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Summer, Summer

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Hello there my lovies.   It has been a while. I do apologize for neglecting you, but you know I would never do so unless I had a good reason.     Taking a minute to share a few of our summer pics with you-      A little family vacay in Sag Harbor   some brother love :)     hanging out on the pier with all of my boys   buried in the sand     love coming across these beauties on our strolls from town to the house     I  would love to get my hands on this house and re-do it to its original glory.       We had a cloudy morning so we headed to the East Hampton Children's museum. You know me and my love of gardens... so, so pretty and the lighting was perfect   #nofilter     This place is awesome.     Grrrrrrr.... now that's a pirate's face i...

Busy Busy

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Hi there lovies. I guess I'm going into nesting mode early because I've been set to cray cray mode for getting the house in order. We moved the boys into a different room and got them bunk beds, so I'm working on the decor of that room {pictures coming soon}. I also wanted to get the patio around the pool set up, so that we could enjoy the area with friends and family ALL summer long. Before buying the furniture, I decided on a color palette (slightly backwards, but picking colors is a lot less difficult than figuring out a furniture configuration that works best for your space). I had to choose something because we were ordering umbrellas and I had to pick the colors. I was deciding between this gorgeous color:   and the classic color of navy: The navy ended up winning out because I couldn't find chaise lounge cushions in the turquoisey-teal color. After measuring the space where we wanted to put the sitting area and measuring...

Days of Weekends Past

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This past weekend we decided to have a few friends over for a little pool party. The boys got into their swimsuits as soon as they woke up. All the food was prepped and I got out all of my outdoor dining gear. Assortment of melamine tableware from Home Goods, Target, One Kings Lane and the sadly defunct Fortunoff I put the sunscreen into this cute little bucket I got from One Kings Lane .  I still hadn't gotten around to planting the annuals in their usual spot around the driveway.  I couldn't have people over to the house without finishing that up. Let's just say this big belly of mine is making it hard to do a lot of gardening this summer. So, I enlisted some help: While Tristan was helping with the planting, Hayden helped by taking over my phone to document the process: More importantly, he had to take a TON of selfies while we were toiling away . ...