summer part 4

gray is the new orange

our house is starting to look like a completely different house! we replaced the red sofa with a black leather one and i'm about to make new pillows and curtains. i'll share more once everything's done.

summer part 3

sarah totally rocked her swim lessons this year!

she swims like a little fish! and completely loves it :) 

pillows!!

i'll share more summer fun with you next week... but for today, you need to head on over here

and check out the pillows i made!

(we have a few pillows in our shop... but we will also fill custom orders!!)

one month from today

michael and i will be on our way here:

our hotel looks like this

we've got 5th row tickets for this

and for

where we'll see two shows...

 Tracy Reese 

and

Betsey Johnson!!!!

we also got tickets for this :)

can i just say... whoa baby!!!! i absolutely can not wait!!!

fourth flava

of the whopping 22 video clips i captured of the quirky fourth of july parade in arroyo seco, this is about the best one i got...

the one i really wanted to show you (the pirate float & gypsy jazz band) only shows the backs of people's heads. but this one shows you a little taste of the parade we saw on the fourth:

part 2: fourth of july

road trip!!

to our favorite place in the world... taos, nm

yep, we camped out... 

the tent was so massive, it was dubbed the "taj mah tent"

the kids **loved** it!!

this little town north of Taos called Arroyo Seco has a fantastically charming yet quirky parade we like to go to... michael rigged up himself to hold our umbrella. the bottom of the pole was stuck in his back pocket. people took pictures. usually we're the city folk at the parade as we marvel at all the characters who are mostly locals. but this year, people stopped and took pictures of michael!!

(ps... i've got some video of the parade. i'll share soon!)

and since uncle spencer and auntie sophia live so close, we hiked back to their casita.

and you can't visit taos without having outback pizza

... and way2cool root beer

spencer took isaiah, michael, and dad fly fishing

(spencer's my brother, btw... he is a fly fishing guide in taos. what a life, eh?)

isaiah caught his first fish!!

while the boys were fly fishing, sophia took my mom, sarah and i for a rafting ride on the rio grande!

michael had my camera, so i have no pictures to share. but we had a great time!!

remember our favorite toy store?

thanks spencer & sophia for a great weekend!! 

so... yeah...

i guess it is beyond time for me to let you people in on what we've been doing all summer. okay, fine.

here goes part 1:

Sarah's Dance Recital

i think if i was required to wear makeup like this, i'd make the same face too