The Queen’s Chronicles
The 4th week of summer….really? I can’t believe time is just flying by! Here is what we have been up to.
You just can’t go wrong with a week that starts off with ice cream soda day! I grabbed both vanilla and chocolate blue bell along with coke, dr. pepper and reddi whip and we all had ourselves some yummy dessert.
Carly and I both had chocolate and dr. pepper and it was yum. Did you know real ice cream soda is vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup and real soda water? I totally did not until googling.
We are totally working on celebrating by making ordinary summer days EXTRA-ordinary. Check out the Celebrating Summer post for more info on how to make summer a little more fun every single day!
Y’all…I almost felt guilty when I read this and though instantly of my little brother! I had to send to him immediately.
On Wednesday we celebrated Dutch Buddy’s 2nd birthday! I shared lots of pictures of him from the last 2 years for Show & Tell Tuesday. You can see all the fun from his birthday in Dog Gone Favorites. I promise it was PAWS-atively the most fun and easiest party I’ve every hosted.
On Thursday morning I could not find my wedding ring when I got ready to go to work. I remembered taking it off in the kitchen (I thought) while talking to my mom but I seriously was a basket case after looking for an hour in every place I could imagine. Finally I decided I needed to go through the trash and y’all….how lucky did I get to find it laying like this on top of a plate in the trash can. I was so relieved!
Dutch was the calendar dog for June at his vets office so I made him take a picture when I picked him up from playcare. He was so embarassed can’t you tell?!!
Friday it was lunch with these girls. My friend Ginny was in town for the premier of Independence Day – Resurgence which her son had a role in. Kind of cool!!
This girl and I headed on out to the lake on Friday night for some live music!
And our table happened to be right next to this girl’s table. Jordan asked me if I had ever been to see Texas Unlimited Band (TUB)….I had to laugh because they have totally been around since my college days! Keith finally made it too and we had a great time dancing the night away.
Saturday Dillon had 7 on 7 and it was thankfully overcast and not too bad under a tent. All his biggest fans were there! Some of them were even standing on their tip toes as to not look any shorter but my lips are sealed. 🙂
We skipped over to Jordan’s apartment pool in between and I finally decided a swimsuit wasn’t the end of the world. If all the world could see me at this angle only. Ha!
Back at the field for one more game Sunday morning. These boys are all changing so quickly!!
My friend Holly’s daughter made me these fun pom poms and I was so excited to use them in my decorations! You definitely want to check back for a little Red, White and Blue fun on tomorrow!
Then this popped up in my Timehop. I’ve been on Facebook for 9 years and this post from last summer was the most popular ever! It was a pretty huge day for our family. So Grateful for Dreams!
We will be roadtrippin this week and Carly was uber excited to grab the tools at Michaels so she can make her own pom poms!
She even taught Keith and he claimed he was an expert after one try! I just loved this so much. Moments like these mean so much!
I have been wanting to try Living Proof shampoo and conditioner after receiving the dry shampoo sample to try in my Birchbox. I was not excited about the price but then I scored big when I got to the counter and I actually had $61 in credit at Ulta! Score!!
Then I got to end my Sunday like this! My favorite way, watching my man grill up some goodness. We even made homemade Tiger Dill sauce with this recipe and it was just like identical.
Don’t forget to come back on Tuesday and share your Favorite Summer Salad as Katy and I host the Spiel the Beans Linkup!
Wishing you all a super week!
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Oh my goodness! Carly will be hooked making poms now! So many fun ways she can use them!
Totally hooked already! I am going to have an entire Pinterest board devoted to nothing else. I figured it would make a perfect thing to do on a road trip.
Look at your pup being a model!! So cute!! Loving your bathing suit too…can't believe how fast June has flown by! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
Dutch Buddy is cute ! I've tried Living Proof shampoo and conditioner and la love it 🙂
You look so gorgeous in your swim suit! Why in the world do you think differently? I need to hit up Michael's or Hobby Lobby ASAP for my little girl. Thanks for sharing those "celebration" days! We will get in on those for sure…well with the exception of a few like fried chicken – gross!!! Have a WONDERFUL week, sweets! xo Amanda
Way too fast Biana!!
I am super excited to try it out Tammy!
Oh…my…gosh…you would never make it down here! There is a chicken place at least every 10 feet! haha Have a super week momma!
Here too! I think I ate too much growing up LOL
Okay here is my huge list.
1) OMG I am so glad you found your ring.
2) Those pom poms are so cute. My girls LOVE making those.
3) Your going to be SO close to me next weekend right?! That is just crazy to think about. I hope you guys have a blast and if you need an Springfield recommendations lemme know.
4) I love your suit… and your paisley shorts.
5) I am into fitness too :P.
6) I am SO glad you shared that holiday schedule, I will now save it.
Holy cow! I am so glad that you found your rings, and in the trash! OMG, OMG, OMG! Those pom poms are just the cutest and 7 on 7, I have no idea what that means, but it seems like it means a lot of games. 🙂
Oh my goodness, so much to say!
Shelly, your wedding ring story made me super nervous. I'm so glad you found it!
I have never tried Dr. Pepper & chocolate ice cream…interesting!
Your swimsuit is super cute!
Last, but not least, I love that you're hanging out with your beautiful grown daughter, but it kinda hurts my heart a little because I know I'm not far behind with Kendall.
Have a wonderful week, friend!
You are ADORABLE. I wish we lived closer. I DIED laughing over that Fitness meme!! So funny. And holy cow Shelly!! PRAISE for finding your rings!! Have a great 4th weekend!!
Emily…I am so going to come to Nashville eventually!! I have a great friend from high school there and have been so dying to come back. We will definitely have to have a little blogger meet up…somewhere super fun if I make it soon!
Confession….I don't eat vanilla ice cream…not a fan. I'll eat chocolate with ANYTHING! I seriously think my ring was a little lesson…I'm always complaining about it because…while it is a great diamond….it was actually bought for a different girl. lol..thank goodness she didn't want it! ha! So I'm always giving Keith crap about someday buying me a ring that he picks for me but then when I couldn't find it I was so upset! We made it to Springfield btw!
haha…7 on 7 is basically touch football…no tackling..and only 7 players on the field for each team. I love it…fast paced and easy to follow. 🙂 And yes….I was super lucky!
I officially made it to Springfield Beth! If you have ANY suggestions for what is worth it let me know…baseball schedules make it interesting but we are looking at caverns, branson, lakes, places to eat that are not chains!!! I'm definitely going to need to work on my dang fitness after this trip!!!
Yay!
Springfield has a super popular donut place called Hurts Donut. We also really like the Springfield Brew CO. Its a restaurant that has a brewery in it down town. Those are biggies I can think of off the top of my head. If I think of anything else I'll message you :).
Have fun!
Oh there are also those Pineapple Whip stands. SO good :). Can't believe I almost forgot that one 😂.
Yes…Hurts is on my list but I had forgotten! We just heard about Springfield Brew Co tonight so we will definitely check that out. I think they have 1st Friday downtown and I'm hoping maybe we will get to do that friday night. I was so bummed when we finally got our schedule as there will not be too much downtime in the kind of blocks that will allow us to do too much. And pineapple whip stands….I've never heard of this goodness..definitely sounds like something I need to check out! Thank you so much!!!
Yes!! Please let me know, I would love to meet up!