oh dear, where to start?

where do you start when you haven't blogged in well over a month? and how do you keep from vomiting when you look at that mini sirloin burger commercial even one.more.time? ugh. i guess i'll start little by little...

on may 17th we drove out to van huys to see the set of the office. we didn't tell pj where we were going, but as soon as we drove up he knew exactly where we were. it was pretty fun to peek into the parking lot and see all of the character's cars. unfortunately we arrived in the evening so our pictures were less than stellar, but i'll share some just because. i had to add lots of highlights to make anything readable, so forgive pj's neon glow.


on may 23rd we spent a saturday at the getty center. it is a great place to take your camera on a date and get to know it a little better. i did and we couldn't be happier together. so happy, in fact that i decided to start a photo blog to follow my progress. i know, i know. cliche much? but if you want to see pictures of the day, go here.


ok, so i broke the ice. not as overwhelming as i expected, but i'm going to need a break now. i'll be checking back in throughout the day to continue this mega update. until then...

delight

i am long overdue for an update from this posse and don't worry, it's not far off. but. for now. i can't not share this. it delights me.

two seven

i'm not a fan of odd numbers, so naturally every other april twenty two i have reservations about getting older. regardless, i had a delightful day. took pj to school, went to class, came home and began baking my cupcake pops while watching past episodes of 30 rock. picked pj up, came home, sister and babes came over. eric came home and cooked dinner. but then someone knocked on the door and it was emily! most of you don't know emily, but she was my roommate (and has been a friend for years) before i got hitched. she completely surprised me and flew in for my birthday. awe. some. we ate dinner, hit up dad and nat with skype and k and i continued our efforts of creating the cupcake pops. they were a lot more labor intensive than originally anticipated so the unfinished cake pieces are still in my freezer, but we made one for each party person. it was a relaxed, lovely day filled with birthday wishes, sunshine and some of my favorite people. sadly, i did not take a single picture, but if you are curious about cupcake pops, go here.

maria. the rockstar.

this is my friend maria. if any of you reading this were at my wedding, she and my other mucho talented friend, jonah, sang that song by ingrid michaelson, the way i am. she lives in utah right now. she doesn't belong in utah and i miss her. she laughs at me every time i tell her she's going to be famous. she will.

the boy is in!

after quite some time, pj has made it back to the second grade (insert cheers and huge sigh of relief). he started at the hollywood schoolhouse on thursday and has already made several friends. poor kid has been seriously lacking in people, age 8. we are becoming pros at finding our way around, via metro. LA has a great subway system that we catch 3 blocks from home and drops us about the same at our respective schools. the stop where we get off for pj's school is right on hollywood blvd. next door to the kodak theatre. we're kind of like celebrities. oh, wait.

i'm not sure what building that is with the rugrats pictures, but it's not the school. in case you were wondering.

bunnies + chocolate

= lauren's favorite holiday. well, not completely true, but a close 2nd, tied with thanksgiving. the girl loves to eat. i digress, it's easter time and i am pretty happy about it. my last post, a little dramatic, already described how i'm feeling as of late, but that is completely unrelated to holidays. holidays are a whole different ball game. i love them and all the food, decorating, family goodness that they entail. along with the traditional bunny cake, i'm thinking about replicating these bad boys.
class break is over, more on easter to come...

happy.

what do you do when your life takes a turn and so many things you've longed for for so long come to you and when you try and think of things that would make it better, very few come to mind and instead of searching for things to look forward to you're just happy. every day. burst, i think.