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Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.

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Kansas City Dreamin

Less than three and half hours away, Kansas City is one of our favorite weekend getaways. We have several friends that live there, so that adds to the fun and the ease of traveling there. I think my love of visiting KC is in part because the city reminds me of my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Tons of beautiful, historic homes. Wide streets lined with huge, shady trees. Old buildings revitalized into cool projects. And, bar-b-que – duh. While we didn’t get out and explore a ton on this trip, we did fill our visit with great food, drinks, and company. On Saturday night we went over to my buddy Bev’s house to watch Pee Wee’s Big Adventure in the backyard. Blankets, pillows, candy, rosé, popcorn, the biggest pizza I have ever seen and a lot of sleepy kids, made for the perfect KC evening to cap off our quick trip. Here are our adventures in pictures.

Dad-Do Kits: Pantene at Walmart

Two things have never been more certain: Iris has had fabulous hair since the day she was born and she loves her dad more than just about anything (except he might be tied with chocolate). So when we received the opportunity to team up with Pantene at Walmart for Father’s Day, it was a no-brainer. Even at birth Iris had the thickest head of hair, and since then it’s just kept growing. Naturally, I seem to be traveling for nearly every school picture day, leaving Todd to wrangle her locks alone. When we get the photos back a few weeks later, it’s always sweet to see her crooked piggy tails or messy little top-knot created by her dad (and captured for all of eternity).

Research has shown that fathers generally have as much or more impact than mothers on many aspects of their daughters’ lives.

Pantene’s Strong is Beautiful how-to videos show dads how easy and fun it can be to spend quality time with their daughters by doing their hair. Just in time for Father’s Day, Pantene at Walmart is inspiring dads and daughters to spend time together with “Dad-Do” kits. To share the sweetness, I’ve partnered with Pantene at Walmart to give away 35 Dad-Do kits over on my Instagram.

This Dad-Do kit includes:
• “Dad-Do” Instruction Cards
• Pantene Detangler
• Brush and Mirror
• Hairbands, and a
• $5 Walmart Gift Card

Enter here and, for more cuteness, check out the new video of Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams receiving a DAUGHTER-DO at Walmart.com/Pantene.

This is a sponsored post.

Summer Lovin’

Finally! It’s summer and it’s ridiculously hot. Usually I feel like summer is all nice and relaxing, but this year is different. We have so much going on that I can barely stop, sit, and write a simple blog post. Thankfully, that’s how I like it. I spent much of last week in Minneapolis on business, where my hotel was about five minutes away from the Mall of America. I walked that sucker for three and a half hours, so I ended up with more of a work-out than a shopping spree. With that trip behind me, I’m looking ahead to this weekend where we’re headed to Kansas City on a little family trip. We’ll visit some of our good pals and Todd will visit Boulevardia, an annual festival hosted by the makers of my favorite beer.

Besides a little travel and a lot of work, we’ve been keep busy with birthday parties, swimming, hanging out at the park, and being interviewed for this article in Arkansas Money and Politics.

Here’s our summer so far in photos.