Beautiful photos! I love the real, authentic sessions filled with giggles, hugs & sweet kisses.

I'm making it tonight! Hoping all these kids coming over like it. :) (I cheated and bought a rotisserie chicken.)

Oh my gosh! That is just super cool! Cannot wait to see what it looks like. We love that show! Congratulations!

That is so heart breaking.

ditto!!

I read Snobs several years ago and really liked it. JF's writing has definitely improved with Dowton Abbey, but Snobs was a fun read. Indulgent, really. I was fascinated with that particular English lifestyle and found it ridiculous and amusing. My summer reading list has been on the lighter side. I read the first 2 books in the Starcrossed series by Josephine Angelini. A modern day YA Helen of Troy story. Then I read Veronica Roth's dystopian series, Divergent. Digging into the deeper stuff this week starting with Os Guinness: The Case For Civility.

You've done it again, Laura. Utter honesty. It's such a rare attribute in people these days. Speaking for myself, and I'm sure many of your other readers feel the same, it's why I keep coming back to your blog. HH is part of my morning routine. I feel like I can relate to your stories so often. Even the glamorous Hollywood stuff, strange as it might sound coming from this East Coast soccer mom. You say so often what I'm thinking but could never articulate as beautifully. I love your bits on fashion, on life in LA, on parenting, friendships, family, parties....and those glimpses of your faith. Keep up the amazing work. I'll be reading as long as you're writing.

I fully expected to leave a different comment than the one I'm about to. This morning my girls and I packed up the car very early and headed in to DC for some mom and me time. So my usual routine of coffee and reading was postponed till wine and reading in the quiet of the house at night. When the email came through my iPhone and I saw today's subject, I wouldn't allow myself to read it. I wanted to kinda savor and dig into what you had written. Having just discovered this particular camp 2 weeks ago, it's been a daily topic of discussion in our household. I thought I'd bombard you with all sorts of questions that only a camper turned mom could answer to my satisfaction. Instead, I found myself misty eyed. The emotions came from an unexpected place. Thank you for always being honest and articulating that rare quality so beautifully.

I felt the same way about Midnight In Paris, but it's definitely had me on a Parisian kick. We listen to the soundtrack most nights at dinner. I'm really not a Hemingway fan but I do love to read historical fiction so I'm looking forward to your recommendation. :) Also on my summer reading list is David McCullough's The Greater Journey. From the website: "The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work."

I turned my hair BLUE..bright blue! ...and I was not feeling Smurfy about it.

I'm always late to the party on the literary trends, but I can honestly say I have no interest in ever reading these books. Maybe it's because I'm all "rainbows and ponies" when it comes to my taste for romantic novels, or maybe it's because I'm a prude. There are so many things I really want to enjoy that seem to have a shock factor. Love Actually being one of the first for me. Then cable TV shows like The Tudors, Camelot...story lines and characters I'm genuinely interested in with actors I love. Unfortunately the soft porn is a factor and I squirm a little in my seat. I think the more alarming trend though is that we're becoming more and more desensitized to these "shock factors". I think I've finally reached a place in my life where I'm ok being the prude in the group...if that's what I'm labeled. That's not to say I don't appreciate a good dirty joke or off color remark from time to time...I just believe there are things that should be kept within your closest circle. I'm raising 3 girls and find it more and more difficult to instill lady like notions in them when we're bombarded with the opposite.

Oh what a rabbit hole you delivered this morning! :) Good stuff...thanks! I never miss a tweet from @larry411 He writes about the film festivals and one of the nicest people in the Tweet world.

I never thought about using face powder. Interesting. it would definitely blend better. :)

Thank you!

Thanks Sarah! You guys are too much fun! Looking forward to Thursday night:)