in the sun

i wanted to take advantage of our rediculously overgrown backyard and take some pictures before paul mows it this week. it was so warm and sunny, i love utah in the spring.

i'll be kinda sad to see the flowers go. i really love the yellows and purples. but i won't miss the bees. that's for DANG sure.

penny larsen: headband model

i'm adding some interchangeable headbands to my jellabee jr etsy shop (where the clips clip onto a piece of ribbon attached to a stretchy headband) and i had to get some shots showing how the headbands looked. i kind of realized that (duh) lots of babies don't have that much hair for a while and can't wear clips unless they're attached to a headband...paul says this will take my shop to "the next level" haha.

i haven't listed the headbands in the shop yet (still need to finish some more) but thought these pics were cute enough to share anyway.

i feel kinda silly putting headbands on her when the snap clips easily clip onto her hair, but who else would be my little model?

p.s. thanks to paul for hitting himself (lightly) on the head to make penny smile and laugh.
p.p.s. penny has learned how to say a new word...every time i would say "come on, gimme smile penny!" she'd say "NO." but it's cute hearing her little voice say it all high-pitched and gleeful so i'll let it slide...for now.

*edit: the interchangeable nylon headbands are listed! go here to check 'em out.

knott's!

we also got to go to knott’s when we were visiting my folks in california.

sitting in the ghostrider rollercoaster. nice scrunchy face, kris.

and i think we’re getting old or something because after that rickety wooden roller coaster me and paul were all sore and kind of had a headache. after one ride. and each ride after that kinda made us sore and stiff. and we actually took resting breaks in between rides. we're pretty much old fogies now.

my favorite ride: montezooma’s revenge. i know it’s short but i just love that ZOOM at the beginning.

striking a pose in camp snoopy. woot woot.

me and paul had a pretty good time…but lana and kris had to leave early because:

a) lana cut her finger that morning
b) lana had THE SAME finger smashed in the car door by paul in the knott's parking lot (he was very sorry)

c) lana threw up after our second ride
d) all of the above

(the answer is “d”). poor lana!

penny ended up catching lana’s stomach bug and threw up that night which = nasty chunky throw-up hair the next day. gross. i didn’t even hear her the whole night! she didn’t cry or anything! she just threw up and went back to sleep…funny girl. and she was pretty lethargic for the 12-hour ride home last wednesday because she was still a bit sick, so that was kind of nice…in a backwards way. (she's totally fine now...just a little 24-hour bug.)

and now we’re back to snow and rain! yay for spring in utah…

happy easter!

collecting some eggs...

penny surveying her loot (which we graciously ate for her later).

haha.

love these pics of penny with my dad.

uncle paul giving max a toss in the air.

it was so nice and warm outside that day. a perfect easter!

so long, utah!

tomorrow we will be leaving THIS behind.

(today: our backyard + outside the front door)

we will be driving to this:

to enjoy this:

(penny at easter last year - 6 months)

to go to this:

(thanks for the discount tickets, dad + for baby-sitting, mom. that's right. we're not going to ruin a perfectly good day at knott's with kids. jk...sort of)

and listen to this:

and eat this:

(one of my FAVorite restaurants)

and to visit friends and enjoy time with family. which i am REALLY looking forward to.

hope you all have a great easter!!

only the highest quality toys for my baby

(only the highest quality cereal for my family as well...)

feeling better is good

back to crafting... (it's an organized mess.)

back to not doing the dishes...not that i did them when i was sick...

back to a happy lady in her high chair.


back to a happy lady in her bath. (yes, i STILL bathe her in the kitchen sink. if she's little enough, why not?)

and paul is back to work. i must say that even though we were all sick, we all really enjoyed the 4 day weekend together - just relaxing, sleeping, and watching those awesome timelife infomercials where they show footage of old music hits. oh man, those are the best.