a sweet visit.

the hartwells made their way to salt lake city yesterday afternoon. i've known these girls since they were little, little, little. can't say that i ever changed their diapers, but i can say that about their 4 other siblings...

that makes for 15 years of {sweet} memories...

* taryn * me * bristyl *

* taryn * laythe * bristyl *

... so good to catch up. if only it was a friday night at fashion valley.

glam queen + hot mess + mickey rourke = oscars 09.

so much to say... but no time to say it.


good things pictures speak volumes.

slimy yucky, mucky hair. quit acting so pretty.

what are you, tilda? look like a woman, already. although, anything is an improvement from last year.


taraji - glowing. glowing, glowing, glowing. and so freaking happy. and great hair. best dressed of the night, i vote.

holy sophia loren! she might tie for hot-mess-of-the-night.

open your bloody eyes and look straight into the camera. oh, and wash your hair!

i don't know what to say about this.

male hot mess. dog necklace. puh-lease.

understated... but loved the hints of green jewels.

l-o-v-e-d these jewels. didn't match with the dress. what's the black piping all about? but those jewels.... to die for.

hot mess of the night. looks like an ice princess. and since when did a mother let her {role model} 16 year old wear a plunging neckline like that? red carpet quote: "angelina is my favorite person of all history. she could adopt me."

and, might i add - i NAILED all (but one) of my oscar picks for the night. silly film editing.

all those thursday nights and saturday matinees with miss paid off! this has been one of my favorite years in film. so many good flicks... too many good flicks, really.

birthday girl.

friday was brooke's 30th (t-h-i-r-t-i-e-t-h!) birthday par-tay. i'll leave the deets and the pics to her and her blog, but just for now, here are some of my favorites.

plain-ol'-straight-from-the-box yellow cake cupcakes. as requested.

and this kid!... shameless love for the cheesey, hot, and gooey.

and when he was bored with that... the floor.

and this one. mostly because the "one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other" girl in the back who, i'm sure, is thinking all sorts of bizarre thoughts about jen... when really, that's how most of us really feel about diet coke. i mean, really...

happy birthday, brooke. hope it was great.