hair

today i bought hair scissors and thinning scissors. i realized this morning that since i've been cutting my own bangs for years and probably always will, it would be smart to buy proper sheers. these aren't the best, but they are decent! the other reason i bought them was because i have been in need of a hair cut and last night i stumbled upon some youtube tutorial videos demonstrating how to cut your own long hair in layers. i haven't EVER cut my hair (besides bangs) before and was terrified for the first 30 seconds.. then i attacked and this is the aftermath, on a bag in the sink:

guess what? it wasn't the biggest mistake of my life! here are the results:

i don't look that different and am still amazed by how much hair i chopped off, making layers and thinning it out! this feels amazing.. like learning to drive stick. i can cut my own hair (thank goodness, because the only person i currently trust with my hair is more $$ than i can afford right now)!!!!

also, on an unrelated note, my computer officially SUCKS. it's looked like this most of today:

time for an upgrade so i can continue to work. fyi i made this blog post in the 2.5 inches of screen there at the top. this is the view i have this very second, on my computer in this quiet house, on the couch. :)

potty

me: sophia, do you need to go potty?
sophia: no
me: can you stop for a minute and think about it? listen to your body and see if tells you that you need to go potty.
*silence for a minute*
sophia: i don't need to, my heart said no. i listened and my heart said not yet.

*2 minutes later*
sophia: it said yes, it said yes, header! my heart say i need to go potty!

subsequent rush to the toilet.

i'm mean. i've been making her to go on the toilet this week. she's been totally capable for a while, and sometimes does, but i realized she just doesn't have the motivation- pull ups are so much more convenient! i totally and personally understand that sentiment (laziness no, efficiency yes! i'm all about.. efficiency..) but i'm in charge of the house this week and don't want to change pull ups anymore. today i made a list of things to  use as motivation: chocolate, dora the explorer, "delego go" (go diago, go), and clementines- she's been going through clementines like a madwoman. i'm still in the "hope this works, may still give up out for convenience's sake" phase.

i want to live here:

tacoma, WA.

sophia getting ready for bed

so freaking cute.

san fran

we spent yesterday in san francisco on pier 39. on the way home we stopped at the oakland temple on the way back to modesto. here are a few frames from our day vaca:


i'm usually pretty good about making sure things in the background aren't growing out of heads, but i somehow missed this one. i still like the picture though. haha:

movies

tonight my dad, grandpa, 2 brothers, and i went to see gulliver's travels in 3D. honeslty i didn't like it, but i'm not much of a movie fan anyway and tend to be highly critical of most shows. my reaction to it was "what the heck was the point of this show." it was fun going out with my family though, and seeing a movie in theaters is always an experience.


this is the correct way to treat your 3D glasses after a show:

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

giving, receiving, happiness, joy, love, family and food.
best. day. ever.
testing out the new fish eye lens for my iphone:)

christmas pajamas were from buc-ee's this year!!!!! you can see emily wearing hers, and that's taylor's leg in the right corner:

i gave taylor this bracelet: