sweets and beauty secrets

At a little playgroup I attend, we ladies were talking (while the kiddies were playing) and decided we were all due for a little girls night. Since I have been kind of dying to throw a summer party in my little courtyard area, I decided to invite my ladies from playgroup over to my place to share beauty secrets and sweets! We each brought a beauty secret of ours to randomly swap with someone else. It was so much fun! We answered silly questions and even got some live tutorials! There was lots of dry shampoo, nail polish, and bold lipsticks passed around. One of the best tips from the night is instead of buying an eye shadow lid primer, use chapstick! Chapsticks (like softlips or burt's bees) work just as well in keeping eye shadow in place and keeping the color truer... but make sure to stay away from the minty ones. Brilliant, huh?!
We all had such a fun night! Thanks playgroup ladies! I think we were all bummed it had to come to an end.

fresh instagrams

Here's what we've been up to! Looks like the beach and this beautiful summer hasn't stopped for us yet! #endlesssummer
from my instagram @Lindsayrondo

oh the funny things you do

Our funny little guy makes us laugh all the time. We sing the alphabet together and his version tends to be more of a eeh-ooh-bee-dee-kee and whatever other sounds he can make up. He constantly tells his mommy and daddy that they have a "big nose". Thanks, Krew. He of course claims to have a "baby" sized nose. He is a rather particular little one. He likes doors shut (being in an old house we have lots of doors), things in their place, and he'll even let me know when he wants my hair "out"-- he doesn't like it in a bun. And this boy is loud. I'm not sure who gets that from. :) He loves to take pictures all by himself, whether it is with my phone or camera. He's getting pretty good. (The picture with the lonely monkey was captured by Krew.)

He loves his mokey.
And yes, he enjoys being naked.
And he exclaims, "Nakey!"

past funny things by Krew posts here and here.

showtime!

As I posted a month ago, my brother Jeff (Live Like Giants) had a show and it was awesome! Watch the little overview video above (that's Jeff's song in the background), you can quickly catch Krew and I working the front admission table. Jeff and his band were incredible as usual! His new songs are awesome and you can purchase them here on iTunes. He's moved to Hawaii and I don't doubt that people will love his laid-back, surf music on the island just as they do here!

getting that healthy feeling

Since our exciting summer trips, it's time to get back to the gym because I haven't exactly been consistent. And lets just say that our trips were not short of yummy treats.
I did go jogging once while camping... and about died from the elevation. Does that count? ;)
So this week I'm trying to get a back on track and avoid those treats and pack in the veggies and other jewels pictured above^^ (there are dark little avocados in the middle that are hard to see). Oh, and I've managed to avoid pasta and bread for an entire week! That is A LOT coming from a carb loving lady. I won't do this forever but I thought I would try for a week because I was having waaay to much.
And to top this whole healthy feeling off, I signed up for my 2nd Half Marathon! (I'm not sure an exclamation point is appropriate but I'm trying to be optimistic). No, but really, I could feel the urge to do another one strangely enough (never thought I would say that) and will be running a whopping 13.1 miles the second week of November. And that means that my 10-week training starts Monday! Hope you have a fun and sunny labor day! (I'll be running for part of it!)

Krew's 2nd birthday party

My little guy, Krew, turned two a month ago and what a fun celebration we had. A few of his little friends and family came to a zoo themed gathering. Krew loved it all and he made sure his tiny animals got lots to eat. :)
We used the animal observation booklets I put to together to stamp and color and tape. It looked like everyone had a great time and little Krew couldn't WAIT to blow his candles right out! And we had a surprise guest (even I didn't know)! A gorilla (my younger brother and his friend) visited our party which Krew was terrified of-- he wasn't quite sure if it was real or not. Cameron and I were excited to give Krew his very own skateboard and helmet. Krew had a wonderful party!
Cheers to the year of 2! We love you Krew!

and I turned into a begger

Krew has been a fan of the trolley ever since our first ride. Needless to say, I promised him another ride especially since one of our cars is temporarily out of commission (since some not-so-nice person decided to saw off a piece of our car during the night). And of course I would plan our trolley ride on a super hot and humid day so we could walk to the station and sweat like little pigs. And of course I would get down to the trolley station and the trolley leaves while my child is loudly requesting a drink which to my dismay I realize I forgot sippy cups and water bottles at home. And of course while I am sweating and quickly shoving a dollar bill in the soda machine for a water bottle, I realized that they would be out of every beverage except Coca-Cola. (just don't ask me what I did here, k?). And wouldn't you know that when I go to the trolley ticket machine to buy a ticket that it doesn't take my type of card, I realize I left my Visa at home by the computer and also realize that I spent the last bit of cash on my son's poisonous thirst quencher. And thankfully, my pathetic begging around the trolley station worked and two kind men were able to lend give me a few dollars so we could make it on the next trolley. Which then I instagram a lovely photo of my son and I smiling on the trolley like it was no.big.deal. I think we'll wait a bit for our next ride.