Young Party of Four

Around here there are a few sure signs of when everyone has a good weekend: - The kids sleep in on Sunday (and hopefully Monday some but only time will tell) - They go to bed without any (or at least too many) typical bedtime avoidance tactics - Steven and I fall asleep almost as soon as our own heads hit the pillow - Everyone smells like sunblock... our ideas of a fun activity almost always seem to involve sunblock This weekend was a blast for all of us. We knew it was going to be a big weekend but we have all been looking forward to it. We started on Saturday with getting up and Steven and I took turns going on a run. Then we all headed out to Publix to gather a few last minute picnic supplies for the evening. After lunch, we packed up the car and headed for Jungle Hut Beach. I'm sure we have talked about this beach before, but it is one of our favorites. It is in Palm Coast, not too far from Grandma and Grandaddy's house. That's how we found it originally, and I...

So a few weeks ago, I did this thing. I chopped off about 7-8 inches of my hair. For some people, that isn't a huge deal... but if you have curly hair,  you know that 7-8 inches can easily turn into craziness. When curly hair is cut while wet and then dries, sometimes you aren't prepared for the short length it will be. I went into this after getting some inspiration from a friend that cut a lot of her hair off (albeit it isn't curly like mine) and I decided it would be something new and fun for the approaching summer. I just decided to take the leap. I did it knowing though that I likely would not wear my hair curly (at least down as I sometimes wear it pulled back after a shower if I don't have time to straighten it) for a while. That meant that I also wanted to revamp my straightening routine and I think I finally have a system down. I get asked a lot of questions when people realize how curly my hair is about how I do it so I thought this Friday Favorites could be f...