(light, energetic music) - The biggest question
that I have been asked since cutting my hair is, "Ellie, how do you curl your hair?" So this morning, I'm gonna give you guys a hair tutorial. So go shampoo and condition your hair. All right, after your
get out of the shower, make sure your baby is still asleep. Make sure the two kids are
not running around the house destroying it like crazy, which they are and that's
kinda why I'm able to film. (laughs) Just kidding! They're watching a movie. We're all happy.
We're all good. I've washed and dried my hair, and the biggest thing that
I've been doing for my hair is, after I shower, is instead
of just blow drying it or letting it air dry,
I've been diffusing it. I have a lot of fine hair. A lot of times people, especially
with very very fine hair, they don't like to diffuse their hair because their hair isn't naturally curly or it doesn't help at all with the curls. I like diffusing my short
hair because it gives me body. I'm not necessarily looking
for it to curl my hair. So totally try a diffuser out. Totally do it. When I diffuse my hair, a lot of times people will
put stuff in their hair to help their hair curl. I'm not looking to make my
hair any curlier than it is. I am looking to just give
myself body and hydration. So I put some mousse in my hair. This is a humidity-resistant,
super skinny serum. It's from Paul Mitchell. I've used this for years. I put that on the ends of my hair 'cause it helps moisturize it. And so the diffuser is
not necessarily going to curl my hair, it's
going to give the body, like I already said a bajillion times. If I do wanna have my
hair a little more curly, often times I'll do Small Talk. This is a thickifier that
you can put in your hair and it really helps my hair curl better. But, that's what I'm gonna do. Okay. So I don't want my hair
sopping wet for this. That's why I had it in a towel. Gonna clean my ears out
real quick. (laughs) (upbeat electronic music) All right, now that the
product is in my hair, and so far I haven't combed my hair yet. I've just kinda finger pieced it around. So, I'm gonna figure out which
side I wanna part my hair on. Lately, when I've curled my hair, I have parted it on the opposite side that I normally curl on because that gives it the most body. But I kinda don't think
I wanna do that today. If I decide to switch I will. So I'm just kind of lightly find a part. And this is the tip that
my sister suggested to me. She said when you curl your hair, she said grab those front
pieces and pull them down. That way your hair isn't
like (blows sharply). 'Cause my hair is pretty short. And so I take these front pieces and it's almost like I'm
just pre-straightening them. Just those ends. And then when I diffuse my hair, I'm just not gonna grab those ends. I'm gonna grab mostly at this top section and then these'll kind of naturally dry. 'Cause they're pretty much already dry right there on the ends. So I'm just gonna go through
and I'm gonna diffuse my hair. (diffuser blowing) See, when I get to
these ends in the front, I just hold them down. And I diffuse around them. (child crying)
What's wrong? Ooh! Ya know, just a slap
fight between brothers is all. (shrieking) I think that your hair is dry. I'm gonna go through and feel it, make sure that it's all dry. Can see you that these
sides are much straighter 'cause I've been pulling at them, making sure that they're not super curled? That is with my hair diffused. As you can see, I really tried
to leave this section alone because I don't want around
my face to be scrunchy curly. I'm gonna end up curling a
few pieces away from my head. If I would've put a mousse or something to really curl my hair, I would've had more curly pieces. But I didn't, I wanted mostly moisture. So that's why it's just kinda just volume. And the back is much
curlier and I love that. So just go through, make
sure that it's all dry. I don't like to over-dry it. Sometimes I'll just do it for a second and then let it finish air drying. I'm just gonna maybe do my makeup while it just kinda sits for a minute. I wanna show you guys. So I have used the IT
Cosmetics CC Cream for years. And I don't always love
wearing a foundation but I like wearing some sort of cream. But this I have a hard time
because when I kiss my kids it rubs off on the kids. It gets very tacky. And then I started using
the Clinique CC Cream 'cause my sister recommended it to me, which I do like and I've
been using for a while. But this has been my favorite so far 'cause it doesn't wipe off on the kids. It's the Purlisse, I
think is how you say it, BB Tinted Moisture Cream. This is what I've been wearing
everyday as my foundation. And it doesn't transfer to
the kids, it's not tacky. It just gives me a little coverage. It makes my complexion even. So I'm gonna put on a little bit of makeup and then I'll finish my hair. Often times I will leave my hair like this because it looks just
fine for the first day. But if I curl it, there are
two curling irons that I like. I've been using this curling
iron for a little bit. I don't even know what the brand is. But I like this for the
front pieces of my hair. Or if I want my hair really
curly, this is new to me. My friend, I found her on Instagram. She's like-- I love her! Her name is Chloe Brown. Chloe N. Brown I believe is her user name. I'll have her linked if you
guys wanna look at her page. But she does really cute
tutorials on short hair. But she loves the brand CROC,
and so I ordered this one. And I use this to curl
some pieces of my hair. So when I curl it, I only
curl a few pieces back, four pieces around my
face, maybe a few in here. I never curl here, and I curl two or three
pieces in the back. So I don't curl very many pieces. So, I'm just gonna start curling. (upbeat dance music) So I literally only
curled just a few pieces to give it something. I'll either go in and just hairspray it. Or this is-- I found through
my friend Chloe Brown. It's ADH Dry and it is a pomade. See, and you always do it. You always do too much. When you're trying to show
people how to do your hair, you always put too much
product in your hand. I just go in and lightly just
kinda scrunch it a little bit. This is a super, I would
say it's a lightweight hold. It's matte so it's not oily or greasy. And I just go in and fluff my hair and then I just spritz it a teeny bit with hair spray and I'm done. I like this because my
hair is not crunchy curly. When I was in high school, I did egg whites and diffused my hair and it was crunchy and curly. This is very airy, it's very lightweight. It's super fun for date night. It's super fun if I go to
the park with the kids. And I usually do it really fast. I can do it really quick. And I often will even just wash my hair and diffuse it at night. And then when I wake up
just curl a few pieces. That way I'm not like, "Kids, watch your show forever." So yeah, that's it. And now I'm just gonna spritz it. Especially the front piece. I like to get that away from my hair. And I like it big. I want volume and I like it big. I haven't even looked at the back yet. There it is for you guys. Yeah, that's okay. I literally just don't mess with it. I'm happy with it. (laughs) It looks good. So, that's how I've been
curling my hair lately, guys. Jared and I took the weekend off. We have just been really
spending time together, spending time with the kids. And so today he's
catching up with editing. And so I have, what are these? - "Adventure hats for us." - They are adventure hats. Put yours on. Calvin, come here. Here, will you put this on? What is this, Calvin? - Adventure hat! - We are gonna go on an adventure! I have been wanting to go on a little hike with my kids outdoors. We have one week left,
when you guys see this. One week left until it's October! My goal this month was to
go on, like, four hikes. We have gone on zero. And so, I'm feeling good today. Tommy's been happy, and
so today is the day. Look at me, Jacks. (gasps) We're going on an adventure! (upbeat music) Can you buckle the back clips? Can you see that? - Can I buckle? - Yeah, will you squeeze it and buckle it? - I can't reach. - Ah, squeeze really tight and try hard. Try hard, hard as you can. - Does it hurt? - No, it doesn't. But try and clip 'em. - Ugh, I can't! - Oh, what was I thinking? I should've brought the other carrier! (clicking)
Got it! I have everything I need. The boys and I-- where are you, mister? The boys and I drove
up a beautiful canyon. We found an awesome spot to
go on a fun adventure/walk. I thought we could go to
Chik-fil-A and go to the park, like we always do, or we could get out and go find a trail in our own backyard. I love this, this is all I wanna do. A little adventurous of me today, but I thought the boys would be good and it'll be just super fun with everyone. Calvin fell asleep, though, so we might just stay
here until he's happy, since he just fell asleep. Kids are not fun when they wake up. - There's rocks here. I just love rocks! - [Ellie] What were you
gonna look for on our trail? Monsters and ghosts. - And trolls.
- [Ellie] And trolls?! - If I see them, I'm--
- [Ellie] Wow! This is our trail, guys. Oh my goodness, this is beautiful! Calvin, are you doing okay? (upbeat music) Do you have licorice in your teeth? - Yep! (mumbles) - (mumbles) walk away. - [Ellie] I won't walk away.
What do you wanna look at? - Pretty trees. - We're gonna look at the pretty trees. And I won't walk away. Did you see enough trees? - Yeah.
- Okay, let's go. You have got to be
kidding me with this view! This is unbelievable! I cannot believe we're doing this! Something that's been kind
of on my mind a lot is, I love camping, I love
fishing, I love four-wheeling, I love going on not crazy-- making sure the baby can breathe in here-- not crazy intense hikes,
but I can't do all of that. My mind wants to do so
much, but I know I can't. And if I do, it's just a
lot harder just with kids. But stuff like this is easy because the kids want to go outside, they want to go outdoors, and they literally are
just following a trail and I'm just following them. They love picking up rocks, they love looking at
bugs that are flying by. It's just so fun, so I'm glad that this is what I decided to do for the day. Fix my hair and go on a walk. - I found this. - See, and they find
sticks, it's the best. - What lake is that? - That is Bear Lake. Oh my goodness. I'm gonna get your picture
in front of it! (laughs) Come stand right here, I'll
take your guys' picture. But one of the reasons why Jared and I bought our camper last
year was not necessarily to go camping all the time, right away, but so that we have it, even
if we take it out once or twice in the next just few years
as the kids are young. And then as they're older
just go all of the time. Something that I wanna do in October is go somewhere with the
kids with the camper, because they love it! And it's fun, and it
just gets you outside, and I really like that. When winter comes, I do
get kind of winter blues. I absolutely love it
'cause it's beautiful, but it just lasts forever. We gotta take advantage of the weather and outdoors while we can. I absolutely love the ocean. I've only been a handful of times. You guys saw the first time
I ever went to an ocean. And before Jackson goes to kindergarten, my goal is to take all of us
on one big trip to the ocean for like a week, is what I'd love. And just sit on the ocean for a week, so in the next year that's
what I'd love to do. But it's funny how so many people travel to go to different sceneries. I wanna travel and go to the ocean. So many people travel to come see, I mean, this is dead view, but that view. Look at the beautiful green trees! The trees are changing colors for fall. This is unbelievable. What do you guys think? - Amazing. - It's amazing? - Yeah, let's go! - [Ellie] (laughs) Stop
talking, mom, more walking. (upbeat music) - This could be treasure. - [Ellie] Jackson and Calvin
think that's a treasure 'cause it's an X. - This treasure's right--
- [Jackson] Another map! - [Ellie] And these are the maps. (laughs) Tommy is enjoying the nice cool breeze. - Oh, it's so funny! - Why are you guys laughing? - Because Tommy did a funny burp! He went (imitates burp), like that! That was so funny!
- Tommy! Time to eat, time to poop, time to sleep. He finally woke up and
he had a huge ol' burp. Guys, he's getting so
big, look at those eyes! Are they gonna stay blue? (laughs) Are they gonna stay blue? Grandma Griffiths would say no way. She's had too many babies with
brown eyes, but we'll see. I think they're gonna stay blue. We'll see. Who took the best nap ever? - [Jackson] Mom did! - (laughs) Jackson, who
took the best nap ever? - Tommy!
- Tommy. Tommy's taking a nap
and mama shut her eyes. We came home and I said
I'm laying down. (laughs) So we all laid down for a little bit. The best fall snack, it is so good! Brownies are in the oven,
and cut up a bunch of apples. Put just a teeny but of butter on it, put a little bit of brown
sugar, a little bit of nutmeg, a little bit of cinnamon,
a little bit of cornstarch. Mix that all together. - And you mix with this! - Oh, you can mix it with that! And then drizzle over this, put it in the oven with tinfoil over it for like 15-20 minutes. Pull it out, and these are
the yummiest soft apples that you can put in
oatmeal, you can eat alone, or you can it with a hot, warm brownie. Ah, so good! Lemon juice, that was
what it was that I forgot. So after you do lemon juice,
brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, a little bit of cornstarch, put just a little bit of
butter on your apples. Literally, yesterday made a big ol' plate. Today I'm just making a little bowl. It's gonna be so yummy! I love when kids talk to themselves. Calvin, come inside now! Come on! - I need (mumbles). (yells) (mumbles) - And one of the most important
steps that you need to take, is to kiss your husband that
you haven't seen all day long. - The important step that you need to take is kiss your wife that you
haven't seen all day long. We'll meet in the middle. - [Jackson] Don't kiss! - Don't kiss? She's my wife! That's my wife! - Shh, you are going to wake up the baby! - He needs to know that
I will kiss my wife. - That is not your wife, I'm your wife. - [Jared] What?! - You are driving me crazy! Done, enjoy, peace. - [Jared] Ooh my goodness. Here is the final result. - [Ellie] It's so good! - [Jared] I like the little
caramel swirl that you did. That's a great idea. - It's Ghirardelli.
- [Jared] Okay. Come take a look, boys. - And guess what? I'm not even gonna wait until
it cools like the package says 'cause I want it now! - K, you know the whole
party pooper situation? Ixnay!
- You're a party pooper! - I have claimed the party
pooper status, oh no. Oh no indeed.
- Everybody in the world is a party pooper.
- [Jared] Except you! You rock on and party all night! And every day. Let's enjoy this together as a family. You guys ready for some of this? Thank you guys for watching
the video, hope you enjoyed it. Give it a big thumbs up and
we will see you next time! - (together) Bye!