Five on Friday!!

Happy Friday!!

Sorry I’ve been so absent from this little space of mine...I wish I had a good excuse but frankly, we just don’t have that much going on this time of year! No birthdays, no fun seasonal things...we’ve just been very low key and blah lately, which is kind of a welcome chance of pace!

Anyway!

1. I feel like I need to give a few thoughts on the Bachelor finale. 

-I love Becca, and can’t wait for her season of the Bachelorette. Yes, after Monday night I swore I’d never watch this crap again, but then ABC went ahead and named Becca bachelorette Tuesday night so...

-speaking of Becca, she reminds me of a strange combination of Jessica Garvin and Kristen from Vanderpump Rules. Anyone else see it?! 

-Arie definitely is my #1 worst bachelor everrrr, surpassing both Nick and Juan Pablo by at least 10 miles.

2. Moving on! I’m selling way too many of my kids clothes at my favorite consignment sale this weekend and if you’re in Charlotte, you should definitely check it out!! Here is what my car looked like yesterday on our way to drop everything off! 

The good news is that I’ve regained a little bit of my guest room closet! (Minus the dress up clothes, a few Well Dressed Wolf outfits, my wedding dress, some formal dresses and a large stash of off-season clothes!) 

3. Pro tip for consignment sale shopping: take a picture of your kids’ drawers/closets so you know what you already have. Ella needs some shorts for this summer pretty badly, so I snapped a quick pic of her shorts/capris drawer so I can make sure I’m not buying a color/style she already has. Much easier than making a list of what you already own (although I do love a good list)! 

4. Dr. Seuss’s birthday was last Friday and we celebrated by making these cute little cat in the hat props! Well, Ella made them...Lucas ripped his as soon as we tried to get him to take a picture with it. March is reading month, so by all means, you can certainly still make your own! Here is the link!! 

5. Sunday is one of my favorite days ever! Selection Sunday!!!! Yay!!! I’ll be making my favorite enchiladas, as our annual tradition!! Hope UNC gets a decent spot! Can’t wait to make my brackets with my kids!!

{Don't forget how last year turned out!!! Probably not happening this year, but hey we can all dream, right?!}

Have a great weekend!!! 

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What's Up Wednesday {February}

I haven't done one of these in quite a while, so I thought I'd link up and join the fun today! 

1. What we're eating this week
Trav grilled some really yummy steak and shrimp kabobs over the weekend, so we've been eating those leftovers for the past few days! We also had these Asian Lettuce Wraps that my friend Ashley recommended....definitely a winner!!

2. What I'm reminiscing about
With Ella's birthday being February 3, this time of year always KILLS me on Timehop!!! Just look at this sweet little bean!!!


{4 years ago TODAY! 😭}

3. What I'm loving



My kids in their summer clothes already!! This warm weather we had last week was AMAZING!!!! I'd love to not have to turn our heat on any more this winter!!!

4. What we've been up to
Ella went to another birthday party Saturday, at a local gymnastics place. She got ridiculously sweaty and had a blast.



We also took both kids to a Hornets game on Sunday. Lucas was mesmerized for the first quarter, and then decided to run all over the suite....

5. What I'm dreading
I'm honestly not dreading anything at the moment!

6. What I'm working on
I've been attending a Bible study for the past few weeks on Ruth, and I've been loving it so far!! 

7. What I'm excited about

Spring weather and March Madness basketball!!!

8. What I'm watching/reading
Now that the Olympics are over, my DVR is packed full of all of my trashy shows...Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, The Bachelor, and I still need to catch up on Bachelor Winter Games!

As far as reading, I'm almost finished with Sisters First by the Bush twins. I love watching Jenna when she's on the Today Show, and this book has been a very fun, interesting read. 

9. What I'm listening to
Right now...Lucas kicking his crib and talking to himself about not taking a nap.

10. What I'm wearing
This time of year is so weird/hard for clothes! I've been wearing a lot of Lilly Pulitzer popovers; they are my faves!

11. What I'm doing this weekend
One of my favorite consignment sales is on Saturday! Ella also has yet another birthday party (#4 in the last month), and we are all looking forward to watching UNC vs Dook Saturday night! 

12. What I'm looking forward to next month
Easter egg hunts and fun spring activities!!!

Yay for Spring! 

13. What else is new?
Not much else! :)

Bonus question: What's your family's favorite spring break destination?
So growing up, since my dad is a minister, we could never take a spring break trip, since our spring break always fell during Holy Week (and the main pastor just cannot take off for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday!).
Now, it's in the middle of a busy time at work for Travis, so we usually aren't able to go anywhere!
 One year in college, 20 or so of my sorority sisters and our fraternity friends got a huge cabin in the mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and spent the whole week partying it up, which was pretty fun....although I don't think my liver could handle that now!
And 9 years ago, my friend Natalie came down to North Carolina, and we went to Chapel Hill...it just so happened that this was the year UNC won a National Championship for basketball, so we got to be on Franklin Street that night, and that was so much fun! 

And that's all for today!!! Happy last day of February! 

Dating Anniversary Weekend

Can you believe I met Travis 10 years ago as of last Friday?! 

Every year we celebrate our "meeting" anniversary by having dinner at our first date spot, Alexander Michael's...and this year was no different!

This year was a bit different though. We had to have an early (and somewhat rushed) dinner, because we had ticket to the UNC vs. Davidson basketball game! They were playing in Charlotte, so we didn't even have to drive to Chapel Hill to watch our favorite basketball players! 

But, surprise! We got a MAJOR upgrade and had court-side seats!!!! I've never sat court-side for anything, let alone a basketball game to see the defending National Champions! Trav was on cloud 9, and I was pretty excited about it, too! 

Roy is my favorite. Ever. 

My parents said they saw us on ESPN, and you can kind of see the backs of our heads...I took this from the jumbotron! 

What an amazing experience and a great way to celebrate knowing Travis for a whole decade!!

The next night, we continued our little anniversary celebration by going to Trav's work Christmas party!

{side note: babysitters do not always make the best photographers 😉}

When we got to the party (after attacking the sushi buffet--from this place....omg it was so good!), we had one of Trav's coworkers take a better pic of us! 

Then it was time for the performer! They always get great people to perform at this Christmas party! Last year was T.I., 2 years ago was Jason Derulo, 3 years ago was T Pain....

{here we are waiting for the performer...in the corner on a couch like the old people we are!}

...this year it was 2 Chainz!

He was great! Except that I didn't know any of his songs. #IAMOLD. 

After a late night Saturday, I rallied and made it to church at 9:30 Sunday morning with this sweet girl.

We had to do a reading and helped hang some greens (holly and ivy) as part of our Wednesday morning story time group!

After naps, Santa was at our neighborhood clubhouse, so we had to go see him!

Ella did some crafts while she waited. Lucas tried to run away.

Ella was all about Santa this year, but Lucas? Not so much.

Bless his poor heart (and Santa's, too!). He hated all 32 seconds I made him sit on Santa's lap.

Ella couldn't think of what exactly she wanted for Christmas...but she managed to come up with a few things that, of course, I did not buy for her. Isn't that always how it works?!

A fun holiday weekend in the books! Next weekend we have even more Christmas stuff planned...I'm excited! 

Labor Day Weekend

We sent summer out with a bang this weekend...by doing lots of fun fall things!

First on the agenda was the UNC game Saturday!

Ella was most excited about the food truck! No idea why, but she has had an obsession with food trucks lately...it is hilarious!

The kids got a little restless, oh 3 seconds in to the second quarter, so I took them out to walk around the stadium. They had a ton of fun playing on this ram...although I think it might be a bull?! Which doesn't make any sense to me. Help me out, Carolina people...what the heck animal is this?! 

We promised Ella she could get popcorn after halftime. She was sure to remind us just about every minute of the first half, so we wouldn't forget!

She enjoyed her popcorn why Lucas wondering what the heck UNC was doing on the field. Not their best game, for sure! 

UNC unfortunately lost, but we still had a super fun time at good ol' Kenan Stadium! 

The next day we decided to log more miles in the car and headed to Sky Top to pick apples! 

We usually go Labor Day weekend, and in past year it has been SO hot! But this year, the weather was absolutely perfect!!!! It was such a great day for apple picking!

Lucas spent the majority of the day taking apples out of the bucket, trying to take a bite, and then putting them back in the bucket. So we have a bunch of apples with random teeth marks now. 😉

We also had to stop to see the animals...

...and take a bajillion pictures by our favorite signs!

The best part of any trip to the apple orchard...apple donuts!!!!

I may or may not have had 5. 

Thanks for another fun time, Sky Top!!

{If you're feeling nostalgic, check out our past trips to Sky Top: 2014 | 2015 | 2016}

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