PARKING ISSUES

So how does a sixteen year old girl give her dad a heart attack?

One sure way is to text him these pictures...

Barrett's car is the blue one.

(Yes, the car that she got in January for her birthday.)

The white one belongs to a very very nice lady, thank goodness. 

The guy and girls are some of Barrett's friends. 

Kyle's face says it all!!

Barrett was moving her car after school to a parking space closer to the soccer field. 

She parked next to the white car and.........

cut it a little close.

It took two other dads to navigate her car out

and 

believe it or not, her car never touched the white one.

Here is a picture of the white car after her car was moved........

not a scratch!  

(and yes, we did talk about parking and choosing spaces that actually have enough room)

(and Art's heart rate has returned to normal!)

1970's RETRO PARTY

Where did my little girl go?

Barrett (#3) was invited to a 1970's themed murder mystery party not too long ago.

Everyone invited was given a character to dress up as and act like at the party. 

Barrett's character was a super model who secretly held several PhDs.

I thought it was a very fitting part because Barrett is very studious and is somewhat of a closet bookworm.

We found everything she needed in our closets and drawers, 

including the sparkly blue eye shadow!

The glasses actually were my mom's. 

I am so glad I kept them, I knew they would come in handy one day!

The dress is new and was worn to a sorority formal by Brooke just this year.

The scarf and bracelet were my souvenirs that I bought in Italy last year. 

The shoes were a TJ's find. 

She had a great time and won the best dressed award! 

GROOVY!

FASHION WEEK

NC State Fashion Week

NC State held its annual Fashion Week before the semester was over.

Brooke was asked to walk in the School of Textiles fashion show.  

I wish I could say she got her legs from me, but she did not.

She also walked in the ART2WEAR show for one of her friends

that designed a line of clothing using the theme

Cotton and Wood.

She carved the wood pieces and hats. 

She made the paper!

A few days before the actual show, they had a photo shoot in a field near campus. 

I am so glad that Brooke got to experience these things during her college days. It was a very very hectic few weeks for her, but I know she will always look back at this time and experiences as some of as some of her best. 

College Graduation

It has been over 75 days since my last post.

Good gracious!

I have a lot of catching to do.

But first things first,

I am officially a mom to a college graduate!

Brooke graduated from NC State University last week with a degree in 

graphic design. 

The week before graduation, I attended her senior project exhibit.

The School of Design held their graduation the day before the larger university wide commencement. 

I love this picture. Brooke is walking across the stage, Art (daddy) is videoing and all of my girls are being shown on the screen.

My dad came.

BF2 came all the way from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill 

and even wore his Carolina blue among all of that NC State red. 

(He also graduated.)

Brittany was there, but unfortunately Barrett was not able to go.

Her school's soccer team made it into the conference playoffs and she had to go to Charlotte for that. 

Saturday afternoon, she opened her graduation present ....

she was surprised and very happy!

Saturday night we went to dinner with BF2's family. 

It was so nice to get to know them, they are a great family. 

Barrett is looking so grown up!

It is killing me!

Congratulations Brooke and BF2!!!

IPHONE DUMP

Let me catch up by dumping my iphone pictures...

these are so random, 

but such is life...

Instead of blogging, I have been sorting and organizing all of the girls' photos...

every baby, preschool, toddler, school, soccer, T ball, ballet and life portrait.

I got this in the mail...

and then went.

(just a little fun info...one of these girl's dad is a professional football payer)

One our favorite italian restaurants closed not too long ago.

The bad news is the couple who owned it divorced.

The good news is that the man opened another small restaurant very close to our house.

We have a new favorite!

I had a date with Jerry Sienfeld...

and he was great!

I have been stalking Instagram. 

Love seeing my girl!

My furry babies got haircuts...

and I made hair bows.

I dug through our cedar closet to find a dress for #3 to wear to a party.

At first she was disappointed  because I wouldn't buy her a new dress,

but...

in the end...

she was gorgeous

and 

happy.

I love hand me downs!

This red velvet dress is from my sister in law.

I have been searching for a rug for our bedroom. I cannot find anything I love enough to commit to.

I really wanted to get a sisal carpet, but I am so afraid of that natural material because 

Mr. Bubbles has several scratching posts that are made of the same material.

I can just see him thinking he had won the lottery when we unrolled a room size scratching post.

YIKES!

I think I have finally decided on getting a carpet cut and bound into a rug...

now I just have to pick the perfect color.

Another Valentine's Day has come and gone.

I am not a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it is so blown out of proportion.

I have girls.....trust me.

Art and I keep it simple.

He has been in and out of town for two weeks, but still took the time and picked out the most beautiful coral color roses.

(He is at the Charlotte airport as I type and will be home in a few hours!)

Lola wore one of the girls' old hairbows for Valentine's Day.

I am so glad I kept them all!

Barrett made Valentines for the first grade class she is an assistant in.

That was fun!

We haven't made Valentines in such a long time.

We have a mole in the yard and Charlie is determined to "get" it.

I am very very tired of washing doodle feet and mouths.

Bubbles is very very tired too....

the boy enjoys his sleep...

in front of the fire...

on the dog bed.

I guess he just gets so worn out from staring at things all day.

We had snow last weekend. 

It was beautiful.

We might have icy roads in the morning.

I know someone who would love a two hour delay!!