Girl Crushes

There are a group of girls that husbie calls my 'girl crushes.'  they are all girls I would like to emulate in one way or the other, and each has their own characteristics that I think are fantastic.  And the list is...

TV Personalities

Kelly Ripa

Kelly's probably my longest running girl crush.  I started liking her a lot when I was preggo with Haley - she was preggo at the same time with her daughter.  It also helped that I was a SAHM during this time, so I had plenty of time to watch R&K and All My Children.  She is so adorable - personality, hair, clothes, etc., etc., etc.  I DVR Regis & Kelly every day so that I can see what she is wearing.  I try to pick up workwear that look like a lot of things she wears on the show.  Favorite things about Kelly?  She is a super mom of 3, works out like a fiend and has the body to show it, and she is so funny!  She doesn't take herself too seriously, either, and I think that is my favorite thing about her. 

Melissa Rycroft

Pregnant and adorable.  One thing I was and one thing I wasn't!  :)  I loved her on Making the Squad, The Bachelor, and Dancing with the Starts.  I only watch Good Morning America when she is on (what can I say, I am a Today Show girl!).  She seems so down-to-earth and sweet.  Her and her hubs are adorable and I can only imagine how super cute and adorable their little one is going to be.  How many times can I say super cute and adorable in one paragraph?  Apparently, a lot.

Actresses

Anne Hathaway

If anyone would make me want to color my hair dark again, it's her.  She is gorgeous, classy, and I love her in every movie she has ever done.  Who knew she'd end up as lovely as she is now when she did The Princess Diaries?  I can't wait to see Love & Other Drugs - it looks so good!

 Rachel McAdams 

I think she is great for a lot of the same reasons as Anne Hathaway.  Smart - check.  Beautiful - check.  Classy - check check.  She's been in some of my favorite movies of all time - hello, Notebook & Time Travelers Wife.  She is so graceful and elegant.  Morning Glory is on my list to see, too!  (I don't know how I'm going to scam all of these movies out of husbie).

Sports Chicks

Carling Coffing

If anyone watched The Big Break - Sandals Resorts, you know Carling.  She's just snarky enough to be hilarious without being a B.  She ended up winning (yay, my favorites never seem to win) and quickly became my golf style icon.  I'm still not sure about nixing a collared shirt on the golf course, but I've come up with some pretty cute Carling-esque outfits.  Not to mention my golf side ponytail.  

Lindsey Vonn

Hands-down, my favorite athlete of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  She kicked total butt with an injury and wiped that smerky smile off of Julia Mancuso's face.  Another bonus point - the absolutely adorable moment she had with her husbie after winning the gold medal.   

Do you have any girl crushes or icons (fashion, professional, or whatever?  Who are they and why?

Weekend Wrap Up - In Pictures

Last weekend was crazy busy, so I thought I would share in pictures!  Here we go:

Haley's birthday was on Saturday, so on Friday we celebrated her birthday with my mom.  She opened presents and we went to Olive Garden for dinner.  Saturday morning:

Haley woke up to a doughnut cake I fashioned out of yummy goodness from Dunkin' Doughnuts.  They are Haley's favorite (and who am I kidding, mine too!).  We had chocolate milk and doughnuts and opened more presents:

She got this darling little outfit (and Ava got one, too):

I am thinking this is a brilliant recipe for a Christmas card picture.  :)  After she opened all of her presents we headed to Ava's first soccer practice:

It appears I have a little Mia Hamm in the making.  Her little team is completely adorable:

She got a little extra encouragement from Daddy:

Speaking of Daddy, his birthday was Sunday.  We went to play golf to celebrate:

As I rocked my newest hair style - the side ponytail.  Thanks to all of the girlies who tweeted support of the side ponytail!

Get ready for a MEGA WorkWear Wednesday post tomorrow because it has been forever since I have done one!

Catching Up... SO MIA!

I have been SO completely MIA from my blog!  I knew May would be crazy, I just underestimated how completely crazy it would be.  I zig-zagged across the country all month long and I couldn't have been happier to be home the entire Memorial Day weekend!  

In the midst of everything, I also caddied for my dad in the Byron Nelson Pro-Am and attended the tournament the rest of the week.  Here we are a couple of years ago (I forgot my camera this year.  Oops!):

Here I am with Vijay Singh, who my dad's team was paired with:

A couple of weeks ago we had the bachelorette party for one of my girlfriends.  I did wear the cute little romper/jumpsuit I picked up at Express before my Vegas trip.  It worked perfectly!  The only thing that is not-so-great is when you have to go to the restroom.  Having to almost completely take your outfit off in a bar bathroom is not so fun.  

Before we went out, all the girls went to a lap dancing class at The Girls' Room in Dallas.  I'm not sure what I thought of the class - I was pretty excited going in.  I expected it to be learning sexy dance moves for my husband.  What I didn't realize is that we would be practicing on each other.  Yep, that's right, grinding on your friends.  I would have been much more comfortable with a dummy, as Austin suggested.  Here's the bride getting demonstrated on by the teacher:

There were polls in the private room we were in, which all the girls wanted to give a quick little swing on - no reason not to channel your inner stripper, I suppose.  I can tell you right now that I would make a crappy stripper!  No upper arm strength.  A few of the girls might do well, if they ever lose their day jobs!  Here's the teacher demo-ing the move we were supposed to try.  I got no where near close to this position.

All-in-all, we had a really great time.  It was fun to have a girls' night, which I hope to do more often!  It gets so easy to get caught up in suburbia with the husband, kids, dog, house, yard, etc, etc, etc, that I forget to have me time with the girls.

There's lots to catch up on, which I will be trying to do this week!  My June schedule is nice-and-easy.  I think our only big events are Haley's last day of school, her recital, and a quick weekend trip to Hot Springs for Father's Day weekend.

I hope everyone had a great memorial day weekend and has a great (and short) week!