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Life in General

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There is so much from the summer that I never got around to blogging about - boo!!!  My plan was to blog once a week this summer but that clearly never happened.  So I decided to make one big end of the summer "life stuff" post.


Orlando's 3rd birthday.  What type of mother puts her baby's birthday into the category of general "life stuff"??  Oh goodness.  It was a really boring birthday which is probably why I never blogged about it. But, he did get this awesome bike from his grandma and grandpa.  And much to our surprise he could actually ride it!!


This is at the July 4th parade.  I LOVE this parade!!!  It just yells small town America.  Which means only those readers from small towns know how much awesome I'm talking about!;)


Not the best picture, but this is a picture of the 8 cutest kids on the planet!!  All of the cousins got together for the day, and they had a blast!  Bowling was a lot of work for the moms.  A LOT of work!! And Orlando took his shoes off after EVERY turn.  Oh my gosh!!  But look at those happy smiles - totally worth it.


My little model!  Cutest hair ever!!!!  Lyla got to be a model at a vintage inspired photo shoot my SIL held.  Her hair looked amazing!!  Total mom moment here, but I could just stare at this picture forever!  I hope I get a few pics from the professionals.


One more of my model!  I'm sure I annoyed the photographers snapping pictures of Lyla with my phone in the back ground.  I really was trying not to be that mom.  And I'm pretty sure I wasn't.  After all, I left her back there for about 40 minutes by herself and waited by the dressing room.  That says a lot.  I think.

So there you have it.  A little snippet of summer.  Each of these things could've had their own post, but time just slipped away.  Life in general this summer was good!!

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