my red-headed friend

let's talk about cindy.

cindy invited me to her 7th grade birthday party.

i got her a porcelain elephant from six star.

she must have really loved that awful gift because we've been friends ever since.

cindy and i grew up together. we survived junior high, high school, college, a photography major, a semester in hawaii, and countless other milestones; in large part because of one another.

too bad all my old photo albums are in storage, the 12 year old us was pretty awesome!

cindy and her dad taught me to water ski.

cindy and i had countless sleep overs, late night movies we both fell asleep during, and a few sneaky nights meeting up with boys in the backyard.

cindy and i took our senior trip together to san diego.
cindy dyed my hair for the first time in a beach house on mission bay, and maybe the rug too...sorry aunt patty.

cindy can dance.

cindy can make this crazy noise that sounds just like a whale. (i used to always beg her to do it)

cindy has AMAZING legs.

cindy can make me laugh.

cindy is the most thoughtful, genuine, constant, loving person i know.

and how lucky is travis worwood to now call her his wife.
march 25th, 2010 was a cause for celebration!

two days in a row...

i wore flip flops and loved it!

thank goodness for my glitter toe pedi in slc, just in the nick of time.

back from the dead

owen

ella

liam

remember that time when i opened an etsy shop.

i gave it a great name like "my paper moon".

sold around 10 items right off the bat.

...and then completely dropped the ball and let the thing die a slow and painful death.

well, my sister had spencer and i make her these silhouette images of her kids to hang in her living room and they turned out so cute i'm resurrecting the store.

i'm thinking of making one each year of olive to include in her baby book.

check it out here.

i think they'd be pretty cute framed, on canvas, as wall decals, on cards...

all for a ke$ha makeover...?

right?

questionable. though dumpster diving in l.a. does sound fabulous...?

the makers of this spoof could care less. though they'll likely be the winners of this coveted prize, i'm betting the reward for this video with almost 500,000 hits in less than a week will be much better than a makeover from ke$ha.

can you say:

u-tube home page-check

link from timemagazine.com-check

...the film crew for a major motion picture-i wouldn't be surprised

if you've seen ke$ha's music video for "tik tok" and are aware of the competition to spoof it, if you like obscure star wars references, if you'd like to see a man princess leia, or if you're curious as to the creativity of my brother-in-law ty and his coworker eddie...

this is worth a view.

if it doesn't make sense to you just go with it, nearly 500,000 other views have.

life.

last saturday we made the familiar drive with my parents from boise to nyssa.

i hadn't been in years, and it was nice to have olive meet my grandma and grandpa frederiksen for the first time. we spent the afternoon talking around the kitchen table as i remember doing so many times as a child. i watched my grandma sleep, i admired the quilt that was stretched in the living room, i watched my dad feed his mother, i took a walk with olive in the field by the barn, i listened to grandpa play the piano. nothing unusual happened, but it was deeply memorable and reflective for me.

my grandma passed away last night.

she was 77 years old and she had been battling alzheimers for several years. alzheimers is a mean disease. she digressed in stages from forgetful to confused, to delightful, to combative, to sedative, to helpless. I wasn't around for a lot of the process, but I was able to see her on occasion and it was a difficult journey to witness, it took her from us long before last night.

she died peacefully on wednesday, february 24, 2010 surrounded by family, a reminder to me that the most important things in life are our relationships with others.

my grandma lived a simple life in terms defined by many, but she was a great example to me of creativity, determination, and service. she was the only one that called me andrea.

we will miss you grandma.

"a helmet for twins"

who knew one of these could be so much fun for my clever husband and darling daughter.

someone had a birthday!

happy 1st birthday baby girl!

we love you olive!