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So I have had some major issues with blogger lately! Goodness, hopefully we are back up and running now. Things have been so crazy this summer, I figure it will be easiest to summarize our little happenings with cell phone pictures. This summer is starting to get hot so we have spent many days by the pool.

We have also filled the hot days by playing inside! Miss M always into dress-up

Kylie hoola-hooping

We have even busted out the old-school games!

Big Sis got treated to her 1st ever mani and pedi

I have actually been getting in the kitchen some!! So UNLIKE me! Really enjoying all the veggies from my parents and grandparents gardens. Cucumber salad has been wonderful this summer!

Been taking lots of afternoon rides to the camp in Orrville to look for alligators, rabbits, deer, etc. My girlies are so into it! We get Icee's for the road and head out. Miss Priss says she must always wear jeans with a shirt tucked in and a hat to the camp. Needless to say, her daddy is eating this up!

On Father's Day, Kylie insisted on taking Daddy shopping. He was so thrilled, haha! She did at least take him to Bass Pro.

Obsessed

There are a few things that I am currently obsessed with, so much so I figured I would blog about them. And have I mentioned my birthday is right around the corner???! Friends, feel free to hint tell Lee about the following things I am currently obsessed with and really want to own! This La Mer Odyssey wrap watch has been on my mind for a while. Love everything about it: style, color, etc. My next obsession is out of control: Kendra Scott Jewelry!!!! Really, really wanting to start a collection. These are the Allison earrings found on Zappos.com The Jordana bangles in Mother of Pearl -- these top the list! BB Creams - anyone tried these? This Smashbox one sounds amazing. Hobo Wallets! An oldie but a goodie. My mother-in-law gave me my 1st Hobo several years ago, These wallets last forever, I am on my 2nd. The below is the Rachel wallet and I am in love with the vintage leather pattern. Hopefully, I can sport some of these items VERY soon :)

Around the World in 80 days...

That heading pretty much sums it up. I have been on the move. Little Rock, Atlanta, Dallas, Tulsa...I have been on the GO! And no, I am not seeing any signs of slowing down until the end of the year. If I were on Twitter, I guess I would have added this after last sentence, #thankfulforabusyjob. I will probably be on the road overnight at least once a month from here till the end of the year, at a minimum. Traveling is so hard with little ones, but thankfully I am only gone overnight and Lee handles things like a champ while I am away. As long as I am only away overnight and come back equipped with some sort of prize, candy, etc all has been good on the homefront. This is a pic of one of my new projects. It is a historic renovation project, which will be a 1st for me. Just more rules :) It is an old hotel conversion in Little Rock and has amazing potential. It will be fun to see this one come to life the end of this year. In other work news, I am also starting to put together a new deal in Tulsa and a few more in my "home" state (as my boss calls it), Louisiana. I swear I really like the Cajun life! Haha! I am closing a deal down there next week and am so looking forward to this closing b/c Lee is going to join me and my fun work gang! Should make for an interesting post if nothing else :). On the homefront, Kylie got a new hair-do and it is PRECIOUS. After she got her haircut, I took her to the bank to show her Daddy. Lee said it was like time slapped him in the face. Ha! He could not believe how much older she looked. Mags is changing so much as well. Hard to believe that by the end of this summer she will be a 2-year old. I think we will see a lot of changes in her before school starts. She LOVES her sissy and her daddy. She is definitely a daddy's girl. And did I mention she loves cupcakes???!?! We are trying to enjoy summer as much as we can in between work trips, school camps, VBS, etc. Hoping we can take a quick trip again before school starts in the fall.

Kicking off Summer: Beach Vacay

We officially started off our summer with a bang! Loading up and heading out of town for a week was just what we all needed. We left the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and unfortunately had to come back this past Friday. Oh how I already miss the beach life!!! The girls had so much fun. Maggie was able to stay out with us much more this year, which was so nice. Our friends, the Atchisons, came and stayed with us over Memorial Day weekend and we had a GREAT time. I was so worried about having too many people and too many kids under one roof, but everyone did wonderfully!!! In fact, we have agreed to make it an annual thing. We had some other Selma friends staying in the same place (The Caribe) and Kylie really enjoyed being able to play with her friends. Most of the crowd, including most of out friends, left on Tuesday so we had some good quality time with just the girls the rest of the week which was great. Still trying to figure out how I can work from here during the summer, I told Lee he could visitus on the weekends. Ha!!

Our friends the Atchisons, fabulous vacation buddies as well!

My little fishies

We had a great dinner at Cobalt, complete with tattoos and dancing!

She was obsessed with the glitter tattoos, fingers crossed this is as close as she will ever get to a tattoo.

Tommy and TC hit up the dance floor

The gang loved hitting up the DQ for ice cream

Maggie decided the camera may not be so bad after all =)

We hung out at the Hangout

Shopped a little

And just enjoyed spending time with each other!

Looking forward to more summer fun!!!

Leika's Wild Wild West: Graduation 2012

Last Thursday Kylie's preschool, Leika's held its end of the year program and graduation. Leika's has such a sweet graduation for the kindergartners. Kylie graduated from the 3 year old class and will be in the 4 year old class next year. We also had several sweet friends graduating from kindergarten so it was fun to watch them on their special day. Graduating kindergartners of 2012

The theme of this years program was Leika's Wild, Wild West. It was so cute. I loved the Texan theme and all of the costumes. Kylie was a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. She was of course thrilled with her outfit! A cheerleading outfit and boots ... she was in heaven.

All of the kids came out in an amazing painted tee-pee!

The paintings and props were amazing!

Even the programs were adorable!

Little Sis came to watch Big Sis, she braved the heat for a little bit and then went to the nursery.

I also snuck some pics of our beautiful church.

I found these 2 proud dads the night of graduation -- they are so excited and are smiling for tuition now! Ha!

One tradition that I would like to note, if you had a parent or sibling graduate from Leika's you get to wear their same graduation gown and they get to hand you a flower during the ceremony. It really is so sweet. The gowns are so old and have so many names in them, it is really neat! Here is Claire in her Daddy's gown, which was also worn by Lee. Kylie will wear this gown at her Leika's graduation.

Happy graduation to our special kindergarten friends: Sam, Anne Frances, Wiley, and Claire!