June In Numbers

Linking up with Deena for my life in numbers post. I love looking back on these posts recapping my month in a fun way. Find last month here.

2 - The number of birthday parties we went to.

4 - The number of swim lessons Baby Fox took

6 -  The number of videos I posted to my youtube channel. My favorite video that I posted this month.

20 - The number of posts I wrote in June

My most viewed post was my backyard

Have to go to the post to see the afters. See what I did there?

11 - The number of allergy shots that I got.

492 - The number of times I watched these videos

Back story: Everything on our Dish Network DVR got wiped out.I was calling to see if they could either upgrade our system so it wouldn't happen again, or magically somehow get all of our stuff back. Baby Fox insisted that he talk to the Dish Network people. Mr. said, talk into my phone and tell them what you want, you can hear me in the background talking to the Dish people.

21 - The number of miles I hiked

24 - The number of Selfies I took with family and friends

520 - The number of pictures I took of just things my family and I did

284 - The number of pictures I took at my friends company party

2 - The number of hours I spent trying to prevent the leaking eyeball

5 - The number of times I went to Target

Happy 4th of July, stay safe, eat lots and enjoy the time with family and Friends! If you didn't watch yesterdays Vlog, go watch it to find out what I'm doing tomorrow!

Also linking up with Erika, Andrea, and Narci for Friday Favorites, September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday! April and the girls for Five on Friday, and Jennie for Friday Favorites

The Day After a Party Vlog

Happy Thursday! It's my "Friday" woo hoo! We're going to my Aunt and Uncle's house on Saturday for a little party and some fireworks watching. Excited to see everyone. We're also doing something else, but you have to watch the Vlog to find out! :) It's exciting trust me.

I did this vlog on Sunday and boy was I tired! You can really tell how tired I am in the first half of the video...oops! The real me, all tired and worn out. Hope you enjoy.

 

Also linking up with Amanda, for Thinking Out Loud and Vanessa and Penny for Thinking out Loud,Lulia, Stephanie and Sarah for The Ladies Collective, Annie and Natalie for Thoughts for Thursday and Joey and Kristin for Stuff and Things

I Jumped on the Denim Vest Train

Another week with the Style Bloggers today for another link up for the Summer Challenge, feel free to link up any outfit of choice, we'd love to get some more ideas! Let's just get right to it, since we have 7 outfits to get through.

Day 10

This outfit called for lace shorts, flowy top (a lot of you have been asking where it's from, it's from Nordstrom* and it's 40% off right now!) and a chambray, the only really flowy tank I have is this black one and I don't have a tank type chambray or a vest and it's just too hot for anything else. Oh and I haven't found a pair of lace shorts that I like. I found an ivory pair, but just want plain white, how hard is that to find?!

 

Day 11

I pretty much love this floppy hat from Target*, at $12 it's pretty much a steal. For some reason when I paired this maxi with this hat it made me feel like I need to go to the Kentucky Derby or something. Maybe it's because the maxi is a little on the fancier side? Not sure, but it's still a cute outfit.

Day 12

The outfit was supposed to be boyfriend shorts and a lace top. I haven't found a lace top I like yet, so I opted for this fun flowy top, but decided to knot it to give it a more fitted look. Click here to see how Deena styled this same top. So versatile right?

Day 13

I changed this outfit a little in that I picked a flowy tee to wear, but I thought it worked. I just got this kimono* from Amazon, and while it's probably not going to last me years, I think it's super fun and afforadable addition to my summer wardrobe. It's so light and airy that even with the 100° heat I can still feel stylish.

I was also really feeling the pony tail. I rarely wear my hair in a ponytail besides going to the gym, mostly because have those stupid baby hairs growing back and they just hang out of the ponytail and drive me crazy. I can't wait to get rid of my little wings.

You can sort of see them here, they are on either side of my forehead.

Day 14

I was supposed to wear that white lace top again...the one I don't own yet. Maybe during the Nordstrom Half Yearly sale, I'll find one...anyway, I decided I would go with a textured type top since lace is texturey...right? Right. I love these shorts, they're from Old Navy (no longer available, but here is something similar*.

Then my little photobomber decided to show up, I love this dress on her...it does have matching pants, but it was too hot for those for nap time, so we took them off and never put them back on.

 

She was trying to get the lens cap that I slipped into my pocket.

Oh and guess what I found while going through my pictures? You guessed it...

Day 15

I can't tell you how much I love this floppy hat*, definitely going to be using this a lot outside this summer. You know watching the kids swim...although I have been really good about going into the pool so far this summer. 

Day 16

I just got this vest* in the mail, the day I took this picture and I have to say I think this is my favorite outfit from the week. I mean everyone always styles their vests so cute, and I was on the I'm not going to get on the vest train, but I jumped on board, and boy am I glad I did. I have so many outfits I want to pair this with already! Actually I saw that Katie had it, and as soon as I saw that cute dress paired with the vest, I didn't even finish reading her post before heading off to buy it at Old Navy, bought it and then came back to finish reading the post. Now that is shopping dedication my friends.

Don't you always feel like you have so much make-up on and then when you see the pictures you're like, what make-up? I can only imagine how much actresses/actors have on!

No those are not my real lashes, they are fakies...I love fake eyelashes*, as soon as I learned how to put them on, life was never the same. I actually have them on subscribe and save...=)

And that my friends is my week 3 recap of the Summer Challenge. Come back next week for the final 5 outfits! Now go check out my friends and see how they're styling their outfits.

Shoes to Shiraz | R Squared | Two Teens and Their Mama | 

Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | A Lovely Little Wardrobe | 

Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | Puppies and Pretties | Daily Style Finds | 

Making the Most of Everyday | She Thought She Could | Foxy's Domestic Side | 

Quilty Joy Joy |  Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After |

A Little Bit of Cheer | Nick and Nik

An InLinkz Link-up

Also linking up with Tucker Up, Because Shanna Said So,  On Trend Tuesday, Cappuccino and Fashion, Sydney Fashion Hunter, Pampers and Pearls, Happiness at Mid Life, The Pleated Poppy, Shopping My Closet, Get Your Pretty On, Let It Shine, More Pieces of Me,  Pumps and Push-Ups,


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Spiderman Party (Part 1)

I know you've held your breathe all day yesterday waiting for more pictures of our Spiderman Party, wait no longer here it is!

I actually ended up buying a lot of the party decorations. When it comes to spiderman, it's hard to craft the actual guy, so you kinda have to buy everything. These are the party decorations I started with.

I know I wanted a background for the back of the food table, and saw this and wanted to do something like this, but didn't want to pay $36 for it.

I thought I could do something like that...and I think it came out even better than just ubying that cityscape above. Tutorial coming next week! It's so pretty and I spent so much time on it, it's hard to take it down...so it's staying on the wall for now :)

Of course I forgot to take pictures of everything, why do I always do that? I should have a list of things to take pictures of, but mostly I finish decorating minutes before guest arrive and I'm going around taking pictures of things while greeting people, so it gets crazy.

The cake I was pretty proud of actually, until it started falling apart that is, haha. Oh well, live and learn. And I'm going to have a semi tutorial in the coming weeks for that too! Plus I'll let you guys know what NOT to do, hehe.

The dessert table, Baby Fox wanted a spiderman cake and cupcakes and since I knew we were going to be having a lot of people (about 50), we were going to need a lot of dessert. So I had my Mom make Vanessa's S'mores bars, everyone raved about them!

The cake took on a life of it's own...but you get the drift, minus spiderman crying...oops!

I didn't read the directions fully and it needs 24 hours for it to set, I only let it set for 6 hours...and then couldn't get the other eye done, which is why it looks pretty awful...oops. But now I know for next time and for telling you guys how to make this cake!

I actually bought the cupcake wrappers and the toppers at William Sonoma when Baby Fox was just 5 months old, I knew it would come in handy one day! Mostly it was on mega clearance, originally $12.99 marked down to $3.99, have to buy it at that price right?

Usually I try to find unique things to put in the goodie bags, but this time I bought the good bag kit and called it a day.

I hung some of the decorations in the umbrella, I didn't end up using all of them, because we just ran out of time to hang things, but if I had more time I would have hung more of them.

Baby Fox has this mask already, so I attached it to the drink basket. It actually hung facing a little down, so I broke a bamoo skewer in half, put both of those behind the mask right near the mouth to make the make stick out.

We also had a drink table inside, both had the same things in it.

I also made a welcome sign with a spider web and used that super hero tape on our front door, but forgot to take pictures. Again, need to write down the pictures I need to take, so I'm not rushing to get the pictures.

All in all, I think Baby Fox had a great birthday party and he'll never forget it, mostly because I think that poster is going to be hanging in our living room till the end of time :)

Come back next week for the tutorial on how I made the sign!

Linking up with Tuesday Talk  and Wake Up Wednesday, The Lady Collective and Mommy Moments