Documenting life...: Seriously?!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Seriously?!

I received THIS in the mail today:

Rachel you are sooo nice to me! Seriously, how kind is she!? You have no idea how much you just made my day! Check out her blog- you can see all of her completely, absolutely adorable things she has sewn. I LOVE YOU! Thanks for responding to this post! :) My mama will be proud. Aren't you so happy aprons are the new "thing".

17 comments:

Emily said...: I love it! And I expect a plate of home-baked goodies on my porch in an hour. :); March 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Meredith said...: ooooo I want one!; March 5, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Lindsay said...: You look so hip (and skinny!) in your new apron! Too cute!; March 5, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Emily said...: You're so funny! Thanks so much for the plate of goodies. You're such a domestic goddess!; March 5, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Aislinn said...: Love it.....and I want one too! How do I order? (I'm serious); March 5, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Rachel Clare said...: Are you kidding? People are willing to BUY these from me?? Super!!
Jen, you're too sweet. I've saved your phone message because it's probably the sweetest one I've ever gotten in my life! Every good retro Mom/Wife needs a good retro apron to wear around the house (and JT swears they're SO sexy). Now, you need to have Jasper make you a clothesline in the backyard so you can hang your laundry! It looks great on you! To be honesty, I'm going to send you another one sometime because I wasn't WAY THRILLED about the shape of that one. Plus, if you're doing housework in it, it's going to get dirty and you'll need another one to replace it! :)

Man... now I'm thinking of starting a new blog and selling these! Thanks aislinn for the idea!

Jen, I'll call you soon.
Love you.; March 5, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Rachel Clare said...: HONEST. I meant "honest". Not "honesty". Geez.; March 5, 2008 at 3:59 PM
paige said...: Wow! Those are so cute! I would way rather answer the doorbell in a cute apron & jeans than my PJ's that I haven't changed out of all morning. :); March 5, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Anonymous said...: too cute! all you need is the music and you are on your way!; March 5, 2008 at 5:09 PM
The Melo's said...: That is so cute! And you are SO trim, you look wonderful! I love those aprons that only go around your waist and the cloth she has chosen is perfect! I too would love to buy one of those. By the way, I have always thought that you and Jasper are the cutest couple! And I have looked up to you since you saved me at church the day Matt left me all alone and you asked me to sit with your family, thanks for the wonderful example that you are!; March 5, 2008 at 5:20 PM
The Melo's said...: Kate Holdsworth:) Most people still don't recognize my last name. Just in case you didn't recognize Melo:); March 5, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Anonymous said...: Rachel is amazing and so sweet too! She made Tessa a quilt back when she and Justin lived in campus heights and we love it and still use it!; March 5, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Nancy said...: I have a fabric scrap I bought forever ago that would make a great apron, and it's just a small piece, so it would have to be a half apron like this. I may just have to get it out and start sewing because this is adorable.; March 6, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Anonymous said...: Yes! I believe I am! Provided I get dinner to a lady in my ward and in and out of parent teacher conferences quickly, I will be there!; March 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Heather said...: Hello Lady!
I love it! Hey, I ran into Cristianne the other night.. and we all need to get together some time soon and catch up. Heidi is coming up in March around Easter so I'll call you... or e-mail. love ya-; March 6, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Jana said...: Lucky Duck! I need to take a picture of my apron I just made!! :); March 6, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Jacqui said...: Jen, you should be the model for your friend's apron catalog. This looks terrific on you! I wonder how it would look with a little jelly roll above my jeans...hmm...; March 9, 2008 at 10:53 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.