Can I get an AMEN! It's Friday and I just couldn't be any happier about it! Like most Friday's I'm linking up today with 3 of my favorite bloggers for Friday Favorites. If you haven't already you should really check out Andrea at Momfessionals, Erika at A Little Bit of Everything, and Narci at Grace and Love.
1) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
There are many reasons why I get excited for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. First of all the obvious he was a pretty cool guy, who did a lot of amazing things for our country.
Secondly one of my favorite memories of my Grandpa was him always saying "I was born on the same day, same year as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.". Can't wait to go to my Grandma's on Sunday where she will make Pineapple Upside Down cake in honor of my Grandpa because it was his favorite.
And my last reason for Loving MLK Day is that I get a 3 day weekend! Working at a Credit Union has its perks, and one of them is definitely getting all holidays off!
Wouldn't be Friday without an Ecard ;)
2) Our Possible Vacation This Summer
I have this habit of getting an idea in my mind and just not being able to let it go. One of my Coworkers, Shelbie, mentioned that her and her Fiance might be going to Pigeon Forge Tennessee for their honeymoon. I started looking up the cabins and FELL IN LOVE. From there I planned a whole little vacation in my mind in August.
Now I say possible vacation because Seth isn't 100% on board yet, but I think it's gonna happen. The cabin above has 4 bedrooms and can sleep up to 13 people. We are looking to get some of best friends around to go and when you split the cost it is a super affordable vacation!
3) Having TWO Engaged Besties
If you think having one best friend engaged is fun try having 2, it's a BLAST. I'm loving the texts I get about wedding plans and bridesmaid dresses! Check out my posts about these lovely ladies, here, here, and here.
4) My Favorite Picture I Took This Week
My crazy little Boomer, she's clearly excited it's Friday too ;)
Hope you all have a great, safe, and relaxing weekend!!!
Hello lovely readers! It's Monday again (doesn't it always feel like Mondays come super fast), but I had such a fabulous weekend :)
On Saturday I got together with my favorite girls (Stacie, Maddie, Laken, and Brianna) for our 2nd annual scarf exchange. To see our picture from last year go here.
Maddie decked our her basement with all kinds of treats. My favorite was her Buffalo Chicken Dip.
We had a BLAST catching up and reminiscing old memories, it almost felt like we were back in high school (I can't even count the number of times we hung out and stayed the night at Maddie's house in Middle and High School).
The Exchange
For our exchange we each bring a scarf and then draw numbers to see the order we pick scarves. The first round everyone opens one of the gifts, and then the second round you can steal a scarf from someone if you want. All the scarves are always super cute so it's a win no matter which one you get ;). The craziest thing happened this year, we all ended up getting the scarf from the same person we got last year. I must say Brianna has very good taste in scarves.
I got lucky and ended up with 2 scarves :)
After the exchange we attempted to get a good picture of us all in our scarves. (the key word there is attempted!) We definitely got some funny ones though.
I think this one wins as my favorite!
We were trying to get all the scarves in the picture as you can see we pretty much failed, but we did get one good one!
Love these girls to pieces!
My New Found Love for Cake Pops
During our get together Laken surprised us by giving us each a cake pop, at first we were all a little confused, but then she clarified for us. She "popped" the question to us and asked us to be Bridesmaids in her wedding next September! I think we were all screaming in excitement for a good 30 seconds.
You can read a little about Laken's engagement here.
It was such a great night! Whoever said you don't stay friends with your high school besties never met us ;)
Thanks for stopping by! Make the most out of your Monday!! :)
Wow, so Christmas is over and boy was it busy! Tomorrow or Sunday I will give you all a run down (with lots of pictures ;)) of how Seth and I's Christmas went, but today I'm just focusing on the rings!
Laken and Bryan are Engaged!!
Future Mr. and Mrs. Elston!
Laken and I became Besties in 6th grade. We were the kind of friends that would spend HOURS on the phone with each other almost every day. We would talk about boys, make up ridiculous code names, and always have great laughs. We have been best friends ever since! Sure there were years we fought and bickered, but just because we love each other like sisters ;)
On Christmas Eve Laken's boyfriend Bryan became her Fiance and I could not be happier for the both of them! It's always so great to see your best friends find forever happiness!
The Sweetest Gift
Just about 2 months ago Seth's Grandma Hull passed away. It was obviously a very hard and sad time for the family, and with the holidays it always makes it extra difficult. Yesterday afternoon we had Christmas with Grandpa Hull and he game me this beautiful opal ring as a gift. He told me that Grandma had wanted me to have it. It was one of the most amazing and emotional gifts I have ever received. I put it on right away and it hasn't left my hand since!
So blessed to have gotten to spend so much time with all of Seth and I's families the past couple of days. We still have one more Christmas tonight and then its straight on to New Years!
