How I wore it for How We Wore It

Greetings you lucky finders of this post.  You are in for a real treat today. My very first totally awkward outfit post.  

A few weeks ago, after reading a couple of friends How we wore it outfit posts, I was intrigued at the idea of doing something like this myself.  I've got about 9 months left before 30 and it's something I haven't done before, and I like a challenge, on occasion.  I thought about it for a few days then signed up to do the link up for July.  My thought process was that with the amount of people that probably sign up, I would surely not be selected to do such a thing, but since you're reading this that's not how things panned out. 

I got the email to participate and I was slightly panicked.  There was a way out, a blurb at the end of the email that could have set me free..."PS. If for some reason you need to sit this week out let me know ASAP."  I could have very well taken it, but that's not me. I'm not a quitter. 

So lets get this started :) 

This month the lovely Deidre (the brainchild behind how we wore it posts) was inspired by fitness/relaxed look for this month.  Perfect! I basically live in leggings and relaxed baggy clothes, cause 4 months postpartum isn't really my clothing/body jam portion of life.  

Then I saw the inspiration photo from Looks for Lovelies, seriously, DANG, she is fly!  Again, I literally just had a baby and I am not in shape, or trendy, or anything you'd normally think of when outfit post comes to mind so, I called upon my personal stylist/older sister Mallory and we got to work. 

You guys it was a million degrees, and humid as heck taking pictures. I was sweating bullets within the first 10 seconds, but we totally Tim Gunn'd it. 

Here I am in poses I like to call "What's that over there!" & "Sassy crosswalk signal"

Oh yes I am also supposed to talk about my outfit I am wearing. 

 I call my look
"I make people of Walmart look good"

Shirt: Walmart

Leggings: Walmart

Shoes: Walmart Clearance

Shades: Men's H&M (borrowed from sister) here is a similar pair

Can't change location, just change something else then.  My personal stylist said knotting my shirt would work and look awesome.  It took some getting used to, cause the shirt does come up a bit and I wasn't confident it would look good, but I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone even more and I'm actually okay with this look. I wouldn't wear a knotted shirt a lot but I guess on occasion.  

This is literally my go to every day look.  I feel comfortable in it, and it makes taking care of my 4 kids easier cause I can move in it.  I'm not trying to suck in to get those jean to zip or constantly pulling my jean back up over my ba-dunk-a-dunk. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my look for How We Wore it.

Don't forget to check out all these lovely ladies that participated with me. 

Seriously, all knock outs! 

Deidre // Deidre Emme

Ruth // My Little Nest
Jenn //What You Make It
Kiana // Glitter & Donuts
Jessica // Mason Jars and Lemon Bars
Alyssa // Pinsent Life
Sierra // Sierra's View
Madeline // CaseyLand
Riley // Riley Jo Blog
Samantha //The Samantha Show
Jen //Jam tart boutique
Beverly // What a Day
Brooklyn // Brooklyn Jolley
Amber // Amber Nicole blogs
Shelbie // 365 With RyGuy and I
Jenn // Give This Girl Coffee
Kelsi // Lovestrong
Justine // Little Dove
Chelsea // Tessa Marie
Monica // It's All About

Oh and be brave and sign up for next months How We Wore It, head on over to Deidre's for more details. 

And basically, trying to take pictures in your front yard with a toddler is fun.

He was hiking into the shots and then started poking me with a stick he found. It was a great time. 

month of may

this month ended up with quite a bit happening.
this is a long one.
but with plenty of pics. :)

Mothers day 

is was a great day. 

church

breakfast for lunch

a few gifts

visiting moms

spending the day with my kids

1. evelyn made paper flowers. the cutest!!
2. pretty flowers & new dance game. ( it is hard! but i will win it all!)

3. i've always wanted a FHE board.
4. and more candy than i should have eaten from my parents but i did.



2 days after mothers day i got another gift!
the gift of
cyst removal

1. right before the doc cut my face open.
2. right after getting home. my face hurt a bit from him pushing so much on my cheek.
3. a couple of days later. i was slightly bruised but not as bad and i was expecting.
4. taken 2 weeks after.

i'll have a tiny scar but meh. i'm totally okay with that!
i'm glad to have my old cheek back. its been 9 years!!

cool fact: my husband has not known me with out it. 
it appeared right before i met him. 


Graduation
on the 16th Evelyn graduated from preschool
i was very excited for her because she was excited
but really, does there need to be a big hoopla celebration for everything now?
we are happy she will be in kindergarten next year and so is our bank account.

evelyn with her school friend brynnlee

Vegas
okay and finally last weekend we were able to go on a little trip to Las Vegas.
it was the first trip with 3 kids and it was excellent.
i was worried that Camden would have a hard time with the car ride, but he was perfect.
he slept pretty much the whole time.
we've come to realize that Amelia in fact DOES get car sick.
and Evelyn DOES NOT like peeing on the side of the highway.
it was an eventful trip and tons of fun.
it was the perfect way to end 12 weeks of having Chris home with us.
he is back to work now.

the end. 

23 days

well its that time of year again.

when we start celebrating September and the amazing things that happen in this month.

if you remember last year my mom, sisters and i for my mothers birthday week went to the Ellen show. woot!

if you don't believe me check out[this amazing video] i made right after i got back. :) woot

well folks we've done it again!

thats right my momma's birthday week Ellen Show California extravaganza is happening again. oooooo yeah!! we are all so FREAKIN EXCITED!!!

this is happening in 23 days people. 23 DAYS!!

so many other fun things happening while we are in California i can't wait!

saved the day

well i have some pretty cool friends.  one of which saved the day!!

thats right i'm talking about you emily!  she took pictures while at the zoo because she is cool and pro like that, with her super awesome non ducktaped camera. :)

just a few of my girlies that she sent over to me.

THANK YOU EMILY! YOU ROCK!

 amelia checking out the wolves with her boys

 enjoying a quick break and a snack.

 love this picture!

 amelia pushing the button and evelyn getting sprayed.

she was having a blast 

 this one was too.

no that is not my awesome stroller. it's another friend of mine stroller that she let me borrow. seriously i have some pretty wicked awesome friends. :) 

Museum

We celebrated Amelia's birthday on Friday because Saturday i hosted a baby shower for my SIL at my house, (pictures forthcoming) so it was too crazy for many birthday celebrations that day.

About a month ago i got a great deal from Groupon.  2 for the price of 1 admission($7) to the Children's Museum in down town Mesa. groupon had sent me 15 dollars to use toward a groupon so i bought two.  So we used those FREE passes that i "bought" and celebrated with an afternoon at the museum!

It was so much fun!  Amelia had the time of her life, and Evelyn did as well.

They just played and played and ran around and got super tired. Mia took a great nap that afternoon, she was so tired she put herself down for a nap in her bed.

I could write more but reading alone is sometimes boring, you need pictures to capture all the excitement.

we were first timers at the Museum

and we will be making more trips back.

on the road again

well folks the time has finally come!!

i'm in sweet awesome California right now. Soaking up some sun and getting ready for The Ellen show!!!!  HECK YES!!!

So freaking excited right now!!!! Could you tell??!!
Make sure you watch The Ellen Show on tuesday the 13th!! Maybe you'll see me!!! :)

Hope everyone had a rockin weekend! 

i'm sure i'll have a bunch of pictures for ya when i get back.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!

date nights

Who here enjoys having a date night???
Whatever your date night may consist of, i think its freaking mandatory to go out with, yourself or your significant other, as many times as you can.

It seriously helps you recharge your batteries. 

All I'm trying to say is. Go out this weekend. Have fun, stay out late, do something stupid. :)

My personal favorite thing about going out is i get dressed up.  I do my hair, wear make-up (yes the few times i actually do) and look hot for my main squeeze!

Have a wonderful weekend my lovely friends!

Something to remember for your weekend: as the lovely Britney would say...

"Confidence is a must, happiness is a plus, edginess is a rush..."

(used my straightener to get my waves just right.)

oh and PS, i wore my flying skulls on my date with the hubster. ;)

mud pies

my backyard is small and simple. grass usually overgrown or dead, but i still love it.

my girlies love, LOVE venturing outside.  even if its 110+ outside they will try to escape to the backyard.

it was overcast a bit and a little cooler so i let me go outside. with water and they had the best time. they were out there for a couple of hours just playing and doing their thing.

i love outside time too. perfect time to take pictures of their adventures in the backyard.

yes the good mother i am.  i saw them having a hard time digging a whole in the mud with their little toys, so i went and got some spoons and gave those to them. they were very excited when i handed them those. they dug a great hole after that!

MY LITTLE CRAZIES!!  I remember growing up playing in mud, and loving it.  Looks like my kids will do that same.

Oh and they also painted the house too. child labor?? yep. they did a great mud painting job. :)

where to begin

well if you didn't figure out where i was let me tell you.

a land of giant windmills & beautiful blue skys

where houses are amazing, bright and full of sand.

thats right i just got back from a california adventure OR known as C.A.C.A

Crandells. Awesome. California. Adventure

and yes we made shirts and they are awesome.

many posts to come on all the awesome things we did in San Diego coming up.

It was so nice
1. to get out of the heat 2. be with my whole family (minus one-in uruguay) 3.chill at the beach. 4. got to see one of my best buds. 5. Best of all i have a killler tan.

where you going?

"I'm going crazy nuts!" 
I wanna go crazy nuts too!


Well this crazy nut is about to venture out into the world with her familia.  I'm really excited for the awesome adventure.   So with that said posts this next week will be brief, even more random than usual, and few. 


Here's to an exciting C.A.C.A (I'll explain it to you when your older, so next week.)