summer to-do

found on cupcakes and cashmere, adapt for me.

1. Attend an outdoor concert
2. Make homemade ice cream with fresh fruit
3. Create a playlist of songs I’m listening to this summer
4. Take walks {bike rides} after dinner at least three times a week
5. Make time to meet up with girlfriends for Sunday brunch
6. Sneak into a fancy hotel pool
7. Visit Stinson Beach (my favorite spot in Northern California)
8. Attend some sort of food festival
9. Donate the summer clothes that I don’t end up wearing
10. Master my own signature cocktail

journal orgainzation

Monday: sophie

Tuesday:Owen

Wednesday: Penny

Thursday: Simon

Friday: personal/family/whatever

stories of Owen

he got some rollerblades today at a yard sale up the street. they were 5 bucks. he came home, put them on and tried to roll around. he asked me for help so i was swinging him around by the hands to give him momentum in the back yard. well, it's all bumpy and rocky and the two of us took a tumble! it actually really hurt my feet. so bad. he got bumped in the lip. after he came in and wrapped in a blanket with his blades sticking out the end. got better at it when he went out in front of the house. he had me video it and send it to doug on the iphone. doug is in palm springs with james franco and vince jolivette. anyway, he kept them on most of hte day, even during chores. he clamored around the house all afternoon. every once in a while we'd hear a big crash and then, "i'm ok!"

Second story, we were visiting adam and mequell in AZ last week. mequell made some BBQ chicken with a rub on the outside. had cayenne and a bunch of other spices rubbed all over it. Owen, who counts chicken as a go-to item for him, took a big ole bite. when i saw him he was standing at the garbage, gagging and spitting and scraping his tongue with his fingers and spitting. he looked up at me and said with the most sincere look, "that chicken is disGUSting. fortunately, mequell had her back turned. i was laughing but didn't want to make a big deal about it.

back from our trip

the road trip with just me and the kids. so nice and crazy. penny and simon were crazy! simon is crawling all over now and they both seemed really clingy and high maintenance. whoa. but the big kids had such a wonderful time with all the cousins. really wonderful.

baptism

Owen's sweet baptism. such a wonderful day. sophie gave a talk on baptism(she wrote it herself) and grandpa charlie, who was so so sick, gave the talk on the holy ghost.

Owen didn't seem nervous at all during the hours leading up to it. he was happy and confident and excited. he didn't like the white outfits. sophie told him that he looked like a giant marshmallow that got flattened by a car.

throughout the morning he'd say, "it's my baptism today, i 'm sooooo excited!"

doug did a wonderful job and gave him a wonderful blessing after confirming him a member and giving him the gift of the holy ghost. it was such a happy experience.

there were lots of people.

the kekauoha's were here, the schoenis, the mccoys, the kasparians, hales, johnsons (both bart and wes families)

crazy thoughts

what if i'm pregnant. i'm so so so scared that i'm pregnant. doug is pretty sure were not, but what if. what if. i will be so sad. is that horrible? i feel like we will have to move and shift dougs career.

what not to do.

A few weeks ago we went to 'Flight of the Conchords' at the hollywood bowl with some friends. it was a great, great concert. listeThis is the director that turned 40 in Palm Springs. Doug is good friends with