National Girlfriends Day

Saturday is National Girlfriend's Day!  I thought it would be fun to take a moment and recognize all of our friends.

I remember when I was a teenager, girlfriends were so fleeting.  I'm sure it was our immaturity, but girls always fought (mostly about boys) and there was always some form of competetion - which I always found so dumb.  I was the girl who always had more guy friends than girl friends, because I wasn't in to all of the drama that came along with girl friends.

Now as an adult, I can't imagine my life without my girls.  They are the ones that no matter how much time passes that we talk or hang out we can pick right up.  They are the perfect shopping buddy, gossiping buddy.  They are the ones you can sit and talk hours with and drink a bottle or two of wine with.  They always understand you, your crazy ways, your point of view and you can always be 100% honest with them.

Motherhood has changed my relationship with my other mom friends as well.  We can talk about anything mommy related: sleep training, potty training, sicknesses, rashes, terrible 2's, threenagers and there is never any judgement.  Instead we are like cheerleaders always on each others side and occasionally we act like doctors too when one of us is freaking out about a sickness that our kid has.

 

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There is no one like a girl friend and I treasure all of mine :)  that includes all of my blogging girl friends as well!  So Happy National Girlfriends Day to you all! xo

Weekend Scenes

I hope you all had a great weekend!  We did - so much so that I was too tired to post about it yesterday!

Friday we went to our friend's house for dinner and so that all the kids can play.  We had 5 kids playing and surprisingly, they all played well.  Our friends just had a baby girl - she is the cutest little thing, and every time I see her I get baby fever and then quickly snap out of it when I get home, haha.


Saturday, we went to a country chic anniversary party.  We had so much fun dancing and talking with our friends.  The decorations were so pretty and my friend (whose anniversary it was) took her wedding dress and had it cut and made into the prettiest shabby chic dress!  I thought it was such a cute idea!

Sunday my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and I decided to take the drive and go to Naples for the day.  We brought E with us and had the best time.  We walked the Naples Pier, did some shopping, ate ice cream before dinner, and ate a fancy restaurant.  It was so much fun and so relaxing - the west coast has the best beaches! It's my favorite place to go to when I feel like getting away, you feel like you're in a totally different place!

How was your weekend?

2014 In Review

Crazy that this is my last post of 2014, where did the year go?!  I'm convinced that time does go by faster as we get older - do you remember years taking forever when we were kids?  Now it seems like it was just New Years day last year!

I thought it would be fun to review my year.  It's definitely been a busy one for our family with TWO weddings in our immediate families!

January 

It was a pretty quiet month, we had some family in town and played tourist in our area. We went to where they film Gator Boys on Animal planet and took a tour of the Everglades on an air boat ride and saw an alligator show.

We also took our first Disney trip of the year.

 

February

This was an exciting month - my sister got engaged!!  I was so happy to be part of that moment and glad I got to witness it happening.

 

We also took our family pictures - these may have been my favorite yet.

 

March

In March, I got nominated for the Liebster award, which was fun - it's nice to know that people out there like reading your blog enough to nominate you for something. 

I also started brainstorming for my Brother/Sister-In-Law's hot air balloon bridal shower and we took the kids to Disney on Ice.

April

April was a pretty low key month.  I went to the John Legend concert with my mom and enjoyed our first full day at the beach since the water and weather warmed up.

 

 

May

We took the kids on another Disney trip, and stayed at one of my favorite hotels of theirs Coronado Springs.

 Kids and Cabernet had it's first linkup Wino Wednesday - I so love this linkup and reading everyone's favorite wines.

We also had the first bridal shower of the year for my brother-in-law, which turned out beautiful!

I also did one of my favorite (and very simple) DYI's to date and made our Rake Wine Glass Holder

June

We spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying summer and had a Girl's Night Out for my sister-in-law to be.

 

July

July marked the first wedding of the year.  Everything was beautiful!

 

 

 

 

I shared six habits to a happy home (at least that work for us ;))

August

I stared brainstorming for our 10 year anniversary party - gold everywhere! eShatki also sent me a beautiful dress that I was able to review, which I loved!

 

September

September marked our 10 year anniversary, and a party to celebrate it, which was a blast having our closest friends and family together in one room.

 

October

We had another low key month with a lot of family time and crafting with the kids - which is always good in my book!

November

One of my favorite months this year - we went on a trip to Punta Cana with our best friends and had the best time and made some amazing memories!

 

December

Another favorite.  December was all about my sister's and her wedding (which I'll recap soon).  I threw her the cutest Lingerie Shower Tea Party and a few days ago celebrated her big day!

It was a great year filled with lots of memories and special times. Can't wait to see what memories are made in 2015. 

Weekend Fun

I hope you all had a great weekend!  Ours was nice - just the perfect amount of things to do without it feeling like a "busy" weekend.

Friday night was girl's night out.  My sister-in-law, one of my very good friends and I got dressed up and went out to a piano bar.  It was the cutest little place.  We ate, drank wine and listened to the piano player for hours.  I stayed out way too late (we got home around 2) and boy was I paying for it the next day... I can't hang the way I used to.   It was such a great night - it's always fun to dress up and go somewhere with your girls.  I wore the TJ Maxx jumpsuit that I found thanks to Megan.  I love it, it feels like you're wearing pajamas and yet it's so cute!

Saturday we mostly hung around the house.  We took the kids bike riding and my little guy got the hang of it.  He was riding all around the cul-de-sac looking like such a big boy.  He's growing up too fast, and besides his pacifier addiction (which is SO hard to break, any suggestions?!)  there are no remnants left of baby.   He was so proud of himself on the bike and it was so cute to see him riding around.  After bike riding we went to my mother-in-law's for chicken wings and fries.

Yesterday again was spent at home, playing outside, and cooking dinner.  We made roasted chicken and Ina's Baked Potato Wedges - which were so simple and delicious - a must make!  Hubby and I ended the night with a bottle of champagne - pretty awesome if you ask me.

What were you all up to this weekend?  Have a great Monday, and yay for it being a short week!


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Life via The Camera Roll...

Flipping through my phone and seeing all of the pictures of times that have stuck out to me is one of my favorite things to do.  So my friends, prepare yourself for a photo dump!

 A little over a week ago my "mommy friends" decided to meet up for food, drinks and cupcakes - amazing right?!  We went to one of our newer outdoor malls in the area and had the best time talking laughing and eating!  I love these girls!

E and I always look forward to painting our nails.  She always picks her colors and what nail stickers she wants and then I paint them for her.  We always have so much fun, and on this particular day, my toes got some love too!  The color is Watermelon by Essie - one of my favorite summer colors.

This little guy loves to take silly selfies!  He's getting to be so much fun, and such a handful -man, are boys different than girls, phew!

We visited the pet store a couple of days ago, and E fell in love with these kittens.  I must say, I think I'm more of a cat person. Don't get me wrong, I think puppies are ADORABLE and so cuddly! But... I love how independent cats are, not to mention they don't chew on anything, there's no potty training involved and they are much quieter, although sometimes a barking dog is a good thing!

After the pet store we went to a plant nursery, it was a hot day and the owner overheard J say he wanted ice cream, so he gave both kids icee's.  They were in heaven!

Hubby and I.. not much to say about this pic, sometimes I just get the urge to take picture even if there's nothing going on. Side note: I'm getting wrinkles by my eyes and why is it that hair color doesn't last more than a month before the grays start popping out again?!

Little guy sat in a big boy chair for the first time yesterday at dinner.  He did great and made less of a mess than when he ate in the high chair!  I'm so happy to get rid of that chair, it was starting to gross me out -  the seat itself was such a food trap and took forever to clean!

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Favorite 2013 Memories

2013 has been such a fun year!  We have had weddings, family vacations, fun with friends, and the beginning of blogging, which has been so much fun... so many memories have been made this year - here are some of my favorites!

Our Disney Cruise

My cousin's wedding

Fun in the Keys

Our beautiful Oregon family vacay

Tampa trip with friends

Disney World!

So excited for more beautiful memories to be made next year!  What are your favorite memories of 2013?