insta-june; part 1.

well, i'm going to have to spread this one out into 2 posts! we've had a busy month and a fun introduction to summer. i've been back to instagram like crazy now that i have my iphone6 which i'm in love with. i've never even had a smart phone before but i love having a nice camera phone! here are some of my fave iphone / instagram photos from june:
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playing with babies + dragons in the morning light // donuts at 7/11, a summer tradition so far 

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colorado sunsets; literally, they never get old

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we stayed in colorado springs for a week with aaron's family. i got some photos when i came for air from my constant-naptime-hibernation! hiking at the garden of the gods // a cute janky little ice cream place // view of the mountains from colo springs

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more colorado springs pics: another view from the top of pikes peak; can't get enough of these photos! // oh and this big foot sign. oh my gosh i couldn't believe my eyes! we are actually kind of obsessed with bigfoot in my family, sooo yeah, we had to get a picture of this. // cute photos of asher in front of these adorable painted walls at the playground

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two happy mail days for asher and a little sneak peak of two companies that i'll be working with this summer! ;)

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find me on instagram @bygillianclaire and leave me a comment so that i can follow back!

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to be continued ...

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little style / FabKids.

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We've been working with FabKids on my blog for over a year now and I can't believe how much my little boys are growing! I'm pretty pleased with our FabKids picks this month and they have already received a LOT of wear around our house. Well ok, besides the too-hot-for-summer long sleeved shirt that Asher insisted on, because: sharks, duh. These adorable little color blocked shorts that Asher is wearing actually made an appearance on Roman in my very first FabKids post and they are still one of my faves from their site. The green cargo shorts fit my super-hard-to-fit Roman and they are perfect for a little boy who loves to collect rocks and treasures on summer hikes.

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Be sure to check out FabKids, a fun and unique subscription clothing company for kids! Right now they are offering buy one get one free plus free shipping on your first purchase! I'm pretty in love with these pictures of my boys, I hope you enjoy them as well!

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Roman: pirate shirt + green cargo shorts: c/o FabKids, shoes: Old Navy clearance

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Asher: shark shirt + color block shorts: c/o FabKids, shoes: Old Navy

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*FabKids provides clothing for my children in exchange for my work as a Brand Ambassador. Thanks so much for supporting my blog and providing my family with these opportunities; I truly appreciate it!*

in the clouds.

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it's almost july and i'm finally trying to get back to blogging! ( knock on wood... ) i wanted to start off by sharing these misty magical mountain photos. we started off the summer by renting a house in colorado springs for a week and staying with a bunch of family. i pretty much slept the entire time, no joke, i napped and slept a LOT. i think that my body was just utterly exhausted from this year in general that once i actually took a break, i basically passed out. it was lovely.

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some of us drove up to pike's peak one day which is where i took these photos. the drive was absolutely terrifying but i'm glad i made it to the top. the clouds were the best part to me. becoming a part of the sky... such an absolutely wonderful freeing feeling.

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happy monday friends, enjoy!

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just popping in!

( portraits of Asher, june 2015 )
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Oh my goodness, May has come and gone and I've basically spent most of it away from my real camera. It's been a nice break but I miss blogging! I also need to take my Mac in to be fixed so maybe after that I'll be able to finally get some of my creativity out and onto my blog! I did pick up my camera the other day for one of the first times this summer and I seriously just couldn't put it down! I took pictures of Asher that morning in his room ( see above ) and then we went to the park and found an amazing field of dandelions ( my DREAM ) and then I took more pictures of Asher is some shirts for a company we are working with this summer.  Now I'm experiencing that high once again of uploading photos to my Lightroom catalog and swooning as they appear...

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Asher's ridiculously adorable tank top was a Crazy8 clearance find for $2.99! And hey, if anyone is interested in becoming an affiliate with the Gymboree brand ( Gymboree, Crazy8 and Janie + Jack ) click here! Crazy8 is one of my fave stores for little boy clothes. Working with their affiliate program is fun because sometimes they offer bonuses for posts and they also keep you in the loop about all their sales.

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I hope you all are having a great start to summer!

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goodbye to winter.

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well i prepared this post of random photos from this past winter and then it snowed over the weekend, because you know in colorado it snows in may and crazy stuff like that... but hopefully winter has bid us our last farewell by now! just looking at these photos makes me crave sunshine and lemon water and tank tops but these photos have been sitting on my computer for months and i wanted to share them with you all and say an official good ridence goodbye to winter!

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portraits of roman.

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These pictures of Roman absolutely light up my heart. My seven year old, my "sweetest boy", my "star". I love this boy tremendously. I love when we stay up late to watch Cupcake Wars together. I love when he writes me a million little notes with "xoxo" at the end. That's it for today; I hope these photos bring a smile to your face as well. 

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Happy Friday!

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FabKids // march pick.

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Happy Monday friends!

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     I'm finally getting around to sharing Asher's FabKids outfit from March! For those of you who aren't familiar with FabKids, they are a subscription clothing company for kids that comes out with new outfits each month to choose from! Here are my 3 favorite things about FabKids right now:

1. All of their clothing is super unique and they actually have boys clothes that are cute, colorful and fun! A huge pet peeve of mine is trying to find clothes for my boys that I like. For some reason our culture likes to offer a million adorable things for girls but the little boys section hardly looks much different than the men's section. Boys need cute stuff too!

2. I love that FabKids offers the same outfits in sizes 2-12 so I can find matching things for my boys! Am I the only mom who loves this? For example this "Mr. Cool" shirt is one of Roman's favorites that we got for him back in September and now Asher has it as well! In other stores, Roman is in the boys section and Asher is still in toddler boys so I can't find matching things for them.

3. I love that FabKids comes out with new items each month but that they still recycle some of their old styles. Now that we've been working with FabKids for almost a year (Eek!) my boys are getting bigger and I'm excited to reorder a few of my favorites in the next size up!

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Right now FabKids is offering 20% your first purchase plus free shipping so be sure to check them out!

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Mr Cool Graphic Tee: c/o FabKids
Plaid Bermuda Shorts: c/o FabKids
Shoes: Old Navy
( Oh, and the socks were Asher's idea... )
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*FabKids provides clothing for my children in exchange for my work as a Brand Ambassador. Thanks so much for supporting my blog and providing my family with these opportunities; I truly appreciate it!*

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