A few more blogs that I read

Alyssa -- My uniquely talented friend from college and from now who is good at brightening the world around her.

Angela -- My sweet sister-in-law who is good at creating things and is also madly in love with her husband (it's sweet).

Austin -- My very engaging brother-in-law who is good at being interested and at being interesting and is one of my favorite people, even though he told me my son has an attitude (I'm over it, really).

Carly -- My first cyber friend, and she's awesome in real life, too.

Christen -- The cutest friend and mom and seamstress anyone could want. She chooses to wear bright colors when everyone else is wearing black (literally and figuratively), and that inspires me.

I read a lot of blogs. There are more.

Comments

Angela said…
Thanks for the shout-out! And I'm glad you know I'm madly in love with my husband. And which son has an attitude?
November 28, 2007 12:02 PM
austinmcraig said…
Thanks, Emily! I'd like to remind anybody reading this that Emily is the one who got me started blogging, and now it is a certifiable addiction. And instead of "attitude", can I change the record to show "spunk"?
November 28, 2007 7:25 PM
lys said…
Oh, Emily, I'm so flattered to be featured on YOUR blog. I feel like I've reached a new status of cool. :)
November 28, 2007 8:50 PM
Emily said…
Ange, his name starts with an A.

Austin, spunky it is.

Alyssa, I just realized I hadn't linked to you before. How did that happen? I'm sorry. I could have gone on and on about your unique talents, but I decided to be lowkey. You rock.
November 28, 2007 9:57 PM
MarySue said…
I wanted to check out your colorful friend Christen...cute girl, cute blog and she's wearing BLACK. Funny! Also been loving Angela's blog and now look out...I'm peeking in on you Austin. What a fun family you all are.
November 29, 2007 12:13 PM
Emily said…
MarySue, you're right! On almost every picture of her on her blog, she is wearing black! How funny.
November 29, 2007 3:24 PM
Nancy said…
After being around them for a whole weekend I can attest that Angela is still madly in love with her husband, I think everyone else around them can tell too....
November 29, 2007 3:57 PM
Angela said…
You're all just jealous!
November 29, 2007 4:33 PM
Christen Noelle said…
Emily-Thank you! You are so awesome...your friends here in phoenix really do miss you all! I love to wear color but I guess I do wear a lot of black...that's part of the fashion industry I guess.
December 04, 2007 12:11 PM
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