Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Finish This...Hair edition

Oh goodness, it's been forever! I've been a terrible blogger these past few months, but I'm hoping I can get back in the swing of things...

Linking up this week with Nicole at ~Three 31~, as well as a few other lovely ladies for Finish This...




My daily hair routine consists of-It depends on the day...My hair is very long now, which I love, but it gets VERY oily, so I have to wash it everyday. Except for the oil though, I've been blessed with hair that pretty much does okay with a minimal amount of styling, because goodness knows, I have no hairstyling skills to speak of. 

Some days I will have showered the night before and went to bed with wet hair, so when I wake up, it's messy/wavy etc. I can then just wrap it around a curling iron a few times and go with that look. Other days, I shower in the morning, but don't have the time to blow dry, so it either goes in a low, messy bun or here lately, I've been trying this side, over-my-shoulder braid thing. My husband says it's cute. Some days, but more often than not, I'm doing really good and it's a blow dry straight and run a flat-iron over it for a second day. That's how I normally fix it if I'm getting ready to go somewhere, or I will blow-dry then take the time to curl with a curling iron, but my hair doesn't actually really hold curl all that well.

The best hair advice I’ve received-Shampoo is not a place in which you want to try to buy the cheapest brand. I don't really splurge on beauty products at all, except for my Bare Minerals makeup, but I make a point to at least by decent shampoo, none of that Suave stuff from Wal-Mart. My aunt told me that while she was in cometology school, and I can really tell a difference in my hair when I don't use the cheaper shampoo. Also, don't overdo it with the heat stuff. 

My hair idol is-I don't know...I love people with really long, thick, layered hair, just because that's how I want my hair to look. One day, maybe my hair will look like this...(I literally just googled long, layered, dark hair lol) This was the first result, but it's fantastic.




Back to (Pre)School!

I know I've said on here before that my daughter goes to the most amazing preschool. She's been going there since she was 18 months old, and I've always been thrilled with her teachers and the whole atmosphere. 

This year, she is in the Redi Raccoons class, or the 5-day a week 4-year-old class. It's hard to believe that this will be her last year of preschool before she starts kindergarten next fall. Mama doesn't know if she's ready for it! 

Here are some shots from our quick photo shoot the first morning of school:





*A little note on her dress-my Mama made that dress at a sewing class we took over the summer at a local monogramming/sewing supply shop. I made her a similar one but in different fabric that I hope she can wear soon. We were so proud of our work and I'm looking forward to sewing more things in the future! 

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Our First Family Vacay-Summer 2014

I figured since I've been a terrible blogger the whole summer, I would do a few quick posts on some of the biggest, most important moments of our summer... So here's the first.. 

One of the most fun things we did this summer was take our first family vacation. Over 4th of July weekend, the 3 of us visited Dauphin Island, AL. Bruce and I spent a day  there over a year ago in May, on our first trip together to Mobile, and we fell in love with each other and the location. It's also a wonderful, laid-back, beautiful place to take your family. 

It was a very laid back trip. Pictures are minimal and all from my iPhone. We were too busy just hanging out and spending time together to take many pictures. We stayed a small bed-and-breakfast and mostly hung out on the beach, watched a great fireworks show, visited a sea lab, and ate great seafood. 





Petting hermit crabs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab
(I mainly love this picture because my husband's arms are sexy...)




My whole world...riding the Mobile Bay Ferry
across to Fort Morgan/Gulf Shores