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Welcome Back--this is week 9 of the #ETHANproject challenge. This week's topic is Enjoy the Drive!   Perfect timing for this theme as we are heading up to Lake Superior for a weekend of camping!  Lake Superior is one of my FAVORITE places on earth. I have been road tripping there since I was a little girl!     Off we go.... The car is packed to the gills! Supporting the Children's Miracle Network with a mini blizzard at Dairy Queen!  Getting silly .... Gorgeous sunset ... My best advice for Enjoying the Drive with children:  1. Bring snacks & drinks from home. The less you have to buy on the road, the better! It will be much cheaper too! 2. Use the rest room at every stop if you have to go or not. This will help with having to make extra stops.  3. Bring enough color books, notebooks, books so that the children have their own to use during the ride. It keeps them quiet & they use their imaginations!  4.  Bring headphones! If the...

I enjoy checking some of my favorite blogs  The Pleated Poppy   &  Curly Crafty Mom  every week to see all of their adorable & easy outfit ideas! Now it's my turn! By taking photos of my outfits a few days a week, it makes me feel a little more accountable for what I put on before I walk out the door.   Busy week of sales meetings at work meant dressing up and not much blog time!  Hope you are having a great week! Dress: Target Cardigan: Maurices Necklace: Silpada Wedges: Banana Republic Outlet In love with my new top from JCREW Factory & new necklace from the Nordstrom's sale!! Top: JCREW Factory Skirt: JCPenney Pumps: Payless Shoes Necklace: Nordstrom's Linking up with   The Pleated Poppy- What I Wore  &  Curly Crafty Mom  Check it out--You won't be disappointed!!

HI! Welcome to  Currently ! This post series is a great place to share what we are up to and share your post through the link up below. We can make new friends & encourage each other in this thing we call "Life". Please join me!  This is my  twent y eighth week hosting this  Currently  link up, please join me this week or next or the week after, or any time  you can join in, I would Love to hear from you! Loving... my son's new sheets from Home Goods! He needed an extra set of sheets & his favorite color is orange. The sheets match his room and he loves them, I call it a win-win!!! Pedaling... at the county fair pedal tractor pull! He pedaled so hard, but didn't win. I was amazed by all of the kids that go to pedal tractor pulls all the time! All of my nephews & nieces joined in on the fun too! Jumping... Off the high diving board at the pool! We only have a small diving board at our local pool, so he couldn't wait to go on the high dive ove...

  Welcome Back--this is week 8of the #ETHANproject challenge. This week's topic is Enjoy Something New!   Thursday, we received our first Hello Fresh box. I had received a coupon from my cousin, so I thought we would try it! My husband was quite leary when we got the box, as he thought the price was a bit high. But after cooking our first meal with approval & applause from the children, we will definitely be trying it again!  The box came right to our door step on ice. Each meal is packed in it's own individual bag with the meat/protein in the bottom of the box with the ice packs. The ingredients are all pre-portioned, fresh & delicious.  Tonight's meal was Steak Lettuce Wraps. The meal took us about 45 minutes to prepare with easy to follow directions.  The kids asked questions as they ran in and out from playing outside. My daughter ate lettuce wraps with the rest of the ingredients as we finished cooking the steak & ...

I enjoy checking some of my favorite blogs  The Pleated Poppy   &  Curly Crafty Mom  every week to see all of their adorable & easy outfit ideas! Now it's my turn! By taking photos of my outfits a few days a week, it makes me feel a little more accountable for what I put on before I walk out the door.   Date night with my hubby gave me a great excuse to dress up a little & look cute! Dress: Target Sandals: Banana Republic Outlet Jewelry: Silpada Sunglasses: Shopko Wine tasting at a local winery & Dinner with friends! Skirt: JCREW Factory Tank: Gap Outlet Sandals: Born Jewelry: Silpada Linking up with   The Pleated Poppy- What I Wore  &  Curly Crafty Mom  Check it out--You won't be disappointed!!

.date weekend. It's Tuesday...and I am wishing I was still on date weekend with my hubby! We had such a wonderful weekend together!  Early last week, my mom emailed me to see if they could take the kids for the weekend, I quickly responded with a loud: YES! I couldn't remember the last time we had a date weekend! The planning commenced... We started our Friday evening with dinner & drinks at a new restaurant in Stillwater called Lolo American Kitchen . It was absolutely delicious! I can't wait to go back & try more items on their menu! We started with yummy drinks -my favorite Mojito in a long time. I had the Korean BBQ Tacos with homemade parmesan tator tots- Can I say YUM! My husband had the Surf & Turf burger topped with lobster! Dinner was eventful with a power outage as our pesto crostini appetizer arrived. It didn't bother us, as we still had plenty of light coming in from outside. The servers & open kitchen didn't seem bothered by it either, t...

HI! Welcome to  Currently ! This post series is a great place to share what we are up to and share your post through the link up below. We can make new friends & encourage each other in this thing we call "Life". Please join me!  This is my  twent y seventh   week hosting this  Currently  link up, please join me this week or next or the week after, or any time  you can join in, I would Love to hear from you! Picking... green beans from our garden for the first time this year! I picked a very large bowl full! I am looking forward to making dinner this week with fresh steamed green beans. Yum!!! I always look forward to the first harvest of the year from my own garden. I love being able to feed our family from our garden that I have taken care of myself. Organizing... our junk drawer. It was looking like a garbage dump for the last few months & I had enough! This weekend, I dumped out the drawer & started over! I always feel so much bett...

Welcome Back--this is week 7 of the #ETHANproject challenge. This week's topic is Enjoy the Sound!  After taking thousands of photos on vacation last week, I didn't take a single fun photo of my children this week. Instead, we just enjoyed being home again!  Some of our favorite sounds from this week...  //Sounds of laughter as they ran & played in the sprinkler at their grandma & grandpa's house.  // Even more laughter as we watched the Minion movie on Tuesday night in the theater. They laughed hysterically when the Minion walked out in the thong underwear. They think the silliest things are funny! //Silence. Again, after 10 days in the car with loud children, moments of silence when they are in bed this week have been a godsend! Some evenings, I have read, worked out, blogged or went to bed early! //The car stereo!  We LOVE dancing in our seats & belting out the tunes on our car rides! My kids know more lyrics to songs than I do...