Welcome 2012

This left me utterly delighted and excited for the upcoming year. Don't these two just make you smile?

Workin on a new design for the blog..... it's going to be gorgeous, darling ;)

We interrupt your Monday for a new favorite jam....

And some attractive male hip hop dancers. This song has been playing over and over in our house. This band has sooooo many good songs- my dad is a HUGE music lover and has become obsessed with The Airborne Toxic Event because they actually have some real musical and songwriting talent. If he likes them, you know they're good.

PS_ We've extended our hello there! house Linking Giveaway until midnight tonight- link to the hello there! house blog & leave us a comment and you can come to our 2 day Event full of classes, good food, make & take projects, swag bags, & our Goodbye Bash! All that just for linking to us!

Announcing: Our First Vacation Without Kids!

OMG guys, we were listening to this live version of one of our favorite songs last night, and Braden said, "We should totally go see him when he comes to town."

Of course I was more than down with that idea, so I jumped on his website and checked tour dates. Only one left in 2011. In VEGAS. With KEITH URBAN. As I was saying these words to Braden, I saw these lightbulbs going off in his head and big fat smile creeping over his face.

"Let's Go." He said.

Sometimes we talk about stuff we should do- like going on a cruise, or flying to Paris or New York but it's always just in a dreamy non-realistic way. We have 5 kids under 5 years old. Traveling and having fun is not really in our realm of possible things. But this was different. We've been wanting to take a honeymoon for about a year now- we never got to go on one when we got married because I was pregnant with Penelope and we had a 1 year old and a 2 year old. So now that we have TWO 1 year olds, a 2 year old, a 3 year old, and a 4 year old- CLEARLY, this is the best time to go on a vacation.

So, I called my mom and asked if she would be ok with watching the kids for a weekend (Which she totally was. How much do I love my mom? Too much to even describe) and we searched for concert tickets & our flight and hotel.

I swear I had butterflies in my stomach and was sweating when we pushed that "Purchase Now" button- but we're going! OMG you don't even know how exciting and scary this is! We're taking our FIRST real vacation together. Ever. We've known each other for 6 years now and have never gone on a vacation together. I'm so happy, I don't even know what to do :) Get ready for some awesome Vacation 2011 posts here on the blog & on Facebook. It's bound to be hilarious.

So I have A LOT of work to do before April 30th, starting with The Portfolio Project. Omigosh, I had such a great response yesterday for the project and I did more work on the site and made a neat little button for people to put on their blogs or websites if they are so inclined.

<a href="http://theportfolioproject.net/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww74/rosemarywatson/button.png" alt="The Portfolio Project" width="125" height="125" /></a>

If you'd like to particpate, shoot me an email at rosemary@rosemary-watson.com

What are you doing New Years? New Years Eve?

I LOVE that song, especially by Ella Fitzgerald.

Here's a bunch of cute ideas for New Years Eve that I found via Hostess with the Mostess, Design Love Fest, and Martha Stewart. I hope our New Years is as lovely as these photos

Spark Worship Day 1

Ok, I'm kicking off the Spark worship by sharing this music video, which I must admit, I was a little skeptical about. I am not a huge fan of Christian music. I know that sounds awful, but really I mostly think that good Christian musicians are few and far between. But this song is lovely and could be interpreted in many many ways, and really I just love the cinematography of the video and her butterfly wings. And the waltz cadence the song is in, it's perfect for rocking your babies to sleep.


Mindy Gledhill is performing at Spark and I wish wish wish I was there to hear this lovely little lullaby in person! It is so inspiring-I think I'll put my girls in butterfly wings!