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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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Posts Tagged: summer

Never Grow Up

On Saturday we celebrated
our beloved Dustin’s birthday.

He turned 31.
But from our party set-up…

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you’d think he was turning 11.

Except for the buckets of beer.

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We had an afternoon full of
summer fun.

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Once the sun started to go down,
Birthday Boy still wanted to party.
He asked for an adventure,
so off to the casino we went.

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We danced with strangers to a cheesy cover band.

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And with each other.

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I won 50 bucks on the dollar slots.

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And then it was time to go home.

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Other weekend treats included:

Spending time with a friend
who now lives in Austin.

Friday Night

Friday Night

Friday Night

Running into @jfarm
(Razorback basketball player)
outside of a bar.

Friday Night

And shuffleboard with my pal GL.

Friday Night

Friday Night

I was still feeling the fun
on Monday morning,
but it was all well worth it.

Record Breakers

When I was little
I use to fall asleep
flipping through
the 1987 version of the
Guinness Book of World Records.

Many of the records were awesome.
Others were ridiculous.
Oh, and some were just gross.
I was mesmerized by it all.

So when there was a chance to help out
in breaking a world record here in Fayetteville,
I had to be there.

The brave citizens of my town
were attempting to break the record
for world’s largest swim lesson
at the city pool in Wilson Park.

World Record Breakers

And with 262 people,
we did it!

I was a little apprehensive
of being in the pool with that many people
(that much pee).
Especially when part of the lesson
was to blow bubbles under water.

World Record Breakers

But as two of the oldest participants,
Brandy and I did our part.

World Record Breakers

Now, we are a part of
(random) history.

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World Record Breakers

Just call us heros, badasses, whatever.

Lazy Lake Saturday

It’s just the first weekend of June
and this is already the summer of
water, sun & fun.

After a night of photos
and last call at the bar,
a few of us headed to the lake.
Just a short hour away.

I get so use to the day-to-day
that sometimes I forget how
pretty Arkansas really is.

Bluffs, rocks, mountains
and water that was surprisingly warm.

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We found a homemade fishing poll.
I used a lime as bate.
And lost the hook.
Immediately.

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Now it’s Sunday, which is typically my
lazy at home day.
I spent the afternoon under the sun
listening to Dr. Dog in my kiddie pool.
But while lounging in my shark-pool-for-one,
Todd surprised me with this

pool

A little trashy?
Why, yes.
Do I love it?
Why, hell yes.

So now you can expect
about 1,000 more summer photos
and for me to have a
crazy awesome tan.

Oh Sunny Day

As mentioned in my last post,
I started summer off right
by having a few girls over
for some fun in the sun.

The afternoon included a
kiddie pool, a slip-n-slide,
& even a little gift giving.

You see,
I missed GL’s birthday when I was in Hawaii.
So Brains and I put together a gift basket,
which just so happened to include
a framed picture of Steve Harvey.
Shirtless.
My girl GL loves Steve Harvey,
mostly due to his writing skills.

I don’t get it.

oh sunny day!

The day couldn’t have been a more
perfect blend of relaxing and fun.

the set up

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Orange Slice Jello Shots

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the fun

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the funny

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the friends

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I don’t know about them,
but I plan on doing this
every weekend
until Fall.

Summer Love

Maybe it’s the Memphis in me.
Maybe it’s the nights
in Mississippi & Arkansas too.
But I love summer.
Humidity, sweltering heat,
messy popsicles and all.

The abrupt southern switch of seasons,
always bringing back memories.

Lucero shows,
sweaty & drunk.
Green grass & beach towels,
hot flip flops to the side.
Day drinks,
always appropriate.
Sweet tea,
& BLTs.
Red shoulders,
turn to tan.
New freckles,
shining under sundress straps.
Random road trips,
with thrift store adventures.
Sneaking into swimming pools,
& liquor into Sonic cups.
Short skirts,
longer days.
Watering gardens,
summer beer in hand.
Late night walks,
amongst the slugs.
Front porches,
with fireworks & friends.

A few past photos
have captured my love.

Happy Hour for one

4th of July

Porch Days

Strawberry Shortcake Picnic

Bittersweet Styles photo shoot

Hogscald Holler

Bittersweet Styles / Summer 08

Bittersweet Styles photo shoot

Savannah Vacation / 2006

Savannah Vacation / 2006

Savannah Vacation / 2006

ode to summer

Savannah

Picnic on campus

View from room at THEhotel

Kansas City

Water Valley, MS - Girl Trip!

Arkansas & Sweet Tea Vodka

usa!

Mississippi - Girl Trip!

Memphis - Girl Trip!

Old photos / me & the fam van

A brown bag evening.

Sadie just cold chillin'

Savannah Vacation / 2006

nighttime beach walk

rooftop pool & a pina colada

July 08

lately...

Bittersweet Styles

Westwood Gardens

Arkansas Thrifting Adventure

Starting today I’ll be capturing
this year’s summer adventures.
Girls are headed over this afternoon.

Highs in the upper 80s,
sunshine,
kiddie pool,
slip-n-slide,
orange slice jello shots
should do the trick.
New memories
to add to the list.
With tons of photos
to go along.

Stay tuned.