Laney's Fancy 5th Birthday

 Our little Laney Bug turned 5 last week and to celebrate we had a tea party at the local cupcake shop. Laney asked for fancy...we gave her fancy.

 She may be pint-sized but she is packed full of sass and spunk!

 We started with making fancy bracelets

 And then we did photo boot dress up

 And then all the little princesses were able to decorate cupcakes

 Sugar buzzzzzz

 A "cupcake artist" came in to show the girls how to decorate

 Pinkies up!

 This little cutie lost her 2nd front tooth at the party. And let me tell you...that lisp? I adore it!

 Presents...

 ...were a hit. Too bad this kid doesn't like the camera :)

 Even though their Gigi (Jaime) doesn't have little girls, she came to help out at the party and was able to squeeze some little princesses with love.

 Birthday girl

 Family pic

 Some of my favorite girls helped manage all those darn beads, delicate tea cups and sprinkles. Couldn't have pulled this one off without them.

I love them to pieces...I get by with a little help from my (crazy fun) friends!

Happy 5th Birthday, Buggy!

This and That...

Just more catching up on what we've been up to this summer...

I had some work travel in San Francisco - had never been there and it's beautiful. And chilly. We have a new store being built in San Fran so we made a quick stop at the Bay.

We went to the Jimmy Buffett concert and I'm happy to announce that I didn't get lost and haven't gotten lost at his concert since 2005. Boom.

My dear friend, Jess, and her sister joined us. Their dad has had a Jimmy Buffett cover band since they were little and had never seen THE Jimmy Buffett live. They were the perfect dates to this show; knew every word and were dancing queens. Love them!

Cool Creek Concert in the park with neighbors

Our second neighborhood bike bar crawl. Next one is this weekend. Watch out!

Love these girls...Jess & Linny

Evening walk on the Monon with Caroline

Crazy faces with the Bell girls

Lady Antebellum concert with my bestie

My two best friends...in one place...singing to country. Yes please!

Shadow Selfie of my family...

Poolside dance parties are the best!

Saw an amazing band at the Vogue a few weeks back and I'm pretty sure we're going to have to make this a must-see every time they come into town. The Yacht Club Revue. It's a 70's cover band. Look them up. Become obsessed. Buy a captain's hat. You're welcome.

Livin' the Lake Life...

Last month our little family took a week off to spend some time on the lake. We rented Buttercup on Lake Tippy again...

Weather was beautiful

Both girls spent countless hours tubing. Izzy even attempted to get up on skiis!

Sister secrets

Matt, Jill & Sammy joined us for a few nights. We spent a lot of time on the screen porch after the kids were asleep.

Buddies

Boating

Three McCullochs in baseball caps...it's how we roll

All. These. Stairs. Makes for loading and unloading the car a workout!

Turtle Hunting...

...was a success!

Tynan beach with the baby turtles

We then made the trek to Wisconsin for more lake time. But first? We had to make a stop at Woodman's and then a night at Michelle's house.

We also drove waaaaay far north to Minoqua to visit my college pal, Karen.

Krazy Karen Kay & Kelly!!!

Our final destination was Tomahawk to stay with Mike's Uncle John & Brenda

Our girls loved hanging with their "big kid" cousins on the lake, on four wheelers, walking the goats & fishing

Lakes in the North Woods are stunning

More tubing. I went with the girls a few times and they both asked me to stop screaming. Guess they are more brave than their mommy!

We spent 4th of July on the lake watching fireworks and then setting off hundreds of dollars worth of our own fireworks. Girls were enthralled.

Laney caught a fish within seconds of putting her line in the water!

Pretty sure we made tons of new memories that our family won't soon forget. Thank you to the Tynans and the Marcks families for being wonderful hosts to our family!