{"id":50501,"date":"2015-09-03T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T20:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=50501"},"modified":"2015-09-03T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T20:34:08","slug":"july-yolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/03\/july-yolo\/","title":{"rendered":"JULY YOLO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that it\u2019s officially September, here are a few of my favorite iPhone pictures from July, lol! I\u2019m a tiny bit behind, but no worries! It\u2019s all for fun and for the girls, and they won\u2019t know the difference when I\u2019m posting our little story. So much awesome life has been happening lately, it\u2019s hard to find the time to blog, so we\u2019ll just keep chillin\u2019 and see what happens!<\/p>\n

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Here was Noelle after an audition to work with a modeling agency we really respect. We\u2019re excited to start partnering with them in October! It\u2019s a crazy time commitment, and she wanted to quit cheerleading to do it, but it\u2019s all she\u2019s ever wanted to do, really, so it makes good sense. Her swanky boots for the interview hurt her feet, but fortunately, Anna Kate left some flippies in the car that did the trick for a quick stop at the park on the way home.<\/p>\n

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I spent countless hours staring at this contraption at a children\u2019s hospital in Dallas growing up as a kid and wanted Noelle to see it. It\u2019s been almost 2 decades since I\u2019ve been here. I broke my arm and suffered the complication of carpal tunnel. It was so rare and unusual that I was a case study. I was the youngest kid to ever have the surgery at the time, and they got me functioning as best they could, but I still have trouble picking up things, as in thinking I\u2019m holding a coin or a bobby pin, but I\u2019m really not. Tying shoes and buttoning buttons are awful, so I stay away from those tasks as much as possible. It\u2019s the strangest thing, but I\u2019m okay with it. More than okay with it\u2014I\u2019m so thankful I have a functioning arm that I can use and live a normal lifestyle with. They helped me a ton!<\/p>\n

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Noelle with a delicious fruit popsicle and the world\u2019s largest kaleidoscope! Fun day out with my big girl!<\/p>\n

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Swim party for cheer!<\/p>\n

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Snow cones on a hot summer day are delicious! This stand is really far away from us, but we\u2019ve heard their snow cones are amazing, so we made the trek!<\/p>\n

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Umm, what\u2019s going on here? Anna Kate made me this breakfast in bed, and I\u2019m just like, what in the world. I promise I\u2019m not paying them to do this\u2014They love giving back, and I don\u2019t blame them. Giving makes me way happier than receiving. It fills up your soul!<\/p>\n

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Lunches got hard in the dead heat of the summer, I\u2019m not going to lie. We did the best we could. I have more fun than I should be allowed with Becca and Amy and the girls. I love a good LNO! <\/p>\n

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Rose had so much fun at Kinsley\u2019s dress-up\/tea party birthday. Man, I love these times! <\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve been keeping my parents dog, Jax, while they are out of town and absolutely LOVE him! It\u2019s the perfect mix so that our girls get to love and take care of an animal, but Mike and I don\u2019t have to fully commit. Having said that, at this point, we could never have a dog of our own better or more perfect than Jax. He has stolen all of our hearts, and we can\u2019t wait for his next visit! During one of his visits, he wasn\u2019t feeling well. Mike and I kept joking around that he was depressed. One afternoon, Mike sent me this text (right picture), and it cracked me up. We love our Jaxy-Poot and are so glad he is all better and blitzing and wagging his tail again!<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve had lots of fun in the sun, that\u2019s for sure!<\/p>\n

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Noelle had a blast at her first rodeo with super great friends! <\/p>\n

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Happy 10th birthday, Carson, and happy Costco run to Rose and me!<\/p>\n

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Cutie Kate and the adorable lovable Jax!<\/p>\n

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My daydreamer.<\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t get enough of our middle!<\/p>\n

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So cool the night we could see Venus right next to the moon at Mrs. Robin\u2019s pool!<\/p>\n

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Saylor turned 2 in June\u2014I absolutely love this picture! Happy birthday, sweet baby girl! <\/p>\n

Me: Are you a baby or a big girl?
SaySay: Baby.
Me: Don\u2019t you ever say big girl!<\/p>\n

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Oh Rose, tell me all about it!<\/p>\n

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This middle child could not be any sweeter! I try to take the girls on one on one dates as often as I can, and this night was Anna Kate\u2019s turn. She\u2019s such a great buddy and little lady!<\/p>\n

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We tried the Olive Garden trio, and it was super delicious, but I love Olive Garden (unlike another adult in our PondFam5!)<\/p>\n

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Finished off my date with Anna Kate with yogurt and a silly FaceTime call with Bella!<\/p>\n

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Throw-back to past CFA Cow Appreciation Days. We love Chick-Fil-A! Noelle loves doing her hair and make-up when she\u2019s bored, and it\u2019s fun seeing what she comes up with. Tbh, she\u2019s already so much better than me at it at age 9!<\/p>\n

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When the littles ask if they can paint a little heart or star on their cheek with face paint, and I leave the room for two minutes! Some days are sure harder than others!<\/p>\n

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Cuties Anna Kate and Logan at this birthday party, and Anna Kate making her win-every-time get what you want pretty please face!<\/p>\n

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Sweet sisters and the sweetest love I know.<\/p>\n

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Sassy sisters making summer memories together!<\/p>\n

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We bought out Justice for all our friends\u2019 fall birthdays! It\u2019s so much easier for me to shop all at once and then roll with it when school starts. The girls loved shopping for all of their sweet friends. I\u2019m not sure their moms will like it because it\u2019s a lot of neon, but YOLO, right?! \"Winking<\/p>\n

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I already miss fun errand days with all our baby girls in tow! Check out Rose\u2019s Twilight Sparkle dress we just had monogrammed! She looooves that pony and that dress and would wear it every day (with red cowboy boots) if I let her!<\/p>\n

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Feeding the turtles at the park with Malia was a super fun summer play date! I love having friends join us while we go out and about. The more the merrier, and the kids are so well-behaved when we have a guest!<\/p>\n

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#clubin Funny story, we asked if we could come in a get a drink and let the girls dance before the crowd arrived, and the bar tender said no. We left, and as we were walking out, the manager of the resort was walking in. He over heard the girls saying they wished they could stay and dance, and without missing a beat, he said, \u201cOf course you can! Come on in!\u201d Then he made the bar tender make them all Shirley Temples. That worked out! We had to tip the DJs big because we probably stayed for at least two requests from each girl, ha! This was hands down, the most fun night of the summer for me, starting with movie and s\u2019mores on the lawn with the Banks family! I love unplanned nights that evolve into too much fun!<\/p>\n

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Pool party fun for one of Anna Kate\u2019s friends, Will!<\/p>\n

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Emily is such an amazing friend to Noelle! We are so thankful for her, and although she moved to a near-by city over the summer, we have vowed to keep these girls together!!!<\/p>\n

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Mrs. Robin let us enjoy her pool all summer\u2014We are so grateful to have such awesome neighbors who share their pools with us!<\/p>\n

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Noelle and I love trying out CGH hairstyles! Right before the 4th, we tried the #CGHScarfBraid. It looked so simple on the tutorial, but this was the hardest one I\u2019ve ever attempted, and I\u2019ve been watching Mindy and her cute girls hairstyles before Noelle was even born when she was still styling her girls\u2019 hair on their bathroom counter! I think because Noelle loves to keep her hair so smooth and shiny, the bandana wouldn\u2019t hold, but once I started, I had to finish! <\/p>\n

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These girls saved my life! I was drowning in multiple health issues before Noelle was born, and they gave me something to fight hard for. It has been an uphill battle, but I have pressed into the pain and have chosen to not be a victim of a ridiculous circumstance. The last two pictures just make me look back on everything and smile, knowing we did it, and it was so worth it all! I have had the best summer health-wise that I can remember. I did things I haven\u2019t ever been able to do before as a mom, and it\u2019s been so humbling and just down-right amazing. If you are walking around feeling good with awesome health, don\u2019t take it for granted. I see things so much differently now and wish I could give anyone the perspective that I\u2019ve gained. It\u2019s freeing, healthy and truly amazing! The struggle is not over, but I\u2019ve come so far, and that is definitely reason to party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that it\u2019s officially September, here are a few of my favorite iPhone pictures from July, lol! I\u2019m a tiny bit behind, but no worries! It\u2019s all for fun and for the girls, and they won\u2019t know the difference when I\u2019m posting our little story. So much awesome life has been happening lately, it\u2019s hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50502,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50501\/revisions\/50502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}