This is too good to not share

Stayin' Alive from kathleen rawlinson on Vimeo.

just to show off.

For part of my mom's Christmas present, I needed to gather some pictures of the fam. Upon looking at these pictures, I decided that I may have one of the prettiest families in the world. So, I'm going to show you all of the pretty pictures so that you can all bask in the beauty of my family.

Trumped

Over Halloween, my brother-in-law dressed up as this guy:

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The costume was sweet, and he looked like good 'ol Donny,

but the act of Brandon dressing up like Donald Trump brought on a question for me.

Why does his hair still look like that? I feel like it's the butt of every joke about him.

Nobody quips about his suits, or his money, and few even talk about his catchphrase.

It's always about his hair.

His horrible horrible hair.

Seriously, it's bad.

It baffles me that it has stayed this awful for so long.

I know that it's an iconic symbol by now, but you'd think that he would have changed it before it got that far.

All I have to say to you Mr. Trump (which is a little ridiculous, because there's no way that he would ever see or read this) is that your fashion consultants have failed you. Miserably.

However, your look does make for a sweet costume

short norman

so, for the past three days, i've been living in Norman, OK with cassy and brandon.

brandon started school on monday, and cassy graduates in 5 days (yaya!)

so i'm helping to take care of this little sugar

for those of you who don't know, Norman, OK is the home of the University of Oklahoma.

OU is where brandon is attending school.

so, i have seen the campus a couple times.

and several of the people on the campus.

i am not kidding, every single girl i have seen on campus or walking around Norman was wearing these

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really. every single girl.

maybe this is just an OU thing.

maybe there's a safety issue that says that all girls must be ready to RUN away at a second's notice.

maybe this is a fashion trend that's sweeping the nation but hasn't hit BYU yet (we do have a strict dress code).

it was a little strange, though, to see all those girls wearing exactly the same thing.