Perfect Auburn Saturday!

Well, if you are my Facebook amigo you probably saw that my morning started out like a dream.... Starbucks venti tribute blend coffee with soy milk and sugar free vanilla... AND the simply vera purse from Friday's blog,... I definitely felt spoiled.... best hubby ever


After doing some house cleaning (laundry, kitchen, organizing, linens, floors (is it weird that I love doing floors? maybe it's the bleach smell) etc) .... we picked up lunch from Rolly Polly (a sandwich wrap spot in Auburn) and headed to the park, our puppies favorite spot...we put out a quilt, listened to James Taylor, played frisbee and got some sun! It was a fabulous picnic!! 

The perfect location, don't worry mom I washed the quilt and will return next visit

The dogs cooling off in the stream

Adventure dogs

Cowboy and Bear

I love it!

Then we ran a few errands around town, including getting to stop by the Burchett's to love on their beautiful, perfect, baby boy Emerson...

Oh, hi you perfect angel

We ordered pizza and settled in for an awesome netflix movie marathon.... (btw they don't have Zenon Girl of the 21sr century, I was disappointed, Chris was strong for both of us :o)....  


You can click on the title to get the movie info....
1) Chicago                           


2) Virgin Suicides                


3) UP                                   


4) Grumpy Old Men             


5) A Team                                                                                            this was a birthday present to Chris from Greg (Emerson's papa)


That's right, we watched all of these movies.... it was a serious marathon,.... hence I am still awake at 3AM


We took a break in the middle and went back out to the park and enjoyed the supermoon and the peace and quite

It was a perfect day, I love just getting to take a time out from the busy-ness and just enjoy my husband.


I hope you enjoyed your Saturday too!

Five Favs on Friday!!

Can you believe it? It's Friday! This week has gone by so fast!! Not working Monday & Tuesday really helped! :o)

Here is my template I am working off of...

1. Exercise or Food item (these two go well together eh?)

2. Etsy or some unique item

3. Decor image

4. Fashion item

5. Website

So here are my top 5!
1. Exercise: I love interval training... I use interval training on any cardio machine, it makes the time go by faster and it burns a ton of calories... Try Shape.com's interval workouts Click HERE

                          

Also, this is my favorite workout of all time.... I noticed results from this workout in less than a month,... Jillian Michael's is awesome! I have used this workout as my go to "get in shape quick" workout since 2008... Click HERE

                       

2. My unique item is "Nose Secret" this is a $35 kit, that comes with these inserts that you put in your nose and they contort your nose so you wouldn't need a nose job,.... If you are interested you can purchase it at http://www.nosesecret.com/.. unique huh? :o)

                                       

3. Kitchens... I have kitchen envy, I can't wait till I have a large kitchen to play in! These are some of my favorite kitchen concepts...



I love these cabinets and beams



This is from a loft in Italy

Marigold... love it.

Definitely want a fireplace in my kitchen... cozy

These are my favorite cabinets, that show the dishes, and I love the veggies out, they really add color to this white room.

Again,... love the exposed dishes.

This is from Martha Stewart's favorite kitchens, and it is definitely one of my favorites too...

I love this organization!

4. I actually have 2 items and I want to share here,... First...these are two purses that I am drooling over... one is by Kate Spade and the over is Simply Vera by Vera Wang

Best price is at Amazon $275

On sale for $45 at Kohls

                                                  

4.1 OK I love these wrap watches... The one by Burberry is my favorite, but being way out of my budget, these wrap watches by swatch (around $50) look perfect!

Perfect for Spring!



Burberry $455






Urban Outfitters has some wrapy watches more reasonably priced too .... $30-45





5. The website,... you need to check out http://www.instructables.com//... it has instructions on how to make arts and crafts, food, decor,... etc... it is pretty cool (Miley Cyrus)



To make a coke can engine click here!



Or learn to make strawberry Cream Cups!

To make a PacMan calendar click HERE

                                         
                      I hope you enjoyed this post, I really love all these items!

PS Let's remember to keep Japan in our prayers, I couldn't imagine going through that devastation and now this impending danger. Anything you can give helps,... click HERE to donate to the Red Cross relief efforts in Japan.

Update!!

Wow, so much has happened in the short time I have been blog-MIA....

Most of you know that my dear friend Anna was expecting a baby boy, Emerson, he wasn't due until March 21st, and first babies are notoriously late,... so I was not worried at all about going out of town for a few days....

Well that Friday I made Anna a motivational board, we thought it would be nice for Anna to have a focus point during the birth, and a fun way to remind her that she is loved...

I thought that making this board was just precautionary...

Saturday was a very busy day...

We had the McGuire's run in the AM,... I made these costumes for Rachel and I... aren't they fun?! :-D If you want a costume for next year, I am taking orders now :o)

sooo many people!

Then after the run, me and mom headed over to New Orleans for my sister Amelia's cheerleading competition,... my mom's best friend Rhela had taken Amelia over to New Orleans that morning to make it in time for her competition...

My mom and her BFF Rhela

me and Amelia

River Walk




We tried 3x to wait in Cafe Du Monde's ridiculously long line.... finally got some!

Well on the way to New Orleans we find out that Anna is having her baby boy Emerson! He was born March 12 at 6:35pm weighing 7lbs 5 ounces! Perfect!



By the way, this is the way that everyone should spend their spring break... just sayin!

For Christian's birthday he asked for a cookies and cream cake.... and I knew just where to go! My best friend Haley Sue has posted a blog before featuring a cookies and cream cupcake recipe, and it was delicious as a birthday cake! Click
HERE - Marital Bliss
 for the recipe!



The cake was a huge hit! yummm!!



And then today, Anna brought Emerson to visit us at work!!!

look at his tiny hand!

I can't believe how beautiful he is!

No more bump on the hump! :o)

Isn't he gorgeous!!!??

That's it, I'm sold, sign me up for one!

Look at his ruffle ears!!

Absolutely precious.