Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Favorite Trio


I meant to share this a couple of months ago, but just now got around to it while organizing some digital files and *attempting* to clean off my desktop a bit. A couple of years back, Jacob helped me do silhouettes of the kids - which have since hung in their shared bedroom. I think Sawyer was barely two, and Aspen was around ten months at the time. I just loved them! I had an empty frame just waiting for something...so Jacob updated the Silhouettes by doing a new ones of all three of our kiddos. Sawyer is 4, Aspen just turned 3, and Hazel about 7 months in these. I love seeing their little profiles. It has been said that three is a "magic" number. Yes, it is! Loving and cherishing these three, my favorite trio ever!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Outings // SXSW: bring your own chair


A few weeks back, Jacob and I were stoked to experience our first SXSW (South by Southwest - only the biggest live music festival in the world!!!). We were especially excited because The Butler Bros - Jacob's new office - puts on one of the only very cool, yet family-oriented, events. It was an all-day event with six different bands, fun stuff for the kids, yummy food trucks - one of which was GoodPops - a popsicle stand where I had the best popsicle(s) (or 2 or 3) of my life (not kidding - hibiscus mint...you've got to try it!) and just an overall super awesome day with the fam. You can see a little video re-capping the day on the Bros blog, here


Have I mentioned yet how much we love the weather here in ATX? Can you say...perfect? Okay, I know we haven't been here for summertime yet, but from what I hear 6 weeks of "hot as hell" is worth the rest of the year being utterly amazing. Everyone has air conditioning and a pool nearby, or a river to float - I think we'll survive. But, yes, we are thoroughly enjoying the sunshine and warm temps here in Texas. LOVE LOVE LOVE!



So, our kids had been kinda chill just relaxin' in the shade of our little tent cover thingy, and eating their trailer food (and popsicles!), but finally when the Danish band Tako Lako came on for their set (btw they were awesome! such good energy!), something inside Aspen was set free. She was mesmerized and decided to just get up and dance like I know she can. Perhaps she was being a little shy before (we have plenty of dance parties at home, so I know she has moves) but she just let it loose and it was SO fun. I've been known to dance with the hippies...her Daddy, too...so perhaps, it's just in her genes. Any way around it, it was cute and we even captured a little iPhone video of our whirling dervish girl.





Even though it was a long day, Tako Lako gave the kids their second wind and they kept going strong. They found an ice chest with the melty ice and started playing with the melting ice cubes. Eventually, more kids joined them. Aspen danced so crazy, her little buns fell out, and she decided to try to take a dip in the ice chest. Good times, I tell ya, good times. 





We can hardly wait for next year!



SXSW 2013 from Tysha on Vimeo.