeballs, we decided to intervene. :)

So, it's been exactly a week since we came up with our love rock jar and it honestly hasn't been the biggest success. I think I've only left one love rock. :/

I'm just impressed that someone left me any! The other night when my son should've been sleeping, he instead brought every toy he owns (including his big hurky tool table) into my room. When I came upstairs to hit the sack, it was tricky dodging all the toys in the path to my bed. But when I made it there, I found a huge pile of rocks on my pillow...

Yep, LOVE ROCK(S). You better believe I was feeling the love, and I never thought a giant mess and a pile of rocks could make me feel that way!

XOXO, Marie

Friday Picture Book: Shimmer

2012-01-27T11:30:00.000-08:00

Shimmer's the word.

Is that what I heard?

Sounds absurd.

Yo.

Marie:

Lauren:

Emma:

Lissie:

Next week's word: Hope.

Sounds dope.

Yo.

love you lots, emma.

Jane

2012-01-26T10:33:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

So Santa gave me exactly what I wished for this past Christmas, which was a violin. Yay! I named her Jane. :)

Anyways, it's just absolutely crazy what a talented violinist I already am.

Like my parents think I'm so good they don't even want to pay for lessons...
And you know what else?? Quite a few people have even told me I look like violinists...sooo...that basically settles it.

I'm a violinist.

Here's a little clip of me playing:

Yeaaah, I heard winking helps the sound sound better...

Total, true, love,

Lissie