One Piece Swimsuits

One-piece swimsuits are making a comeback and no wonder, they offer more coverage and the styles are adorable! I think my favorite is the black and white checkered one.

What's your favorite?

Casual Summertime Capsule

Summertime brings lots of opportunities to be outdoors soaking up the sunshine. Whether it's a ballgame, beach, hiking trail or backyard barbecue, this capsule will be enough for all your casual summer outings.

What's your favorite summer activity?

Extraordinary Ordinary Moments

Taxiing my son to a friend's house, the sky caught my attention. Rain clouds scalloped the horizon. A startling shade of blue rolled across it like water. It reminded me of my eldest daughter's eyes ~ eyes that stop people in their tracks when she looks at them. She has power in those eyes, she sees what others don't.

The phone dings and I glance down to see a text from my youngest daughter. She's alerting me that she's leaving babysitting and headed home. I can picture her hair pulled to the top of her head with gorgeous ringlets falling around her temple. She texts dutifully to keep me from worrying. I'm fully aware she did not inherit her responsible, organized ways from me, which makes me admire her more.

My son sits beside me with his knees skimming the dashboard even with the seat pushed back. I have a hard time not talking to him like he's eight instead of fifteen. It's agony to keep myself from reminding him again about drinking enough water or applying sunscreen. We sit in silence as he chooses songs from his phone to fill the car. It doesn't escape my notice he's choosing songs he knows I like. A small thing, but it sends ripples of love my way and I'm reminded he's not eight.

Simple moments. 

Nothing special or exciting about them. But they offer up something sacred ~ a connection. Each moment strung together into a lifetime of moments. Each person in the world having moments just like this. An overwhelming rush of oneness slides through me and my eyes get watery. It's a tender reminder that ordinary moments are the moments. They are not to be overlooked or forgotten. They are extraordinary. 

Embrace your ordinary moments today.

Loving Lately: March Madness

• Anchor's Aweigh (it's spelled that way I promise) with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra dancing and singing to make us swoon.
• Spring weather with tulips all around.
• Periscope app ~ love having conversations with people around the world and getting to sit under the teachings of some of the greats! If you'd like to join me on Periscope, my username is @CatherineDenton.
• Strawberry shortcake
• Car resurrection ~ the mechanic came to our house because he remembered one thing he needed to try and now my car is RUNNING again!
• OU being in the final four, simply because I'm an Oklahoman.

Snapchat Roundup: Route 66

For Spring Break we took a road trip highlighting interesting spots along Route 66. My husband loves planning this stuff and is crazy-good at finding deals and out-of-the-way treasures. We spray-painted cars at Cadillac Ranch, drooled through endless art galleries in Santa Fe, locked ourselves in an old timey one-cell jail, stuffed ourselves at Lucille's and The Big Texas Steakhouse, marveled at a mysterious staircase that baffles architects, photographed gorgeous snow-capped mountains and rested in fun places along the way like the Blue Swallow ~ cutest hotel I've ever seen!

It was a much needed get-away and a fun adventure, but I'm happy to be back home now!

What have you been up to this week?

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Hope you have a great Saturday!