their scalps are still pink

have y'all run a color run?
that looks so fun.
i really want to do that.
except i totally quit running since my last race.
i reeeeally need to get back to it.

guess i should take my own running advice and sign up for a race.

anyhooooooo, i am getting off on a running tangent but i wanted to talk about color.
specifically color like they use in color runs or the festival of colors in india.
that also looks super fun b.t. dubs.

our friend, chelsea, was home from india this summer and she brought our boys some india color.
they have been dying to do it, so on a chill evening, i said ok and we busted out the color.

it is pretty fun actually and i probably should have been a really fun mom and joined the fun, but i opted to keep my distance and take pictures. :)

i told them to find old clothes in case it stained so disregard their outfits. ;)

we sure do like gettin' messy around here.

ha. i love those silly boys.

i love their giggles and sweet, simple joy.
they are easy to please and that is one of my favorite qualities about these kiddos of mine.  :)

so i really hope to go through the hundred some odd pics i took of ruby's bday and share them sometime this week. oh my they are girly.

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first day of school 2013

i have loved scrolling through instagram the last few days and seeing everyone's first day of school pics.
so. cute.

i was telling the boys how i vividly remember my first day of 7th grade.
i had a matching purple shirt {with the side in a t-shirt clip no doubt}, ruffly skirt and scrunchy.
pretty sure i had matching socks and fake keds as well.
i remember standing in front of the mirror in my room, admiring my outfit and my side pony tail and thinking how cute i looked.
never mind the fact that i always looked about 2 grades younger than i was.
i'm sure i rocked it. ha. ;)
....and suddenly i feel  super old.

yesterday was our big boys' first day of 5th and 3rd grade.
yeah. they are crazy old. it's nuts.

the boys wear uniforms and we are dorky and like to all wear school colors on the first day. :)

if you're reading and saying to yourself, "hey i thought she homeschooled??"
i do. part time.
our boys go to a college-prep, university model school which means they attend classes at the school two days a week and i home school them the other 3 days.

avery and his buddy sawyer {aka, big sawyer} rolling their ginormo bags in {a necessity for bringing books back and forth to school}.

this crazy cat needed to wear his pretend head set.

me and my twin. :)

i love that finley's teacher is funny and sweet. :)
i think he'll have a great year.

by the time i got to avery's class, they had already started so i just snapped a quick picture at his desk.

after drop off we have a tradition of heading to chic-fil-a and letting our little ones play while we decompress from all the craziness of getting everyone ready for the first day.

all of our first born boys are in the fifth grade together so we give each other lots of moral support. :)

it's always, always sad to see summer go, but we are thrilled to have our boys back at providence.
knowing that i will still have them home 5 out of 7 days a week makes it so much easier to start back to school.
plus we got our homeschool done early today and headed to the pool so that's pretty sweet.

yay for living in the south and having plenty of warm days ahead. :) :)


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Thrifted Thursday {with a link up}

hi y'all. :)


i have loved having a flea market booth for the last 9 months.

with my crazy busy life, full up of taking care of four kiddos and all that comes with that, i was a bit nervous to add anything extra to my plate.

it has turned out to be exactly what i hoped it would be....easy, fun & profitable.
yay. :)

the only hard part has been that it is on the complete opposite side of town from where i live.
that wouldn't be a huge deal, but i literally have nothing else going on over there so it just feels like i'm driving out to half of forever to get there.
always had to make a special trip.
every time i drove out there, i would pray that God would open something up closer to me.

so a few weeks ago i was standing outside talking to my neighbor friend about all this and she told me that she saw a sign for a new place opening up.
!!!!!!!!!
yay! just what i'd been praying for! :)

anyhow, i got right over there and signed up.
i cleaned out my old booth a few days later.
it was hard to leave that place since they had been so good to me but i am so excited about the new place.
it's really close so i should be able to just stop by when i'm out and about. :)

sooooo, if you're in northwest arkansas, it's called fayetteville's funky yardsale, and it will be open august 15. :)
i think it will be a great place to shop...it's huge and there are some great vendors that i know of already. :) yay.

okay...so since this is thrifted thursday, i want to show you a fun little project.

so this really cool frame isn't technically thrifted but my mom brought it back from my grandpa's house earlier this summer.
it's old so that counts. ;)

i knew i wanted to do something fun with it.
then when i had my annual college girls' weekend, my friend jackie, gifted us each with a 1corinthians 13 art print so i knew that would be a great piece to use with this frame.

i had a spray painting party in the front yard and gave the frame a few good coats of teal.

thankfully the print fit perfectly and gave that old from a new life. :)

i love having scripture on the walls and i had been wanting to have this particular verse up for a while.
the kids and i refer to it often. ;)


have y'all been thrifting lately? show us your scores!


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hello, monday.

this is definitely a second cup of coffee kinda day.

we had a lovely weekend.
we had a good amount of family time and a good amount of time with dear friends.
dear friends who moved off to india to do some life changing work.

thankfully their work with joyn & dehradun guitar co. bring them back every summer, so we keep connected.
our boys have the best time together and look forward to it all year.

these goofy boys love a snow cone. 

who doesn't?

we went to a nearby lake that i grew up going to.

why do we not go there more often?? so crazy.

i am on a mission to change that. it is so beautiful out there and so fun.

it's also really peaceful and perfect for our nature loving family. 

okay, so the lake is not the cleanest thing you have ever seen but it was like just dandy for folks who live in india. ;)

our boy fisherman was in heaven.
amazing how that full of energy kid can fish for hours. love him.


well, this month is packed full of activity.
fighting my natural tendency to get way overwhelmed.
taking deep breaths and one day at a time.
want to navigate it with joy and grace. :)

blessings today, friends. :) enjoy your monday and have a second cup if you need to. :)

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snap shots of summer

hello friday.

we are living it up, summer style.
feeling that angst that comes with the end of summer drawing near.
trying to soak up every moment.

every week has seemed full and not full at the same time.
always something going on but also lots of hanging around the house with nothing on the schedule.
lovely. :)

trying to gear my kids up but it's hard when i'm not ready either.

sorry, i don't have many words today.
just letting the pictures speak for themselves.

for more words & details...follow me on instagram.... i'm itsgoodtobequeen. :)

happy friday, friends.
soak up your day. :)

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