In case you were curious...

This screenshot is what my life has felt like absent from SLOmygosh for the past 8 weeks or so.

Being rejected by my mom while attempting to FaceTime with her.  Blah.  And may I add... that also sums up my feelings about the holidays this year.  Blah.  I used to send my Christmas cards the day after Thanksgiving.  I read articles about "Holiday Blues" and wondered "Who the heck are these Scrooge McDucks who don't like CHRISTMASTIME?!"  Friends, I've become one of them, and I don't even know how it happened.  I managed to get Christmas cards out while battling a ferocious fever/flu, only to realize days later that 30 of our nearest and dearest received a darling photo of the kids with A ZIPPER DOWN.  Very down.  Blah.  To add insult to injury, the card company noticed the photo, liked it and asked to use it in their Holiday marketing.  Yeah, letting them know about zippergate wasn't embarrassing or anything.  Thanks, card company.  Of the oh, HUNDREDS of cards I've sent through you, you've finally taken notice of me when I send my most errant card ever ever.  BLAHHHHH.

Anyway, are the holidays over yet?  Please wake me when they are.

Ambiance Holiday Magic... Are you in the video?

I'm not!  But that's ok... I got to wear my favorite gold party dress and hot pink feathers in my hair, 

and then hide behind a camera all night.  M Y   K I N D A,  P A R T Y ! ! !

It really was a great party- the food was ohmygosh... TOO good.  The Range really outdid themselves.  And Carlos is officially my favorite DJ in town.  Everyone talked about how fun the music was all night.  We had ridiculous machete juggling, over-sized unicycle riding, and yeah- a crazy guy who had to be escorted out.
You KNOW the party's hot when the crazies come a'calling.  

For those of you who missed it, I hope to see you there next time.
And for those of you who partook... let me know if I caught you on camera, k?  

♥,

       

Holiday Portraits...

Our photographer friend Richard is doing holiday portraits!

We were lucky enough to snag a session with him recently, and the results are so great.  It's incredibly impressive to me that he was able to get ANY good shots, because things got CRAAAZZYYY during our session.  Seriously... a full-blown calamity.  Elliott cried, he ran away, he smiled with Teddy Grahams in his teeth, Evelyn pouted, and oh yeah... JAMES FELL IN THE CREEK.  Ughhhhhhh!!!  Poor Richard.  He took all this in stride, stayed totally cool, and managed to capture some really sweet moments in a very short amount of time.  If you are in the market for family photos this season (helloooo, cute Christmas cards), be sure to get in touch with Richard.  See his Holiday rates here.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICHARD!  WE LOVE OUR PHOTOS.  :)