jackson 11

my nephew jackson turned 11 this week and i helped my sister jen throw a party for him.
the agenda:
+tacos and nachos for dinner
+games at the park
+ice cream sundaes
+movie in the backyard (they watched the original karate kid)










we filled the gift bags with gum, a candy bar, Pop-Its, and a CD mix.

get ur hair done

i love this shot of brooklyn doing my moms hair. flower clip!

Happy Fathers Day!

I love you Dad!

no, you're the best

Saylor,
I like that we're roommates and that you crawl into my bed in the morning.
I like that I'll sometimes find a sweet note or drawing and flower by my dinner plate.
I like that you wear fancy pink shoes with your roll up jeans.
You're a real class act.

Love, Aunt Kristine

breakfast on the barbi

saw this breakfast in Sunset magazine. we made it when my mom was in town. and that smoothie is yum too.
french toast kababs. Brilliant!

evolve

"if you wanna revolution the only solution evolve. evolve. if you gettin off track and you wanna get back ain't take a lot work before you break your back. no matter what they do they can't break you stride. evolution is a thing that starts inside."

agassi

i just got done listening to Open by Andre Agassi. i listened to it on my commute. i really enjoyed it. i loved it actually. i'll be sending it to jane....so SLC friends if you need a good book to listen to borrow from jane.


what are your summer reads? or commute listening faves?

next up The Help

arm wrestle

25 25 25 25

+birthday packages
+tacos at the beach
+fro yo with friends

birthday breakfast

the Bournes treat me good!

+blueberry pancakes for breakfast!
+freshly squeezed orange juice!
+a birthday Crown!
+trader joe treats!
+a pile of drawings and cards (mostly from Saylor)
+a sweet drawing of a whale from Jackson
+a hand written and illustrated book about fairies from Saylor.
+an envelope with 46 cents in it from Tanner!
+he also made me a pancake with 25 blueberries. so rad.
+a handmade beaded necklace from Saylor and Brooklyn (now hanging in my cubical)

aaaaand the winner is...

Everyone! I think everyone who commented got it right. (i didn't even know, so good for you!)

If you want a prize. send me your address...

kristinecmetcalf@gmail.com


ps. i thought my moms comment was hilarious. no, that gnarly couch was not ours...it was the babysitters. bless her heart.

baby twinsies

my mom sent me this picture of us.
guess who is who and i'll send you a prize.

twenty five

happy birthday jane.
i love you!

vid chatting is my fave.

I was helping put Saylor and Brooklyn to bed the other night and when I was walking out the door Brooklyn says "I'm really glad you moved here Kristine..... and.. and... I'm really sorry the robbers took your computer."
I almost starting crying it was so sweet. She said it so serious too. I have the best roommates and I wake up to one of them in my bed almost every morning. Love it.

upbeat

found this picture of jane on jen and daves computer.
i like this picture.


and in case you didn't know, i've moved. i'm here in CA by the beach. so come visit and i'll take you here.......

i'm still laptop-less. i miss my mac book. bad.
so, sorry for the lack of blogging.