This is what babysitting looks like...

Here I am babysitting at my sisters house...all three kids are at sport practices and Kristine and I are left with a glorious full course meal. I think I died and went to heaven. My sister treats us so good. To top it off the kids are so irresistably cute I can hardle contain my kisses and hugs. They are so smart and I love hearing what they are learning in school.

Sexy People

My sister sent me a link to this blog http://renz-o.blogspot.com/2008/08/cousins.html where you will find endless portraits of awesome people. "A celebration of the perfect portrait" is their tagline and I couldn't agree more. I think I near cryed when I saw this picture below of cousins posing for a portrait.

What I've been up to...

So Kristine and I have decided to start an Etsy shop...just to try it out...so coming in a few weeks will be our debut to the craft world. Above is a sample of what I've been up to.

Music Business

Now that I am living in a "normal" city where artists actually come through I am overwhelmed by all the shows creeping up that I want to see. The following shows are hitting the city of Salt Lake...

9/03 Ratatat

9/15 CSS/Tilly & the Wall

9/28 Sigur Ros (oh...wait...I'm already going to this show! Booyeah)

10/02 Cold War Kids

10/16 Fleet Foxes

10/18 The Mountain Goats

10/30 Girl Talk (I'm pretty sure I HAVE to go see him)

11/22 Coldplay (well this show is most certainly not happening but if only dreams did come true)

With the lack of money and a love for music I am at a crossroads. I can't seem to tell myself that seeing all these shows is really not going to happen.

While I may not have the money to enjoy what Salt Lake is serving to me on a silver platter, I, at home have made the music come to me. Lately I've been circulating

Chromeo

Lykke Li

Great Lake Swimmers

Cold War Kids

Coldplay

Camera Obscura

And I'm still amazed at how much joy I've found listening to

Yeasayer

Bon Iver

I haven't gotten sick of them in the least bit and that thrills me

TOP 5

Top 5 Favorite Movies... I'm gonna change this to 5 things I like Watching...1. Joel McHale on The Soup 2. Anything Daniel Day-Lewis 3. Gossip Girl 4. Arrested Development 5. Pretty in Pink

5 Items in My Fridge... 1. Grapes 2. Yoplait 3. Eggs 4. Deli Turkey (so so soooo good...I was raised on good lunch meat) 5. The Laughing Cow, Light Original Swiss

5 Things on My Fridge...1. Van Gogh magnent 2. Student Teaching Seminar Schedule 3. Hello Kitty notepad 4. Map of my Apartment complex (it's a maze) 5. Mini Calendar

5 Words I Hate... 1. Milk 2. Lethargic 3. Lubricate 4. awkward (over used and annoying...I'm guilty of it) 5. Lather

5 Words I Like... I'm gonna change this to phrases I love...1. "Get Bent" 2. "Prove it" 3. "Aaaaand Stay out" 4. "This is FUN" 5. "Sounds Like a Personal Problem" (Actually I hate this phrase more than anything)

5 Items in My Purse...1. Burts Bees (pomegranate) 2. Camera 3. Ipod 4. Water bottle 5. Coin purse

5 Goals...1. Start an Etsy shop with Kristine selling my jewelry 2. Read my scriptures everyday 3. Write in my journal weekly 4. Work out harder than I'm used to 5. Trick a guy into spending the rest of his life with me

5 Random Things About Me...1. I can't/won't sleep in 2. I have Tan-orexia 3. I'm the evil twin 4. I hate hate hate it when my hands smell like the food I just ate 5. I don't know who I'm voting for, but I know who I'm not voting for (haha)

5 Tags... Annie. Mandy W. Cousin Katie. Paige. Mandy T.

On my bedside table...

YAY!!!! Just got my September issue of my Paste magazine subscription. I love the free CD sampler with each issue. There is a great article about my 2008 favorite Bon Iver!
Have you seen the movie? It's great. I just purchased the book yesterday and I'm eager to read it after many rave reviews from friends.
A must read about the humanitarian spirit and power of education. Yup...I'm a sucker for this series. I'm more than half way through and I've loved every page. Thank you Stephenie Meyer.

california...cool as ever

Highlights: Shaw's Cove

Lemon Meringue Pie


Noah Ark Museum

Girlfriends

Maggie beached it up with me for a week! So fun!

Shauna and I at the US Open. Motorcross was ill!

The lack of blog posts is due to the 10 day vacation in California and the now present family time in Utah. I had a great time in Southern California as always. My sister and bro-in-law are perfect hosts and I was glad my mom and my other niece and nephews could make the trip to play.