sunday best

you guys like my new ombre hair???

that's an absolute lie. I did nothing to my hair.

but nothing brings out your roots like a good blow dry/straightening sesh!

hair appointment? yessss please.

you should also know that I raided my baby sister's closet for that dress.

with three sisters & a mama with style, I'm never really left wanting.

alright, back to watching oscar & eating asparagus fries with friends,

all while living in complete ignorance that tomorrow is [wait for it...] mondaaaay.

jared's brother + wife are in town this week, so that's a happy ray of sunshine to get me through the day.

it's probably the last time we'll see them before their little ray of sunshine is born in june,

so lots of day-dreaming about baby mia & belly rubbing will be happening.

I hope your weekend was beautiful, you wondrous beings, you.

 xo, kelsey

just thoughts

screen door open.

windchimes singing.

salad for dinner.

ginger ale with a straw.

taxes? maybe tomorrow.

tangled, windblown hair.

pile it on top of my head.

birthday planning for mama.

searching drawers for the 'spring candles.'

lavender vanilla will do.

humming harmonies.

writing lists.

is there such a thing as too many post-its?

cayenne chocolate for dessert.

i'm a little bit ready for spring.

spring forever.

there's just romance in the air.

& now

time for a hand-in-hand sorta walk with my man.

xo, kelsey 

it's us against the world.

.

just some moments from jared's birthday on saturday,

spent at the williamsburg winery, colonial williamsburg & ending in our home sweet home.

favorite moment? my undercover sleuthing of amelia showing her inner cat lady.

& since I know you're drooling over it,

allison & amelia made chocolate cake + coffee buttercream icing
& it tasted just as good as you're thinking it did.

I'm brand spankin' new to this video thing,
& I'm quite sure that I have about mmm, 99% room for improvement.

jared muttered about a steady-cam-somethin'-somethin' when I showed it to him.

I may not know what that is but I am smart enough to know that SHAKY is the opposite of steady.

so, good thing I married an av-kid. that's right, I'm looking at YOU, birthday boy.

for now, I'm just grateful for a way to capture longer moments, especially with these wonderful friends.

we have soooo many ridiculous videos from our years at college together,

when dancing to chumbawumba in front of a camera gave you both exercise and an excuse to avoid homework.

& they're hilarious. & embarrassing. & nonsensical. & wonderful.

so here's to more hilariously, embarrassing, nonsensical & wonderful videos,

no matter how shaky the video or how much older we get.

xo, kelsey

sunday best

NO FISHING.

not at this pond, anyways.

& surprise! special sunday best guest stars, amelia & andrew!

we had such a fun weekend celebrating jared's birthday with lovely, lovely people,

 mixed with good food, great conversations & of course, bacon.

it must have also felt like a long weekend,

because I was pretty sure it was wednesday for the majority of today.

alas.

but you know what's really upsetting?

taking the extra 12.5 minutes to fishtail braid your hair when you COULDA just regular-ol'-braid-ed it...

just to have it look like a regular ol' braid, anyway.

I'll have you know that amelia is the only thing standing between me & short-hair me.

but I trust her. implicitly.

it's because I have fat cheeks,

but here in the south, we just call those good cheekbones.

;)

xo, kelsey

my birthday beau

jsb-

you are my constant, & your love is overwhelming.

happy day, my someone,

& cheers to 24 years of the wonderfulness of you.

xo, klb