June 27

‎8 years ago today. young and in love. now, less young but even more in love.

headboard for sale

$12- fabric and batting not included :)

I made a super cute headboard with this plywood I purchased from Home Depot. I wanted to make a twin bed in Brooklyn's room into a daybed but the layout of the room never felt right to me.

This headboard can be yours for the $12 I paid for it. It is 78" wide and 48" tall at the tallest point. You could cut the sides to the width you need.

Sister Pictures

lots of new posts below

Letter Parties

One of our fun summer activities if having weekly letter parties. We try to get in some big girl fun during Charlotte's nap. Here's what we have done so far...
A party- color and read about alligators, watch Aristocats, find the hidden animal crackers, and have apples with caramel
(they've become much less planned since A haha)
B party- homemade bagels, blow up balloons, b coloring
Brooklyn with bagel dough and no pants

C party- invite cousin Olivia, make and decorate cupcakes, C book
Mackenzie's beautiful cupcake

all the beautiful girls and cupcakes


D party- pick one thing from the Dollar store, and then we went to Jamba juice and called it Damba juice
E party- egg race and toss, edible play dough

M's Pre Preschool Graduation

Mackenzie had Miss Leslie and Miss Britney for preschool teachers this year. Now she is so ready for kindergarten! She also enjoyed music and reading with Miss Sandy. I think she might be smarter than me already. Miss Leslie told me how much she enjoyed Mackenzie's sense of humor all year.

After the milestone graduation


Excited wave to her supporters


Karate performance


Mackenzie also participated in a mini music class taught by a lady in our neighborhood. She loved it! Here she is with her certificate and giant package of starburst after the graduation program.

B's Preschool Graduation

Brooklyn loved preschool this year. She constantly talked about Miss Jamie, her sweet teacher, and her friends Sophie and Jacob. She learned to enjoy letters, art, singing, and being a friend. Miss Jamie told me she was always like a little mommy making sure everyone was ok and everyone was following the rules.

Here are pictures from her song and dance filled graduation program:


Dancing with Miss Sandy and Grandma Jill


Getting diploma from Miss Jamie


And Char taking it all in

Shark Attack sprint tri

At the end of July Robert and I are doing the Spudman Triathlon in Idaho. It will be a mile swim (downstream in the Snake River), 24 mile bike, and 6 mile run. I wanted to do a sprint tri for practice so I signed up for this one in Riverton at the South Valley Rec Center. This one was 300 swim, 11 mile bike and 3 mile run. It was small- about 150 racers total. I loved it! And guess what...I came in first! ok ok so I came in first in the Athena division (only for those over 150 lbs)...ok ok there were only 10 people in the division. haha I'll take it anyway I can get it :)

************************* ATHENA *************************

Place Bib Name Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Official
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1 194 Karin Smith 7:45 2:41 45:02 0:48 27:55 1:24:09.8