That Girl from The Notebook

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a baby shower for my cousin! I got to see a lot of family I hadn't seen in a while and hang out with my immediate family as well, which is always lovely. Both of my cousins from that family have a baby now and they are both the most delicious little chubby cheeked darlings.  The whole affair was decked out in blue balloons and photographs of the little guy. Plus I got to spend some time chasing my nephews around! All in all a great day :)

This dress, bag, and shoes are all finds from the free thrift store I visited this summer. I was worried about the dress being a bit too 90's, but with the right styling I think it looks positively 1940's! I even had a couple of ladies tell me I looked like, "That girl from The Notebook." haha. What a complement I must say! I just adore midi length dresses and this one turned out to be the epitome of comfort. One of my favorite finds for sure!

I had to get some shots with my sisters and mama! My sister Nancy in the violet is expecting her third baby in November, we CANNOT wait!

God Bless!

KJA

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Wearing:

Hat- Lost Marbles Antiques

Bag, Dress, Shoes- Lowry Mall

Earrings- Gift from sister :)

Lifelight Day Two

Here are some pictures from day two of the music festival we attended last weekend! It was a much nicer day only gracing the 80's, so I even got to wear a sweater for part of the day! We attended the morning worship service in the morning. I've always loved the Lifelight worship service. To sing praises to God with thousands of other people is an amazing experience and one I look forward to every year.

I had some fun giving my sister a faux hawk for the day, she looks super cute, right?!

It's been a rough week with my hubby gone on a work trip and lots of troubles with my kiddos at school, looking forward to the weekend for sure! How about you?

God Bless,
KJA

Ephesians 5:19-20

Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,  always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wearing:

Top- Rummage Sale

Shorts- Free from Lowry Mall

Shoes- Charlotte Russe

Scarf- Vintage, Thrifted 

Sweater- Target

Lifelight Day One

As I mentioned last week, my mother, sister and I braved the heat for a Christian music festival called Lifelight in our town this weekend. It's a free three day music festival that I've been going to since I was a kid. It has moved around the area a bit, but is finally in its permanent home in the middle of a field donated by one of the local residents. He donated his farmland for stages, parking, etc and it makes a great space for the event.
Unfortunately the weather was right around 100 degrees and humid. A lot of people, including my family got sick from the heat. We decided to come home early Saturday and luckily Sunday was a much nicer day to sit and listen to music :)

My sister, mother and I on our way to the festival!

I knew I had to wear something super casual and loose for such a hot day. My head stayed nice and cool in this thin scarf, and I was so glad I found these vintage Ralph Lauren shorts recently. They were the most comfortable thing to wear. Also, yeah this is probably the only time you'll see me in tennis shoes, savor the moment. I wear them to work, but I genuinely hate wearing tennis shoes. If only cute shoes could be comfy!

If you want to know how to tie your scarf like this, just follow my tutorial!

Luckily we had umbrellas to keep the sun off for a bit, and we drove back out in the evening to see a beautiful sunset :)

God Bless!

KJA

Psalm 57:7

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

Wearing:

Top- Charlotte Russe

Shorts- Ralph Lauren, free from Lowry Mall

Bag- So old I can't remember

Scarf- Vintage, thrifted

Shoes- Asics

What I wore to the Animal Shelter

I mentioned last week that Sean and I now have two new additions to our family! We went to the animal shelter and found to sweet kittens. I finally got them to settle down this weekend so I could snap a few pictures of them to share with you :) They're such typical squirmy kittens that it was quite a feat to get them tuckered out enough to lay on the couch together. The little tabby on the left is Phineas, and the gray one on the right is Ferb :)

We went the Saturday before last and got Phineas. It was he and a little gray kitty in a cage together, but Sean and I just wanted one kitty. So we adopted Phineas without a thought and brought him home. The adoption woman tried to convince us that two kittens are better than one and we should adopt the gray kitty too, but we insisted that we could only handle one. We brought Phineas home and had an absolutely wonderful time with him. He was playful, snuggly, and downright adorable. However we couldn't get out of our minds that Phineas needed his Ferb and that the little gray kitten was still sitting, now all alone, in his cage at the animal shelter. So three days later I went back and brought Ferb home too! They recognized each other almost immediately and began rubbing noses and playing like good little brothers. Now they play fight constantly and love to sleep by our feet in the evenings snuggled up in their favorite blanket :). We feel so blessed to have such wonderful kitties to call our own! Rest assured I turned into a crazy cat lady instantaneously and began posting pictures all over the internets of my kitties sleeping, playing, etc. Ya, that's gonna happen a lot so be prepared :D

This is what I wore to the animal shelter! It was pretty warm that day, so I pulled out these flour sack shorts which were made for my aunt around 40 years ago. Since clothing was made out of any material one could find lying around, flour was packaged in fabric sacks that could be later used to make dresses, shorts, etc. as a way to reuse them. I absolutely adore the pretty fabric and cannot ever picture them holding flour! If only baking ingredients were still packaged so prettily. They've held up so well too! I absolutely love the length of them. So many high waisted shorts are so short in the back that one feels scandalous wearing them. These are nice and long, and so comfortable too! This blouse is my grandmother's. I stupidly got too close to a cage while at the animal shelter and a kitten reached out it's claws and snagged the back of it, but I think it's fixable. Lesson learned :/

 Phineas

Ferb

 My sweet babies :)

I've been MIA on a lot of blog stuff the past couple of weeks. Hoping to catch up this week and visit all of your blogs while cuddling with my furry friends!
God Bless,
KJA

Wearing:

Shorts, Blouse- Vintage, heirloom

Bag- Target

Shoes- Gap, thrifted