Monday, January 31, 2011

ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE

i don't think i'll ever get tired of dance central - or watching jen play.
january 2010

Friday, January 28, 2011

PARADING IN BROOKLYN

for some reason there are tons of parades in my neighborhood. i never know when they're gonna happen. i never know WHY they're happening (they're always at super random times). but i love standing on the side of the street and cheering them on

williamsburg
january 2010

Thursday, January 27, 2011

END OF THE ROLL

i know pictures like these are overplayed, but i still love them.

side note: you'd think 15.5 inches of snow would get you a snow day. but nope! we carry on. sometimes i wish the city that never sleeps would take a friggin nap.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

ICE SKATING AT THE STANDARD






the standard hotel ice rink
january 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

PEACE LOVE AND SANDY FEET

i love seeing what's on people's refrigerator's. growing up my mom always made collages of friends and family on the side of the fridge. anyone who came over usually spent a chunk of kitchen time staring at the giant mass of photos.

guess the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. seems like i always have pics of friends and family on our fridge too.

Monday, January 24, 2011

BOX HEAD

andrea was awesome enough to help me make a "magic box" - a prop used in a pilot i'm shooting for popdust. there was a felt explosion

Saturday, January 22, 2011

NEW BLING




thanks to honestly wtf, i'm spending my saturday morning making a new necklace. (soda helped)

Friday, January 21, 2011

POST-HOLIDAY CLEANUP

so apparently its easier to get a giant christmas tree UP the stairs.
who knew.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

HIDE AND GO SEEK

gonner
missouri, december 2010

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I MISS LIZ




liz and paige came for a quick weekend visit in december and we spent one night feasting, dancing, movie-ing, and nail painting at my place. MAN i wish those ladies lived closer. always good to spend some QT with them

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

JAWS

chris and i are planning a surf camp trip to panama in april or may
hopefully i won't see one of these guys

Monday, January 17, 2011

SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM

cigars
key west, december 2010

Friday, January 14, 2011

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

welcome to the world Caden Michael Schmitz.
can't wait to squeeze you in person (and spoil your socks off)

ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY


i was lucky enough for my family to hold off my sister in law's baby shower until me and my sister cassie were both home for christmas.

well now the time has come for the next step. amanda and my brother chris are in the hospital preparing for the arrival of my new nephew. they've prepped for months and are now inducing labor. many many positive thoughts to them right now that the delivery goes well.

my family's growing at rapid rates and i couldn't be more excited about it!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

ANIMATED BLING

ladies taco night last night ended in me passing out some major nail bling
thanks to nina for the gif

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

FISHES


chris and i tested out our sea legs again and went fishing while in key west. we didn't catch anything as big as andy did in nicaragua - but our fishing guide sure was surprised when i pulled out a puffer fish.

these guys are CRAZY. he looked like a normal fish when he came out of the water, but then by the time chris took the picture, we got him off the hook (they're poisonous to the touch, so it took a bit), and threw him back he was as big as a balloon. he was so inflated he bounced when he hit the water.

that's my fishing tale.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Monday, January 10, 2011

RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR TROPICAL STYLE













last year we ventured to nicaragua (pics, pics, pics, and more pics) for our NYE vacation. this year we decided to stay in the country and spend the holiday with family.

after a ridiculously difficult shuffle of flights that involved me buying new summer clothes (thanks NYC snowstorm!) and a 14 hour travel day, i finally got to key west to spend some time with chris and his family and my good friend vicki who lives there.

pina coladas.
fishing and aquariums.
giant family dinners, and card games and sunshine.

Friday, January 7, 2011

CHUCKED WOOD

missouri
december 2010

Thursday, January 6, 2011

HOOKED AND HOGTIED

ben, brock, and doctor detroit
columbia, missouri
december 2010

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

MID-MISSOURI CHRISTMAS 2010












holidays with the family
missouri
december 2010