Haircut 2012

I say "Haircut 2012" because knowing me it will be 2013 before I have another one.  I am awful about making appointments.  Seriously awful.  But, yesterday we were in the neighborhood of the salon, so we ran in (the kids and I ) for a minute and two great things happened...

1.  Lori (she uses the title Hair Ninja) had an opening on Friday (and then I did a jig!).
2.  We were wearing the same shirt.  No joke.  And she bought hers in Alabama and I bought mine in SC.

Quinn wanted to be in the picture, but didn't want to sit up.  The other funny thing is that I made her earrings (and mine, but I usually make mine) and then I couldn't stop staring at her.   I do so love being twinsies with someone as fun as Lori, though, I really do.

So we went back on Friday...yep, me and all three kids...we ran into a sweet kindergarten teacher from my school (such fun!) and the girls got a streak of color.  Chandler = electric blue, Casey = hot pink (pictures soon!).

And I walked away with a new summer cut.  I think this may possibly be my most favorite cut of all time.  No, really.  And this is a lame picture, I'll work on getting a better one.  :)

The Graduate

Good grief.  Q graduated from preschool yesterday.  Did I cry?  Yes, yes I did.  Q has been going to Mrs. Spry since he was 6 weeks old.  She's the only person that has ever kept him and I'm not gonna lie, I'm super nervous about him going to big kid pre-k in August.  I mean, I have never worried about him with Mrs. Spry.  I knew that he was being loved on everyday.  I knew that she adored him.  I knew that she treated him like her own.  I worry that pre-k is going to have that same feel. 

There were only three graduating kids this year, and Q and Robert have been together the whole time.  They all felt so fancy in their cap and gowns.  There was a slide show before the ceremony and that is when my crying began.

Receiving his diploma... {cue more tears}

Quinn and Loralai.  I'm not sure what they are going to do without seeing each other everyday next year.

The exciting part about pre-k is that all three of our kids will be in the same place next year!  Yay!  Because the girls are six years older, this is the only time that this will ever happen.

Mrs. Spry, Q and Miss Meagan...  {Chris and I both taught Meagan when she was in middle school, big sigh, she graduated from high school last year}

{cue more tears...}

Summer List 2012

It's official!  Here's the Summer List 2012!

What I Wore

Linking up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy!

navy and white polka dot top - loft 

jeans - gap outlet (those straight curvies!)

shoes - dansko

earrings - ike and co 

Productive {yay!}

Today was a productive day!  Hooray!  I finished all of my swag to send to Meg for Craft Weekend (which I am dying, dying to go to!).  This is the first one that I have made fifteen of the candy jade necklaces and let me just tell you...the wire wrapping...wooooo...lots of time!

The girls also had a productive day...

I am not kidding you when I say that CHANDLER MADE THAT VEST!  Can you believe that kid???  Casey was her model/body form.  Because, really, who you could be a better body double than your identical twin????  But let's go back to the vest...Chandler MADE that vest!  Amazing.

We also had the foyer painted today.  I have no idea why we waited so long to have this done...it looks beautiful!  And I'm redoing the pictures...by the way...

I love you, Weekend.

Chris and I started the weekend off right...with a lunch out at Heirloom.  Love, love, love this place.  I had this...

...the Mediterranean Sandwich.  I would go vegetarian if I could eat one of these everyday.  Just sayin.

Saturday was a day of cleaning.  And a day when I wanted to kill my children.  Not really, but kind of.  But that might be a separate post.  Oh.  The preteendom that is going on in my house.  Ugh.  Let me just say that I found a bowl of potato chips in their bathroom.  Potato chips.  In.the.bathroom.

Sunday...we headed out to mom's.  My brother Matt and his cute girlfriend Chalise were in town from Texas (yay!) and we planned two days out at the pool.

The girls did many cupid shuffles and wobbles...

And then we ate {my favorite thing to do at my mom's}...  They grilled ribs and well, that would mean eating MEAT off a BONE and I just don't do that, so I had a big ole' plate of sides.  My mother makes superior sides.

{watermelon salad, avocado potato salad, green bean salad, cole slaw, three bean salad...do you notice a salad theme???}

Monday?  More pool time!  The kids got in around 10am and out around, um, 6pm.  Seriously.

There was a heated game of Marco Polo in which Matt and Quinn played as a team.

The girls stopped in the middle of the game to pose for me.

This was my view.  The boys were quickly closing in on them...

...and then they captured Chan.

Quinn decided that sharing an inner-tube with Uncle Matt was the way to go.

Or that being thrown in the pool by Uncle Matt was the way to go.  Seriously.  He couldn't get enough of it.  And the girls?  Yeah.  They were waiting in line to be thrown in too.  :)

And then things took a turn and Uncle Matt threatened to dip Softie (Casey's precious teddy bear) into the pool.  There was screaming involved.

Then there were some naps (not Quinn, though)...and some pizza and left over salads...and then we headed home...

And Quinn did this for about 30 minutes...

....and then woke up and talked the rest of the ride home.

One of the happiest things I've ever seen. Ever. Seriously.

So a friend shared this one facebook and I have to share it with you.  This marriage proposal video has to be one of the happiest things I have ever seen.  And watching this girl's face....well, I cried.  Sobbed, actually.  Enjoy!



Wonderful, wasn't it???

I hope you are having a great long weekend!  We are heading out to my mom's house for a day at the pool and a super visit with my little brother and his girlfriend (who are in town visiting from Texas).  Yay!  Mom has promised me avocado potato salad and watermelon salad.  That's all I plan on eating while I am out there - two of my favorite things - which is really kind of funny considering that I don't care for any other kind of potato salad and I don't eat watermelon any other way than in this salad.

{ps.  Have you noticed?  I am really, really close to 2000 sales!}