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for the weird posts in your reader, if you got those. Apparently my Polyvore account thought it needed to load lots of randoms directly onto the blog.

Oops.

Happy Friday!

More catching up-Beach Trip

Here's the recap from our beach trip in May with a lot of Hedgspeth's. We headed back to North Topsail Island (NC) for another week of perfect weather, good food, and laziness. What else could you ask for in a week at the beach? Its so great to have this time together in the same house for a full week. I love that we're not just grabbing dinner; we're together all day, all week. The big treat for the week was having Katy and Brian join us from Connecticut. We haven't spent much time together in the last few years, so I was quite thankful for time with my cousin. And I'm pretty sure that all the children are obsessed with Brian after all the sandcastle building, wave surfing, game playing, fishing, etc.

Let's giggle about how posed I look in that group shot....an effort to avoid a smooshed arm gone wrong.
And I like how much brother Ben looks like a robot in that one.


Sadie LOVED the beach. Here's some evidence...

Pigtails!!
Can't wait until next year!

Late June Wish List

Late June Wish List by SHF41081 featuring summer jackets

Cotton dress
$98 - bodenusa.com

Sheer top
$98 - anthropologie.com

Tory Burch summer jacket
$725 - toryburch.com

Level 99 high waisted wide leg pants
$118 - anthropologie.com

Gracious Wide-Legs
$148 - anthropologie.com

Tory Burch skinny jeans
$185 - toryburch.com

Ciao bella shoes
$49 - garnethill.com

Sam Edelman ballet flat shoes
$130 - nordstrom.com

Orla Kiely Women's Summer Flower Stem Print Dorothy Handbag:...
£179 - amazon.co.uk

18 months, courtesy of Amy Free

I'm late finally posting these to the blog, but here is a taste of sweet Amy's talent. She posted some others here. I love the way she captured our Sadie girl- so accurate. Enjoy!

Need this haircut-stat.

Photo via Anthropologie and Ah Bon!

And six weeks later...

Worst blogger EVER. I've given you zero material for quite some time. Sorry. Life got in the way and the one time I tried Blogger was down all night. Regardless, here is the follow up to the rest of our Kentucky trip...

Downtown Louisville has really changed since we lived there 5 years ago. There is a lot more activity, especially since the new Yum Center opened. Stephen and I stayed at 21C again, and it was great. We LOVED our dinner at Proof. The menu was totally intimidating, but once we decided to just trust the chef and our hipster waiter, we were good to go. Let's just say I ate fiddlehead ferns for the first time. This hotel and restaurant are interesting. There is definitely a strong sense of luxury, but everything somehow manages to stay low key. The staff is very friendly and attentive. I'm happy when someone greets me with a personal, handwritten note and some chocolate...

Here's our room- refreshingly modern.
And now a tour of downtown in pictures...



KY friends, do these two pictures scream field trip?

I'll be back soon with Sadie's 18 month photoshoot and some things that are making me really happy...Oh, miscellaneous sidenote. Please go to Proof for dinner, but also consider it for breakfast. Their oatmeal is amazing.

To Kentucky and back

The first week of April is always a big week for our little family because it is our anniversary and my birthday (clearly the most important day of the year). This year was even a little more special because it was our 5th anni and my 30th. We headed to Kentucky to celebrate with family and let Sadie spend some time with Gram and Pops while Stephen and I ate some good food, made no plans, slept in, and lived like a couple of adults.

We had a great week, and then this past weekend had to turn around and fly back to Kentucky because my sweet Nana Irene passed away on Friday. She was such a lovely lady, and her passing on was bittersweet. She'd struggled with Alzheimer's for nearly 18 years, so we'd really lost her years ago. The great news is that we have so many fond memories of her hospitality, love for others, generosity, love of the outdoors and golf, and more. Some of you probably saw this photo on facebook through the rest of my family, but I thought I'd post it here.

Back to the first trip, Sadie fell in love with wearing this baseball hat.

She also fell even more in love with Gram and Pops...
And with riding the big wheel with her hat and the princess bike helmet (her own idea, we're not that nervous).
Mom and Dad's cherry blossom tree was in bloom, which always signifies that its birthday time!
Please look at this picture below...does anything seem funny to you?
Wrong dog.

Going to post more from this trip later, but have to run. Happy Tuesday!