Five on Friday

Happy Friday

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Avery had a play-date this past Friday with her friend Aubrei. Aubrei's mom picked them up right after school and Avery spent the afternoon there. They ate lunch together, played dress-up and dolls and had dance parties. They had a great time! Aubrei's mom sent me this adorable picture of them. They're too cute!!

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Jackson and Avery both had haircuts this past Saturday. Jackson gets his cut about once a month, but Avery only gets hers cut about every 12 weeks or so, so she was excited she got to get a haircut this time around!! Her hair feels so much healthier after a haircut!

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Jake and Jackson went to Monster Jam Sunday afternoon with our neighbors across the street! Jackson had a great time with his buddy Andy!!

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While Jake and Jackson were at Monster Jam on Sunday afternoon, Avery and I baked homemade chocolate chip cookies. It was a snowy day, so it was perfect for staying in and baking with my favorite girl.

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I saved the best for last!!

As I mentioned in a previous post earlier this year, Jake was laid off from his job on January 4th. A job he had been at for 12 years and a job he had done very well at. As I said, it was a shock and quite a disappointment when the company decided to eliminate his position. Though I work full time, he was definitely the bread winner, so to lose his income was definitely a struggle and one we were hoping wouldn't last long. Two months later to the day, Jake accepted a wonderful offer that we couldn't be more excited about. It has been a very long two months to say the least. Two months of constant job searching and interviews. But we are so thrilled he has been offered this wonderful opportunity and I'm so proud of all of his hard work and all that he does for our family! God was right in the midst of this trial and I'm so thankful for that. He knows just what we need when we need it and I truly believe this whole thing was a blessing in disguise, even when it didn't seem like it at times.



Biscuit Beignets

In honor of Mardi Gras, the kids and I made beignets over the weekend out of biscuits. They are super easy and SO good!

As a kid growing up, we made biscuit donuts on occasion and it was always such a fun treat. My mom would use a can of biscuits and cut a whole in the center of each one using a salt shaker lid (but I've used mini star or heart shaped cookie cutters as well, anything small will do.) Then she'd deep fry the donuts and donut holes in oil. We let them cool on a plate with a couple paper towels on it and then once they cooled, we covered them in powdered sugar. It was such a yummy treat!

When we were in New Orleans this past January, we had beignets for the first time and I couldn't help but think how much they reminded me of our biscuit donuts that we made as a kid. So I thought for Mardi Gras this year, I'd make the kids "biscuit beignets" since they loved the beignets so much in NOLA.

I just cut the biscuits into a rectangular shape like the beignets we had in New Orleans, and deep fried them the same way we always did as kids, and then covered them in powdered sugar. The kids loved helping make them and they also loved eating them of course!!!

Such a fun and yummy way to celebrate Mardi Gras weekend!



Five on Friday

Happy Friday

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Happy First Day of March!! Is it Spring yet?? Around here it's not as we're expecting snow and frigid temperatures this weekend. I sure hope Spring is right around the corner though. I'm really ready for Spring!

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This past Saturday night we went to a wine tasting night at a friend's house. It was a lot of fun and we got to try around 10 different wines!

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This past Monday afternoon, I took Avery to get registered for Kindergarten! How is she already old enough for this?? She is SO excited to go to Kindergarten!

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In honor of Reading Across America week at school this week, Jackson had a school project to turn a potato into his favorite character from a book. He chose to do "Dog Man" from the Dog Man book series. It was a fun project and turned out pretty cute!

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My new favorite mascara is the Superhero Elastic Stretch Volumizing Mascara from It Cosmetics. It really lengthens my lashes and makes them look longer than they really are. It also doesn't clump. I got a sample in one of my ipsy bags and I'm loving it.



Mother/Son Dance 2019

This past Friday evening was the annual Mother/Son Dance at Jackson's school. This was our second year to go and we had so much fun together. We had dinner, did some dancing, took a few pictures, did a craft and then did a little more dancing. Afterwards, a few of us moms took the boys out for ice-cream at Cold Stone which was also fun! I just love having one-on-one time with each of my kiddos. Jackson and I had a really fun evening.

Five on Friday

Happy Friday

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This past Monday was President's Day and the kids and I were both off that day. So I set up a little play-date at my Sister's house so that the kids could all play together that day. Now that Jackson is in school full time and so are Ashlee's older 2 kids, they don't get to see each other all that often. My mom goes over there during the day sometimes and takes Avery with her, but Jackson, Landon and Mason are all at school. So I thought it would be the perfect day to get them together. I brought over some Little Caesar's Pizza and they played from around noon until around 5:30. The kids had a great time playing together and my sister and I had a nice time catching up.

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I got my monthly Ipsy Bag on Valentines Day this month and it was a good one so I thought I'd share it with you. If you're interested in trying Ipsy, you can click here to check it out. You get a cute bag and 5 products each month for only $10/month and it's so much fun to try new products!

In my bag this month:
FEEL Renewed Pumpkin Walnut Facial Cleanser, M·A·C Studio Fix Powder Foundation, MEECH AND MIA Pressed Eye Shadow, CHELLA Eyeliner Pen in Purple and GLAMGLOW Glowstarter Mega Illuminating Moisturizer.

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Wednesday 2/20 was #nationalloveyourpetday and we sure do love our Max!! ♥

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Avery is obsessed with wearing dresses right now. She loves wearing her princess dresses at home, but has even taken it a step further this week and only wants to wear dresses at all times. Thankfully, it's not just princess dresses, but any kind of dress. She even wore a dress to bed the other night! Ha! She woke up that next morning and before coming out of her room she put her black sparkly flats on and a headband, so she was ready to go for the day! LOL. She's too funny. Here she is from last week wearing her Elsa dress, hat and shoes.

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Tonight Jackson and I are going to the Mother/Son Dance at his school. We went last year and had a great time!! I always look forward to spending one on one time with each of my kids. I'll post all about it next week!

Have a great weekend!

Valentines Day 2019

We had a great Valentines Day this year.

You can find Jackson's shirt here, and Avery's dress here.

We started it off with Avery's Valentines Day party at Dance Class on Tuesday, 2/12. She was able to bring Valentines treats for everyone so she brought Princess suckers and Valentines day cards for her class. She was so excited.

Then, Avery had her Valentines Day Party at school on 2/13. She had LOL Surprise Doll Valentines to pass out and she had a Mermaid Valentines Day box. So cute!

Jackson had his Valentines Day party at school on 2/14 and he passed out Jurassic World Valentines and he had a Rocket Ship Valentines Day box! Also, very cute!

The weather on Valentines Day was beautiful and around 60 degrees, so the kids played outside with the neighbors for a little while when we got home and my mom made a very yummy post roast for dinner!

Saturday afternoon Jake and I dropped the kids off at Grandma's house and he and I went to see a movie and to dinner and then met up with some friends afterwards for drinks. It was a great night out. ♥

 

Sunday morning we had a Valentines Day breakfast at church and we all passed out treats for everyone! We started this tradition last year and it was so much fun that we did it again this year! To say we have an over-abundance of candy and sweets at our house would be an understatement! Ugh, not great for the diet. Ha.

So that's how we celebrated Valentines Day this year! It was great! I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day as well. ♥