Have you entered the giveaway that started yesterday? (UPDATE: giveaway is closed) I am continuing with the celebrations of this week. Here is a printable banner that can be used for anything. It comes with every letter in several colors.
blue kensiekate printable banner
chalkboard kensiekate printable banner
green kensiekate printable banner
red kensiekate printable banner
yellow kensiekate printable banner
If you happen to use them, send me a picture! I'd love to see what you do with them.
This is a big week. A big week full of family time. Of course we'll be celebrating America's birthday, then I'm going to the temple for the first time, then Finley is getting baptized. Friday, the day I am going to the temple, k e n s i e | k a t e is turning 1! Can you believe it? A whole year ago I got this crazy idea to open a shop. Oh what a blessing it has been.
I will be celebrating everyday this week on this blog. I'd love for you to celebrate with me. Today, you can enter a giveaway for a free custom k e n s i e | k a t e print. The winner chooses the text, icons, patterns, and colors, and receives a free 8x10 print. (Enter using the Rafflecopter widget) P.S. If anyone is interested in hosting a giveaway on their blog, shoot me an email (:
You can also use the coupon code: KENSIEKATETURNS1 for 50% off your whole order! This code will expire on Saturday, July 6th.
All orders placed this week (until Saturday, July 6th) will receive a digital freebie.
Before it's too late, I thought I would share some 4th of July printables. Enjoy!
This is Finley. She's almost 8. That's a pretty big year for us. 8 is when you are eligible to be baptized as a member of our church. My dad was grilling up some dinner and the lighting was dreamy so I took the chance to snap some pictures of this girlie. She has always been pretty willing to pose for me.
My mom and dad have tried incredibly hard to ingrain the 80s in me. Especially the music. Well, here's an 80s reference for you: She has "the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen."
Finley loves people and has since she was tiny. She loves to serve and entertain. She loves talking to new people and makes it very hard for them to leave.
I was a little surprised she let me take these pictures without brushing her hair first. Ainsley doesn't seem that much older than her and since Ainsley gets to wear make up, Finley thinks she ought to act grown up too. I caught her wearing mascara and told her 7 was too young for that kind of thing. She looked at me incredulously and said in her best sassy tone, "I had a meeting!"
Finley has been able to do the splits since she was 2. It's her favorite party trick. Up until she was 6, she would introduce herself saying, "I'm Finley and I can do the splits!" And down she would go, into perfect little splits. She has recently started taking gymnastics classes. In fact, I think the reason she was outside in the first place was to practice.
This girl is mighty persuasive. Once she knows what she wants, she is unrelenting. She has the art of begging with puppy dog eyes mastered.
For example: See those little stars in her ears? Ainsley and I had to wait until we were 11 to get our ears pierced.
Our neighbors are letting us borrow their keyboard until they get moved into their new house (which happens to be right through our backyard). Finley plays that thing at least 3 times a day. I don't know what she'll do when we have to give it back. Finley has herself convinced that I know how to play the piano. I may be able to read music, but I certainly don't know how to play the piano. I had to mark middle C with a piece of washi tape. I'm not even a little bit kidding. I can figure out the right hand of most of her favorite songs. She can't read music, but she memorizes songs from watching me stumble through them.
My mom and dad have always said that she is a miniature version of me. She is definitely as klutzy as I am. Quite often we will hear a bump, smack, or crash, and before she even has time to process the situation, she yells, "I'm okay!"
You never have to wonder how Finley is feeling. She wears every emotion plainly. She is extremely excitable and just as easily heartbroken.
She is also a goofball. Which makes for entertaining pictures.
Given the choice, Finley would wear leggings every day of the week.
Yup. Goofball. And she loves to put together outfits like this.
She held this pose for a solid minute until she was sure I had taken a picture.
This is about as gangster as she gets.
Finley is extremely tender. If she gets into trouble or thinks she's hurt someone, she's in hysterics.
Here's a better view of that outfit she picked out.
We had a BBQ at my grandma and grandpa's house tonight. After dinner, my grandpa called into the house, "Kensie! Grab a bowl and come outside!" That's code for "things in the garden need to be picked, but I can't see everything hiding in the garden!" I knew it was too early for cucumbers to be ripe so I thought maybe some tomatoes were nice and red. I ended up finding a whole bowl of juicy strawberries. What a nice surprise. I love summer.
Since we were gone for Ainsley's birthday, Owen's is tomorrow, and Finley's is at the end of the month, I decided some birthday pictures were in order. Ainsley wanted some pictures with her best friend, Jordan. We like Jordan. She makes our home a happy place. She might move to Washington. And I might cry. We moved around our yard a little bit as the sun was going down, giving us some really spectacular lighting. My favorite spot was in front of my neighbor's worn storage shed. Really it's worth looking through all of them just to find the one of Owen that cracks me up every time I see it.
