Memorial Day Weekend

There was a whole lot of summer going on around here this weekend!

We took our first trip to the Andover Y water park.
Casey floated around the lazy river,
I started reading the Hunger Games.


We spent lots of time with these two sweet faces...

Tex loves his daddy.

Kia loves Oprah.

I finished hunger games and we went to see the movie.
If you haven't read this yet - do it! 
It's so great!


I finally ordered my wall stencil 
and picked the wall...
more details to come. 


 We grilled out:)



We showed some american pride! 
(flower are coming back to life! 
I've been watering them every morning)

I broke out my new summer skirt!
I'm loving ORANGE right now,
all the way down to my toes!

While I took pictures of my feet,
Casey smoked a celebration cigar!


No complaints here.
Happy memorial day:)


Fridays Random Thoughts

I'm going to stencil a wall in my house,
maybe even a whole room and not just a wall...
I cannot decide and it's driving me crazy.

I've been wearing my crossbody purse on one shoulder lately.
Especially when I'm in work clothes.
Makes me feel more professional I guess...

I absolutely love NARS orgasm blush.
One of my high school gal pals turned me onto this last year,
she said it looks good on everyone - and I totally agree.
It's quality, it's fresh, and if you are in need of a new blush I would highly recommend it.

I purchased some new silver bangles at a jewelry party last month and i've been wearing them at work. Everyone within ear shot has taken the opportunity to tell me how annoying they are. Somebody even yelled "stop moving!"  ha, it was a total joke but they are annoying. I thought everyone wore bangles? Does everyone else's bangles make as much noise as mine? What's going on!

Obsessed with this music video:
Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches are back in my life!
First box (they no longer come in that plastic casing) purchased Monday. Finished it last night. Do you have that certain something you only allow yourself to buy during the summer? 
To keep it special and summery.

My parents are coming to Wichita this weekend!
They haven't been here since December... and I've only seen them once since then. So sad:( Casey and I are making dinner for them on Saturday night.  His parents are coming over too. We have NO IDEA what we're making!

The pretty flowers I planted last month are almost all dead.
And I've been watering them!
W.T.F.
I guess mom and dad will not be doting on my green thumb this weekend. I don't think I have one.

(this picture was taken on the day I planted them, best they ever looked)























Happy Weekend!!! :)

#Noshame

A few weekends ago Casey and I had visitors!
The Garcias, or as I like to call them Harjung and Gar. 
At lunch I told a story about my boss and her house cleaner. At the end of the story I tried to wrap it all up by saying
"pound sign, rich people problems!"

Lauren quickly interjected
"Pound sign? Do you mean hash tag?"

#OHMYGOSHYESIDID

It was in that moment I realized I might be losing my coolness!
I saw a glimpse of my future.
I heard my future child..."Um mom, do you mean hash tag?"

Over the past few weeks I've noticed other things I do that completely shameless and embarrassing...
  
1. While on walks I always pick up Kia and do curls with her.
I've never thought this was weird until a very rude lady in a passing car gave me a dirty look. Really Lady? She gets tired.
She is bitty and after a few miles she wears out.
I've always viewed this as a fabulous solution - A win win.
 I give her a ride AND tone my arms at the same time.

2. I obsess over people.
For example, there's a lady in Junior League and she's always perfectly put together,
fun personality,
2 kids,
stay at home mom,
and I want to be JUST LIKE HER.
For most people there is no harm in admiring somebody else's life, privately.
Not me - I made it known to all of my friends that i was obsessed and that I found out she lived in the neighborhood next to mine (because I looked up her address in the Junior League Yearbook) and while out on a walk with Casey I made us detour so we would walk by her house.
Ah... I've since moved on, to another lady in JL but she lives across town so there will be no walk-bys and a drive-by crosses the line.
I have limits.
Additionally, i'm never on that side of town.

3. Last summer I bought a black Maxi dress from the target maternity section.
Don't judge. There was nothing maternity about it. I was actually a little annoyed that it was even in the maternity section. I think it should have been in the regular section. Pregnant ladies are smart enough to know that maxi dress = maternity friendly. It may even make them feel good to know they bought a regular dress and "made it work" Instead, us not pregnant people have to feel guilty for going into the maternity section and taking back what is rightfully ours. Anyway, I told everyone who complimented me on that dress "target, maternity!"

Do you see my point? I'm bound to be an embarrassing mom.

Even worse, when we were at the movies Friday night a dad and kids walked in and the dad tripped up the steps, unintentionally, and everyone gasped. Casey laughed out loud and then said to me "I'm going to do that to our kids all the time it will be so embarassing"

#embarassingparentstobe

disclaimer: I am NOT pregnant, nor are we trying.