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The last few years, I have chosen one little word word to focus on for the year. This year I chose the word FOCUS.    I know it's over half way through January, but today will be my January 1st. You don't have to wait for January to roll around to start a new goal or resolution, you can choose any time that works for you! This year, I have given it a lot of thought, I want to ...  Focus on my marriage Focus on my family Focus on my happiness Focus on my health Focus on my purpose -  Gods will for me is for me to help others to Choose Happy Focus on what matters most 2016 will be a year transformation & growth for me. My biggest goal for 2016 is to be the best  ME that   I can be! I've decided to take a little blogging hiatus...you have probably already been able to tell.  Don't worry, I'll be be back & I will still have Monday Currently posts.  But to be honest, I've been in a blogging rut or funk you could call it for quite awhile.  ...

I am still having a hard time believing it is 2016 already! Time flies. I am finally feeling a little rejuvenated and ready to get back to the blog. I was sick with a cold for 2 1/2 weeks and am just starting to feel back to normal.   Today, I am excited to look back at the past 365 days and share the most liked posts from Choose Happy in 2015!  Whole Wheat Banana Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins are a breakfast staple at our house. I make extra's & freeze them for an easy before school breakfast! Just pop them in the microwave and you have hot delicious muffins! Yum! We had a blast going to Magic Kingdom ( Day 1 & Day 2 ) last March for Spring Break with our kids. They are still talking about going to see Mickey & Minnie! We also LOVED Madeira Beach & Sanibel Island , Anna Maria Island & Fort Myers Beach ! Tips & Tricks are also very helpful when planning a trip to Magic Kingdom, so I shared 10 things that we learned while we were there! My son celeb...

.Christmas Traditions. I have been wanting to start this traditions post for a few weeks. I had not started it as I kept seeing all of these gorgeous posts from other bloggers about their decorations and traditions that seemed WAYYY better than mine. So I kept procrastinating...thinking sooner or later I would come up with some AMAZING way to show how our traditions were just as COOL as theirs. The last few days, I started thinking about it a little bit more.... I listened to a webinar with   Emily Ley & Lara Casey   about having a Joyful 2016. They spoke again about how "Comparison is the Thief of Joy". This really resonated with me this week. I need to remind myself to stop waiting to create a new post until it is perfect or meets the expectations in my head of what a beautiful post should look like. I really hope to meet these two incredible women at a Make Things Happen conference someday, but for now I will be reminded by their powerful words of "letti...

Happy Friday Friends! Today's post is a little a this, a little a that...pretty much a whole lot of randomness! But, hey...I am pretty random, so it fits!  My Monday Currently posts usually entail what I was up to over the weekend or things of that nature, but today I decided I would talk about random things I think about that are not necessarily big enough for an entire blog post. Lately, my brain is not properly putting together sentences...so bear with me, it's been a long week! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Motivation// hello, hello?? Are you there?? Oh...I need motivation for so many things right at this moment. Working out- check, House cleaning-check, Organizing my house-check, Getting my blogging routine back-check, I could go on...but I won't.  I am going to work on a few of these things little by little & get myself back on track. It is so easy to fall off the wagon ...

Kari from Love & Farkles is a beautiful blogger friend of mine from Pender Island, British Columbia. She has an adorable blog & jewelry shop! She shared some beautiful pieces with me & offered a few to share as well! I know you will love them, just as much as I do! The first piece is adorable resin rose earrings. My daughter & I have decided to share them. They are so cute on my daughter too! The next piece of jewelry that I received was a gorgeous cabachon bracelet with green & blue colors that reflect in the light! Thank you so much Kari for these gorgeous pieces, I know they will be worn for years to come!! Now on to the fun news, I am giving away 2 pairs of earrings to a lucky winner!!!! You can comment below for a chance to win! Prize:   2 beautiful pairs of Metal Filigree earrings made by Love & Farkles !  Stop by Love & Farkles shop to check out all of her amazing jewelry! WINNER IS: Vianca Vieyra To enter this giveaway, Comment below on yo...

Joe & I were married on a gorgeous September afternoon. The weather was absolutely perfect!    Pinterest did not yet exist, yet we still had a beautiful wedding! We had over 425 guests, with most of them being family.  In honor of our ten year anniversary today, I thought I would share some of our beautiful wedding photos & some photos of us over the last few years!  We have taken a lot of adventures together over these past 10 years, these are just a small snippet of our amazing times together! I can't wait to see where our next 10 years take us! Joe & I just discussed last night how we can't believe it has been 10 years since our "BIG" day. Time flies soo fast, especially now that we have children.  In the last 10 years, I have learned that I can't always be right, I have learned that I love my husband more & more every day & I am so lucky to be married to such an amazing, kind, patient man. Happy Anniversary to the love of my life! I ...

.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...