You can't touch this

"The hottest new trend for Spring"

At least that is what the TV told me the other day.

Why...oh why?

I couldn't help but be afraid. I was very afraid.

Has society not learned it's lessons from fashion disasters of the past?

But really, can they be flattering on even the hottest of women?

I saw Rihanna wearing them. It still didn't do it for me.

Putting all my prejudices aside

there are some big time benefits we should all consider.

I guess if you ever need to wear a diaper you'll still be lookin golden.

And who doesn't? I've almost peed my pants plenty of times.

I have funny friends and family.

Sliding into your "skinny pants" after pregnancy....piece of cake.

Carmel Christmas Cakes and French Fries. Bring. It. On.

And seriously can you imagine all the stuff you could store in those britches.

That's why all the pretty ladies in the picture only need clutches.

Maybe I am just old.

An old lady.

But I just don't think I can ever do down this road.

I will be the old unstylish lady.

Over time I have learned NEVER...SAY NEVER.

But hopefully

It's never Hammer time.

for me.

P.S. If anyone I know has some of these in their closet anxiously awaiting spring. I'm sorry . I love you. I hope they are like the one's in the last picture though. They are way better than the other two. Just sayin.

love day frozen style

Valentine's day {2010}

Heart shaped pancakes for breakfast.

a little relaxation

a lot of Olympics

Paper airplanes

Valentine watercolor paintings

And then out for some fresh air and blue skies.

An adventure on ice.

Exploring out on a frozen lake...again.

It's not the first time.

But it's been a while.

This time it was missing all the ice fisherman.

My guess is that their wives don't like them to ice fish on Valentines.

We got to look down those dark ice fish holes.

The kids thought there would be something amazing down there.

There was nothing.

Canyon stepped through the ice in the first 10 minutes.

perfect.

He still wanted to stay.

Thankfully.

Lucy just wanted to go faster....always faster.

Then we discovered this.

Way better than an ice fish hole!

Everyone wanted a turn.

Youngest to Oldest (in the picture)

Lucy

Ellie

Canyon

Me

Shane?

I'm still kind of mad we didn't get a picture of the him....geez.

Don't Canyon and Ellie look like their tippy toeing on those mountain tops?

How come I'm not higher in my picture? Life's not fair sometimes.

Ellie had hearts on the brain.

She has declared Valentine her favorite holiday EVER.

Canyon broke as much ice as humanly possible.

Lucy, well she just thinks she is big stuff.

I wished I would have packed some sugar cookies.

But then again I thought that about where ever we went for a week straight.

Phew... glad we shipped most of those off.

It was a super Valentine Day.

Love all around.

I love this little family of mine.

bunches and bunches.

be mine.....forever.

{my little valentines 2010}

Broken

My poor computer has been out of commision now for a week now. Hopefully in a couple of days it will be back to it's old self. I have really been missing it lately. Using the mr's cell phone at night to check my e-mail just isn't cutting it anymore wahhhhh! I have pictures I want to post and stuff I want to write maybe soon .... Maybe soon. That is what I am crossing my fingers for. Typing on this liitle screen hurts my eye balls. So until then goodbye.

hello love

Love day is right around the corner.
love. LOVE. love.
I feel to lucky to have found it.
It's a wonderful thing.
So is this sweet little love story.
About what a little girl dreams about.
I think it's what most people dream about.
I know it's what fills my dreams.
Having a love story as long and beautiful as this.

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

ellie and talia

A little while ago our cousins came for a visit.
So while the boys spent time practicing their kick flips at the skate park
The girls set up a salon and got ready for a little photo shoot.
It was a lot of fun to see them really letting loose and showing me all their {creative} modeling skills.
I have to hand it to them. They were pretty amazing.

{Ellie and Talia}

month of love

February is here.
The month of LOVE.
To celebrate I am going to.
Buy lots of candy hearts.
Make some heart garland.
Bake dozens of cookies.
Go on at least one date.
Write some love letters.
Hug my loved ones a little tighter
And stare at each of them a bit longer.
Taking in those little moments
you don't ever want to forget but still manage to slip away.
I need to do that more.

{snowmobiling, January 2010}