babies 'n stuff

 

everyone should have at least one of these

 

and one of these

anyone who's been on this blog for .01 seconds can see i like my nephew a whole lot. i now have a new niece, and i gotta see her for the first time when i went home last month. being an aunt is as fun as they say. after the first day hanging out with this sweaty li'l guy, i was pretty tuckered out. but i can see why my aunt sue would chase us around the house for hours as we pretended she was a monster and sarah was melvin, the innocent hamster. or why my aunt tricia would go on tiring camping trips with our family of 6 little pw zitting's. i like these kids so much. here's a blog post from hannah on father's day. real cute.(the last video is the best).

happy birthday to the ground, rachey poo

dear, precious rachel is turning 20 today. i love and miss her while she's gone for the summer. while i was visiting home, we found her first tithing slip. so cute. 42 cents. she is cute like 42 cents of tithing.

also found her baby cap. rachel trying it on.

didn't fit.

after the twilight concert series, a happy day when rachel moved out to ut. i'll be glad when i steal her back.

 i love her this much.
she gave me an elvis golden hits once for Christmas, but i just don't think i'll ever be able to pay her back.

to charity, a special girl: happy birthday

my good friend, charity, turns 25 today. she is the best at keeping in touch, is always up for adventure, makes the best green smoothies on sunday mornings, is the best excuse to go to the bay and visit, and always lets me use her car phone. these are the most recent photos of chare from our last visit to SF.

happy birthday, charity. ;(

gone to carolina

 this week a few summers ago, the family went to north carolina for one of the best weeks i can remember. thanks, grandma.:) love north carolina, and i sure like my family.

some days i just wish i was in north carolina, sleeping on a back deck by the warm ocean. doesn't that sound so nice? so sometimes i like this song.

roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

when i hear nat sing this, i feel like i should be in florida with these girls, something like this. (kate is second from the right, of course, in her signature pose)

in the summertime, i think of mungo jerry. everytime. one of my first favorite songs.

and when i think of mungo, i think of this

if you would like to see other beautiful pictures of this beautiful man, click here.

or here.