candice mclean

The Virginian Soccer Tournament | Soccer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girls had a great soccer tournament over Memorial Day weekend. Tate's team won 1st in their bracket and Carys' team won 2nd in their bracket. Go Courage!

Tate | 12th Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Tate's 12th birthday this past Saturday. She invited a few friends from school and a few from her soccer team. The girls were so much fun! Tate wanted to play games so we created events and had two teams of four girls that competed for points.

1. Who Can Clear the Plate - Which team could eat the plate of whipped cream the fastest with their hands behind their back?

2. Human Hamster Ball Race - Relay race with the girls switching out at different points.

3. Bobbing for Apples - Which team could each capture an apple with her mouth (no hands!) the fastest.

4. H2O balloon launch - Launch balloons at the other team with a sling shot for points. 

5. Shooting Gallery - My son Connor was so pleased with himself. He set up some toy Marines and the girls used his Nerf guns in a shootout.

Then there was the silly stringn fight just for FUN! And of course a good ole fashioned H2O balloon fight. We ended the festivities with a piñata. FUN FUN FUN. 

We'll actually celebrate Tate's real birthday quietly on Thursday, April 11th. Love you my sweet girl! xoxoxo

70's smocked dress | fashion photography

dress thrifted from salvation army, purse by jewel drops thrifted from village thrift, ariat boots thrifted from village thrift. november 2012 - canon 5d mark ii - PS6 - totally rad actions - jessica drossin grunge textures

tate | sweet everyday life

tate. age eleven.

1. LOVES soccer 2. diligent worker 3. awesome student (straight A's) 4. fun loving 5. conscientious 6. competitive 7. amazingly neat 8. craves order 9. prompt 10. driven 11. favorite color right now - turquoise 12. favorite drink - water or gatorade 13. favorite snack item - granny smith apple or popcorn 14. loves to read

tate is our second child. she's so amazingly driven, fun loving and caring. i love her initiative especially for her age. she is brilliant with her academics. she studies hard and her hard work pays off with straight A's and the principal's honor roll. her teachers and coaches kindly compliment her work ethic and integrity.

she is growing into her own little fashionista. she loves skinny jeans, graphic tees and funky jewelry. she's a little tomboy with a little spicy fashionista rolled into one. i love that she will skin her knees up diving for the ball then... she'll ask me to take her thrifting or to the mall for some fashion shopping.

i know tate will succeed in life for she has this innate ability to grab life, to dream BIG and she just goes for it full throttle. watching her unfold her destiny will be a true gift.

eleven years young | sweet everyday life

tate's birthday celebration with a few friends. april was busy for us. we had many birthday celebrations and easter. we finally had a chance to celebrate tate's birthday this past weekend with a few of her friends. she wanted to see mirror, mirror with a few gals. before the movie, we celebrated with some cupcakes, a surprise visit from the ice cream truck (how convenient!) and of course what party isn't complete without some silly string. btw... mirror, mirror was super cute! happy birthday tee. xoxoxoxo