Monday, January 9, 2017

Snowpocolpyse Weekend!

Charlotte got an inch of snow over the weekend which is a BIG deal. The entire city shuts down -- literally bread flies off the shelf, ABC stores have lines out the door, etc. We were all too excited to hunker down this weekend, play in the snow, binge watch The American and simmer soup in the crockpot. The forecast predicted a decent snow fall but it ended up being a lot lighter than everyone had hoped. Anyway, a few snow weekend pictures...
After a quick family selfie -- Caroline's request obviously, we strolled down the street to meet our friends at a neighborhood party. There were tons of kids rolling around in the snow, a food truck and lots of parents excited to be out of the house. 
Caroline and Thomas experience their first sled ride...which ended a little off course. Both laughed hysterically and were begging to go down the tiny hill over and over and over.
Have you ever seen a more determined face?
In typical best friend fashion, Lisa had a mimosa poured and ready for our arrival.
To thaw out we headed down the street to another snowmageden party. It is still undecided who had more fun -- the kids or the adults.
On Sunday the roads were cleared up so a group of girls gathered to celebrate Abby's baby shower over brunch!
A few of the ladies!
For dinner (both nights) we enjoyed crockpot chicken enchilada soup (one of our very favorites)!
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Friday, January 6, 2017

Five on Friday!

Happy first Friday of 2017! I am so very excited to continue our Five on Friday link-up in 2017 with two of my best blog friends -- April and Natasha! We are so grateful for all of you who link up with us each week and for all of you who stop by to read!

Want to join us for the Friday fun? All you have to do is...
1.) Write your post about five things you're lovin' this week (or any five things you want to share!).
2.) Share the logo on your blog and link back.
3.) Link-up at the bottom of the post so some new readers can check out your five things and say hello!

Let's dive right in...
one. Matt pulled off a pretty amazing Christmas present for me. He consulted with one of my girlfriends to pick out the perfect pair of duck boots. And you know who was just as excited as me when I opened them? Caroline. I had just purchased a pair of duck boots on Black Friday for her and she couldn't believe we now have matchy matchy boots.
two. My sister is super picky when it comes to athletic wear. So when she texted me to say she finally found an (affordable) sports bra that she really liked I drove straight to Target and picked a few up. I love the strappy racerback style and the removeable cups. For those of you with fitness goals, I highly recommend stocking up on this C9 sports bra right now during Target's buy 1 get 1 50% off sale!
three. A few months ago I picked up the cutest shawl vest for my sister from one of my favorite boutiques, Ivy & Leo. And ever since I've wanted one for myself! And then I waited too long and all my favorite colors sold out. So when Ivy & Leo contacted me and asked if I wanted to review one of their new spring colors I jumped right on that and picked the sage shawl vest. I love this piece so much because you can style it dressy or casual, it's only $29 and it comes in 9 colors. Also, this vest showed up to our Christmas gift exchange and was stolen three times and fought over big time. So hurry and pick up your spring shawl vest now from Ivy & Leo! PS - my shoes are also from Ivy & Leo but I think they are sold out online now.
So cute!
four. We took a break from HelloFresh over the holidays but are back in the swing of things so I started our deliveries back up. I forgot how much I love the convenience of coming home from work and not having to wonder what I'm going to make for dinner. And because I think HelloFresh missed me, they gave me a promo code to give FOUR of my friends a FREE box of HelloFresh meals! I'd be happy to send the first 4 readers to leave their email address in the comments a free week of HelloFresh to try! 

Want to try HelloFresh? Use promo code MG8GKD for $40 off your first box! That means you can try out HelloFresh for $29 and then cancel after your box arrives or keep on going.
five. POLL! I have a random question for you. Do you run your dishwasher every night or do you wait until it's full?
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Monday, January 2, 2017

Cheers to 2017!

Our 2016 was a huge improvement from 2015. However, we still had a few bumps throughout the year with surgeries, recoveries, etc. But 2017 -- we are THRILLED for you!
Top 9 squares y'all liked on my Instagram in 2016. As always, THANK YOU for reading along, all your encouragement and all the likes! I am so thankful for my readers!
 
I'm still hashing out my 2017 resolution which likely won't make the blog but I am beyond happy to report that Matt and I nailed our 2016 Marriage Resolution. Not only did this resolution bring us so much closer it is no longer our goal, rather it's a way of life. We had a lot of fun sneaking away from our little people last year with two overnight getaways, lots of at-home date nights and at least one monthly date night out. I highly recommend this goal for those of you who are in the trenches of parenthood!
To close out 2016 and to ring in 2017 we celebrated with some of our most favorite friends.
Cheers to 2017!!!
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