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Learning to Sew

I have always wanted to learn to sew! So this summer with the help of my Mom, I am FINALLY learning! 

 I gathered some pretty fabrics and we are starting small.  Like, really small! Last week my Mom walked me through making a skirt for Hallie.

 Here is the finished product! Cute huh??

Can’t wait to be able to do one on my own!
Do you know how to sew? What are your tips for me?
<3 Kelly

Our Weekend

This weekend was another really busy one!
My Sweet Mother in Law came in to make Hallie’s smash cake for her photos with Purple Moments Photography.

The pictures turned out beautiful! I can’t wait to share them all, but here is one of the gorgeous cake!

After getting Hallie cleaned up and feeding her something other than sugar, we went to her buddy Jaxon’s 1st birthday party! I can’t believe these babies are 1! Hallie and Jax are 9 days apart!

 Hallie had fun playing with her buddy, dumping water on herself and bouncing in the bounce house!

After the party we went to a Greek Restaurant for dinner to meet Christopher’s sister’s fiance’s family. Hallie loved entertaining everyone at the table!

Can you spy her teeny tooth?

Sunday was spent with family. We went and spent some time with my parents before heading to Christopher’s Dad’s to go to Mass together and celebrate Father’s Day early with him. 

The rest of the weekend was filled with birthday and party to dos! My baby is less than a week away from being 1! I can’t believe it! 
<3 Kelly

WWWWW Wednesday with Beth

 Hello Friends and Happy Wednesday! Today I have a real treat for you! We are learning all about Beth from Our Pretty Little Girls! 

Beth is an amazing Mom of 2 adorable girls! Make sure to head over to her blog today and check out how cute they are!

Who?- Who
are you? Tell my readers a bit about yourself.

My name is Beth and I blog at Our Pretty Little Girls. I am a christian, wife
to Russ and mom of two little girls Marissa (7) and Emily (4). I love running
and being physically active, homeschool our daughters and dabble with knitting,
photography and gardening.

    What?- What
do you Blog about?
A little bit of everything! Motherhood, homeschool, recipes, DIY,
christianity, parenting. Pretty much everything but fashion. You don’t want me
to blog about fashion, trust me on this one.
    When?- When
did you start blogging?
I started blogging a little over a year ago.
   Where?
–Where do you live?
Joplin Missouri. I have lived here pretty much my entire life and
absolutely love it!
    Why?- Why
did you decide to blog?

Like most bloggers I wanted to have a
journal so my girls could look back and have a record of their childhood. I
never expected to become “a blogger” but here I am.

I was so lucky, Beth let me ask her a few more questions to get to know her a bit better! Here’s what I learned!
  What is the
most rewarding thing about being a parent in your opinion?
Those moments when they get it. They get that life is about more than
just themselves. The ones where all those little seeds you have been planting
produce fruit. For me nothing compares to that feeling.
 If you had
a kid free day and money was no object, how would you spend your day?
I usually pride myself on keeping things real so this is a bit of a
stretch for me. If money was no object and I started my day early I am pretty
sure I would make my way to the nearest ocean and spend the day doing a little
online shopping while I relax on the beach. I really want to get to the beach
soon. The waves are calling my name. (Me too Beth! Throw in a facial, massage and a drink in my hand!) 

 What is
your favorite thing about your husband?
He is such a simple, uncomplicated, hard working, family first kind of
man. No fuss, no frill, what you see is what you get.
I also love that he has the coolest hobby ever, building old cars from the
frame up.
There is so much to love and I just feel
so lucky to have him. (AWW!) 

   As a child,
what did you want to be when you grew up?
This question is kind of an embarassing one. I was quite the dreamer.
I am pretty sure I wanted to be everything from a model to a zoologist. I also
had singer, teacher, and mommy in there too.
  What TV
show could you watch reruns of without ever getting sick of it?

I want to say Seinfeld with no hesitation but I think I have to add
Friends in there too. I have watched endless reruns of both and probably will
continue doing so for years to come. 
Thank you so much Beth for answering my questions! And seriously y’all, if you haven’t checked out her blog yet, you are missing out! Do it today!

Work Summer Bucket List

Many of you know that not only do I have my own baby girl, but I also take care of 2 other sweet girls in the afternoons and in the Summer. Cleo and Sadie have been a part of my life for so long, and are now 8 and almost 12! So I was trying to put together a bucket list of things I thought they would enjoy to prevent them from being glued to their iPads all day! Here’s what I’ve got:

I know what you are thinking…snowball fight? In Texas? In the Summer?! We have the greatest little snow cone stand that let’s you purchase a cooler full of snowballs! I thought it would be fun to let the girls have a snow ball fight in their swim suits! 
What do you have planned for the Summer? Anything I should add to my list? 
<3 Kelly

Donut Party

For National Donut Day on Friday. my Mom’s group planned a little Donut Party for the kiddos okay let’s get real, the donuts were for us, but it was fun to watch the kids play. Plus we got to indulge in Donuts, coffee, milk and chicken minis! 
Ps. Hallie had the perfect outfit for the occasion!
Here’s the awesome part! My group is full of the BEST most THOUGHTFUL and most SUPPORTIVE women I know.  Last week was a particularly rough week for me.  On top of getting some pretty unfortunate and unsettling news, I broke my toe. Fun right? 
Here’s what my friends did to cheer me up… 
 I still can’t get over how wonderful my friends are! 
Hallie and Buddy Luna were cracking me up! They decided to separate themselves from the boys! As the only 2 girls that could make it it’s like they were saying “The skirts play in here”, and they isolated themselves in Luna’s room!
Luna was cracking me up with this phone! 

That phone again! So funny!
Hallie would not stop playing with this doll house! Guess she needs one for her birthday!

Did you celebrate National Donut Day? Tell me How!

Fun in the Sun

It has been quite some time since Hallie has been in the pool, so when we finally got some sun this week here in Big D, I decided to hightail it over to my parent’s house to take Hallie swimming.  
Hallie’s 1st pool experience

First of all, you know you truly love your child when you expend all of your energy blowing up a giant puppy pool for them, Just sayin…

Watching Momma get everything ready
She see’s the pool
She of course refused to get in the puppy pool, but enjoyed playing on the step with momma

Finally after a break and a nap and with some encouragement from cousin Matthew, the Puppy Pool was a hit!

 After swimming, the whole family went outside and shared a nice meal.  It was so great to spend some time together!

Hope everyone is having a great week!
<3 Kelly

Who What When Where Why Wednesday with Sarita

Hello Friends! I am back with “Who, What, When, Where, Why Wednesday”. Today I have Sarita from It’s My Girls World Answering all of my questions! 

I love reading all about Sarita and her family! Especially her 2 cute strong little girls! Talk about Girl Power! 
Here’s what I know about Sarita and her blog: 



1. Who?- Who are you? Tell my readers a
bit about yourself

I’m Sarita and I blog over at it’s my girls world. I’m the mama of
two sweet strong girls- ages 6 and almost three and the wife to one very
special boy. I left the corporate world a couple years ago and have very
happily never looked back. There’s some part time consulting that I do still
but more than that my days are filled with my sweet (and oft’ sassy girls).


2- What?- What do you Blog about?
I’m a baker, recipe changer, MBA- er ( that rhymes,
no?),  fitness seeker, clean eater (most days), ex-marketer, sale
hunter, malbec lover and  almost world traveller.
I blog about it all as well as the random happenings in our everyday
life. 

  3. When?- When did you start blogging?
I started to blog in January 2013-
so I’m just getting over the newbie phase.
4.  Where? –Where do you live?
Born and raised in the tiny
Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago but I’ve been living in Canada for
almost 11 years. Whenever I’m coming back from TNT, I can’t decide if I’m
leaving or coming back home. The struggle is real, my friends.
 5. Why?- Why did you decide to blog
I decided to blog as a way to  document the little stuff from our daily
lives. My then three year old was saying all this cute stuff and my baby was
growing and I would forget  all the tiny
stuff. It’s so much more than that to me now though. I started this blog to document the lives of our girls but it’s become
so much more than that. Sure I share many snippets of our life, but I also
share my philosophies, tips and tricks, recipes and all sorts of other stuff.
My blogging friends have become a part of my life as well and I love hearing
all the sweet comments from everyone. 
I also asked Sarita some fun random questions to get to know her better:
What is your favorite book of all
time?
Books are like my kids. It’s too hard to chose my favourite
one…. Well most days anyways, haha!  I do
have a favourite author- Elin Hilderbrand and I wait with bated breath for her
new release every June and reread her other stuff every summer. If you’re a fan
of Emily Griffin, you’d like her!

What is the most important lesson you
want to teach your girls?
To be strong but sweet, fierce but kind, smart but
empathetic. Women rock and I’m so blessed to be able to mold these two.

 If you could go anywhere in the
world, where would you go?
To Greece, or maybe back to Italy but this time to the Amalfi
coast. I adore Europe.

  What is your favorite thing about
summer?
I just love how spirits soar in the summer. And the heat!!!
Canada is cold almost 9 months of the year!! ( I guess your next question would
be then why the heck did I leave Trinidad)

 Which Celeb’s closet would you want
to raid?
Diane Kruger. So chic!

Thank you  sweet Kelly for having me here and for always
keeping up with us over at it’s my girls’ world.


Thank you Sarita! It was so fun getting to know you a little better! 
Happy Wednesday!
<3 Kelly 

Painting with a Twist

For my birthday, my best friend Joyce gifted us a session at Painting with a Twist! I was so excited because I had been wanting to try it for the longest time, but also because it meant some quality time with my best friend!

Auntie Katie came over to watch Hallie and Joyce, our bottle of wine and I went to lunch and then off to paint!

It’s pretty awesome! When you get there, you find a station with an apron, a water cup and paintbrush and easel with prepped artwork and the paint colors you will be using. Joyce and I poured our wine, took a few selfies and then waited to get started!

The class stared off with a toast which was super cute! Then the instructor walked us through painting bit by bit!

 I am really no artist, especially when it comes to paint, but they both turned out great, and I just can’t wait to go back!

Thank you Joycie for such a fun gift! Spending time together was really the best! 
<3 Kelly

Football Friday

Friday night, Christopher’s Dad treated us to an Arena Football game.  I had never been to arena football, but it was actually super fun, and Hallie really loved it!
She had a blast searching for the Mascot, Alamo and really loved the half time show! 
During half time, they had 2 Australian Shepherds doing tricks and she couldn’t take her eyes off of them! It was so cute! 
I couldn’t resist stadium popcorn! 

When Alamo got close, she would get SO excited! 

Then we got close to Alamo…she was not having it! 

 Hope everyone had a great weekend! Saturday I had a girls day with my best friend Joyce! Stay tuned tomorrow to hear about what we did!

Happy Monday,
Kelly

Celebrate Good Times

 Come on! Which is what I bet you have all been saying because I have been slacking on updating on our weekend! So here goes!

Saturday morning we got up and ran a bunch of errands to get ready for my birthday pool party! 
We were so thankful that the weather held and though the pool was a bit chilly, some of my friends were able to enjoy it, and my sweet Dad was able to grill pizza for everyone! My mom and I made all of the dough and then everyone put all the toppings that they wanted on and my Dad would throw it on the grill! It was so fun having individual personalized pizza! So many Friends came to celebrate with me, and the babies had a lot of fun! 

My Daddy also made white sangria for everyone! So yummy!

Sweet Sindi and her husband Justin came all the way from Houston! 
Whitney and Mira had fun in the pool
Buddies!
Pizza!
Play Group
Always have to take a stair step photo with these 2!

I am so blessed to have so many terrific friends! I also got some very sweet gifts! They are so thoughtful! 

Sunday Morning we woke up and I opened presents from Hallie and Christopher! I got some new coffee mugs and some gift cards to do some shopping! Then we went to Christopher’s Dads for breakfast!

Hallie playing with Mommy’s presents!
The rest of the day we relaxed and played at home before going to a wedding in the evening!

Beautiful Bride and Groom

It was really such a perfect weekend! Hope everyone else had a wonderful time as well! 
XOXO,
Kelly