Experiment

So the whole point of this "what I wore" thing is accountability for stay at home moms to put some effort into themselves. At first I thought it wasn't all that practical for me to attempt. (Let's face it, taking care of baby boys and dogs and cleaning and cooking can ruin a favorite shirt. And long necklaces are either annoying or broken by the end of the day. And curling my hair on a daily basis just doesn't fit into my schedule...) But I do love fashion... a lot. And maybe if I don't have to go too all out I can squeeze a little more of it into my daily life. Maybe I don't have to totally sacrifice that love just because I'm a mommy... Hmm... :)

(Linking to The pleated poppy)

Sunday for church. 

Navy tank- Target. Pants-Aerie (birthday gift from Shaun). Infinity Scarf-anthropologie (on sale 19.99). Flats-Ross (12.99). Earrings-American Eagle awhile ago. Sunglasses- anthropologie for mother's day last year. 

I love the subtle pink and metallic stripes on the scarf. 

And... here's a normal day: 

cut off shorts, tank top, crazy hair that had been braided and went swimming and been slept on, no accessories, no make up... Here's to real life :) 

Even though "real life" outfits for me may not be very glamorous, still feels good to make the effort to "get dressed" every day. Even if it's just gym shorts and a tank, I'm trying to be a little more put together/coordinated/presentable. It's not a great feeling when someone stops by in the afternoon and you suddenly realize you haven't looked in the mirror one single time the whole day and you're pretty sure nothing you have on was on purpose... Don't hold me to it, but I might just stick with this little experiment... :) 

Lakemont

This past week Shaun was able to take a day off work for a spontaneous trip to the mountains with our friends Todd and Bethany and their kids. We spent the night at a cabin thurs. night and took the kids to Lakemont Park on Friday. Bethany has been raving about this park since they went last year, and I can see why now! It is so perfect for kids, no lines, lots of great kid rides, an awesome water park with a pirate ship with slides and squirt gun cannons, and best of all, only $5 admission!!! 

Here are a few pictures of Drew and Izzy.... they play so well together! 

Bethany and I got to ride a roller coaster while the guys stayed with the kids...

Sleeping at the water park 

Introducing Drew to his first "roller coaster". He did great and loved it!! 

That's us up there! 

Priceless little grin while riding the airplanes :) 

The boys, cruisin'. 

My cute little blue eyed boy with a faux hawk :) 

Another precious smile. He said the boats were his favorite. 

Little man on the merry go round. :) 

After a long, hot, awesome, so fun (and did I mention hot?) day at the amusement park we got dinner and free frosties at wendy's and headed back to the cabin. The kids all crashed pretty early and we got to have some quality adult time later that night. Strawberry wine, coconut m&ms, great friends, laughter and deep conversations both. It was perfect. Took me a little while to catch back up on sleep (I haven't stayed up til midnight in awhile, and the kids were up early after going to bed so early the night before. But totally worth it!) 

Thanks Todd and Bethany for asking us to come along!! 

Kevin and Kasey: Announcement Time!

I am so excited I can finally share this photo shoot with everyone!! Kevin and Kasey asked me to do a photo shoot of the two of them so that they could announce to their families on father's day that they are expecting their first little one!! What an awesome plan! I had so much fun brainstorming ideas for this shoot. The night we did the photos the rain held off just til we were almost finished, and the lighting was fabulous. Here are a few of my favorites: 

My inspiration for the "little peanut" idea was a favorite shirt of Drew's this past winter... And my original idea for what to use in the "pink or blue?" pictures wasn't available... so I settled for balloons.... maybe in a future shoot I can use my original idea... :) I was so happy with how these turned out, and it was so difficult to choose my favorites because there were so many that I loved. Thanks again Kevin and Kasey for asking me to do these, I had a blast! You two will be amazing parents, and I hope these photos will show your little one someday just how excited you were about them coming into the world, and how much you loved them from the beginning.