This weekend my oldest niece and I got together and did this awesome photo shoot in the living room for an antique catalogue I'm designing for a school project. I'm so happy with how it turned out. What a convenient blessing to be able to be my own photographer. I knew that would come in handy.
Behold, my adorable n&ns and their unique and individual talents! This is the video we put together for our annual Bear Lake family talent show. If nothing else, it was just a rewarding experience to be with each of them and see them shine in their own adorable ways. They literally beamed with pride at their accomplishments and I'm excited for them to have this video to look back on for years to come. I am one very blessed aunt, I'll tell you what.
I am HOME for the rest of the summer.
Ahhhh.
Seriously, folks.
I am SO ready to have an unbelievably busy schedule and use my maximum brain power, again… I mean, I guess if I were especially cool I could’ve found ways to do that during the summer holiday…
…but I’m not going to lie, it was nice to be lazy, at least for a little while. It doesn’t take me long, however, to remember that I THRIVE when I’m busy. I like to think that’s human nature.
In other news, my niece is “buzzzzzzzzzzzzzing” (literally) around the house, trying to attract an obnoxious housefly, which she intends for me to smash. She even drew me a picture to make it easier to find.
Gotta go! ;)
Once again, my fabulous Sunday evening was spent huddled around the kitchen table giggling with my energetic n&ns as we colored an assortment of pictures from Barbie and Friends to our most beloved Disney characters.
And, may I say that Sheriff Woody has never looked so good ;)
When my n&ns come over each Sunday one of our favorite things to do is sit down and draw pictures. Their request of me tonight was Mr. Kermit the Frog.
We went school shopping once as a family and I deliberately looked for the same shoes that she wanted, but in my size. To my delight (and her dismay) they had some! I still remember what they looked like. Kim always makes food look really good, aka she's really good at savoring:
- biting the kernal off of the popcorn and saving the soft part for last,
- making a bowl of no bake cookie dough and eating it without forming it into cookies,
- cutting pieces off of an apple rather than just biting into it, etc.
I always craved whatever she was eating. Always. When we were little Kim, Heather and I used to have slumber parties in Kim's room in the basement. We laughed till we cried...correction, we laughed till we wheezed for lack of air! We used to watch the old classics like "Saved By The Bell" and "The Chipmunks" as sisters. Kim was always Kelly or Britney: the pretty, popular one. Heather got second choice: Chelsie and Elenor: almost as pretty and popular. I got stuck with what was left: Lisa (girlfriend of Screech) and Bridget (girlfriend of Simon). Do you see the trend? I didn't like it much, but Kim and Heather had me convinced that they were "just as cute". When Kim was engaged and came home from college, we shared a room together, just like the old days. I didn't get a lot of sleep those days, not because Kim snores, but because she's a light sleeper and insisted that I blow my nose when I was sniffly or get a drink whenever I cleared my throat. I love her, she taught me to love having a room to myself (jk Kim)
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