The Harmelings

Last night I headed over to Newport Beach to visit my dear friend Pearl, and her sweet spanking new baby boy, Edward. He is just 4 1/2 weeks old, and as beautiful as can be. (I promise, Pearl, this is a true compliment since I kinda think ALL newborns look the same. Mine included.) Oh, [...]

So, the $0.99 paid itself off instantly in belly laughs. On a recommendation for Sarah K, I just bought this silly little iPhone app: ReDo – which lets you try on different hair styles. The hair is more cartoony than realistic, but c’mon, its still good fun. DJ thinks I am a dead ringer for [...]

The first, from Jack. I was commenting that the nasty carved pumpkins are molding and need to go in the trash. Jack said, “That’s a good job for daddy. Daddy likes gross stuff, that’s what he is a lawyer.” A text message from our favorite viking neighbor midwife mom: “Just drove by your house, Annike [...]

The Chargers won! Yay! And we parked and tailgated next to the ESPN-made-famous Raider nation fans. These are the three guys you see in the front row of every game – all spooky with their face paint, skulls, spikes, etc. (Even the Gorilla dude.) Turns out, they were really nice. We laughed at them for [...]

All dressed up in costume, Jack headed out for his first (and maybe last) tap and ballet class.

So it turns out the best deal on pumpkins is the “all u can carry” for $17 at Armstrongs. So we packed up two cars full of kids with the Vikings and headed over…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Happy kids, originally uploaded by charmeling. Jack and Soren loving popsicles. >

Jack and his school friend, Wilken, fought off “dark vader” at Legoland.

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Not for children, originally uploaded by charmeling. I don’t think my car was made for 3 kids in the back. Petra is smooshed. Thanks, Courtney

We had a wonderful 4th of July this year, a great swim/bbq party with the Kaenals, Okamotos, and the Vikings of course. Happy Birthday America! from Courtney Harmeling on Vimeo.