Saturday, October 16, 2010

Scoop

I have found my new mantra in life. Found it here. I'd like a 4 ft x 6 ft rendition of this for above our mantle. Isn't it lovely?

Finally took a shot of my hair when it's curly. I had to do it myself b/c Blake sees no advantage to decent angles or lighting. I don't like this shot, but it will have to do.

I feel like I look a lot like this most of the time.

Or, this. Plain and simple: I have too much hair. But, I'm working on it.

Pa's visit was a ton of fun, as always. We tried to book a harbor cruise, but were too late. Hopefully soon. We ventured down to the cute shops and restaurants along the water, anyway.

Love this picture. Look how tall Carter is!

Sweetness.

Everyone agreed this would be Jack's boat one day. Hmmm....

At dinner.....

I love when we can see our kids in each other. This is a Carter look:

And, Jack:

And, true to herself, Lainey:

The fam.....wait. What is Lainey doing?

Let's take a closer look at that. Nice. Modeling agencies, line up!

Grabbed some ice cream after dinner and headed to the beach.



We wrote Pa's name in the sand.

And, played some football.





I love our lives here in California. (Sass, those are your Lainy's boots!)



Lainey found a crab and showed it to Pa. She has quite an imagination.

Speaking of, Lainey's sleeping habits are less than desirable these days. I don't believe in children "dropping their naps". I feel like that's our choice and not theirs. But, Lainey turned 3, we moved to San Diego and suddenly she has no interest in sleep. Went in recently to find this:

"Don't wordy, Mom! Der LEESES for da kitties!" Oh, yes. This makes it much better.

Artichokes cost $1 here. Yum.

And, wax lips are cheap, too! Look at our little vampires.


That's a wrap, folks! We're headed to walk the surf shops this afternoon in downtown Oceanside and then will watch the sunset on the beach. Life is good.

16 comments:

Brittny said...

if i hadn't blown my nose earlier, snot would have shot out when i saw that close up of lainey! love that girl!!!! have i told you lately that i love your family b/c you make me feel like mine is normal? i think that if you can find at least one other family that acts like yours then you are considered normal. if you can't, well, your outta luck! i just wish that we had as many cool places to go hang out as you do. nothing here. abbbbsooolluuuutely nothing.

starnes family said...

Brittny, send me your email address and the name of your town. I will find some cool stuff for you!

Heather said...

Your posts make me throw up in my mouth lately. I'm so jealous of your great life in Southern Cali. jk. y'all rock!

The Lenzers said...

Love the hair curly, and the necklace. loving life out there. so what do you do with your artichokes?

Jodee said...

It looks like you guys are having loads of fun! Love Lainey's silly pictures!

Glad to see I am not the only one with too much hair! Your new do looks great!

starnes family said...

Jann, we steam them and then peal off the leaves and eat the bottom "meat" part of them dipped in butter/parmesan. Email me for more details. Lovely!

Shannon said...

What haters?

Laine - so precious! I've always thought she and Carter looked so much alike. Now that she's Big Girl Laine, it's even stronger fo sho.

The Soladay Family said...

We do the same thing with artichokes here. The boys LOVE it.

Lainey is a hoot, Casey. Makes life fun!

Pa is such an awesome grandpa.

Dee Stephens said...

My favorite way to eat artichokes here too. Jealous of the cheap, fresh produce. I want to move to Cali :(

Coco said...

Your hair looks fab!
Laine's hair is just perfect little ringlets. Love it.

Sara said...

Loving your hair!! Looks so good - both curly and straight. Darling.

That pic of Lainey cracked me up. We have some similar ones of Hudson like that. WTH?? Your punks are starting to look more and more like each other.

Love the beach pictures-as always. Fun times.

The Rand's said...

Love that Pa has been to see you all lots lately!

The pic of LC with her fingers up her nose is great. You're always so good at capturing real moments.

I think Carter may be taller than me soon.

Cali life is treating you all well. :)

SASS said...

You're so good at writing how they talk. Don't wordy! Love it. Lainey girl, I miss you. So glad she's wearing our Lainy's boots! Lainy to Lainey.
Carter is looking older (and more like Pa!) by the day and Jack in the last picture is DARLING. His hair is so suave.
Your hair? Badass. Wish I could see it in person. Last time I saw you you had braids!

starnes family said...

No specific haters, Shannon. Just ugly people in general.

donatelli98 said...

I can't get over how precious Lainey's hair is!! Too cute!

Momma to the A's said...

Articokes like that were on sale for $6.50 EACH last week! Can I say JEALOUS???

I was laughing so hard at this post from your comparisons of your hair to the Lainey's fingers up her nose and so damn proud of it that Brian pushed me out of the way and started to read. We both had a good chickle .. thanks we needed that at that moment too!!

So glad you had another wonderful visit with Pa!