i hope y'all had an amazing memorial day.  we had an extra fun time w/ our great friends at the beach....lots of sun, boat rides, pineapple drinks, and sleeping in.  a perfect way to start summer!!

*images courtesy of it's a wild world, sweet southern charm, from me to you

happy birthday to my sweet, sweet taylor....you have no idea how proud i am to be your mother.

*images courtesy of serena and lily, breakfast at yurmans, houzz, cake, me

my mornings just got a little more spunky now that my almost 2 yr old and almost 5 yr old are officially out of school....let the lazy pj mornings begin :)

*images courtesy of pretty stuff, jenny keenan design, silk way, pretty plum sugar, little white daisies

to say my dad is pretty awesome is an understatement.....last week, he spent 6 days (3/4's of which were raining) building taylor and walker a playhouse in our backyard.  he hammered away in the rain to finish it before taylor's birthday party.  it was so nice having him here....this AM taylor woke me up crying saying "i miss papa c"....i have to say, i miss him too.  i cannot thank my dad enough for the special gift he gave my children....we love everything about it.

hey ya'll....i would love to do a cool post but i am running around like crazy trying to get things ready for taylor's 5 yr old b'day party....why do i stress myself out by having it at the house??!!  have a stress-free weekend :)

i don't own a leather jacket but my unconventional self thinks it would be fun to play the part....it just makes you a bad ass, right?!

*images courtesy of scotch and sconces, a merry mishap, delight by design, pretty inspiration

here's some pics to help start your week off right....happy rainy monday!

*images courtesy of garance  dore, heirloom philosophy, lonny, house beautiful

 happy mother's day to all the special moms out there...

i made a quick visit to see my mom for mother's day last night....there's nothing like sitting on the back porch of the house i grew up in w/ a glass of wine, talking w/ my mom into the wee hours of the night....

last night i rolled around for what seemed like hours trying to fall asleep.  i don't do well in complete darkness and silence.  seriously, at almost 33 i should out grow that, right?!!  i prefer sleeping w/ the tv on...my husband would love nothing more then a pitch black room.  unfortunately, 97% of the time, he sucks it up for me.  so sweet.  last night, i tried real hard to not cave....and i didn't...i also didn't sleep.....coffee please.

*images courtesy of the glamourai, meredith heron design, coco + kelley, lonny mag