Ta-da

my new smile

i'm amazed at how great it looks.  dr miler was right, with braces he could get my smile perfect.

he straightened my teeth, widened my smile, fixed my over bite and then shaped my front gums to make my teeth look bigger.  

smile. perfect.

well almost, he is still working on a little gap with my retainer. ;o)

here's what my smile looked like during my brace face stage

and here's my smile before

i wasn't self conscious of smile before, just ask anyone, i loved to snort and smile but now

 I really love to snort and smile.

i love you mom and dad, thanks for my new beautiful smile!

insta-friday

 here's what the last 2 weeks have looked like around here

 hello julep july box, it was so fun having our nails painted with america the beautiful for the 4th
 and i love the coordinating polish and lip gloss i got too

 the girls scream when this white truck comes around

we tie dyed shirts with the boys 

jason taught the kids how to play kick the can

plenty of pool time

j and i finally started watching LOST

we took a drive to the shoshone ice caves

my mom has this exact picture of me and my sister at the caves

 mom and dad invited us over for lunch on Sunday, i brought the cookie ice cream sandwiches.

baby it's been HOT outside!

 i love my evening bike ride/run with Jake, i get to see pretty sunsets like this

Celebrated!

We had another fun year celebrating the fourth with friends and family.

My sister, Mick and the kids came out to swim with us,

(i'm bummed i didn't get a family pic)

 we went to Garrett's Avengers birthday party,

and topped off the day with shooting off fireworks with the boys!

photo a day, kind of, not really

well, i started off doing ok

but by the end of june i couldn't keep up.

and that's okay.

here's my june photo a day of the days i actually did.

ha.

a YELLOW crop duster

OUTFIT

LOOKING FORWARD to our trip

our VEGETABLE garden

the GATE to the pool

the MOOD was excited when we left for oregon

CLOUDS

enjoying the SUNSHINE in portland

a COLORFUL sunset melissa and i saw on the way home from shopping

SUMMER READ

i love ashy's curly HAIR DO at the pool

SAY CHEESE

FATHER

you'll find me at the pool, sitting in a CHAIR

this is how i DRESS UP a sweatshirt

 SUMMER DAYS

AROUND THE HOUSE

the JOY of a beautiful butterfly visiting my yard

and that's it.

but it's a new month.

i'm going to try it again, is anyone else in?