tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88022628326132326382024-03-19T04:47:21.597-04:00Don't Mind Our MessTales of a busy, messy, at-times-chaotic, but happy familyAll About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.comBlogger745125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-64597795127703635552023-12-29T04:30:00.219-05:002023-12-29T04:30:00.140-05:00Disney Part 3!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Good morning! Happy almost New Year!! While for many reasons I am happy to see this year come to a close, it is bittersweet in some ways too. I have been reflecting a lot on this crazy year and what I want to focus on moving forward, not just in 2024 but for the rest of my life. I am in the process of setting some good goals for 2024 and can't wait to share them with you. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">In the meantime though, how about we finish this Disney trip??š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Before we start, I just want to point out that both kids bring up Disney in some way DAILY. Yesterday it was LG asking everyone what their favorite ride was (even though she already knows, she loves to hear it again š). Liam asked for a toy monorail for Christmas and he pretends his passengers are getting off at Magic Kingdom or Epcot. It's so dang cute and I love how much they love Disney. Is it expensive and exhausting? Heck yes, but 100% worth it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Day 5: Magic Kingdom</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sBWGrKYajQG3N7GqtKGzcUPNa6-EPNTfov-80IAf8qAzTC5ECvuT9_ipaGfMtMjEW-g_iMRjuYIEs-4ud9D3SDr04wM30dcAvEzTdiaEWUEk7E8wyzk9J55XTi1qnxIshbBlIzky1hfD9Al4bPvC6L_MI3rVEv84POLUJiqbW0kJEZlGU5hE8KbegaDu/s4624/PXL_20231130_132017728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sBWGrKYajQG3N7GqtKGzcUPNa6-EPNTfov-80IAf8qAzTC5ECvuT9_ipaGfMtMjEW-g_iMRjuYIEs-4ud9D3SDr04wM30dcAvEzTdiaEWUEk7E8wyzk9J55XTi1qnxIshbBlIzky1hfD9Al4bPvC6L_MI3rVEv84POLUJiqbW0kJEZlGU5hE8KbegaDu/w480-h640/PXL_20231130_132017728.jpg" width="480" /></a><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">First up, Magic Kingdom again! Magic Kingdom is by far the kids' favorite, so we wanted to make sure we had another day to do all the things we wanted to do. Lily Grace wore her Jasmine costume today and Liam wanted to be one of the pirates from Pirates of the Caribbean. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIod6EPaEu6YEVblPRvKz9ylGHVRvKrl4LYqhU9wVH0PMQunXPJzJTZFiOrE0pWsnCcGQcrbJOvb0uq-BvtBsgGL_fO1KsWPpXyNdr_wUdp_29vbyazEAS0JJm6SVMnsDczy9zrnsIavFV_FnCE3v-kdw0ortaXWpPtMVGW_yOKwsShLu3fi-rjZci8vZ/s4032/02F21B94-6968-4D60-8514-37B369D12EE8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIod6EPaEu6YEVblPRvKz9ylGHVRvKrl4LYqhU9wVH0PMQunXPJzJTZFiOrE0pWsnCcGQcrbJOvb0uq-BvtBsgGL_fO1KsWPpXyNdr_wUdp_29vbyazEAS0JJm6SVMnsDczy9zrnsIavFV_FnCE3v-kdw0ortaXWpPtMVGW_yOKwsShLu3fi-rjZci8vZ/w640-h480/02F21B94-6968-4D60-8514-37B369D12EE8.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Devin and Lily Grace rode Space Mountain while Liam and I rode the People Mover and did the Buzz Lightyear ride (this was my first time for Buzz Lightyear-- it was so cute!). </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Fun fact: while LG is our big roller coaster girl, Liam would've been perfectly content to just ride the various modes of transportation around Disney. He had so much fun on the monorail, Skyliner, People Mover, the train that goes around Magic Kingdom, and the boat from Swan & Dolphin to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. It's the most cliche little boy thing ever, and I think it's adorable. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After those rides, we made our way over to the Tomorrowland Speedway. Both kids love the Tomorrowland Speedway because:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> "I get to drive by myself and I am not even 16!!" - LG </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">"Yeah, and I'm a good driver!" - Liam (after watching him drive, I can confirm he has significant room for improvement š)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgf1M3cPh5o-WgYI7n_JRg_zvbKRhoPsCkm5SXcwaAKGvGkoT5a1eGlTts1glk8QJAQgDXuPLsBwshuBM9ihw2CHB2c5txwrLkQZalmkoN5p-sgUz63Ben7zl0W_Tta7gp7lk03BMkOZlEnQ0se-NqhAjgLFY_c4DD8ypF4rvpyHhx-prIDQmE35w3kLN/s4032/IMG_6864.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgf1M3cPh5o-WgYI7n_JRg_zvbKRhoPsCkm5SXcwaAKGvGkoT5a1eGlTts1glk8QJAQgDXuPLsBwshuBM9ihw2CHB2c5txwrLkQZalmkoN5p-sgUz63Ben7zl0W_Tta7gp7lk03BMkOZlEnQ0se-NqhAjgLFY_c4DD8ypF4rvpyHhx-prIDQmE35w3kLN/w640-h480/IMG_6864.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbsBFiRvTX4VEQP95rMI7SP8KNly-dgzYSA_zx37Nir4yFBXz5UFNwzwJeibKT9xXFf2WSo4A8-FPLfl8TfEec6L6W77-Cur3WrgizBBeRE-IK-4MDICxHDa_bqq5NpfnPE6erUO70TWSgIgY1R9u_hdVfwCxeYYMxRUboqDGXRG_j08aSCNOY2gYxuSj/s4032/DD577A1B-83E8-42E4-BE34-7CB528E6F9B7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbsBFiRvTX4VEQP95rMI7SP8KNly-dgzYSA_zx37Nir4yFBXz5UFNwzwJeibKT9xXFf2WSo4A8-FPLfl8TfEec6L6W77-Cur3WrgizBBeRE-IK-4MDICxHDa_bqq5NpfnPE6erUO70TWSgIgY1R9u_hdVfwCxeYYMxRUboqDGXRG_j08aSCNOY2gYxuSj/w480-h640/DD577A1B-83E8-42E4-BE34-7CB528E6F9B7.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After the speedway, Lily Grace got her Driver's License while Liam wanted to drive again with my dad. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8UQe4GGmaHikpRopjTuPmA0KSSYgq8q_fduegGgQlGosgBfWDVoA-uVGhdATrRJz_9SClEvkmoGcLxJTHf8i6mUe59vgQtduJrWYWZcnE0VVBSYDKTHqoWcIKNr_H98z_fW3isUnaMdO29OwbjwyJI2l1EigZVTIrQfjguhkRNV4mezukcnSXjC5_ueK/s4032/IMG_6866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8UQe4GGmaHikpRopjTuPmA0KSSYgq8q_fduegGgQlGosgBfWDVoA-uVGhdATrRJz_9SClEvkmoGcLxJTHf8i6mUe59vgQtduJrWYWZcnE0VVBSYDKTHqoWcIKNr_H98z_fW3isUnaMdO29OwbjwyJI2l1EigZVTIrQfjguhkRNV4mezukcnSXjC5_ueK/w480-h640/IMG_6866.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjhwTvopQnhDc4ulSQDp9iZ6bwEPo7tc1fL8-qnVAqolVnW6onGx5Re2PkMXV0V6fFgtK-eeduNcqNd3lK9acW0BULBnhkijsIbrjOn-Ac6rFUF_BKFjuBWqjGxlpHKD1mmcTBibPDYJDUZOJYUCcCDsYnVK-iIFz7T8wAIEKpg5s7pSccnzuhyphenhyphenahud5E/s4624/PXL_20231130_190147672.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjhwTvopQnhDc4ulSQDp9iZ6bwEPo7tc1fL8-qnVAqolVnW6onGx5Re2PkMXV0V6fFgtK-eeduNcqNd3lK9acW0BULBnhkijsIbrjOn-Ac6rFUF_BKFjuBWqjGxlpHKD1mmcTBibPDYJDUZOJYUCcCDsYnVK-iIFz7T8wAIEKpg5s7pSccnzuhyphenhyphenahud5E/w480-h640/PXL_20231130_190147672.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After the speedway, the kids were ready to go back to their favorite ride, Big Thunder Mountain. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuBap_erZ9QalfvAlvbxE51ET1jp12RRC7SQPWaEkr02P2hk-FWuoZk74nBCMIi3VDxaIwXM9rD5sqcel752h-RXYmatNKRlglyTQNPJAj0XdBl5ZTY2uB2xQdrSIwc9TlCg93tMeCU_4Fcf3KwNEfjqTzTNluL4BBbutlMQWKy2cauv-o_aq8c4bS079/s4032/5C9D5986-002F-4D07-A9DD-3B37293E7146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuBap_erZ9QalfvAlvbxE51ET1jp12RRC7SQPWaEkr02P2hk-FWuoZk74nBCMIi3VDxaIwXM9rD5sqcel752h-RXYmatNKRlglyTQNPJAj0XdBl5ZTY2uB2xQdrSIwc9TlCg93tMeCU_4Fcf3KwNEfjqTzTNluL4BBbutlMQWKy2cauv-o_aq8c4bS079/w640-h480/5C9D5986-002F-4D07-A9DD-3B37293E7146.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">As Lily Grace said, "I want to ride it 20 times today." We didn't get to 20, but we rode it probably 5-6 times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Here's my mom in the front, Liam with my dad:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vxgRViLcBcBM7puDBELGlE2ACtW_-zGtmkkHb7_IuiKkqu5c2aLlpBkeQL6TdEog3cHdH7_Zu8bKs4f9vKvSyvgjw9lEsGq4OG62O9-CybMQssS1tVi_KX9yOn0ZmH-2WiC-mM8qYlXTfR8AACK4_Q_GFipL-PxYtzvjcyDU2wLrxEphC1_bRQWoV-fk/s4032/79BF5CDD-8CA1-4B21-97C8-18E12FF6159B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vxgRViLcBcBM7puDBELGlE2ACtW_-zGtmkkHb7_IuiKkqu5c2aLlpBkeQL6TdEog3cHdH7_Zu8bKs4f9vKvSyvgjw9lEsGq4OG62O9-CybMQssS1tVi_KX9yOn0ZmH-2WiC-mM8qYlXTfR8AACK4_Q_GFipL-PxYtzvjcyDU2wLrxEphC1_bRQWoV-fk/w480-h640/79BF5CDD-8CA1-4B21-97C8-18E12FF6159B.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> and LG with my sister:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkZnqL-eix1tM2gI-hKzGbcKbSn43S1f1KXvWcGAL7rkA-Bc-5zmJY5JojgBo6A0KR0nLd9296v02IE17rAozn4ZqeQmNDek9fI6QqTFyMxJGaPh1BpiTMNyjfw2e82svAdj4Pv6-FTPAAfUNblE5nsoS8gazFcn_McEMvJE7-OQct4xPpMVZj0s-00c1/s4032/C5647060-32B7-42FB-8859-360364086327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkZnqL-eix1tM2gI-hKzGbcKbSn43S1f1KXvWcGAL7rkA-Bc-5zmJY5JojgBo6A0KR0nLd9296v02IE17rAozn4ZqeQmNDek9fI6QqTFyMxJGaPh1BpiTMNyjfw2e82svAdj4Pv6-FTPAAfUNblE5nsoS8gazFcn_McEMvJE7-OQct4xPpMVZj0s-00c1/w480-h640/C5647060-32B7-42FB-8859-360364086327.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Then another time and we switched up riders:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ-apj_3Fqy2LPPl9YyAngqi2reY3ReyjBDlIidy5ITokbAzgN6r9SiMY7fu0g2QANYNsebU5MR3L9PdSrvgDlS1OMpVdYoZHbQkQJ7AH3gNcxCmtc7ngGMK9PIEXz3Ror6HBy7HHhqfWwohQ00C03ARPzEp5XT4N-5v0nSuiU7W4Bi_rcVRBsry6obUi/s4032/639A7DF8-CD40-498E-A654-172EDFAF49B5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ-apj_3Fqy2LPPl9YyAngqi2reY3ReyjBDlIidy5ITokbAzgN6r9SiMY7fu0g2QANYNsebU5MR3L9PdSrvgDlS1OMpVdYoZHbQkQJ7AH3gNcxCmtc7ngGMK9PIEXz3Ror6HBy7HHhqfWwohQ00C03ARPzEp5XT4N-5v0nSuiU7W4Bi_rcVRBsry6obUi/w640-h480/639A7DF8-CD40-498E-A654-172EDFAF49B5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Next up, lunch! We just did something easy this time and ate at Pecos Bill in Frontierland. As we were walking over there from Big Thunder Mountain, a big parade went through!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo_yu7oQymDL78llrqHuGfPqSLqOmWi5rVRyYZUQO7h10dqTx6ulaNJnNQ1bCmKbukOlcmTEA2fSRcEhoTvf6CgEjBEfRG6fxJTb9XKO39dqwIqlGI01wwLoOyaZ5wbrxe8lAEQpFYcigKjhBsSYX5ShN5-ddriUW93O2HLa-ie0P-vuqWnNOXZSKG1nw/s4032/A5102FE5-FC9A-492E-BC9C-02D855A7774F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo_yu7oQymDL78llrqHuGfPqSLqOmWi5rVRyYZUQO7h10dqTx6ulaNJnNQ1bCmKbukOlcmTEA2fSRcEhoTvf6CgEjBEfRG6fxJTb9XKO39dqwIqlGI01wwLoOyaZ5wbrxe8lAEQpFYcigKjhBsSYX5ShN5-ddriUW93O2HLa-ie0P-vuqWnNOXZSKG1nw/w480-h640/A5102FE5-FC9A-492E-BC9C-02D855A7774F.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJar1IeO8S9jZ7FVFQC_tzvwaOOv5KBUMK1fRKEdyqAsl5NjG4-E1yNDsLZ6b0qYolVYNTxqlhWiuhQqlWGX_X6vO8KxLHCBi8YfKDH4P5RuaB8xtquIH9ed4huxs6zQh7Jw_l96_12oAAjrlg9eUKUkJxJNNLH-WTYnyGZfTv9ivkCBTNzVCRlzTOiV2v/s4032/PXL_20231130_170124554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJar1IeO8S9jZ7FVFQC_tzvwaOOv5KBUMK1fRKEdyqAsl5NjG4-E1yNDsLZ6b0qYolVYNTxqlhWiuhQqlWGX_X6vO8KxLHCBi8YfKDH4P5RuaB8xtquIH9ed4huxs6zQh7Jw_l96_12oAAjrlg9eUKUkJxJNNLH-WTYnyGZfTv9ivkCBTNzVCRlzTOiV2v/w480-h640/PXL_20231130_170124554.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After lunch, my picture taking dropped off significantly, but we went to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Tom Sawyer Island</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Pirates of the Caribbean</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Jenni and Devin rode Tron (I had no interest) while the rest of us rode Barnstormer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- We rode the train around Magic Kingdom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- the Little Mermaid ride</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Swiss Family Robinson House</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Aladdin and Jasmine's Magic Carpets:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvDxdDC_myr6O6NNg9LMvmk9AcCPZ3Qu1DvGFRpXNI9eQimM-gKA_-IZFzBXJ3tIRWBd4kb11WVfn94JYQHfumfx845hrFJqR6e3TavCsYfHfMnImCqSh82esEvexzbkKJCSQGl_vPLRqqHNbcFQjn3kXIUrybey_LVkXDPWz8529n6nUwzdJLp_r-DAF/s4032/951FE706-D06D-4825-94C6-A68C25DD56C1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvDxdDC_myr6O6NNg9LMvmk9AcCPZ3Qu1DvGFRpXNI9eQimM-gKA_-IZFzBXJ3tIRWBd4kb11WVfn94JYQHfumfx845hrFJqR6e3TavCsYfHfMnImCqSh82esEvexzbkKJCSQGl_vPLRqqHNbcFQjn3kXIUrybey_LVkXDPWz8529n6nUwzdJLp_r-DAF/w640-h480/951FE706-D06D-4825-94C6-A68C25DD56C1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">It was starting to get to the end of the day, and Liam was resting in the stroller, so LG and I walked around and shopped for "beautiful gowns for Santa to bring me". I told her she could only ask Santa for one, so she went around trying most of them on (by holding them up to herself) before she made a decision (Elsa dress, but they didn't have her size in this store). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB9UHat922GNpr5ZkBNPm-tSw-G1tPixgXyClVGeDdEWj41rR0caWAby3UK4nEc0l8FV0FmzqkvY8kq9SlljxfBZput6ISc_Zd8NpC70Vg80nnSl6Hk4jO1pkgDZloBWc5WpEDIXK-izLJ4ZJL7ilcq_zlmwfugupdJCeyCOsUYOTgCHt0m0MWxFsQtp8/s4032/04A75C12-DF58-4A6A-B44B-EFBA25DE7449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB9UHat922GNpr5ZkBNPm-tSw-G1tPixgXyClVGeDdEWj41rR0caWAby3UK4nEc0l8FV0FmzqkvY8kq9SlljxfBZput6ISc_Zd8NpC70Vg80nnSl6Hk4jO1pkgDZloBWc5WpEDIXK-izLJ4ZJL7ilcq_zlmwfugupdJCeyCOsUYOTgCHt0m0MWxFsQtp8/w480-h640/04A75C12-DF58-4A6A-B44B-EFBA25DE7449.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgGvzWiwoitZeHYPhdQ3um71rYCwgySVNI_lEm3gPI2SYFQu0qBnp4XSq9frsGRh8NttvBvqq-oFeMLHHlJ8PQe22ahybbVmi3gfN82hW9k7F1tREEWvQRPcwfClJrTw35IWL-NJubvPxx3wiasW3zG3uF-mbPShJ9hKLzAk1SkJ9a985wZjMUtrg4k6R/s4032/76507580-E1A2-4586-84E3-795AC24A12DB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgGvzWiwoitZeHYPhdQ3um71rYCwgySVNI_lEm3gPI2SYFQu0qBnp4XSq9frsGRh8NttvBvqq-oFeMLHHlJ8PQe22ahybbVmi3gfN82hW9k7F1tREEWvQRPcwfClJrTw35IWL-NJubvPxx3wiasW3zG3uF-mbPShJ9hKLzAk1SkJ9a985wZjMUtrg4k6R/w480-h640/76507580-E1A2-4586-84E3-795AC24A12DB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We decided to put it on her list for Santa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After shopping, we attempted to grab some family pics in front of the castle:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGw7siTNrBiByMzRLR7XG2wVWymwdWuRoQ1hbJGn03dpcWtpdLaLNW9m5N0BI14i-1Wott3b_9svgI3jauiVKG0mfji5lM97UNPW9UA-IKzlxaQTGmFMj4JqMw1RHGWKl8ej6nogUmJaVcSK0c0jfd5Nv5nePRWp6dyuS1hyFUH6T-SI3H77Bt5P7fqGO/s4032/IMG_6899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGw7siTNrBiByMzRLR7XG2wVWymwdWuRoQ1hbJGn03dpcWtpdLaLNW9m5N0BI14i-1Wott3b_9svgI3jauiVKG0mfji5lM97UNPW9UA-IKzlxaQTGmFMj4JqMw1RHGWKl8ej6nogUmJaVcSK0c0jfd5Nv5nePRWp6dyuS1hyFUH6T-SI3H77Bt5P7fqGO/w480-h640/IMG_6899.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">While this one came out okay, a majority of the pictures looked more like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF_3voEOLD1pcY6fcoDQgpD9NHBxaSxG_XgZVr4kZkmb5S_FtgLTjG3gdveEF9YZCRynDwKd0X4uAR_Tyox6tuz17eO19i-ikwNn30RZu69X3jogCVw7cZN3F97LuL8i-gHhKayY4xntaN0m6soF3X_jBBaxbAEknRxLNPAiQnjgtaC0on27XgEM7nEWE/s4032/FB9456D8-B5C7-4D3A-A02E-C13DA146611C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF_3voEOLD1pcY6fcoDQgpD9NHBxaSxG_XgZVr4kZkmb5S_FtgLTjG3gdveEF9YZCRynDwKd0X4uAR_Tyox6tuz17eO19i-ikwNn30RZu69X3jogCVw7cZN3F97LuL8i-gHhKayY4xntaN0m6soF3X_jBBaxbAEknRxLNPAiQnjgtaC0on27XgEM7nEWE/w480-h640/FB9456D8-B5C7-4D3A-A02E-C13DA146611C.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Lol!! Every time I look at this, I find something new to laugh at. Clearly everyone was starting to get a little tired! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We had some food packed in our cooler, so we gave the kids some snacks. While they ate in the stroller, Devin and I grabbed a few pics. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQlGiZ87h2M7-yeXN7vjV9Da2TuEDf6tgrhlQI8LnTKFwOlqyfwLLpTKHXaZaHxfPCeYJ6yGuxcyeGPvVcRTmuGwcVhnZmRQwDrRj_sPuE2UUNAgABz0el6F9qfGlcFekoZLnV_UdBnUywhcBLuDPMNsX4KMivEJB6IO0E3eTsXgCTg5xLBWSerIRgTdo/s4032/PXL_20231130_224323828~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQlGiZ87h2M7-yeXN7vjV9Da2TuEDf6tgrhlQI8LnTKFwOlqyfwLLpTKHXaZaHxfPCeYJ6yGuxcyeGPvVcRTmuGwcVhnZmRQwDrRj_sPuE2UUNAgABz0el6F9qfGlcFekoZLnV_UdBnUywhcBLuDPMNsX4KMivEJB6IO0E3eTsXgCTg5xLBWSerIRgTdo/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_224323828~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPdXP6tUnpW5Gpvf6s0HXSm5mNzEHmLV09dw1fKBzI5H0176klfbv8Ldrm4z5Fom509VAOo-vzKk8ttqkFzY7eiSWhC93iHGVlMyn26FNVo7i7o392uR5afSIVJmYi-UHaMRvgmjQ-CLYCMH8iokml52bevjlGnxD9JeAye6zZtro8JurecS8tMJRRt_V/s4032/PXL_20231130_224452809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPdXP6tUnpW5Gpvf6s0HXSm5mNzEHmLV09dw1fKBzI5H0176klfbv8Ldrm4z5Fom509VAOo-vzKk8ttqkFzY7eiSWhC93iHGVlMyn26FNVo7i7o392uR5afSIVJmYi-UHaMRvgmjQ-CLYCMH8iokml52bevjlGnxD9JeAye6zZtro8JurecS8tMJRRt_V/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_224452809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">At this point, the kids were really sleepy. We intended to stay for fireworks, but then this happened:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5eUv-utp1xhmLZUDrzM2C5-F4mcIZWRX9WAmsditJPeOp1SgR0L6CY_zDe2PNNfpArdYU7lucu3Yn5Zp1zNNSjEW0HZQVbzN6gci0z7yvqBVHu3HsBMXz9_23vA_N5SBfRYLb6b89hGJkm73Ip4JUMt6-sC25i_zdOau8DUhfzl6wsNiQjeWI2O5TniN/s4032/EC1EFF98-DDDF-4A77-9583-13A6CC18B2EB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5eUv-utp1xhmLZUDrzM2C5-F4mcIZWRX9WAmsditJPeOp1SgR0L6CY_zDe2PNNfpArdYU7lucu3Yn5Zp1zNNSjEW0HZQVbzN6gci0z7yvqBVHu3HsBMXz9_23vA_N5SBfRYLb6b89hGJkm73Ip4JUMt6-sC25i_zdOau8DUhfzl6wsNiQjeWI2O5TniN/w480-h640/EC1EFF98-DDDF-4A77-9583-13A6CC18B2EB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We decided to just head back so we weren't overtired and cranky on our last day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Day 6: Epcot</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Magic Kingdom and Epcot are our favorites, so we decided to finish out the trip with Epcot. Unfortunately, I have very few pictures from this day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9IN-KPmNpydqnIP0WHimJAxrl2qiam3I6xkQELDPasGmG2iJvgSnpRYcln0bDBODXZM5hKerfl7TjPWz3JN-FuGTyK-jVACquJX1exfyPk0DdzeKzJrDxaZTgXbKilwiWgzTnyilfokG9ZXDTmhnocmfYA3tIBVWOU_zm-ykAjs5bwuW6ubMPR8oCOyP/s4032/IMG_6924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9IN-KPmNpydqnIP0WHimJAxrl2qiam3I6xkQELDPasGmG2iJvgSnpRYcln0bDBODXZM5hKerfl7TjPWz3JN-FuGTyK-jVACquJX1exfyPk0DdzeKzJrDxaZTgXbKilwiWgzTnyilfokG9ZXDTmhnocmfYA3tIBVWOU_zm-ykAjs5bwuW6ubMPR8oCOyP/w480-h640/IMG_6924.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We started strong with some pictures in front of the Epcot ball...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l-1yIpcvAGMsJFQzm02Tup9XSWBpCaI4o_G3g5_CGux2DZ-E1xFoQ9gmwBYUt5UrgmuS0D4AdLzztuzQ1pZZBTee-pc3LwnFdV6d-mbOpRCq7YZnVkPYzH9ecJWJTywEhcmTr-OiKcALUPjeUlAvFqshDFLop7ioaU24AAi7411HtG6OIZNnezuthgay/s4032/IMG_6930_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l-1yIpcvAGMsJFQzm02Tup9XSWBpCaI4o_G3g5_CGux2DZ-E1xFoQ9gmwBYUt5UrgmuS0D4AdLzztuzQ1pZZBTee-pc3LwnFdV6d-mbOpRCq7YZnVkPYzH9ecJWJTywEhcmTr-OiKcALUPjeUlAvFqshDFLop7ioaU24AAi7411HtG6OIZNnezuthgay/w480-h640/IMG_6930_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Then we headed straight to ride Frozen. After Frozen, we rode Finding Nemo, checked out the aquarium for a bit afterwards, and then went to the Moana area again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ2O1oqB_heqwQA2l0wtonf9y-wrPz0SuqiPRVFRmqmeo47OpjMKFC1C9ER5mdENvFr07JB68qMUQsuOiRvijGtEAEQ0C0WKcY5HUAY_bTk9rp_xT57-PrxnbuK8heY3p77O_8OC-fo4QwZARAD-vezTfoEBHFRCbrP9pXFyv8OstK5i7XF4beqJIrB2N/s4624/PXL_20231129_222602272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ2O1oqB_heqwQA2l0wtonf9y-wrPz0SuqiPRVFRmqmeo47OpjMKFC1C9ER5mdENvFr07JB68qMUQsuOiRvijGtEAEQ0C0WKcY5HUAY_bTk9rp_xT57-PrxnbuK8heY3p77O_8OC-fo4QwZARAD-vezTfoEBHFRCbrP9pXFyv8OstK5i7XF4beqJIrB2N/w480-h640/PXL_20231129_222602272.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The kids love the trains in Germany soooo much, so we spent a long time there. The kids pretended they lived in the little village and told us "that's our house" and "that's my school" and "that's where Nana and Pop Pop live". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We spent the remainder of the day walking around, taking in all the Christmas decorations, riding rides and going to shows (the kids loved the Beauty and the Beast Sing a Long in France). Liam went back to play more drums:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QeAm1CD3u-j7wUd4JjYDgVqHyeFjggLF6ikuwXeeoITTl5jcRorRXBxPs3kdksEa_10KS90R8OV1MFQDPGtN13njf3RwEjkcE6-SckE4OrYUY2iXYWSCNkKzkJ3rzTsMmQCckqRmMjcVhqU37G1cyd9nuFdfl9clL8jvPXzhbGkai50Ch7GYjRX_x0sV/s4624/PXL_20231201_194728153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QeAm1CD3u-j7wUd4JjYDgVqHyeFjggLF6ikuwXeeoITTl5jcRorRXBxPs3kdksEa_10KS90R8OV1MFQDPGtN13njf3RwEjkcE6-SckE4OrYUY2iXYWSCNkKzkJ3rzTsMmQCckqRmMjcVhqU37G1cyd9nuFdfl9clL8jvPXzhbGkai50Ch7GYjRX_x0sV/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_194728153.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">and we ate to our hearts' content! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e3KDon41mEHuRkySm_U_nR85ZLUKjUndB-sKPR0xUkAMZ7FUJtj3EuwxonRzIb9cu_Fx6-2vLYmb0DWoYlsYyTNt1q5DsZ3wPNSnhwCdR3vapsIXpP8duFTyB9koQPNdvkTHIj5vdcM83cZ_EB61IyxmdCR-ao52AWxbShTDo5iaNMZkjXdkslzaZV3B/s4032/IMG_6953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e3KDon41mEHuRkySm_U_nR85ZLUKjUndB-sKPR0xUkAMZ7FUJtj3EuwxonRzIb9cu_Fx6-2vLYmb0DWoYlsYyTNt1q5DsZ3wPNSnhwCdR3vapsIXpP8duFTyB9koQPNdvkTHIj5vdcM83cZ_EB61IyxmdCR-ao52AWxbShTDo5iaNMZkjXdkslzaZV3B/w480-h640/IMG_6953.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We had the most wonderful time on this trip and I feel so lucky that I felt well enough to enjoy it. Disney is truly the most magical place on Earth, and I am already mentally planning our next trip there in 2 years!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading along! See you back here on Monday as we kick off 2024 right!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-33456431308606371522023-12-22T04:30:00.120-05:002023-12-22T04:30:00.145-05:00Disney Trip Part 2!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> Good morning friends! I had to stop and think to figure out what day of the week it was as I write this. I get so discombobulated when we are on a break, I feel like I never know what's going on! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Today we are doing the next part of our Disney trip with a recap part 2! Where we left off, our little family of 4 had gone to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, then had a no-park day. Now, at this point of the trip, my parents and younger sister Jenni were joining us-- yay!!! Also, my parents brought the Double BOB stroller so the kids didn't have to sit in each other's laps anymore-- double yay for the double BOB! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Day 4: Epcot</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">This was our last morning of staying on property at the Hilton Bonnet Creek, so we got to Epcot early with the rest of the Disney hotel people at 8:00, ready for rope drop at 8:30. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We headed straight to the Ratatouille ride. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKAU26O54WChUZEs-uMLUxfHtbnvbtvD4aEwr6NNbEJi3TeMsc-6u9oIEv9HQWWgdNJQ17uJU4zXxosNdMT0CEBlFRhz3zI8mcAcGAuqQjWhamcfIagbOElNWVuvU8YrPz6JYEmvX8vz2TTC0_KTR0_nIN2l1xEBHvHWaA9eASNogDl1xQUBeUsATMsYK/s4032/IMG_6833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKAU26O54WChUZEs-uMLUxfHtbnvbtvD4aEwr6NNbEJi3TeMsc-6u9oIEv9HQWWgdNJQ17uJU4zXxosNdMT0CEBlFRhz3zI8mcAcGAuqQjWhamcfIagbOElNWVuvU8YrPz6JYEmvX8vz2TTC0_KTR0_nIN2l1xEBHvHWaA9eASNogDl1xQUBeUsATMsYK/w480-h640/IMG_6833.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRdtTXI4Zq5y2rg4QgK9hloIdsXhkY987fTlZ0CYspIdYAPny31sSsjhQiqQi3o3sXOKX8E3UNVXMpFKV1TQ2UfRi6T8y3Qk5YHjsNd_nPQFAU1ciOiznkH_kQZUdJn-mDvL-s0jqceupuvffaF1x0Jo567uIWcaymHNQXjXnT9Q7-DApsGfjzUL3oL6R/s4032/BC45C59F-11DC-4DFA-A227-F92CBB9983A0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRdtTXI4Zq5y2rg4QgK9hloIdsXhkY987fTlZ0CYspIdYAPny31sSsjhQiqQi3o3sXOKX8E3UNVXMpFKV1TQ2UfRi6T8y3Qk5YHjsNd_nPQFAU1ciOiznkH_kQZUdJn-mDvL-s0jqceupuvffaF1x0Jo567uIWcaymHNQXjXnT9Q7-DApsGfjzUL3oL6R/w480-h640/BC45C59F-11DC-4DFA-A227-F92CBB9983A0.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Devin and the kids love this ride... I, however, do not! My motion sickness gets so bad I have to close my eyes or stare down at the floor. Cute concept for a ride, but I struggle with the 3D ones every time. All that to say, everyone else loved it and I was happy that they were happy, so I enjoyed it too, even if my eyes were closed for half of it. š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After Ratatouille, we headed to the Frozen ride. We waited 20ish minutes-- not bad! Both kids love the Frozen ride-- I mean, who doesn't? For those of you who have been going to Disney for years, remember when it used to be just the Norway ride with the trolls? That was cute too, but I think making it Frozen themed was a smart move. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G3fvVUyJeu6F9RlL3eHqs7eZ-_OISgOUzU-4cwD2Dkvq9Hn5bQ2ZSw8NEvgCIKfmyMdgp72C9GiPYN49DIiRTdu5AuiNbSvQJTejezVqu2AdlFMByLI6-6l_WblNCrGPUxSHeMUJ7DuQl2jd2gNIGbVZKDJtnsMANr5RMXtyQ6-aHiu7Qt6V2Zp2Pa4P/s4032/IMG_6835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G3fvVUyJeu6F9RlL3eHqs7eZ-_OISgOUzU-4cwD2Dkvq9Hn5bQ2ZSw8NEvgCIKfmyMdgp72C9GiPYN49DIiRTdu5AuiNbSvQJTejezVqu2AdlFMByLI6-6l_WblNCrGPUxSHeMUJ7DuQl2jd2gNIGbVZKDJtnsMANr5RMXtyQ6-aHiu7Qt6V2Zp2Pa4P/w480-h640/IMG_6835.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Also, yes LG is dressed as Raya and Liam is dressed as Olaf. He had an Olaf head but didn't want to wear it, so he just wore the Olaf body. Olaf was a big hit walking through the park, especially the Norway area!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We rode Test Track (another hit!) and then headed to the new Moana area. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiuimWtDnrKnQuQud07nSFFFFuTnUM_TSjL7y6bYc_dvCmrfkJpGo2-tj2GXk-APq2zKQ1ST103AamQom1xHvvYnmGgFcA8TO0zS2naznOUO17uf2Y6UM3brInYGzg_nA-M9iKPZTZdYM2PzcHEUhg5zJwmJEQrKiiGapMnq0x-g0Mt8EcepVMkSCyEs4/s4032/IMG_6839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiuimWtDnrKnQuQud07nSFFFFuTnUM_TSjL7y6bYc_dvCmrfkJpGo2-tj2GXk-APq2zKQ1ST103AamQom1xHvvYnmGgFcA8TO0zS2naznOUO17uf2Y6UM3brInYGzg_nA-M9iKPZTZdYM2PzcHEUhg5zJwmJEQrKiiGapMnq0x-g0Mt8EcepVMkSCyEs4/w480-h640/IMG_6839.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEShXGL18naK9g3hbN_uw7pZ8YMkvsVd10ttDpyA6ZAyCXcNIzhhE5gFtQ6hYx2zFmQWH3nbQlgo_hjl_3HWVpdQDLtkt0lzwD0l285dHnxSLG8svLe6RAMVtHx3WvbhioiJnZ0bkH628vomP8jhcdFiilsFsF1WQjy0AaUfQ0JTihcrJ3MZhyphenhyphenpDvxmQzb/s4032/IMG_6841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEShXGL18naK9g3hbN_uw7pZ8YMkvsVd10ttDpyA6ZAyCXcNIzhhE5gFtQ6hYx2zFmQWH3nbQlgo_hjl_3HWVpdQDLtkt0lzwD0l285dHnxSLG8svLe6RAMVtHx3WvbhioiJnZ0bkH628vomP8jhcdFiilsFsF1WQjy0AaUfQ0JTihcrJ3MZhyphenhyphenpDvxmQzb/w480-h640/IMG_6841.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">This was super cute!! Both kids loved it and I thought it was well done. I bet this area is nice in the hot summer months when everyone wants to cool down a bit. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After Moana we meandered around and rode a few rides here and there. We made our way over to Germany and sat for awhile while the kids watched the trains. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVrklbKa8ogjJAAN3yyUCobbN55nbNFt9Ym9eaNMht-ZDdchPU8jQ0fu9K_2xaBehz-J8rCfrGw4BskSXb4Plc-iMUI3S_OrWEk1K7fLCcpbNKkXiHBX_AYNqlWt16vj_DX8VgP8jmUM8HR7Xb4duEReuUQgVUCBj1WtNfETT-rR350svmml1_nnSCEN4/s4032/IMG_6844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVrklbKa8ogjJAAN3yyUCobbN55nbNFt9Ym9eaNMht-ZDdchPU8jQ0fu9K_2xaBehz-J8rCfrGw4BskSXb4Plc-iMUI3S_OrWEk1K7fLCcpbNKkXiHBX_AYNqlWt16vj_DX8VgP8jmUM8HR7Xb4duEReuUQgVUCBj1WtNfETT-rR350svmml1_nnSCEN4/w480-h640/IMG_6844.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">This was the only day that my legs were bothering me and I took a Tramdol. I let that kick in while the kids watched the trains and then I was good to go! After watching the trains for a bit, w</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">e rode the Mexico ride, Finding Nemo, went to the Beauty and the Beast show. The kids LOVE the Mexico ride. We rode that one like 6 times haha! The kids spent a good amount of time playing these little drums:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFnEOJ_JDa5Z0a5USoFROyshTiPhAuYI0XdArCqeT9qe_dkhhjENOxeGTnBSRiaoqPL9dfetNuJ9YBSksNSpYjHTQgxZ_s6vadRZRNrykjxzEhtODx8b3kfEqi4NqpwaTZho1Szgu69RpjRkHyD7Pr82a70sUBuTcN6ngHWedmbFBAvxKRiM4ww9FWbIr/s4032/306560BE-97F1-4937-9D7E-BF08C7B78CB1.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFnEOJ_JDa5Z0a5USoFROyshTiPhAuYI0XdArCqeT9qe_dkhhjENOxeGTnBSRiaoqPL9dfetNuJ9YBSksNSpYjHTQgxZ_s6vadRZRNrykjxzEhtODx8b3kfEqi4NqpwaTZho1Szgu69RpjRkHyD7Pr82a70sUBuTcN6ngHWedmbFBAvxKRiM4ww9FWbIr/w480-h640/306560BE-97F1-4937-9D7E-BF08C7B78CB1.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Which prompted Devin and I to swiftly agree that we will never have drums in our house for the kids haha! They're SO loud!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We had an early dinner reservation at the German Biergarten. This is our only picture of everyone, which makes me sad! Anyone else's parents prefer to take the pictures. but not be in them? Which is sweet of them to offer to take them, but then we have very few with them in the pictures.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We continued to walk around, ride rides, eat all the delicious foods. Then, it was time to head back to our hotel before our next big day at Magic Kingdom.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Thank you all for reading along today! I will be back to finish our Disney posts after Christmas. I hope you and your families have a very Merry Christmas!! </span></p><p></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-82416428608288714492023-12-18T04:30:00.001-05:002023-12-18T04:30:00.132-05:00Post Cancer/Chemo Recovery-- Month 5<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> Good morning and happy first Monday of break! Yesterday we packed the kids' suitcases and gave them to their grandparents for a few days, because Devin and I are on our way to Mexico-- woohoo!! This past July we celebrated our 10 year anniversary, but because I was feeling like trash in July we decided to postpone our anniversary trip until I was feeling well enough to enjoy it. I am thrilled to report that I feel GREAT and am very much looking forward to the next few days of being catered to at an all-inclusive. With no work for the next 2 weeks and no grad school for 3 weeks, I am looking forward to sitting in a lounge chair by the beach with a book glued to my hand!! Doesn't that sound like heaven?<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">It is time to do another monthly check-in for my recovery and I am thrilled to have all positive news again-- including a hair update! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Mental/Emotional Recovery</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I have been thinking a lot about the fact that it has been almost a year since my first symptoms started popping up. The first day I knew something was wrong was December 27th, and it has only been recently that I started feeling like myself again... meaning it has been a whole year of feeling crummy (in one way or another). While 2023 has been a year of lows, for obvious reasons, it has been a year of highs too. This was the year when I truly was afraid I might lose my life. I know Hodgkin's Lymphoma has a good response rate to chemotherapy, but when I heard "stage 4," my brain immediately went to a very dark place. Since then though, I have become much more appreciative of EVERYTHING in my life. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Our trip to Disney made me cry happy tears DAILY.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">This Christmas season has been 10x more magical with the kids. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Those are just a couple examples of the <i><b>many</b></i> times I think to myself "I can't believe I almost missed this" and "how lucky am I to still be alive?"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Does that mean life is perfect and stress/problem free? Absolutely not. Of course we still have problems, everyone does. I just look at them differently now. Like all other problems, "this too shall pass" and when I look at the bigger picture, "how much does this really matter?"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Devin and I were talking recently about when to celebrate my cancer-versary. For any other survivors out there, when do you celebrate? From what I've read, it's whatever date is most significant to you. I have 4 significant dates:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">-2/1- First time being told "you have cancer"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">-2/8- When I got the call-- "It's Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 4"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">-4/5- Declared in Remission</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">-7/19- Last day of chemo</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">I think either 2/8 or 7/19 because they feel like "the beginning" and "the end". Either way, I am looking forward to an annual reminder of how short life is and to truly appreciate every single day.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Physical Recovery</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I was nervous about all the walking we would need to do at Disney and whether or not I could keep up-- but I am happy to report I did VERY well! There was one day when I needed to take a Tramadol and sit on a bench for a half hour or so and rest, but only one day out of the whole week! And you all know how physically demanding Disney can be-- you're on your feet <i><b>all day</b></i>! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I had been doing well with exercising daily and I could notice a difference in how I felt, but then we got back from Disney and life got busy again. I haven't worked out a single day since. Oops. Since I know what a difference that makes, it is a goal of mine to make it a priority over Christmas break and into 2024. I am still not running, but my plan is to start in January. I don't know when I'll be able to run a half marathon again, but I'm not in a rush. I have the rest of my very long life to do so. š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Look how long my hair is!!!!!!!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G2pvzSXLp7BRPsPiF9cFE7GbibShpez3sDP4zMCqyRnyHc_gmSGGcFsVI53_QwTFCxEMYrER0iVmsborgBAYE4BqLRxWew_HIv93DCAr1gZnnstl9BEuqIt7QZkrkxJ7yrAn33WE3NRaH3Do8uDnErQDk6Go8tzkFemdQc-vmrIuA8exk6HUyrDeHHzI/s3088/IMG_7073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G2pvzSXLp7BRPsPiF9cFE7GbibShpez3sDP4zMCqyRnyHc_gmSGGcFsVI53_QwTFCxEMYrER0iVmsborgBAYE4BqLRxWew_HIv93DCAr1gZnnstl9BEuqIt7QZkrkxJ7yrAn33WE3NRaH3Do8uDnErQDk6Go8tzkFemdQc-vmrIuA8exk6HUyrDeHHzI/w480-h640/IMG_7073.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9J_Gw_4lUD1KrJdX-s5lMszJ5Knb-fAVYOd8SZzC6P3_P4dwIDm1z-L-tmU371QXYBW0y2mQRRWpMgHQ7-My6tayrW3ZhoYtc57gqPUYRHRSqMbxWTJe-t5SKebPZOKX9rM05Rz4RbdDe7K5M-4XxliDUmkeVIS38XgnAzzmXV-gBnwdvBNCsQdJJtB1/s3088/IMG_7074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9J_Gw_4lUD1KrJdX-s5lMszJ5Knb-fAVYOd8SZzC6P3_P4dwIDm1z-L-tmU371QXYBW0y2mQRRWpMgHQ7-My6tayrW3ZhoYtc57gqPUYRHRSqMbxWTJe-t5SKebPZOKX9rM05Rz4RbdDe7K5M-4XxliDUmkeVIS38XgnAzzmXV-gBnwdvBNCsQdJJtB1/w480-h640/IMG_7074.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Okay, okay, I know-- "long" is not how most people would describe this. But it's long enough to cover my ears a little bit! And long enough that I comb it in the morning before I dry it and put my wig on. It's hard to tell in the picture since I blew it dry, but when I let it air dry it is wavy/curly! It's also darker than I remember my natural hair color being before (although I always got highlights, so that's kind of hard to tell). </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Also, feel free to zoom in, because YES, I do have sideburns. When my hair first started growing back, it grew back everywhere, including places I had never noticed it before. Ya'll, I'm not kidding when I tell you I had a slight beard and a mustache at one point (white blonde hair thank God!!!!!). The beard and mustache fell out on their own very quickly, and I was told the sideburns would too so I am supposed to leave them alone. They seem to be taking their sweet time falling out haha!! Luckily when I wear my wigs, you can't see them at all. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">My hair is kind of patchy still, so I'm hoping as it continues to grow, the bald spots fill in. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Speaking of wigs...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjpURI_juoAOO0g8bV6FOxc6KPiGG-ujKNRJIsRGatDYDtFNee7zjLtbWKHgMrdXohagl9tAEPClCGJteIRuqHgQrKW7Aaq_4huJw5PwH2JXh_nrMUtkxDWzgK27544x2_jPyURi7QMG0xyz2XB2GfYN71qbHDuIDfntaus9agBEyrdMxY4o88jpiSXa/s4032/IMG_7001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjpURI_juoAOO0g8bV6FOxc6KPiGG-ujKNRJIsRGatDYDtFNee7zjLtbWKHgMrdXohagl9tAEPClCGJteIRuqHgQrKW7Aaq_4huJw5PwH2JXh_nrMUtkxDWzgK27544x2_jPyURi7QMG0xyz2XB2GfYN71qbHDuIDfntaus9agBEyrdMxY4o88jpiSXa/w480-h640/IMG_7001.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I still have the same two. The shorter one (above at the school Christmas concert), and the longer one (below, while snow tubing).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUH7M2S1aR2893HOYvAiwsD3Q08P_toRmYL4v0lSMuH20kIoLRdv4ftgTJQb3xaFvl-z8ualYrBUYaLRDIL-SErLkrMDZ0rIy6dE7EAOCOy_yrESaxdq5l7S-ywJ3ncmML_2yzjwtYwCrW-9WRX98qcfYRioRmsSO8qRe6EsvGsAFF3b5YNDprSs5HWrz/s4032/IMG_7036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUH7M2S1aR2893HOYvAiwsD3Q08P_toRmYL4v0lSMuH20kIoLRdv4ftgTJQb3xaFvl-z8ualYrBUYaLRDIL-SErLkrMDZ0rIy6dE7EAOCOy_yrESaxdq5l7S-ywJ3ncmML_2yzjwtYwCrW-9WRX98qcfYRioRmsSO8qRe6EsvGsAFF3b5YNDprSs5HWrz/w480-h640/IMG_7036.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I anticipate I will wear the wigs until the end of the school year (early June), and then my real hair will be long enough for a cute, short haircut. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">And I have to be honest, while the wigs aren't very comfortable, I am not in a rush to get rid of them. They are super convenient. I spend a grand total of 1 minute on my hair each morning, no exaggeration. I brush it, re-curl 1-2 pieces, and I'm on my way out the door. They also keep my head warm in the winter-- which is a nice bonus! Where I may have hated that they trapped the heat/humidity in the summer, I am loving it in the winter!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Well, I'm off to go read a book in the Mexican sunshine! I'll see you back here on Friday with the rest of our Disney recap!</span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-49151379358491496002023-12-15T04:30:00.036-05:002023-12-15T04:30:00.144-05:00Disney Trip Part 1<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"> Hi friends! I hope you all had a good week. We are officially on Christmas break-- woohoo! I am very much looking forward to getting to spend the next 2 weeks soaking up some family time. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Today we are going to have a look back at our trip to Disney. I can't wait! We were there for a full week, so I am going to break this trip up into 2 parts instead of one mega post. Let's have a look at the first few days!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Before we start, we stayed at 3 different hotels. This was obviously not our #1 choice, but because we were trying to save money and this was the only way we could do it for "free". As you know, Disney is crazy expensive! We go every other year, so we try to save money wherever possible. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Our first hotel was the Dolphin. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxSVIX1IEYTNfEoNxW_3nbC1NOqGpjaPcpj1hYm2bcZG0qQBE65YFKAIntQtqC4wIddQQUa8s8j3oNwg0Ww3Id6nNr_j9XwPqMFt0edo3QCwp0S7-u6LQAlNS_tw9a2HufdlHKUmDkHmtJiDZIKPV7joIMUJcpcAETRUxQPBS7v92UqAzaQYPl4fmYuhv/s2852/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%202.23.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="2852" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxSVIX1IEYTNfEoNxW_3nbC1NOqGpjaPcpj1hYm2bcZG0qQBE65YFKAIntQtqC4wIddQQUa8s8j3oNwg0Ww3Id6nNr_j9XwPqMFt0edo3QCwp0S7-u6LQAlNS_tw9a2HufdlHKUmDkHmtJiDZIKPV7joIMUJcpcAETRUxQPBS7v92UqAzaQYPl4fmYuhv/w640-h236/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%202.23.04%20PM.png" width="640" /></a><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We love the Swan and Dolphin and usually stay here. If you didn't already know, the Swan and Dolphin came under Marriott ownership in 2019 when Marriott merged with Starwood hotels. Swan and Dolphin are technically on Disney property, so you get all the perks of being an on-property hotel, but you can use Marriott points-- score! As you know, Devin travels for his job and has a bunch of Marriott points. So we stayed here for the first two days. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We got to the hotel on Saturday after Thanksgiving around lunchtime. There is something so magical about walking into the lobby of a Disney hotel on the first day of a Disney trip. I get butterflies every time!! Here's the view from our room. Can you see Tower of Terror?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Twy8i3Kfpz8vVU1wL3Ut2iY8f_C9Oo-pQPV-Yw5yDI3uVIy4Ag4uYWXjS8gseTntqAaflR-SCxfDy1JtxCaUquxFJ0pSL1PzGVwB-Fyspq3HMuyroh7_NhRWHhWbGPJaTwFJ8SRk-3emgp0fFtHht8tNzS03-b8fxz9Yz1mZcN8gxiP3LHJDMOEjogy4/s4032/IMG_6706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Twy8i3Kfpz8vVU1wL3Ut2iY8f_C9Oo-pQPV-Yw5yDI3uVIy4Ag4uYWXjS8gseTntqAaflR-SCxfDy1JtxCaUquxFJ0pSL1PzGVwB-Fyspq3HMuyroh7_NhRWHhWbGPJaTwFJ8SRk-3emgp0fFtHht8tNzS03-b8fxz9Yz1mZcN8gxiP3LHJDMOEjogy4/w480-h640/IMG_6706.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The weather was sunny and 82 degrees, so we headed straight to the pool. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqGsEVgR4VqebBIsptFnmXC5iWyVJOOAeNfn8BJ50gOgFpyxcFYHzxRCSqq_Q7tTs0e5TmeBbz8jJarwjUB1NvDehde2BQr5tVCvUfWXElZ8jCoUNmcG1dmZsWOCqW1e1_sJwy1JsjkV89o5Jv9QcDDpF6vHGIjg4FBNVUPzytG764H0C9bOs2En3n9f7/s4032/IMG_6707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqGsEVgR4VqebBIsptFnmXC5iWyVJOOAeNfn8BJ50gOgFpyxcFYHzxRCSqq_Q7tTs0e5TmeBbz8jJarwjUB1NvDehde2BQr5tVCvUfWXElZ8jCoUNmcG1dmZsWOCqW1e1_sJwy1JsjkV89o5Jv9QcDDpF6vHGIjg4FBNVUPzytG764H0C9bOs2En3n9f7/w480-h640/IMG_6707.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The Swan and Dolphin have a beautiful pool, with a cute water slide and waterfall. I didn't get a good picture because I was swimming and going down the slide with the kids, but here's a pretty pic from their website:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzM8j2qpYAMqjDYcVj4J6JuEFICXxAigmQIQ4w-4sP3HYfsR2KdFfpmDLxx1zT5gf5mfQUkO6KT1QGTAfKlFTSPjhV753AYmPvVLEnUOODYRNUW63nBXV4IgA0XdX4kYSAHEONjYLyAfRSQwaSbl16ZIcfHI1cP2LwU_6MeWKWf989VesmjvFly4xul4J/s2864/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%202.22.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="2864" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzM8j2qpYAMqjDYcVj4J6JuEFICXxAigmQIQ4w-4sP3HYfsR2KdFfpmDLxx1zT5gf5mfQUkO6KT1QGTAfKlFTSPjhV753AYmPvVLEnUOODYRNUW63nBXV4IgA0XdX4kYSAHEONjYLyAfRSQwaSbl16ZIcfHI1cP2LwU_6MeWKWf989VesmjvFly4xul4J/w640-h234/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%202.22.39%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The kids were living their best lives. So were the parents. š </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After the pool, we showered and walked over to the Yacht & Beach Club area, then the Boardwalk for dinner at Trattoria al Forno. It was delicious, and I would highly recommend it. Then we all went back and went to bed so we were ready for the big first day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Day 1: Magic Kingdom</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Day 1 of visiting the parks was Magic Kingdom!! S</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">ince the Dolphin is an on-property hotel, we had early theme park entry. We were on the bus bright and early at 7:00 am so we were ready for rope drop at 7:30. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2vZWnk7eQBt7LX7QfJioU2fv9b0eowtvUVuaQNFZSGPC1G3yHBaTSJroi16FkG9ERQAmQurM0qQeQKF-oQgOK-yVRtCL8NP9gFHjj1rcozU-GXn8EdzJYwaWABX4Z57kGlgtKq0lJngHMaRpMosOmlDJ-u89qjB7tHRQuYnDtC-Vlf3p7Zsw2jhSEGNI/s4032/IMG_6718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2vZWnk7eQBt7LX7QfJioU2fv9b0eowtvUVuaQNFZSGPC1G3yHBaTSJroi16FkG9ERQAmQurM0qQeQKF-oQgOK-yVRtCL8NP9gFHjj1rcozU-GXn8EdzJYwaWABX4Z57kGlgtKq0lJngHMaRpMosOmlDJ-u89qjB7tHRQuYnDtC-Vlf3p7Zsw2jhSEGNI/w640-h480/IMG_6718.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqRTQfs33BaH1eEA8bH48LkQmgfoftMntEiJP-DxG1042do38IN8Ly6xzrfBff3geOCzMbNPF9PRsoxb-HELtsX8lGY08EYlaaZ2llawrN2OF0PwLtFtQoO3a146EVWgWc2x5vbsTEyny0M_NGflxojETRsMPGnuhVZp0R6bQe5aJV0b2G6o1mxJkBT84/s4032/IMG_6719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqRTQfs33BaH1eEA8bH48LkQmgfoftMntEiJP-DxG1042do38IN8Ly6xzrfBff3geOCzMbNPF9PRsoxb-HELtsX8lGY08EYlaaZ2llawrN2OF0PwLtFtQoO3a146EVWgWc2x5vbsTEyny0M_NGflxojETRsMPGnuhVZp0R6bQe5aJV0b2G6o1mxJkBT84/w480-h640/IMG_6719.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">My kids are early risers anyway, so getting out the door and on the bus by 7:00 felt like just a regular day for us. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">In case anyone is wondering why this post (and all posts lately) have more pictures of LG than of Liam, please know that we took approximately 15 pictures here and this was Liam's best. He's at a tricky age for pictures. But please know he was right there with us, he was just having too much fun to stop for a good pic. š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumlc0LRhcgxtkqfRsWtb1j23TEjtNNfVSHG-VGW9-lSlA2lBl3KbCMv0FeJnkkQMr0XzMt2aMcciaDUyDnY6Lo-3wE7IuEZd0xH7W9Y0TWsZk4sZstjjUPP-VzmMk7ekhqFL33S0Avs_JsrKEsDsmTBJbze0Oa_zZ-C4owzFXTPsS-3Njuu6Pz_rS84vg/s4032/PXL_20231126_193124505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumlc0LRhcgxtkqfRsWtb1j23TEjtNNfVSHG-VGW9-lSlA2lBl3KbCMv0FeJnkkQMr0XzMt2aMcciaDUyDnY6Lo-3wE7IuEZd0xH7W9Y0TWsZk4sZstjjUPP-VzmMk7ekhqFL33S0Avs_JsrKEsDsmTBJbze0Oa_zZ-C4owzFXTPsS-3Njuu6Pz_rS84vg/w640-h480/PXL_20231126_193124505.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Yes, we all have matching shirts. I got them off Etsy but I won't link because the quality wasn't the best (bummer!).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We headed straight to Snow White's Mine Train and waited about 20 minutes. This was the longest line we waited in all day!! We've been to Disney 5 times in the past 8 years (I know, we are crazy), and I have to say... </span><i style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b>the week after Thanksgiving is consistently very low crowds.</b></i><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Not to mention the weather was in the 70's or low 80's. I highly recommend going then!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After Snow White, we went on a bunch of other rides. We went on:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2JPQo0t_bqg5FM5xToCtyw55vjBZsa88FKq9Haw1OpSkRW0QRBh2YxmTyWgxjPy8L1w-FCM6Nc5MSccXu8HDmwq8scpflGwspWzvf50CsRaI9fniOV3JL9Ln3AO0wcJvViVCine10GDgsIesQnUKe5AlLQTmULiPg1doszXhzpchGhl5dNVEk46yNur6/s4032/IMG_6764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2JPQo0t_bqg5FM5xToCtyw55vjBZsa88FKq9Haw1OpSkRW0QRBh2YxmTyWgxjPy8L1w-FCM6Nc5MSccXu8HDmwq8scpflGwspWzvf50CsRaI9fniOV3JL9Ln3AO0wcJvViVCine10GDgsIesQnUKe5AlLQTmULiPg1doszXhzpchGhl5dNVEk46yNur6/w640-h480/IMG_6764.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- It's a Small World (both kids LOVE) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Haunted Mansion (Liam said "I liked it, but I don't like that it was so dark", LG "liked it but it was too slow").</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Big Thunder Mountain 3 times in a row (their favorite ride from the whole trip!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSKIG0UBD9gbvwZIXek8Pg9FEJ3mfVWP51XtPs8vKNCS5JMCdScF0q_XIZkdyAYKzzqXJcglFHjgWI6gxQ-cyoRGSssHQb2kTdgvODPEgp8MxkcpMecP-mz2U0hyDZNOUPGiFWUndiJI4CbrfpI1bV499WBKxbvqaD88xfUCaTBKbHxWap16DSxQk6Dc6/s4032/IMG_6722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSKIG0UBD9gbvwZIXek8Pg9FEJ3mfVWP51XtPs8vKNCS5JMCdScF0q_XIZkdyAYKzzqXJcglFHjgWI6gxQ-cyoRGSssHQb2kTdgvODPEgp8MxkcpMecP-mz2U0hyDZNOUPGiFWUndiJI4CbrfpI1bV499WBKxbvqaD88xfUCaTBKbHxWap16DSxQk6Dc6/w640-h480/IMG_6722.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Liam and mommy rode together...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkc7hhJwMEb75uHcYTE3pwWpuWEh7CqemMkDc6wp9U4tCaADAd05g7yZC9TVZIP6KtTxnNA-tb_WMi3JLMmbWZk1wgPVKmnzVR-RzL-UEMzcqHC0fpy3Ysu0Ryk7ckQOYPGDDBn1b-hQhYNe5VP5cojqc-qvTfE5j8kRDxT3y5VsKzDK4kdG3hFQyOzSfv/s4032/IMG_6721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkc7hhJwMEb75uHcYTE3pwWpuWEh7CqemMkDc6wp9U4tCaADAd05g7yZC9TVZIP6KtTxnNA-tb_WMi3JLMmbWZk1wgPVKmnzVR-RzL-UEMzcqHC0fpy3Ysu0Ryk7ckQOYPGDDBn1b-hQhYNe5VP5cojqc-qvTfE5j8kRDxT3y5VsKzDK4kdG3hFQyOzSfv/w640-h480/IMG_6721.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">... then LG and mommy rode together.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Pirates of the Carribbean (also a huge hit)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbR8EwAAT9pbGPxqtiLLexSScVCqB3EeCjvs-oodBpl_-9TA45bkfn7sYFqXG0majMqTI9vsAEXZXsEYynGPFMrWqgrquJVpvW3g8vtMqHGIBiP561IuX95MZprnrCjLhl09c-N-1Sr9QP0rEqs9VAI7xzaMe8evASvSseDICLs3bKsz1fB60oqdS7cu5/s4032/IMG_6728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbR8EwAAT9pbGPxqtiLLexSScVCqB3EeCjvs-oodBpl_-9TA45bkfn7sYFqXG0majMqTI9vsAEXZXsEYynGPFMrWqgrquJVpvW3g8vtMqHGIBiP561IuX95MZprnrCjLhl09c-N-1Sr9QP0rEqs9VAI7xzaMe8evASvSseDICLs3bKsz1fB60oqdS7cu5/w480-h640/IMG_6728.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpofs2QXp-AJ1bOVVfSZ9Vsuacu9IGZMHpieGFHaumtTyCMttHndZ70zYeuZoPYigjhxC8VKC5rMI7UTP9vY0Q04Uc_KqN9Hovc0DE_BmaQOgjW-KtAvch-nriR4Y7_LziWvgq0cHsGRNFSIXe4J57h-b7ophrMCSsLINjKkKRlxxydeJk2YaXtKqY8jA/s4032/IMG_6729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpofs2QXp-AJ1bOVVfSZ9Vsuacu9IGZMHpieGFHaumtTyCMttHndZ70zYeuZoPYigjhxC8VKC5rMI7UTP9vY0Q04Uc_KqN9Hovc0DE_BmaQOgjW-KtAvch-nriR4Y7_LziWvgq0cHsGRNFSIXe4J57h-b7ophrMCSsLINjKkKRlxxydeJk2YaXtKqY8jA/w480-h640/IMG_6729.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The kids tried convincing us we needed swords at home. After seeing them sword fight for 30 seconds we realized that was a quick "nope!!!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Then we went to lunch. We had reservations at Be Our Guest (<a href="http://www.torontosam.ca/search/label/Disney?updated-max=2023-11-02T06:00:00-04:00&max-results=20&start=3&by-date=false" target="_blank">thanks Sarah for reviewing this on your blog</a>-- we never would've thought to make reservations here otherwise!). This restaurant is beautiful, and just like all of Disney, the ambiance was truly magical. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33omVO1QonedWluphBcYy7mShd1Rbv-mDLkatsvxBDw707QjsmrNSZuNJKrmm1EvEmoX7Jg20JG9uIIPoBvuTFbQbJ0bpOxNoNDxchY3l7kMjpxaiZPdob-MaAR5v_FUqvuScgjzlhqsedY63pVO0u8099nGw3d5xOcu34LeaDTqi3_ujC51DBCdogmpy/s4032/IMG_6760.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33omVO1QonedWluphBcYy7mShd1Rbv-mDLkatsvxBDw707QjsmrNSZuNJKrmm1EvEmoX7Jg20JG9uIIPoBvuTFbQbJ0bpOxNoNDxchY3l7kMjpxaiZPdob-MaAR5v_FUqvuScgjzlhqsedY63pVO0u8099nGw3d5xOcu34LeaDTqi3_ujC51DBCdogmpy/w480-h640/IMG_6760.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We were seated in the West Wing, which was just like you'd picture it from the movie. I took a video of the room, but realized that isn't very blog friendly. Sorry! Here's LG with the enchanted rose:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjFpVCvQjT3wd-BBD9PHdMz9fddDkzmEbQP625HHvCbu9ktYGXxSIPZgPs1p-OJfnKN0LxMB5BH9caqG4B_byOfpxeWzlp7IxRWnCRzdeK25z5wJqxgdYLXnGD7E3Zh2Phlq3twHnWzi1Mfl3cnS3hGpT_mp-RBcaArhRohQ4Mv_tkZPsnsrPfaE-slmz/s4032/IMG_6757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjFpVCvQjT3wd-BBD9PHdMz9fddDkzmEbQP625HHvCbu9ktYGXxSIPZgPs1p-OJfnKN0LxMB5BH9caqG4B_byOfpxeWzlp7IxRWnCRzdeK25z5wJqxgdYLXnGD7E3Zh2Phlq3twHnWzi1Mfl3cnS3hGpT_mp-RBcaArhRohQ4Mv_tkZPsnsrPfaE-slmz/w480-h640/IMG_6757.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The kids loved their food, but especially loved dessert. They got to paint their Chip cups (made out of white chocolate) with edible paint. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohpK_CcSOm6JsiUJvJbSHSHtVsg7Zw-302M_LJG3XAuw8-CqqaM9LNxPi5y224bSGmxTiwCVfvgC1PEJlAaDpi9xmujNquS1sF2qQBFiFrqXxOkQCvHz6cUybjc0iZCVsyctNGjS3XoKYQUB-BmibJy-s9HBkT0GXNZfuO4oFecOXHiioW_nSzeR5dXTQ/s4032/IMG_6747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohpK_CcSOm6JsiUJvJbSHSHtVsg7Zw-302M_LJG3XAuw8-CqqaM9LNxPi5y224bSGmxTiwCVfvgC1PEJlAaDpi9xmujNquS1sF2qQBFiFrqXxOkQCvHz6cUybjc0iZCVsyctNGjS3XoKYQUB-BmibJy-s9HBkT0GXNZfuO4oFecOXHiioW_nSzeR5dXTQ/w480-h640/IMG_6747.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1TLFa3eDnWLcEU2PlwVsRxmUMHhJsRA-3oChKGKkFLeq8LDSnErKYzbKLc38FKWu1Jq4grH1Ug_poPmqNQn0vDSatCpNgSaUO-OUAZC-V3aucuInMvM7r-nJ9tVwYBVxQtifJxErwe5UpdaebZwJl_U1XZvDPDdJOuriTmxpPwrmb0OEsXl6XjsrSsSq/s4032/IMG_6750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1TLFa3eDnWLcEU2PlwVsRxmUMHhJsRA-3oChKGKkFLeq8LDSnErKYzbKLc38FKWu1Jq4grH1Ug_poPmqNQn0vDSatCpNgSaUO-OUAZC-V3aucuInMvM7r-nJ9tVwYBVxQtifJxErwe5UpdaebZwJl_U1XZvDPDdJOuriTmxpPwrmb0OEsXl6XjsrSsSq/w480-h640/IMG_6750.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Their plates also had "the grey stuff" on them and both kids agreed, "the grey stuff <i><b>is </b></i>delicious!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After lunch, we stopped to get Starbucks for the parents (on Main Street) and got my pin!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz018UYqOkk185khXbpt1jfDhoCBcgJvyeQbB_KY09PgcUtrPg0ebfHtDOeWjJkJI0fxr1elkAQWG6tm1ILmkpcJv-tZgLLWp6QRHphBaDoP7ORE2hZKdVDCkWwBzPH-ZfPngXVJzR2jX_Y2v0V8_IHpdlTMiZoKN6BQ9_9O4tHfA-Uk1edU_nhH1t_6V/s4624/PXL_20231126_200008948~2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz018UYqOkk185khXbpt1jfDhoCBcgJvyeQbB_KY09PgcUtrPg0ebfHtDOeWjJkJI0fxr1elkAQWG6tm1ILmkpcJv-tZgLLWp6QRHphBaDoP7ORE2hZKdVDCkWwBzPH-ZfPngXVJzR2jX_Y2v0V8_IHpdlTMiZoKN6BQ9_9O4tHfA-Uk1edU_nhH1t_6V/w480-h640/PXL_20231126_200008948~2-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Check out that pin!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We spent the rest of the day riding more rides:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- LG and Devin went on Space Mountain while Liam and I rode Barnstormer a few times. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Big Thunder Mountain <b><i><u>5</u> </i></b>more times (there was no line-- we literally walked right on every single time!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXw4dswHteI_wBLaJCZLuxKo48dVXtqob1h0U0iSdbZtQf4EEzqyP-4jQKVK_oAWrgU5iiR6Cay6YAFIbvy2urGEJzYx_8CLeBrKMIu_-ReTUtWBj6eqVbvRyqnhD0yn91z2Izk7qAkN7rZRYp0cSMftR8oW6Xp5kyvvy6w5P46OSxPGxry5UciQUEYBZ/s4032/IMG_6745_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXw4dswHteI_wBLaJCZLuxKo48dVXtqob1h0U0iSdbZtQf4EEzqyP-4jQKVK_oAWrgU5iiR6Cay6YAFIbvy2urGEJzYx_8CLeBrKMIu_-ReTUtWBj6eqVbvRyqnhD0yn91z2Izk7qAkN7rZRYp0cSMftR8oW6Xp5kyvvy6w5P46OSxPGxry5UciQUEYBZ/w480-h640/IMG_6745_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ43OMAztf47aCGI_8kLgUMIAr2mN1SzFyiZ3oRlDeZP9gg8aB-kcT07n01A6zOjmUrVigJbFyo48CLlweOWxgjG-wjJajKQhRBZO9kAklYlYHreAFmrnIuKBny_BDo4WPWrzWng7rPEb6w-4ENFXLakc-FrPrzjbcS7iXQqFB9Q_y_PObt7o9PdHAtn38/s4032/IMG_6742_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ43OMAztf47aCGI_8kLgUMIAr2mN1SzFyiZ3oRlDeZP9gg8aB-kcT07n01A6zOjmUrVigJbFyo48CLlweOWxgjG-wjJajKQhRBZO9kAklYlYHreAFmrnIuKBny_BDo4WPWrzWng7rPEb6w-4ENFXLakc-FrPrzjbcS7iXQqFB9Q_y_PObt7o9PdHAtn38/w480-h640/IMG_6742_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- The carousel behind the castle</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Pirates of the Carribbean again</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- Aladdin and Jasmine's Magic Carpets</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We also walked around and did some shopping/looking at the decorations. </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here's LG making a wish at Cinderella's wishing well:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Vv0Ac6Gd3nAefRFc_3kqo72_rKW4yhM2lclvn_9_tI-BUxscsFSCFxE0XvTq3HvTmz4RXhFwbp5jt76C-kCuwhpFlT1qJPFoC-CxYDdmfcxbtXhQtCQ9MO-SoPbEGSqLYb8jBBOJVB-KM6MyOBXScthf0kmlN-KNqF0GCaac-qjQflm6Nkw2Qvlsnn2w/s4032/IMG_6766.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Vv0Ac6Gd3nAefRFc_3kqo72_rKW4yhM2lclvn_9_tI-BUxscsFSCFxE0XvTq3HvTmz4RXhFwbp5jt76C-kCuwhpFlT1qJPFoC-CxYDdmfcxbtXhQtCQ9MO-SoPbEGSqLYb8jBBOJVB-KM6MyOBXScthf0kmlN-KNqF0GCaac-qjQflm6Nkw2Qvlsnn2w/w480-h640/IMG_6766.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> We rode and rode until the park closed at 6 (for the Very Merry Christmas Party). We knew it was closing early, but thought that was okay because the kids would be exhausted and we were coming back to Magic Kingdom another day anyway. We could get them to bed early and hit the ground running the next day. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Day 2: Hollywood Studios</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Before we start on Hollywood Studios, I want to point out that this was the only day we bought Lightning Lanes and it was 100% worth it. Remember how I said the crowds were usually lower this time of year? This one day was an exception. We were very lucky to get in before the park opened to the masses, and then used our Lightning Lanes. Otherwise, we may have all been grumpy!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We woke up at Swan and Dolphin and took the ferry boat over to Hollywood Studios. It was a Monday, so the early entry was at 8:30. This gave us a little time to sleep in and get ready at a slower pace. We got into the park and headed straight to Slinky Dog Dash. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDpGa4qClsWYZ7DcwjcvRUGIxo4YxLK-TesJ-9WnLn2kFHzcHvpP0JCHfdYbgLN609ICzppcAXOzBtqSgT1Qpuwn_Dq-6L-rrses7MnprPC7SLN7fufw8aRCUoYW6MA5ESL4sCnN1pdTiBwXtoA8QV9Ms1WdLKncT4dw3xAtSn32Hy7mVl7wta4wyJfHl/s4032/IMG_6777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDpGa4qClsWYZ7DcwjcvRUGIxo4YxLK-TesJ-9WnLn2kFHzcHvpP0JCHfdYbgLN609ICzppcAXOzBtqSgT1Qpuwn_Dq-6L-rrses7MnprPC7SLN7fufw8aRCUoYW6MA5ESL4sCnN1pdTiBwXtoA8QV9Ms1WdLKncT4dw3xAtSn32Hy7mVl7wta4wyJfHl/w640-h480/IMG_6777.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We waited about 15 minutes, and then went straight to Toy Story Mania. Slinky Dog Dash and Toy Story Mania were both BIG hits. We were able to ride both rides before the park opened to everyone else and the craziness began.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Lily Grace's "new friend Bethany I met at the Chick-fil-a playground" told her Tower of Terror was the best ride, so LG was insisting on trying it. Since LG wanted to try it, Liam insisted he wanted to too. Waiting for Tower of Terror, peep Devin in the background. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJISAt8Z7tkG8Zj7YX1npbxLTWZo1S2KxgSR2lWKkd0ZYkYM3gqOxpq_q-dzvV6oa7CIcX0YKRq3-dRBNODX8rQ3fOh6ZWFpwJe-pchFPACbNLlyE8a0ERYuHCOuMatRHndRGg3F8ri8SCL-XjbYVXvNRq6bqFPaznQlru50D7lGH9JsmmAdlvUpT-27zr/s4032/IMG_6779-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJISAt8Z7tkG8Zj7YX1npbxLTWZo1S2KxgSR2lWKkd0ZYkYM3gqOxpq_q-dzvV6oa7CIcX0YKRq3-dRBNODX8rQ3fOh6ZWFpwJe-pchFPACbNLlyE8a0ERYuHCOuMatRHndRGg3F8ri8SCL-XjbYVXvNRq6bqFPaznQlru50D7lGH9JsmmAdlvUpT-27zr/w640-h480/IMG_6779-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The line was only 10 minutes, so luckily we didn't wait too long before Liam realized he wanted to back out. He said "I didn't like how the building looked liked it was falling apart and had spider webs, it was too spooky." I thought "if <i><b>that</b></i> is too spooky, you're going to hate this ride." We left the line and went to get a donut:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-xZCoe9DwcSTP2n-TuI_KoXE9mXW0uPi2Et2b-8Y47JbHc2pyJoyFUaks8gssVWYnwCKM8cqKi2CwPhiYRpg-5sHFdnuf9E0ghKECtOijL8vWes3vIpqu9IDnXDRMoN-AEfinh2NElIC-TM9zWK0rWHlKN7AcY8jA1hZKAAy_I6DQnJ5vkzacA_UsE3q/s4032/IMG_6781-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-xZCoe9DwcSTP2n-TuI_KoXE9mXW0uPi2Et2b-8Y47JbHc2pyJoyFUaks8gssVWYnwCKM8cqKi2CwPhiYRpg-5sHFdnuf9E0ghKECtOijL8vWes3vIpqu9IDnXDRMoN-AEfinh2NElIC-TM9zWK0rWHlKN7AcY8jA1hZKAAy_I6DQnJ5vkzacA_UsE3q/w480-h640/IMG_6781-2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">It turns out LG was also not a fan of Tower of Terror. She "liked the part where it went up and down, but not the TV parts. The parts where the building got struck by lightning and the people turned electric. That was scary." There were no tears, but she was pretty adamant that she wasn't going on it again. Now she calls it "Tower of Never Ever Again". š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">After Tower of Terror, we went to Rock'n Roller Coaster. Liam wasn't tall enough, so he and Devin explored the Cars area with Lightning McQueen. Rock'n Roller Coaster was a BIG hit, but please check LG's face on the ride:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tB1vI6xr5JEyQHeH25In_RM9OulkkG0PMlBCN7CtYs8_4LXkK9blGwEgkkpiUeDodiJfiYWOPLs2pJnn7mWziZm3F67nEJXGs7Rym-2JklHFu3rZJ9ipBvQB7xXYe41TV1QIkv7ZBVOp4dJEAkIGeAFnRVpw6dHOiEuBS7Lk79paVtG5gn2mFSihcCgz/s2079/IMG_6784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tB1vI6xr5JEyQHeH25In_RM9OulkkG0PMlBCN7CtYs8_4LXkK9blGwEgkkpiUeDodiJfiYWOPLs2pJnn7mWziZm3F67nEJXGs7Rym-2JklHFu3rZJ9ipBvQB7xXYe41TV1QIkv7ZBVOp4dJEAkIGeAFnRVpw6dHOiEuBS7Lk79paVtG5gn2mFSihcCgz/w296-h640/IMG_6784.jpg" width="296" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">She swears she loved it, despite those eyes in the picture saying otherwise!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Next, we rode Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, which was a hit:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOJO4FZcw7S-Tp-DcGJFquvKEPTK-LjIkhs8XDbcHBVw-VV0mfD9NETc0Q8ygmxsXe6-zJOQRdbuRD0-io-6W2h5Z81A_Oy7aBMJorm3Hdy_HZLVhYnoifp343lFvoeStdOndX7MAhKyXNj51AjLgCgmEEPnTi2oo6IVfB5A4zEnIUgfv2aihHidfIKGK/s4032/IMG_6788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOJO4FZcw7S-Tp-DcGJFquvKEPTK-LjIkhs8XDbcHBVw-VV0mfD9NETc0Q8ygmxsXe6-zJOQRdbuRD0-io-6W2h5Z81A_Oy7aBMJorm3Hdy_HZLVhYnoifp343lFvoeStdOndX7MAhKyXNj51AjLgCgmEEPnTi2oo6IVfB5A4zEnIUgfv2aihHidfIKGK/w480-h640/IMG_6788.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cGWrfpYlQ-0lRj8DlwoSZS7TaBr7dqAmXqgQb625y5Sqe3ieR_wtzSSmQTmDXAEXX8vyJI9PCmDuuAfMipgyCik78akhFR_hyphenhyphenzKCaVabhFJpKCxSlVsntfqULd0HH5gcw7U11awt84i0aCqks848l1E6E10k6iOaMCxvDuLIiQ7bB2IfMBf6_AA0qMPK/s4624/PXL_20231127_185113494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cGWrfpYlQ-0lRj8DlwoSZS7TaBr7dqAmXqgQb625y5Sqe3ieR_wtzSSmQTmDXAEXX8vyJI9PCmDuuAfMipgyCik78akhFR_hyphenhyphenzKCaVabhFJpKCxSlVsntfqULd0HH5gcw7U11awt84i0aCqks848l1E6E10k6iOaMCxvDuLIiQ7bB2IfMBf6_AA0qMPK/w480-h640/PXL_20231127_185113494.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">At this point, the park was <i><b>crazy </b></i>crowded. We had our Lightning Lanes, but the time window didn't start for another hour and a half and the lines were too long for everything else. We remembered that the kids wanted to play at the beach at Beach Club when we walked past it the other day, so we hopped on the Skyliner (the kids LOVED the Skyliner-- Liam said it was "one of my favorite rides") and let the kids play while the parents regrouped/figured out the rest of the day.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCV9rruBkSALjQh7hyphenhypheni35SKEnS3FEQcGTLXXkNMrneOfP0QNwjWG3vqcCrSOPrxXWVFP1NLwGwSwibOeoOuFqVtxCHdzNguy5mWV9rAmaFiEH8VlQbXlFZ_EK7FUu0Yx7S3a8zjoNazSGP-MFNTJ1-tvSXLJpgRZ7qLswjw1a1bgedZ7-j8MeQhxFVRHaZ/s4032/IMG_6796-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCV9rruBkSALjQh7hyphenhypheni35SKEnS3FEQcGTLXXkNMrneOfP0QNwjWG3vqcCrSOPrxXWVFP1NLwGwSwibOeoOuFqVtxCHdzNguy5mWV9rAmaFiEH8VlQbXlFZ_EK7FUu0Yx7S3a8zjoNazSGP-MFNTJ1-tvSXLJpgRZ7qLswjw1a1bgedZ7-j8MeQhxFVRHaZ/w640-h480/IMG_6796-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w9re9Ib22D_ZIdFuv8IsiKolqlW0cQvjCzvpu5bBcPoRjBjjB8IM5e29WahVqDyjatdhQG598mhbeCretQpSW9SdPBPfcwQFiZvSP38QtZUi-RybynrV3ubPv83URTEV26plWKa6bYmO5qVafWry6oRV7yyejDC-3wzhyROLvOCyU2Tq55EOd2CtaeAI/s4032/IMG_6792.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w9re9Ib22D_ZIdFuv8IsiKolqlW0cQvjCzvpu5bBcPoRjBjjB8IM5e29WahVqDyjatdhQG598mhbeCretQpSW9SdPBPfcwQFiZvSP38QtZUi-RybynrV3ubPv83URTEV26plWKa6bYmO5qVafWry6oRV7yyejDC-3wzhyROLvOCyU2Tq55EOd2CtaeAI/w480-h640/IMG_6792.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw1hAsVomEdp8nK4EyaJ2glEgogenkKsqmorDjq8_j1FapD4niO6PBRQtcgHdvMgCsBEV1wtghVC7Y8EhUrgZcHcu3OUmerPhzm-SjJOYSNSDk5NT867OEdHrJXa8LkLIkSBVGDwSSd8ojUf3rkDqLpRmEmDp8ZkQzj8siAPP4UGIemJbiAgxPqiN1cX_/s4032/IMG_6793.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw1hAsVomEdp8nK4EyaJ2glEgogenkKsqmorDjq8_j1FapD4niO6PBRQtcgHdvMgCsBEV1wtghVC7Y8EhUrgZcHcu3OUmerPhzm-SjJOYSNSDk5NT867OEdHrJXa8LkLIkSBVGDwSSd8ojUf3rkDqLpRmEmDp8ZkQzj8siAPP4UGIemJbiAgxPqiN1cX_/w480-h640/IMG_6793.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We played for awhile, and when our next Lightning Lane time slot was open, we hopped back on the Skyliner. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Now, in case anyone reading this is planning a trip to Disney and is wondering "should I bring my Double Stroller? My oldest is <i><b>way</b></i> too old for a stroller" let me remind you how much walking/standing there is at Disney!! We thought LG would never want to ride in the stroller, she's 6 years old and hasn't been in a stroller in years. But girlfriend's legs were tired, so our stroller situation ended up looking like this towards the end of the day:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdUPzzSFJj2vlkj-CRHJwSYg0DgqZZHIaCEhgDboj-ozH61eZOUuL0CxLbU5P4jPWbNO3O6y-E88GQ1MVjgiTMr3rGyEifuLihI5OhDG8JyCzganC2jXQIbAfqhqy40jvO9mI_FYSpycCnICHpV7LCPE2tFAqe4Ts0sJGVs5zVkebp7TN-xv2f1J-BSTD/s4032/IMG_6775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdUPzzSFJj2vlkj-CRHJwSYg0DgqZZHIaCEhgDboj-ozH61eZOUuL0CxLbU5P4jPWbNO3O6y-E88GQ1MVjgiTMr3rGyEifuLihI5OhDG8JyCzganC2jXQIbAfqhqy40jvO9mI_FYSpycCnICHpV7LCPE2tFAqe4Ts0sJGVs5zVkebp7TN-xv2f1J-BSTD/w480-h640/IMG_6775.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemN_L8DkakN-ps-17BMte7hvNYudkmWr1GBbPy7YzHMrNVP4A6tfQWlnhn3b_KVtiddml6VYj6FJh7wGdSkcqOjynwUtEVhN1Jl30S2V8hrUgaUQ9M0O54TYuiN6oqWGJ1h56xAHKJyPc1Tp5zUwzqiBsjmt_pQjZGICICbPIynC3gY3mhorwY3Lp_jkD/s4032/IMG_6807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemN_L8DkakN-ps-17BMte7hvNYudkmWr1GBbPy7YzHMrNVP4A6tfQWlnhn3b_KVtiddml6VYj6FJh7wGdSkcqOjynwUtEVhN1Jl30S2V8hrUgaUQ9M0O54TYuiN6oqWGJ1h56xAHKJyPc1Tp5zUwzqiBsjmt_pQjZGICICbPIynC3gY3mhorwY3Lp_jkD/w480-h640/IMG_6807.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We made it work, and luckily these two are best friends and get along super well so sharing wasn't an issue. We stayed until about 7:00, and then headed home to shower and watch the fireworks from our hotel room. We could still see them, but then didn't have to fight the masses getting back to the hotel at 9:00 pm. Watching the fireworks in our pajamas was fine by us!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Day 3: No Park Day</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The next day was a "day off". We were switching hotels, wanted to grab some groceries and have a more chill day. I have very few pictures from this day, but there wasn't too much to see. W</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">e switched to the Signia by Hilton, which is also on property in the Bonnet Creek area. I have to say, it was nice to be able to use Hilton points and stay for free, but we won't be staying here again. The Swan and Dolphin are MUCH better. Signia's shuttle service to the parks was so inconvenient we ended up driving ourselves more than once. The decor of the hotel didn't have that same Disney Magic feel as the other on property hotels do.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We took the shuttle over to Magic Kingdom because the kids wanted to ride the monorail and we wanted to see the Christmas decorations at the Polynesian and Grand Floridian hotels. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTigjuyrPe76RykNVf6kPtWP5hZEuugO2NB94Lp38Puv-dzxIARh-fPOFyuYwijzqQshped6HCG8HhxDOXUdaZuYb9zeuyrfBe87juHqeO8nhcSEaTkqsYMSjJQCo31kyEm528bRxI3yrpCv8LUGfeMoicFe-JeOi4UqGtYYPRusIfQ5X05drEMiTC2mSr/s4032/IMG_6811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTigjuyrPe76RykNVf6kPtWP5hZEuugO2NB94Lp38Puv-dzxIARh-fPOFyuYwijzqQshped6HCG8HhxDOXUdaZuYb9zeuyrfBe87juHqeO8nhcSEaTkqsYMSjJQCo31kyEm528bRxI3yrpCv8LUGfeMoicFe-JeOi4UqGtYYPRusIfQ5X05drEMiTC2mSr/w480-h640/IMG_6811.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Please note that LG dressed up her stuffed animal cat as Cinderella too so they could be matching. So cute! This was the only cold day, at 52 degrees and windy. Liam and I bundled up to stay warm while waiting on the shuttle back to the hotel. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfEgQERm4J9IY6fRY8dmk-6y7F80Q8k8o-qlVAIFjzts7WPORu5fg9cIbNtE7bHDhtcYMivbV6oi-cPqCk0WlTQGe4HHXwTOO9_gpidT_YRcjeA7UDm7vtHUmDfgrYMsIzSD-YNxNOi7MPO0KGSIV_Pi4HB_64jBaSyks3KAAGendxyFHaE9GaULCouda/s4032/IMG_6824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfEgQERm4J9IY6fRY8dmk-6y7F80Q8k8o-qlVAIFjzts7WPORu5fg9cIbNtE7bHDhtcYMivbV6oi-cPqCk0WlTQGe4HHXwTOO9_gpidT_YRcjeA7UDm7vtHUmDfgrYMsIzSD-YNxNOi7MPO0KGSIV_Pi4HB_64jBaSyks3KAAGendxyFHaE9GaULCouda/w640-h480/IMG_6824.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">That's it for the first 3 days. Come back next week to read about the rest of our trip!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com/" target="_blank">Andrea </a>and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com/" target="_blank">Erika </a>for Friday Favorites. Have a nice weekend!</span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-57571139799861673772023-12-11T05:09:00.005-05:002023-12-11T05:09:45.175-05:00Not Just a Mom: Favorite Books<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> Good Morning friends! I am very sad to say that today is my last time being a host for "Not Just a Mom Life". Life has been a little too crazy lately with going back to work full time and grad school on top of being a mama. The blog keeps getting put on the back burner and I don't want to sign up to be a host when I'm "phoning it in" for my own posts. Please keep up with Adrienne, Dara, Jen, Joanne and Sarah though! Who knows, maybe the following year I will be able to join them again-- here's hoping!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvVgaEb6t39MQRMbC6BcHjccSHd3ai2agh-eawLFIcSEZ83LOcvD9mhbCXXtaOeF9ibZ9xmhLQNfBAVxRLvpHtihYHaHGe5uBR7lYVwwbc0G3S7L4ijhJuLAJoJV-XygOR9gBJIkgS_3AdwgHmxwBg7EO64x44R2mq-jxVD0drFLKLb2ZEW22vHLIu2s0/s1080/njam23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvVgaEb6t39MQRMbC6BcHjccSHd3ai2agh-eawLFIcSEZ83LOcvD9mhbCXXtaOeF9ibZ9xmhLQNfBAVxRLvpHtihYHaHGe5uBR7lYVwwbc0G3S7L4ijhJuLAJoJV-XygOR9gBJIkgS_3AdwgHmxwBg7EO64x44R2mq-jxVD0drFLKLb2ZEW22vHLIu2s0/w640-h640/njam23.png" width="640" /></a><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The theme for today's post is "Favorite Books or Series." I don't really read series all that often, I usually go for books that are on their own. I used to do posts each month of the books I read, but for the past few months the only book I've been reading is this:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaSsktryrDGS55h3OmRJQJs_SwgwJRnqlVJvKmoJaIJyRmSmxlcwUjRCFjwPyxQKnINwFPjaU8GX8i-MfVuQ64-eMj4x2QutYSBPx0rsVrEdhLG4pgWY_kDkGyjJCngsOXndIJlD62Z0_TNMoD3HD-8kelHnkvYmzx9-X8hSc2SnYojMtis38An_V0qht/s4032/book.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaSsktryrDGS55h3OmRJQJs_SwgwJRnqlVJvKmoJaIJyRmSmxlcwUjRCFjwPyxQKnINwFPjaU8GX8i-MfVuQ64-eMj4x2QutYSBPx0rsVrEdhLG4pgWY_kDkGyjJCngsOXndIJlD62Z0_TNMoD3HD-8kelHnkvYmzx9-X8hSc2SnYojMtis38An_V0qht/w480-h640/book.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Riveting stuff, huh? Actually, to me, it kinda is!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">At the end of each year, I post my favorite books from the year. Here are those lists if you'd like to look at them:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2020/01/top-5-books-of-2019.html" target="_blank">2019</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2020/12/favorite-books-of-2020.html" target="_blank">2020</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2021/12/2020-book-review.html" target="_blank">2021</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2022/12/favorite-books-of-2022.html" target="_blank">2022</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">My last grad school class for this semester is on Tuesday, so hopefully I will be back to my regular blogging schedule for at least the next 3 weeks. I'm not sure what next year is going to look like for my blog. I may only be able to show up. once a month, or once every other month. Or, maybe next semester's classes will be a lighter load of work and I'll be able to blog more. I don't know! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Thank you for reading along!</span></p><p></p><!--start InLinkz code-->
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<!--end InLinkz code-->All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-29860973100776536012023-11-17T04:30:00.010-05:002023-11-17T04:30:00.133-05:00Post Cancer/Chemo Update- Month 4<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Hello my sweet friends! How was your week? This week FLEW by. We have been busy prepping for Thanksgiving week and then immediately after, OUR TRIP TO DISNEY!! I cannot wait!! Lily Grace made a list of all the things she wants to do at Disney and I am blown away by how much she remembers from our last trip there.</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today's post will be my last post for two weeks-- we will be busy soaking up all the family time! I will see you back here December 4th. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am sharing a post cancer/chemo update, and I am so happy to report that it is filled with all happy news!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Mentally/Spiritually/<wbr></wbr>Emotionally</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">All is well and smooth sailing on the cancer front! I won't lie, I've been a little stressed with going back to work full time AND grad school, while also being a mom-- but that isn't related to cancer. As far as cancer/health related things go, I truly am just so grateful every single day to wake up and feel well. I am happy to report that I am recovered from pneumonia, and back to feeling as close to my old self as I have felt in a long time. Feeling well physically makes all the difference in my mental health too. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Sometimes, out of the blue, I get hit with an overwhelming wave of emotion where I think "I can't believe that happened" and I cry. It is never a feeling of "woe is me," but more a feeling of disbelief. Feeling like "I can't believe I went through that. I can't believe <b><i>my family</i></b> went through that." And then... I always come away from those emotions genuinely feeling like our little family is stronger because of what we went through together. Looking back, now that it's "over", it's crazy to believe it really happened.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">In the beginning of treatment I had been seeing a therapist to help with all the emotions from being diagnosed and going through treatment. To be honest though, the therapist and I weren't really a great fit and I felt like it wasn't as beneficial as it could've been. I stopped going after 4 sessions. After my girls weekend with my two best friends, I'm thinking about maybe looking for another therapist. Because everything was such a whirlwind, I never had a chance to process it. I don't want that to come back to haunt me in the future. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Physically</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Like I said above, I am physically feeling the best I have felt since this whole cancer debacle began. I am still not running, but I feel like my energy is back and my physical fitness is slowly getting there too. The neuropathy has decreased significantly. The muscle myalgia is minimal, and I only needed my Tramadol 1 day this entire month. I haven't been taking it, or having the prescription refilled, yet my insurance felt the need to send me a note telling me if I tried to refill it between now and January, I'd get denied-- isn't that interesting?? I guess technically it's an opiod so they have to be really strict about how many refills you get. I'm <b><i>very </i></b>grateful I don't need it anymore. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I have enough hair that I even blow it dry some mornings! Haha! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLxNRxXom0liiB9lPUh-YiEBum5ZETFmOB7COE9NjXgNCfFO0RFv3NMJLVJ4lsYveX74t0CGdrHYnD3aYAkUCxanAx3s-7q7TJKhXXib9I2cVJnIZVrmug49RlIbKEH7Y8CcFUel0LTTnhUYCjUH3fKSmYeJNcH_4R49kyJyvvCPNXwQuPg9gp_a9JGHk/s3088/IMG_6639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLxNRxXom0liiB9lPUh-YiEBum5ZETFmOB7COE9NjXgNCfFO0RFv3NMJLVJ4lsYveX74t0CGdrHYnD3aYAkUCxanAx3s-7q7TJKhXXib9I2cVJnIZVrmug49RlIbKEH7Y8CcFUel0LTTnhUYCjUH3fKSmYeJNcH_4R49kyJyvvCPNXwQuPg9gp_a9JGHk/w480-h640/IMG_6639.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You're probably looking at this picture and thinking "really? You blow <b><i>that </i></b>dry?" but I don't want to put my wig on a wet head, and it takes too long to wait for it to air dry!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">All in all, it feels good to feel like myself again! I am looking forward to the day I can run again-- that feels like the last big thing I'm missing out on. I have a feeling January 2024 will be a great time to start that back up!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites. Have a great weekend!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHHn_8lKi6YNbGRHTzEt0fe26tgafy7hJ0Keh-EdM5GwMwhSxboAjYPbtgxauDEnsFE3zRncofwUDPqzxneWGuZtKSuv-biauYPoD3QeNHqaG3ZyEmyRef0ATqY-RF0rLIr-RKBv79KqzfMr6BfBbA1iNyTDdU9biF5a8xW48pK0ixpNt82-Nb8hiO5kh/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHHn_8lKi6YNbGRHTzEt0fe26tgafy7hJ0Keh-EdM5GwMwhSxboAjYPbtgxauDEnsFE3zRncofwUDPqzxneWGuZtKSuv-biauYPoD3QeNHqaG3ZyEmyRef0ATqY-RF0rLIr-RKBv79KqzfMr6BfBbA1iNyTDdU9biF5a8xW48pK0ixpNt82-Nb8hiO5kh/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-18061385018438629512023-11-13T04:30:00.070-05:002023-11-13T04:30:00.140-05:00Not Just a Mom: Comfort Foods<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Good morning! How was your weekend? My two best friends and I were able to get away for our annual girls trip and it was PERFECT! We stayed up way too late talking, slept in, just hung out around the house, did a little shopping, and more. I wish we were able to do this more than once a year!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyUGqKaO09PTgZVqXGaxma8XLDYzCRD6byQwZ5xbF25BlQvGLFrIp8JKbu69VOr1jbEakQsrbrY_dIRkFywMXii3NYfVxKSvOpTlMzSzxib_Ns3tSGMnUNwvGBsv_nE4lECNodW_4MyRDtEyEeYvdmdeNuObe2fnEj9YnJn49btTwY74YzIdH_ifyiAkh/s640/IMG_5314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyUGqKaO09PTgZVqXGaxma8XLDYzCRD6byQwZ5xbF25BlQvGLFrIp8JKbu69VOr1jbEakQsrbrY_dIRkFywMXii3NYfVxKSvOpTlMzSzxib_Ns3tSGMnUNwvGBsv_nE4lECNodW_4MyRDtEyEeYvdmdeNuObe2fnEj9YnJn49btTwY74YzIdH_ifyiAkh/w640-h480/IMG_5314.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMUdnkAoTp9lGaUghku9PbNxG9XSDZbUQjVQMiSBzyooqnK_QUwfHv23hNo3m3a62qflaX360umOxBzXlQv29LlMHD5-Mgr73-SsyCD7MLMat437flBn3j5UCjuxYdrixE8-OQpkjmQNBU_2-Ycc0WFv7Cqtoal5-P9If75Kcc749lbMq-RZuVETk-Wa9/s4032/IMG_6593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMUdnkAoTp9lGaUghku9PbNxG9XSDZbUQjVQMiSBzyooqnK_QUwfHv23hNo3m3a62qflaX360umOxBzXlQv29LlMHD5-Mgr73-SsyCD7MLMat437flBn3j5UCjuxYdrixE8-OQpkjmQNBU_2-Ycc0WFv7Cqtoal5-P9If75Kcc749lbMq-RZuVETk-Wa9/w640-h480/IMG_6593.jpg" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today the Not Just a Mom crew (<a href="http://www.momlifewithadrienne.com" target="_blank">Adrienne</a>, <a href="https://www.notinjersey.com" target="_blank">Dara</a>, <a href="https://showmeandsweettea.com" target="_blank">Jen</a>, <a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com" target="_blank">Joanne</a>, <a href="http://www.torontosam.ca" target="_blank">Sarah</a>, and I) are sharing our favorite comfort foods. The weather is finally starting to cool down around here, so the timing for this post is perfect! Here are mine:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5i0tGlrjAmJnPhtWb58MC9OQG6zby7TF0Hkzqu7x7QerQAHwCLYrs12T2CNuFg_1ypnP7ScvfKl2tYW9G4jLgAmSUxYkoK_g1xTkL-yoFnW2VQlKZDqSxtWv39tBmMz5pO7BKJQbF4sXXFIXPFllvbKTiQnhVdHtz26EtUBh_XhaZGfbX17HWcLonqle/s331/Unknown.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="331" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5i0tGlrjAmJnPhtWb58MC9OQG6zby7TF0Hkzqu7x7QerQAHwCLYrs12T2CNuFg_1ypnP7ScvfKl2tYW9G4jLgAmSUxYkoK_g1xTkL-yoFnW2VQlKZDqSxtWv39tBmMz5pO7BKJQbF4sXXFIXPFllvbKTiQnhVdHtz26EtUBh_XhaZGfbX17HWcLonqle/w640-h296/Unknown.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Skyline Chili! As someone who grew up in Cincinnati, Cincinnati chili brings me all the warm and fuzzy happy feelings!! If you are from Cincy you know there are two restaurants that sell it: Skyline or Gold Star. In my opinion, Gold Star doesnāt even come close to comparing to Skyline. Luckily the grocery stores in Charlotte sell Skyline either frozen or in a can (so does <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Skyline-Chili-Cans-15/dp/B000HZH7O0/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=skyline+chili&qid=1699837032&sr=8-2&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=815a6a1c4085bd7bf5958888bafdeba9&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!) so I can easily make it at home. I make my own pasta, add the chili on top, then add freshly grated cheddar cheese on at the end. I usually eat it with pasta, but as you can see in the picture above, cheese coneys (hot dogs) are also a big hit! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rjIzmm1Rt0T1qaCyIEDFbdin6IrmVwGu8rFK3ob05MrQYZnZtGZZgeG4sXmFGICCXnKV0h0W86lDwA07MJtJW8IqihNK12tV5sNKo9H5zTV3obTpzKphgqNlRiVoA5wfa9l70AFfPYTM7_og_gtTQxgV3pbVZjlLxhIFEFhjlRlhlC1haRE-KDVuik0W/s1600/Beefy%20Mac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rjIzmm1Rt0T1qaCyIEDFbdin6IrmVwGu8rFK3ob05MrQYZnZtGZZgeG4sXmFGICCXnKV0h0W86lDwA07MJtJW8IqihNK12tV5sNKo9H5zTV3obTpzKphgqNlRiVoA5wfa9l70AFfPYTM7_og_gtTQxgV3pbVZjlLxhIFEFhjlRlhlC1haRE-KDVuik0W/w640-h426/Beefy%20Mac.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br />Meaty/Pasta Casserole like <a href="https://mixandmatchmama.com/2015/09/beefy-mac/" target="_blank">Beefy Mac</a>ā this is similar to Skyline, yet different. Pasta + meat + cheese is always a good combination! </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG61m0ALwukbDS-U6dKqkLOtSiEjszkCRb86ZoPZiAmZeJRXDAV7JlXBTe7Zz9c3etMYDBBN4UWTXF7vwVdAxF7H2GLWSkp8QBBXHvnalJikqMFM1qJ6sa4BFGTp17oRP6Yax4O9CE_ZxrEG6U6mpy6Si2p-zOwbUhyTEwNryGJTdoRva65J6Yq1bVEzWy/s1050/SpendWithPennies-Scalloped-Potatoes-25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG61m0ALwukbDS-U6dKqkLOtSiEjszkCRb86ZoPZiAmZeJRXDAV7JlXBTe7Zz9c3etMYDBBN4UWTXF7vwVdAxF7H2GLWSkp8QBBXHvnalJikqMFM1qJ6sa4BFGTp17oRP6Yax4O9CE_ZxrEG6U6mpy6Si2p-zOwbUhyTEwNryGJTdoRva65J6Yq1bVEzWy/w426-h640/SpendWithPennies-Scalloped-Potatoes-25.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.spendwithpennies.com/scalloped-potatoes-recipe/" target="_blank">Scalloped Potatoes</a>- yum! I remember my mom making scalloped potatoes each winter and my sisters and I going nuts for them! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Iām sensing a theme hereā warm and cheesy haha! What are your favorite comfort foods? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you are a blogger, please link up with us below:</span></p><!--start InLinkz code-->
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<!--end InLinkz code-->All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-12645561961910973542023-11-10T04:30:00.060-05:002023-11-10T04:30:00.140-05:00Life Lately<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Hello my friends! Happy Friday!</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6aeogbVuBaRG7tpigy6gI8SHJRJOUeOFIIVJPIEeMCdJOeBBy5-hZF8R6ZSevLHR1jCBPsiqvJ8FYcjsQl5AnQ4h-qgHLI8pga_ecUSm456865UUCYSQ_1XfNCH-mrbL0OuqMRKEVa0BJsDMYhFMaDrCahoAGb2GJ6BFnvvSNyPYOvIgJOUY-tevjT91/s640/IMG_3441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="640" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6aeogbVuBaRG7tpigy6gI8SHJRJOUeOFIIVJPIEeMCdJOeBBy5-hZF8R6ZSevLHR1jCBPsiqvJ8FYcjsQl5AnQ4h-qgHLI8pga_ecUSm456865UUCYSQ_1XfNCH-mrbL0OuqMRKEVa0BJsDMYhFMaDrCahoAGb2GJ6BFnvvSNyPYOvIgJOUY-tevjT91/w640-h470/IMG_3441.jpg" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">My best girlfriends and I are on our annual girls trip this weekend and I could not be more thrilled!! The picture above is from our trip last year. </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This mama is looking forward to a weekend of uninterrupted friend time!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I wanted to share a little bit of what we've been up to lately. We have been busy busy, but have been having a blast!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Halloween!! Can we talk about how cute these two are? </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6GnBWkxT4_ZA5f_mnd_SHuUMbH0ZYZpj0rAxY07hw90MvTImR1SP3W16GevqrfdwuPYgmrdfjkeOCEvKhfW-SIjy8CySPfBLuyU48TDFwpZVpDziDx9tGYnnRF-0Hbrm0Pr38GnyEmAN0728O9BKeSIO2ib8SWbwrAPK__mEXrL56hGjPdXmI9dd9VHq/s3563/IMG_6482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3563" data-original-width="2234" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6GnBWkxT4_ZA5f_mnd_SHuUMbH0ZYZpj0rAxY07hw90MvTImR1SP3W16GevqrfdwuPYgmrdfjkeOCEvKhfW-SIjy8CySPfBLuyU48TDFwpZVpDziDx9tGYnnRF-0Hbrm0Pr38GnyEmAN0728O9BKeSIO2ib8SWbwrAPK__mEXrL56hGjPdXmI9dd9VHq/w402-h640/IMG_6482.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Our little girl wanted to be "spooky" this year, but I wasn't ready to commit to full-on scary. I figured the queen from Snow White was spooky without being too spooky. Liam wanted to be a dinosaur again, which is what he was last year. When you find something you like, you stick with it apparently!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here are some pictures of them with all their "loot"!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5ykWrN1u9qfZspk2_POLXxHkDjLfd87wpKttj-IbVLscIHsq98vIDou1qvsLM9Z7LKRIH1dFTLVJX2_RsKiMD6tarBt8oua2s5qUstgLQSs5V-r_8lzYR_R7aoPihPQkdlBndICgyf9gWiPP0VI4j2NyIAnnp2CraLZNOIMq_UL4uMq8XHsdXQbF-9zP/s4032/IMG_6510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5ykWrN1u9qfZspk2_POLXxHkDjLfd87wpKttj-IbVLscIHsq98vIDou1qvsLM9Z7LKRIH1dFTLVJX2_RsKiMD6tarBt8oua2s5qUstgLQSs5V-r_8lzYR_R7aoPihPQkdlBndICgyf9gWiPP0VI4j2NyIAnnp2CraLZNOIMq_UL4uMq8XHsdXQbF-9zP/w480-h640/IMG_6510.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVosjg5kcBONOM1QHZEohAA-YqDkEb3r5Zblt67QdSfGQehQGBHn_Wp-CBH8wLhRmz_YWmBnSvwZlgJOaTsN-joQHUGc2oniBzyLLaiCfQPEu6F6to3ahuiWpTGklp2xrMLrfikIfeUjHuxDqRKQoMWndZonI7UWZOWl3469xiGZjBadXi8zRfJGnU1sUC/s4032/IMG_6508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVosjg5kcBONOM1QHZEohAA-YqDkEb3r5Zblt67QdSfGQehQGBHn_Wp-CBH8wLhRmz_YWmBnSvwZlgJOaTsN-joQHUGc2oniBzyLLaiCfQPEu6F6to3ahuiWpTGklp2xrMLrfikIfeUjHuxDqRKQoMWndZonI7UWZOWl3469xiGZjBadXi8zRfJGnU1sUC/w480-h640/IMG_6508.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I was lucky enough to get to go on a field trip with Lily Grace's class to the farm a few weeks ago. It was the most beautiful fall day: chilly in the morning, but beautiful by the afternoon. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF8NAZkJ2ojG8-UJ9K07UJZpO6UlrOnNEn2lfAyjgzjOEZ0Loa_QA-VKnRmMNGauIVzRjGVAQB36HM1nwo10EsePeaV_CHANwsNxPi5lVUoxb21iNqSGEwrgZ8jTVnhAXOJslMAJtk9JcmuQKdhL0VSsuP5Fu0e2xMrqQbjMwQHBvF78ZR_pbJ3040nEL/s4032/IMG_6525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF8NAZkJ2ojG8-UJ9K07UJZpO6UlrOnNEn2lfAyjgzjOEZ0Loa_QA-VKnRmMNGauIVzRjGVAQB36HM1nwo10EsePeaV_CHANwsNxPi5lVUoxb21iNqSGEwrgZ8jTVnhAXOJslMAJtk9JcmuQKdhL0VSsuP5Fu0e2xMrqQbjMwQHBvF78ZR_pbJ3040nEL/w640-h480/IMG_6525.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCsKTzaSbE3giH3YcVTXZYie3NXWvjh2BmW23cTqV7oXfFxuJPLuJP4aNiWoG_1T3ow_fXjal7ZCJqaAmOCnZe0ENVCkXRQO_yEWf8-f8s8AF_pWAgkf00xHhZUkk46MKRBZMkrREgdwJuF01mu3AvqC8EV-8pOqva5_KUfyBu70miO6mPJDuyJ84X8dV/s4032/IMG_6518_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCsKTzaSbE3giH3YcVTXZYie3NXWvjh2BmW23cTqV7oXfFxuJPLuJP4aNiWoG_1T3ow_fXjal7ZCJqaAmOCnZe0ENVCkXRQO_yEWf8-f8s8AF_pWAgkf00xHhZUkk46MKRBZMkrREgdwJuF01mu3AvqC8EV-8pOqva5_KUfyBu70miO6mPJDuyJ84X8dV/w480-h640/IMG_6518_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I loved getting to spend the day with my sweet girl and her little besties. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Then, last weekend, a big group of my friends threw me a "Fu** Cancer" party. We rented a party bus and went to a nearby vineyard for a day. We had so much fun together!!! This group of friends has been friends for over 15 years. It's crazy how time flies!! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ichwlo9lwKMCxmFr7xYUre8R0NijwszTPkECxTb-G5mRIYGim63IBnql3lvWqUaMFswCux7u6T1SxWlc6fLf9pIW7KD3LirQw5loRyCiRCxOKC0nOgoc13m2OdG-TvmZVZuVq82sUOyWc5LLLgeOTc1h8TOQLV4Kgveh_tombykPHlAwM85LekWqguBG/s2764/IMG_4160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2764" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ichwlo9lwKMCxmFr7xYUre8R0NijwszTPkECxTb-G5mRIYGim63IBnql3lvWqUaMFswCux7u6T1SxWlc6fLf9pIW7KD3LirQw5loRyCiRCxOKC0nOgoc13m2OdG-TvmZVZuVq82sUOyWc5LLLgeOTc1h8TOQLV4Kgveh_tombykPHlAwM85LekWqguBG/w640-h392/IMG_4160.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOB0FphcQINQtvjmmlV5eYp0aoUZjCFWyClCrZQpcAn-cM63l17DU0a_ltrVilf0nI83jNNU7WZ9wfSrECawjY_6Y4Ewc8UhAsf97ipaTVX-udCeq2Y4-wufpvu-R3mXKGUr7pxhl1D5UvdRuqERz71VWh3I3tPBHmHxhRWPe0cUjmBck3NDueVEQLDPNE/s4032/IMG_5107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOB0FphcQINQtvjmmlV5eYp0aoUZjCFWyClCrZQpcAn-cM63l17DU0a_ltrVilf0nI83jNNU7WZ9wfSrECawjY_6Y4Ewc8UhAsf97ipaTVX-udCeq2Y4-wufpvu-R3mXKGUr7pxhl1D5UvdRuqERz71VWh3I3tPBHmHxhRWPe0cUjmBck3NDueVEQLDPNE/w480-h640/IMG_5107.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">One of my friends got us all matching "Fu** Cancer" bracelets. :)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF_5_ctASpOXTPHxGcZu4oNEFqFHWkgWD2vbozrp4KQIo6AdH_40Dz6DgscVGnFsWaF7scec0lyumtqHm93zdHq2s4JQllX_vimSbtRBSdaV5VC0po8J32DEerWQCl-l-thDtdSp3Tka8EoFgGOFMdZ070pvoHBkOSz9B1K4BjS4cd-GDtyzcv5RSmz2W/s4032/IMG_2981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF_5_ctASpOXTPHxGcZu4oNEFqFHWkgWD2vbozrp4KQIo6AdH_40Dz6DgscVGnFsWaF7scec0lyumtqHm93zdHq2s4JQllX_vimSbtRBSdaV5VC0po8J32DEerWQCl-l-thDtdSp3Tka8EoFgGOFMdZ070pvoHBkOSz9B1K4BjS4cd-GDtyzcv5RSmz2W/w480-h640/IMG_2981.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Then, last Sunday, Lily Grace and I went to see the Taylor Swift movie. I thought there was no way she'd make it the full 3 hours. I told Devin "the tickets are only $13, if we only make it an hour, that's fine." Yet we stayed the whole time and she was up and dancing her heart out!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0oNAshb9F53pH3_nkfZAXr5p0r3J0qO87CZMWMGYMpkm5WmCxA_ls3huzWuCbdCUwq5OsPL7m-moDumKWCaKUU-2Zal9LA0i3SMTRaHs8iffhyNQfj63390eWEUxSTuVNRHfEvLNdXvZng9bgBOFqnuJB-gQ-fGFaOwzHhDSlsLVIVwN3J5h3xVK9uLy/s4032/IMG_6557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0oNAshb9F53pH3_nkfZAXr5p0r3J0qO87CZMWMGYMpkm5WmCxA_ls3huzWuCbdCUwq5OsPL7m-moDumKWCaKUU-2Zal9LA0i3SMTRaHs8iffhyNQfj63390eWEUxSTuVNRHfEvLNdXvZng9bgBOFqnuJB-gQ-fGFaOwzHhDSlsLVIVwN3J5h3xVK9uLy/w480-h640/IMG_6557.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdQLCxhb8yPlxA26O9dB1VjpjWYhj_6fiPakziVydU0tBbzxu-rAjLoPg9t4693AtSFfFldetFIjni20jq92sICL63MegJFYD73A6oIA5ANkw1UdjB4SOSRWM9motat_D2oeTHedIi06YTGjAOvODgQ8PnJmJa1yZ6UMD5UmzH1XAggBgxs6FNxSyC64H/s4032/IMG_6558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdQLCxhb8yPlxA26O9dB1VjpjWYhj_6fiPakziVydU0tBbzxu-rAjLoPg9t4693AtSFfFldetFIjni20jq92sICL63MegJFYD73A6oIA5ANkw1UdjB4SOSRWM9motat_D2oeTHedIi06YTGjAOvODgQ8PnJmJa1yZ6UMD5UmzH1XAggBgxs6FNxSyC64H/w640-h480/IMG_6558.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Now I have a Swiftie living at home with us and I am loving it!! Last night she set up her Barbies and told me "they're going to the Taylor Swift concert and the one in the purple dress is Taylor!" It's so dang cute!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dy0AmN1Em3lPrlFVf0FeCO-IL_ZjLzsFwdcVv8gmRrJ18H6ike8z_H-kTV_P0v0z4zoFeyyFZWOV2bJmqy0zlCBl9LA1MbD5IMY3aZQvC0wEiYurQImJqy5R4yp3Ev3MKYC96wLQK98RO0bmJKaaEVpGMZuGbhQ4Tle2HdKISkjdJA6uSTjZriGaYAD0/s4032/Tay.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dy0AmN1Em3lPrlFVf0FeCO-IL_ZjLzsFwdcVv8gmRrJ18H6ike8z_H-kTV_P0v0z4zoFeyyFZWOV2bJmqy0zlCBl9LA1MbD5IMY3aZQvC0wEiYurQImJqy5R4yp3Ev3MKYC96wLQK98RO0bmJKaaEVpGMZuGbhQ4Tle2HdKISkjdJA6uSTjZriGaYAD0/w640-h480/Tay.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Meanwhile, Liam was living his best life helping rake leaves. He loves any opportunity to help Devin with yard work-- especially when Devin lets him use the leaf blower!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">In other news, our big girl's first ever soccer season is coming to a close and she had a blast. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUppKPIzdj7VZ9BXNaRiYJV05EQxafJYRn47bgBNEsex5gmcDygadPBuR3daT6fxxEwIXfsXuPCTc-J7EyPTT9-iBI-pbA5KjhsHnSWfbI_n5u0FOEUTcwFVoDd_odoaGcVHPo4I5h5i805ckYwajRhW7VesURZBrgQhrsRaJTsRgjUANfuxIln4flr08/s2421/IMG_6568-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="2292" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUppKPIzdj7VZ9BXNaRiYJV05EQxafJYRn47bgBNEsex5gmcDygadPBuR3daT6fxxEwIXfsXuPCTc-J7EyPTT9-iBI-pbA5KjhsHnSWfbI_n5u0FOEUTcwFVoDd_odoaGcVHPo4I5h5i805ckYwajRhW7VesURZBrgQhrsRaJTsRgjUANfuxIln4flr08/w608-h640/IMG_6568-2.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thank you for reading along today! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOkdteBAiK31Go1fxKO-HxguUaBxhF0loGrpRh4mBv0BFTvtJYA9FxQy4D-8SuuBoDZe2cWoQ9IbrHB50f5BFJk1IWblOrg8TpfF7c6d7OiNeiLZb0f9s43BVGAb6R-v8MmEfyWnqC9BBMWMP-Sv6tTqFrsO_wmsLZ8mwXWfwDrLqszvESg5YaurvTO6F/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOkdteBAiK31Go1fxKO-HxguUaBxhF0loGrpRh4mBv0BFTvtJYA9FxQy4D-8SuuBoDZe2cWoQ9IbrHB50f5BFJk1IWblOrg8TpfF7c6d7OiNeiLZb0f9s43BVGAb6R-v8MmEfyWnqC9BBMWMP-Sv6tTqFrsO_wmsLZ8mwXWfwDrLqszvESg5YaurvTO6F/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-46641314756957854912023-11-06T04:30:00.002-05:002023-11-06T04:30:00.144-05:00Prime Purchases October<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Good morning and happy Monday! Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4S3PTB2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fd2c8eaf9e1ca120c679a801720bdd3f&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Tanya</a> to share my Prime Purchases from the month of October.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFLz6-iOP41U1mwff0XVUGhhWzxXVBK3J5erzJiQ_zJkeULz4ss1u1lyyYMiLKdiUlp0UWrXm4vRvjxfSgKfJGKf8M-E4PfH7mIJTQu77NpHJ7qdXJMA341PET9XvpV1LzbCCQdsN13KgS1Ict2RZ1A7YB7fg6G5P5I7rXx-WadO7bh42yAObUriEEtMG/s1396/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-05%20at%207.36.50%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFLz6-iOP41U1mwff0XVUGhhWzxXVBK3J5erzJiQ_zJkeULz4ss1u1lyyYMiLKdiUlp0UWrXm4vRvjxfSgKfJGKf8M-E4PfH7mIJTQu77NpHJ7qdXJMA341PET9XvpV1LzbCCQdsN13KgS1Ict2RZ1A7YB7fg6G5P5I7rXx-WadO7bh42yAObUriEEtMG/w576-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-05%20at%207.36.50%20PM.png" width="576" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWZ13G2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=8f1de66c94b49e68eb9b5100119cdbd0&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Evil Queen Costume</a>-Lily Grace wanted to be a little bit spooky this year for Halloween, and this was our compromise. I didn't want her to be too scary yet! She's only in first grade! She can be scary in middle school. ļ She loves a good villain, so the evil queen from Snow White fit the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36IF4MvBaGFvTXeP6Pt-TZK4RW5D7_gjmip28zelZRgrRXiZh7ujFVbha_MIM0U024HN9fTIREJZJ0F2sce62v1wYY_iqn_vXyDaWDwEBRgrxC46WuBlaguQTS9YUoqgwqWgrnHXsVzsg_r_9Oehf8MS3XXdgYtXOqG8iCR-bATjAuIB9OJSFhJ3O77iZ/s1500/81+HmXVCRBL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36IF4MvBaGFvTXeP6Pt-TZK4RW5D7_gjmip28zelZRgrRXiZh7ujFVbha_MIM0U024HN9fTIREJZJ0F2sce62v1wYY_iqn_vXyDaWDwEBRgrxC46WuBlaguQTS9YUoqgwqWgrnHXsVzsg_r_9Oehf8MS3XXdgYtXOqG8iCR-bATjAuIB9OJSFhJ3O77iZ/w640-h640/81+HmXVCRBL._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q791WY6?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b75fa38f87c5eadec775f1a29b993a9b&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Veggie Seasoning-</a> this is one of our all-time favorite seasonings, and we used it just a few weeks ago when roasting some fall vegetables. <a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2020/01/roasted-winter-vegetables.html" target="_blank">This is the recipe we follow here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmultf1-tOJDYoGCycDdYyFZAh-hoUfnQsHmuGqVUFhavAidvCD6KXN7vkvuAETmFkDqsponDfy9wLLHfeSsWXDu5fv0bVD8YwL02_jbuuhmXfhjA9LZCR8JuFr4tuRy08CJukYcUaVSm_woZ-sPECJBP1CJ9rtSwDA4XhcCrFLHNBPygOJesgWx3jQuj/s1400/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-05%20at%207.40.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmultf1-tOJDYoGCycDdYyFZAh-hoUfnQsHmuGqVUFhavAidvCD6KXN7vkvuAETmFkDqsponDfy9wLLHfeSsWXDu5fv0bVD8YwL02_jbuuhmXfhjA9LZCR8JuFr4tuRy08CJukYcUaVSm_woZ-sPECJBP1CJ9rtSwDA4XhcCrFLHNBPygOJesgWx3jQuj/w594-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-05%20at%207.40.45%20PM.png" width="594" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW834WQ9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=94f98af64cb9dedbbfc16d6f6d669851&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">50ās Poodle Skirt Costume-</a> for the 50th day of school Lily Grace's first grade class got to dress up like it was the 1950s. All the little girls wore poodle skirts kind of while the boys wore white T-shirts and leather jackets. It was so dang cute! This was the cheapest costume on Amazon, and she had several little friends that had the exact same one on the 50<sup>th</sup> day haha! All the moms mustāve been like āWhatās the cheapest thing I can find?!ā <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbCNUCR6HnjjZpzJvVdrbi2RECq9cXG5ploXeEAETd9UXCpB_9MYboNS6KYfxiufbqtVpbqnmXVFs5zK_-99g6_sT2qs992bdXBx8JEoV48IegfFagDlIOWzCK093qxs70hR4RWyXC-eRuMcQ5RE7K7kXYU_4WTgywWtkqbLXMZZ5XQL4OT0Ix6kkM3zM/s679/91gBRmnww4L._AC_UX679_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="679" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbCNUCR6HnjjZpzJvVdrbi2RECq9cXG5ploXeEAETd9UXCpB_9MYboNS6KYfxiufbqtVpbqnmXVFs5zK_-99g6_sT2qs992bdXBx8JEoV48IegfFagDlIOWzCK093qxs70hR4RWyXC-eRuMcQ5RE7K7kXYU_4WTgywWtkqbLXMZZ5XQL4OT0Ix6kkM3zM/w640-h626/91gBRmnww4L._AC_UX679_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C2KLLCD?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f4dff6662ed1b9fc3db45a5fd2e7e528&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Dinosaur Costume-</a> Liam wanted to be a dinosaur again this year. Two years in a row of being a dinosaur! Last year's costume did not fit anymore, so we went for this one this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_zTEG9fo7xDbdL_wC2PL1QT3UzaQ-hYjHU4ysTDt8F5NE8Q71_lik3n2Jz6-3kTPC3O4RK2buYoSQAY-iciT4Ui5iwK4cdYUpNq0nN2b9Ql351TWEC55fXz68EyTr9CWd0OdJKRN2TqgBTUlVJIAPaQ7bV7q5KGieTBDlsUUKwak-evwaUrn82MgaoO3/s1500/81FH91xXSeL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1478" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_zTEG9fo7xDbdL_wC2PL1QT3UzaQ-hYjHU4ysTDt8F5NE8Q71_lik3n2Jz6-3kTPC3O4RK2buYoSQAY-iciT4Ui5iwK4cdYUpNq0nN2b9Ql351TWEC55fXz68EyTr9CWd0OdJKRN2TqgBTUlVJIAPaQ7bV7q5KGieTBDlsUUKwak-evwaUrn82MgaoO3/w632-h640/81FH91xXSeL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="632" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNFBKG83?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=05fb9df9b7cdfae2486668272214c9ea&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Cute Desk Calendar-</a> I saw Shay post this cute desk calendar a couple weeks ago and grabbed it for next year. I love how fun and festive each month is! It is great on my desk at work. It's crazy that I already have things coming up in January that I have written on it. The new year isn't too far away!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lrA6CiEilWwjzPBgnN6lfvt1eT8h10iXf0y8iKoi2aEAsSD-I6Mwq7GI-9h-3Dmt9PqthPfvlOX-o50k9reGNZO_DBi-nUt_PGW7d0tQSxjAH1HOIACfuzW6s2v0REjIrZ9_WtlWliAZjsG3k0VQwMhRcem2XnwM72tuiFa4M2rDdqANA_l_gEXdGFL0/s1500/81n7OmTSxXL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lrA6CiEilWwjzPBgnN6lfvt1eT8h10iXf0y8iKoi2aEAsSD-I6Mwq7GI-9h-3Dmt9PqthPfvlOX-o50k9reGNZO_DBi-nUt_PGW7d0tQSxjAH1HOIACfuzW6s2v0REjIrZ9_WtlWliAZjsG3k0VQwMhRcem2XnwM72tuiFa4M2rDdqANA_l_gEXdGFL0/w622-h640/81n7OmTSxXL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="622" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D93Z9ZA?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details" target="_blank">Felt Furniture Pads-</a> the furniture pads we had on the bottom of our dining room chairs mustāve fallen off or something, because I 100% remember putting them on the chairs, yet they were no longer there a few weeks ago. I bought some more, and now we no longer have that problem!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXuhTHzNOxRxi5zKZRBFEI6BpGdzGn4UrU5Ia-sHU5fhiW_NyzxBcC_T6eMlepDtOi60IDWXx5_oyMJZdHlomzUM6vkZ3K5V7a3pR2ZwQ_JbME8-IkSklBJsKdGAsXY64y77EP6XW7C28TUdw3Q0qRK9iJ5SHM64Xj0pOb-rwj3Qyt8uzyuPyhlNVUWq5/s964/71aTD2ZKCLL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXuhTHzNOxRxi5zKZRBFEI6BpGdzGn4UrU5Ia-sHU5fhiW_NyzxBcC_T6eMlepDtOi60IDWXx5_oyMJZdHlomzUM6vkZ3K5V7a3pR2ZwQ_JbME8-IkSklBJsKdGAsXY64y77EP6XW7C28TUdw3Q0qRK9iJ5SHM64Xj0pOb-rwj3Qyt8uzyuPyhlNVUWq5/w550-h640/71aTD2ZKCLL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="550" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RDZFZ0?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=3ae52349e157be8d7c0115dd23f4587a&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Sinus Rinse Kit-</a> is there anything grosser than a sinus rinse kit? I have such a love-hate relationship with it. It's so gross, but also so effective.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDf9NX3bEirowdsnfy2UTzGksh1C0YHw2b3y0AnJOm9p28-nMnYFib4tLxvuEojoVaqdDSQmSvAntL52Ol2iCDLeeZVdy0hs_y7PrDu0yE-7vD9HozUWSeRLGDWLxJxn1AqibybJ3XtnwEj5XuG7Vc1JHHDnNHo8CSYlgHDqU8FjwMMBiZrdM1TTK8xhnA/s1500/91UwY9DO7zL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1500" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDf9NX3bEirowdsnfy2UTzGksh1C0YHw2b3y0AnJOm9p28-nMnYFib4tLxvuEojoVaqdDSQmSvAntL52Ol2iCDLeeZVdy0hs_y7PrDu0yE-7vD9HozUWSeRLGDWLxJxn1AqibybJ3XtnwEj5XuG7Vc1JHHDnNHo8CSYlgHDqU8FjwMMBiZrdM1TTK8xhnA/w640-h602/91UwY9DO7zL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JGX86M0?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=3d206a7c3f482d9a28dceb1eaad44c43&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Tibet Almond Stick-</a> Guys, these are INCREDIBLE! Remember those felt furniture pads I got? Well, when the old felt furniture pads fell off the chairs, they scratched the heck out of our hardwood floors. I was so frustrated! Then, a few weeks later, I saw these on TikTok. I do not for the life of me understand how they work, but the scratches literally disappeared. They are magic!! If you have scratches in your hardwood floors, you need these. Buy them now, thank me later!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvJXIVXYDl__iKjT4xwtWC-ICRshDzgVuOPOS-g2WKdqVdx6nDWqSCF7nx-vG6CZxzpVmPZAihd1DkP8mqALEBZkutvA8y1gxiEMqmE9RrbGDiI_-YxhkKfDwbo_rIjEbDyYmFgJhXnz_CZWNjkws5MXdlBgBRQRxkqcA08PGivjqaVAF0D1AQUOeMTsu/s1100/71c-iYzXd2L._AC_SL1100_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvJXIVXYDl__iKjT4xwtWC-ICRshDzgVuOPOS-g2WKdqVdx6nDWqSCF7nx-vG6CZxzpVmPZAihd1DkP8mqALEBZkutvA8y1gxiEMqmE9RrbGDiI_-YxhkKfDwbo_rIjEbDyYmFgJhXnz_CZWNjkws5MXdlBgBRQRxkqcA08PGivjqaVAF0D1AQUOeMTsu/w640-h640/71c-iYzXd2L._AC_SL1100_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4S3PTB2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fd2c8eaf9e1ca120c679a801720bdd3f&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Inflatable Turkey-</a> I always get a little depressed when we take down our Halloween decorations and don't have our Christmas ones up yet. Our yard is just sad and boring between Halloween and Christmas. This inflatable Turkey has made the in-between period much more bearable!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8gCN2UBmohPTJ-ZiZ35NkVwDjg13Hy1Nw_cjpVVP81GEe1zDB1h01qYFEdAhiCNxGcPrfV9HM72S93Awm1kfVzKkw5wg04yvDeftGN-fJzGpsFORZIfyn0jQm0KEte2Bf-t5KmIvcVde6ZPWb1jD_lGlrYrYQcZ-75OBiKLmKsvRQl5MPPo7tUqW2iqw/s1500/510azJ5NFGL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="693" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8gCN2UBmohPTJ-ZiZ35NkVwDjg13Hy1Nw_cjpVVP81GEe1zDB1h01qYFEdAhiCNxGcPrfV9HM72S93Awm1kfVzKkw5wg04yvDeftGN-fJzGpsFORZIfyn0jQm0KEte2Bf-t5KmIvcVde6ZPWb1jD_lGlrYrYQcZ-75OBiKLmKsvRQl5MPPo7tUqW2iqw/w296-h640/510azJ5NFGL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQZDYQB2?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=adf759e22a33255c732a6b31a8413da6&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Stanley Cup-</a> I realize how ābasicā it is to be obsessed with your Stanley Cup, but I donāt care. I am obsessed! I had another one and the whole family kept stealing it. I bought myself a new one and told the fam this was āmommyās onlyā. Nobody else is allowed to take this one to work/school!</span><span style="font-family: CCSADSVILLE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVfWmxLvbX38d6Mwc9sYAquOg2kE703WNUYVlp7B9uUn-nfidy5yJaCQD8ZKcTDK7kuw1UdAeLMi0ZPKwcwNC-05cU_ouTRfaHCVjzWPxf1bXNQiSRCq-LUZcl8r0Tp-ymMVxkSr409fx9acjeLRTBuSI1zAfYq_hL7vrssiR4bBXlg-dX6Ip1mgmTyJP/s640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVfWmxLvbX38d6Mwc9sYAquOg2kE703WNUYVlp7B9uUn-nfidy5yJaCQD8ZKcTDK7kuw1UdAeLMi0ZPKwcwNC-05cU_ouTRfaHCVjzWPxf1bXNQiSRCq-LUZcl8r0Tp-ymMVxkSr409fx9acjeLRTBuSI1zAfYq_hL7vrssiR4bBXlg-dX6Ip1mgmTyJP/w640-h640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-23204828162601651152023-11-03T04:30:00.184-04:002023-11-03T04:30:00.149-04:0031 Days of Skeletons!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Hi friends!</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I want to share with you all the fun skeleton posings our neighborhood did for the month of October! The neighbors went all out and we had a blast doing this together. We had such positive feedback about how much the different families had working together to pose them!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Before we get to that-- I wanted to give you a heads up that Old Navy has their matching holiday pajamas on super sale right now (as I write this on Wednesday), and we snagged some! The last two years I waited until mid-November and then it's hard to find a matching set that has everyone's size. I'm happy to have that checked off our to-do list!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This is the pattern we went with this year:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE1Mn9heFjVOY5pT266pgCSP20F2B3-AZk0vNyWe3gRGNGiugnYDP5TdbLClDDJM_aEuyWBwXz_CauSql1UmQ-DkZw8FysUqD7pN6rZ6iqXDNp-77qQTyrZ_WoNp6d6kKAEKqGNIfV4UssrK_rmpXoTianTYgx3Fk-5DSuQ_Q_5I-zpSxYegWSaf287dH/s1346/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%206.21.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1346" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE1Mn9heFjVOY5pT266pgCSP20F2B3-AZk0vNyWe3gRGNGiugnYDP5TdbLClDDJM_aEuyWBwXz_CauSql1UmQ-DkZw8FysUqD7pN6rZ6iqXDNp-77qQTyrZ_WoNp6d6kKAEKqGNIfV4UssrK_rmpXoTianTYgx3Fk-5DSuQ_Q_5I-zpSxYegWSaf287dH/w640-h576/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%206.21.17%20PM.png" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://sovrn.co/nv2zfmn" target="_blank">Red/Green Plaid</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Now, onto skeletons!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We are SO LUCKY to live in a neighborhood where everybody knows each other and gets along well. It's fun because we are such a diverse group of people (racially, religiously, politically) yet all genuinely really really enjoy each other's company. Sometimes on the news and social media, it can feel like our worlds are so divided... yet that isn't what we experience at home. Is your life like that? Super diverse yet everyone coexists so well? I hope so :)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Back in September, when we knew we wanted to do the skeletons but our October was going to be crazy, we sent out a neighborhood-wide email asking for help. I said we would love to do them again, but are afraid we won't be able to keep up! I attached a sign-up genius and hoped for the best, thinking maybe if we got 3-4 people to sign up, at least it would be 3-4 fewer days we would have to pose them. By the end of the month, we had 13 families sign up-- and some of them signed up for multiple days! I loved seeing the creativity behind everyone's ideas. Here they are:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrJssRsy_VBGE_dh2JYeILkf0Ubt8L0UFM9zlTpCRSlhs4enObnJ7WJXFQ16LMWosHvGciA5ufhqIueyAE7nGDAgRsPYEHRK1pFvh_4EqsiDyrH2fcyK0xgo9CPvG8KtxwKfvzx1jjWAQMFasG3umJYUxvlKketZLRouBwJW34QI5rtrJOl7nHoErStVk/s3107/IMG_6131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3107" data-original-width="2237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrJssRsy_VBGE_dh2JYeILkf0Ubt8L0UFM9zlTpCRSlhs4enObnJ7WJXFQ16LMWosHvGciA5ufhqIueyAE7nGDAgRsPYEHRK1pFvh_4EqsiDyrH2fcyK0xgo9CPvG8KtxwKfvzx1jjWAQMFasG3umJYUxvlKketZLRouBwJW34QI5rtrJOl7nHoErStVk/w462-h640/IMG_6131.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 1st- "Summer fun"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHWSEIyOBxxX84lXmFrGdob1p4EZep61D_RZWpMXgrgiT3RLwQmn9lW2-uQEyj8LlPR4X8d2VkGNDjF3KVm1RCXqo7R8eCiJgOLa8vUhkG9ez-vaDbIjZS5vz1BD__Eiy9FcfKvaHpIEX4sFxrmbc6r9JftAmmvZ6GOfxW-jCN7rQvZRW6uZOx4dCtRBL/s4032/IMG_6138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHWSEIyOBxxX84lXmFrGdob1p4EZep61D_RZWpMXgrgiT3RLwQmn9lW2-uQEyj8LlPR4X8d2VkGNDjF3KVm1RCXqo7R8eCiJgOLa8vUhkG9ez-vaDbIjZS5vz1BD__Eiy9FcfKvaHpIEX4sFxrmbc6r9JftAmmvZ6GOfxW-jCN7rQvZRW6uZOx4dCtRBL/w480-h640/IMG_6138.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OnE6XD58VZ5SlQ1k1cVz8ikMf4tOApXDHIbH0wQSE3SPw9ZHJGOXtLJ96LBl-OgKUlfACfqXkiw-FtleCCJzy-GH5sSKa9jTho0pwh9QNy1KBZtTq-2kLDdw2X76lEkWLIH0ciu5a2pg2ffbammIVWhYjGrR6r7w4YlTT5yS6W4vEvjuDa3hdIewotvg/s2726/IMG_6139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="2726" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OnE6XD58VZ5SlQ1k1cVz8ikMf4tOApXDHIbH0wQSE3SPw9ZHJGOXtLJ96LBl-OgKUlfACfqXkiw-FtleCCJzy-GH5sSKa9jTho0pwh9QNy1KBZtTq-2kLDdw2X76lEkWLIH0ciu5a2pg2ffbammIVWhYjGrR6r7w4YlTT5yS6W4vEvjuDa3hdIewotvg/w640-h610/IMG_6139.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 2nd- "Cookout"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3e7gdZNuRT23EjwkD2b9ilPnZi5wvGO0vbbJyXVcDAtRLw_QS8QrGtqMmKGZ-7YVxJaQgVkm8ojID70-TFTuTD7gK_rWfv7tMgP9yZnDTZ4d_yOmrKmelkmA1je2N7ArXSj9E0n12gdj8DFsJWP75kaEsgOzUkLy9278-tVuiVV3OA-jxIfUZ8u2AJzw/s2707/IMG_6147_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="2707" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3e7gdZNuRT23EjwkD2b9ilPnZi5wvGO0vbbJyXVcDAtRLw_QS8QrGtqMmKGZ-7YVxJaQgVkm8ojID70-TFTuTD7gK_rWfv7tMgP9yZnDTZ4d_yOmrKmelkmA1je2N7ArXSj9E0n12gdj8DFsJWP75kaEsgOzUkLy9278-tVuiVV3OA-jxIfUZ8u2AJzw/w640-h400/IMG_6147_jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizAr83No7iO44PThb0ZUt5RJnyeUxpOz4lIcztYTARjfquAiNZ3wSWpULDluHPDSGOxBsWDfAJTMou8PLSdWAObJWoLhKOuLJcd8xiy7ZjSxhyphenhyphenshUWgX5FF6VjOgRlvhjXtDjqqaApvm09DKkl50tW5pW2pnt-P1X7aSruS3TWGbpSecsxnZIo6ShNfth/s4032/IMG_6149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizAr83No7iO44PThb0ZUt5RJnyeUxpOz4lIcztYTARjfquAiNZ3wSWpULDluHPDSGOxBsWDfAJTMou8PLSdWAObJWoLhKOuLJcd8xiy7ZjSxhyphenhyphenshUWgX5FF6VjOgRlvhjXtDjqqaApvm09DKkl50tW5pW2pnt-P1X7aSruS3TWGbpSecsxnZIo6ShNfth/w480-h640/IMG_6149.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 3rd- "Dinosaur Dig"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnpn2tKTKnJbJ6mLzh8GLXXno-6a-ybqEN0dCwv6pAnJvu0leUIJxtZ_yE8ggkByhsZJjAoOVgdOm9NpI_Oy1Fr4qhb8crip77onPEOzhxxCfXXGTxQJtTOi-ykzbzA4xiAfcLIT6rPQeRhSOMZDdYdFhCr2LXrqvpKiTD6IFdEpWZWjnh8AKjcn88h5P/s4032/IMG_6157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 4th- "Photo Shoot"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFL4U-vhSDqfsAA30uVMO34Gmyrlg3C9am6jlspNfytX_oaGFHO6oogqlvbkI_o_UXQVspE6bfhWDJgIeNSEBLuxyUC24zdP5dRya6rjhPC9ZdioEVYOFLmlW-ORLyHjozSkCzKUkjZMZQTeVov1LCMWUlA2QpL4EJgkticm-ep9VX_ToFGno8AvrA_8j/s4032/IMG_6179_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFL4U-vhSDqfsAA30uVMO34Gmyrlg3C9am6jlspNfytX_oaGFHO6oogqlvbkI_o_UXQVspE6bfhWDJgIeNSEBLuxyUC24zdP5dRya6rjhPC9ZdioEVYOFLmlW-ORLyHjozSkCzKUkjZMZQTeVov1LCMWUlA2QpL4EJgkticm-ep9VX_ToFGno8AvrA_8j/w480-h640/IMG_6179_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05OKI6sjIuVE70caMg89zB14W1eiUX_yfFTcUV7c7QBNxhDHkLYWuAmez52wzeEkOHgnK1DNz388YCzyk72EK5vn203QeUlW3Sa3Wu_b0W4r3jq0EY0i__owwapJ8Jr5UYjDECmpwmIfZTYNw_9VDF26hSdA1reg_0nScD3qBBlsyUNuDbiY5OTJX7yUv/s4032/IMG_6180_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 6th- "Cleaning Crew"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYR8vh9WVRK-0jxm6RCp_JP3pkizgX7_sQZL4HKeV5oGo_n-hmFag1lkUz9haUDt9EGifN34dy_R53HaW76ytNiD-TZUCzshTDyDA0al56IP2UMrNOYZF8HFGHhHkeErKTd4n41p5OId4INRtvcHLf3hpgSqj6TeqVrLhOKdYQ9ZatYL4_oh8dvi11QHM/s3024/IMG_9698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="3024" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYR8vh9WVRK-0jxm6RCp_JP3pkizgX7_sQZL4HKeV5oGo_n-hmFag1lkUz9haUDt9EGifN34dy_R53HaW76ytNiD-TZUCzshTDyDA0al56IP2UMrNOYZF8HFGHhHkeErKTd4n41p5OId4INRtvcHLf3hpgSqj6TeqVrLhOKdYQ9ZatYL4_oh8dvi11QHM/w640-h474/IMG_9698.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 7th- "Raking Leaves"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-DMJnmu9O6zjihsN1CsPkfUkwTz8Mgxpnj4J8_aNdKhHmTo1HnGA10l45009VPSekzWCAZ7BqfaISvYNj2lgFxN7-GcwhowFGYPBdvtSMWW3NeTssU4Bhrk5XqCbt1kqO2jpG9pZq9l3nflqCCrNoUEDoOAUOOVAdXwT3Z8UOHZxYcJK7MHas3bRcAlZ/s3024/IMG_6219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="3024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-DMJnmu9O6zjihsN1CsPkfUkwTz8Mgxpnj4J8_aNdKhHmTo1HnGA10l45009VPSekzWCAZ7BqfaISvYNj2lgFxN7-GcwhowFGYPBdvtSMWW3NeTssU4Bhrk5XqCbt1kqO2jpG9pZq9l3nflqCCrNoUEDoOAUOOVAdXwT3Z8UOHZxYcJK7MHas3bRcAlZ/w640-h426/IMG_6219.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRGw5mTziQ8JKFcl4UOtsD3SMlzP0IxDqUL4y0aeei0brDd0wnlWvPvSuAvYJR37fOxBVBFK07ZAWzX2oUr8-A0L6LFq5qoP9GS7pkSGdKMDnnzVPddjLGkUeP9jWaN0mWwmwRxbHzC5JmGJhg6gauUJaBXciS-H1Vlt7pirdzFsVMkajvSUg6OwlWa8f/s4032/IMG_6223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27xh2Ntf02O2eU1MDKMlOZu5o_EGcpbFWQSMHQJBMWCSyxiAfuq4Oc43ogPrv7WcFWjqV3G8-cGOwh8VcxKui0dzhgmz2I1W1lDtQj45nBCjmaOzammEMRVKZzUox_EdLIb_nUJCCDSpMKQg2QVPrit2JmA7EmyM5Lt6QjPiVmv_jScqN2CGuR_e4g-pa/s4032/IMG_6221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27xh2Ntf02O2eU1MDKMlOZu5o_EGcpbFWQSMHQJBMWCSyxiAfuq4Oc43ogPrv7WcFWjqV3G8-cGOwh8VcxKui0dzhgmz2I1W1lDtQj45nBCjmaOzammEMRVKZzUox_EdLIb_nUJCCDSpMKQg2QVPrit2JmA7EmyM5Lt6QjPiVmv_jScqN2CGuR_e4g-pa/w480-h640/IMG_6221.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 8th- "School Theme" I loved the details on this one!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG6ViGGI5Ip7GEmT3jBQNfqr-K9-CDEa5bkV8BKPu8WVia7fHRYi86f33KwUy94aZojMRAjGOTvNmm76Z1v39fbeYupbvO9QoOqTahCmyMvrngv_SHC8v8ojdRsTKRV_oGPoIlFZB9Cty932tlqg4ULBEjvK5ha7LKAD9zokx0_PMaYfLefx5dx3uwCc7/s1518/image000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1518" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG6ViGGI5Ip7GEmT3jBQNfqr-K9-CDEa5bkV8BKPu8WVia7fHRYi86f33KwUy94aZojMRAjGOTvNmm76Z1v39fbeYupbvO9QoOqTahCmyMvrngv_SHC8v8ojdRsTKRV_oGPoIlFZB9Cty932tlqg4ULBEjvK5ha7LKAD9zokx0_PMaYfLefx5dx3uwCc7/w640-h312/image000000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 9th- "Singing in the Rain"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcvIEx8v930hoplWkfFOlnKhpaNo7Osmle8GVxoDxVZWdcEOZX7LnoF1Jvp5g8RYC3pfdo3wVf9UDUxY0m540ItP9Lro5q73CM_BYdqegJ7oNekUTgcWrq9wikY7sgobbxKutPBRPfX78duIUjs7XLk6RofaaGzm61QgjgPBhTeW7_8E2JULp10I6dSW1/s4032/IMG_6228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 10th- "Pumpkin Patch"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOvRAzYsBsGs1Xn3vINH4KeN_3GShPWuneuq1ylBaJ0DqjYLcTXLo2Z6xmhuBFvUn1T9DRHFcM2Mp2L4zODQWvijjcgC334gsaRG9ZKpJssDzDeCzPE5r7Vrbc7ABgCA7rYEDW_I_BsCfSPz5HchmTsnLennV-fzIjVQ5Nnb3tNj9kTPYC_bBKLuj3LZS/s4624/PXL_20231011_211603980_Original-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOvRAzYsBsGs1Xn3vINH4KeN_3GShPWuneuq1ylBaJ0DqjYLcTXLo2Z6xmhuBFvUn1T9DRHFcM2Mp2L4zODQWvijjcgC334gsaRG9ZKpJssDzDeCzPE5r7Vrbc7ABgCA7rYEDW_I_BsCfSPz5HchmTsnLennV-fzIjVQ5Nnb3tNj9kTPYC_bBKLuj3LZS/w640-h480/PXL_20231011_211603980_Original-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 11th- "Relay Race"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 12th- We forgot to take a picture of this one, but it was Snow White and her Prince! They were wearing our kids' dress up clothes. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQbt0y2hZCk8Hro0D8x1ag63GqNZMFGD9bWF0O_7e5GNRWdqwdWCvMNILhIoH_gUGKkIJxUkplJsz4s8QsYL7jckK0BualkxN8fr6JfE3WuN-PqeMaLpC2mWvaRmy9oNlTplnr_ex-zH8f0qwQ4jSBZAZERXk-tka9p7m6VDQZpnYcB4fhCYTQO1KDeIL/s4032/IMG_6240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQbt0y2hZCk8Hro0D8x1ag63GqNZMFGD9bWF0O_7e5GNRWdqwdWCvMNILhIoH_gUGKkIJxUkplJsz4s8QsYL7jckK0BualkxN8fr6JfE3WuN-PqeMaLpC2mWvaRmy9oNlTplnr_ex-zH8f0qwQ4jSBZAZERXk-tka9p7m6VDQZpnYcB4fhCYTQO1KDeIL/w480-h640/IMG_6240.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 13th- "Gone Fishing"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWXFnG_VgOJjpW5h_7RYFzV7RPtnJG6vu6SgTJXEqepifVe1WxANVi2hVuyCXGklXDPjdG56QxQoFb5spv8J-MKRmZ00QQ6Iu-GOmEh68UbloaO0FG3_IuhpCy9R9fq0GlfEF1y25zDA6ccwCT1myQIKq6J5dcO_sdDPCbmaEX5PRoBpW26uAg4tOy2Dj/s3024/IMG_6242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWXFnG_VgOJjpW5h_7RYFzV7RPtnJG6vu6SgTJXEqepifVe1WxANVi2hVuyCXGklXDPjdG56QxQoFb5spv8J-MKRmZ00QQ6Iu-GOmEh68UbloaO0FG3_IuhpCy9R9fq0GlfEF1y25zDA6ccwCT1myQIKq6J5dcO_sdDPCbmaEX5PRoBpW26uAg4tOy2Dj/w640-h480/IMG_6242.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBGbPEfNsvFRXckNYOJGc37MGKva9sVXPaM5Ivc_v5WQhwSgt_nHOt_N0jDOkUZmQu1TwgS0kWHfsfM_UIl8htSEaU8d0KZcdnzdMcXj3ikmsVX32lmAcsX2yxj6oVN3nFMK_NqJH3O7R7_HDG90QPmAITmOLbJSxsu5IdehF18KeKfOz3-tLgo2izW-O/s4032/IMG_6243_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 14th- "Construction Crew"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq5WMs-oPG6ROz7vfXz74RIx4J5fDKOBz6gbEkAgMa9ORvAcYgewoNTCnuFz_YiMnpL0i4_v6V6P7yOzEBvgf6_7zZtFWA3IL6NI5JCoqgpPrB21qmQ9D2K3PJekjqEx0ybjnVuyQ6QDtDqU1ouBTLfy08Puu3LVTThmEE2bE6VTlvCC6DtlnvOxUZkr1/s4032/IMG_6252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq5WMs-oPG6ROz7vfXz74RIx4J5fDKOBz6gbEkAgMa9ORvAcYgewoNTCnuFz_YiMnpL0i4_v6V6P7yOzEBvgf6_7zZtFWA3IL6NI5JCoqgpPrB21qmQ9D2K3PJekjqEx0ybjnVuyQ6QDtDqU1ouBTLfy08Puu3LVTThmEE2bE6VTlvCC6DtlnvOxUZkr1/w480-h640/IMG_6252.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 15th- "Boy Scouts"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 16th</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGumYEvuLXzKLVD-TuGiUCskqmPCjf7-gpEBJ_Fa4gkm1dEkXZmT2q5uid_UT1igprDD4FFVoDHoV1d3_sYaL5wubfbeC1SLDA-uvsapBqgb1J7YdlEvUfT85S-T93UluPAeBoA5_KKbgwheQmbsk4zWJiOJmfIQh7GkLutFqWve-dE8vU0lrahQO1lDW/s4032/IMG_6265_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGumYEvuLXzKLVD-TuGiUCskqmPCjf7-gpEBJ_Fa4gkm1dEkXZmT2q5uid_UT1igprDD4FFVoDHoV1d3_sYaL5wubfbeC1SLDA-uvsapBqgb1J7YdlEvUfT85S-T93UluPAeBoA5_KKbgwheQmbsk4zWJiOJmfIQh7GkLutFqWve-dE8vU0lrahQO1lDW/w480-h640/IMG_6265_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzFRKbftiPGvLkvb5Wy5xiZoLUfrJOF2FjK9J5ztIfsSMEtuzWc5FuEMexznN8VVSoDnjiUrh_WRXiAI89Gh-0WPAtVzWd703EpUup0k5uHR4xhT7SZGQ8KXdgYD_viAmtjkfdB9bz3HoX_GOCcwbByi0QlPChYbjJMK5nLalKWHYdAMJDHv17D8hXc8D/s3923/IMG_6266_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3923" data-original-width="1759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzFRKbftiPGvLkvb5Wy5xiZoLUfrJOF2FjK9J5ztIfsSMEtuzWc5FuEMexznN8VVSoDnjiUrh_WRXiAI89Gh-0WPAtVzWd703EpUup0k5uHR4xhT7SZGQ8KXdgYD_viAmtjkfdB9bz3HoX_GOCcwbByi0QlPChYbjJMK5nLalKWHYdAMJDHv17D8hXc8D/w288-h640/IMG_6266_jpg.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_Z_yxsZTH6i98qi3nc4r9ECdwKhWWsy6cWUhESkamZPK3gXWg8q8BnsjAZbKpK46tDDVa_G4Q_BWD8w3OWK1UlgH9bBANjsW69KqFnGsixQ36_CaSgRwzrp0ZeJKzpdvhlpSBr0cwScM5RzDhaiJvkOYIVcJROiuQYCalgcipyR_tqdtXxzB41zw8M-r/s4032/IMG_6267_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 20th- "Rock band"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePIcsG74_Pzcnb7S4ZrCwavSV-x0S3IGuOyqpB4S-H91E7Xyks-WHeVMJUTke2jl2zxC2iwIot5-YvJZiHI2ZIc_HVszjauBoyVBJOcbSDquYA1C87kVfsMfsFY5nFEBkHGcQA83uNasFeM4IxplG-Eo1T00wV_Vm4DvQziXl2MVNh3zpPGtKmtYgLZuD/s3348/IMG_6397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="2750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePIcsG74_Pzcnb7S4ZrCwavSV-x0S3IGuOyqpB4S-H91E7Xyks-WHeVMJUTke2jl2zxC2iwIot5-YvJZiHI2ZIc_HVszjauBoyVBJOcbSDquYA1C87kVfsMfsFY5nFEBkHGcQA83uNasFeM4IxplG-Eo1T00wV_Vm4DvQziXl2MVNh3zpPGtKmtYgLZuD/w528-h640/IMG_6397.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VWSoy_PJ25lOLDaboQlmSJnxCCkJ2W0wWG9JgsGfJIRWC5N8ZNWcAElqQlV_ZBg_1M1HOJoPq3Y-Szn2p5LY1OzQt_esZ3MTttJmIFAnNDiXwTBFojeeDRx6emcQkwb_CgD0zI2PYVrC0kiQEd2HyM1RyeXtG6wWhTTZyfCESr1iSMa9Acr1rMUGI6o7/s4032/IMG_6398_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VWSoy_PJ25lOLDaboQlmSJnxCCkJ2W0wWG9JgsGfJIRWC5N8ZNWcAElqQlV_ZBg_1M1HOJoPq3Y-Szn2p5LY1OzQt_esZ3MTttJmIFAnNDiXwTBFojeeDRx6emcQkwb_CgD0zI2PYVrC0kiQEd2HyM1RyeXtG6wWhTTZyfCESr1iSMa9Acr1rMUGI6o7/w480-h640/IMG_6398_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 21st- "Puppet Show"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB1NVy_NlDENKxt3DBH16gGKtigrBYMN6IlTlPd_9DVwvmo1jYDcM9O4cPtaujY53yhZXbMLbj3uyU39RkPuDZ-pg-s4ueCV-ZeeuCHjo0yGfdEOYu36jnQkP6cp6oiHJ0eXogtHp2qSNFLgcjk6NlQsnX037WNkgrUVD7svgMcHo5_c3h5TSxLMxux5x/s3024/IMG_6405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2325" data-original-width="3024" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB1NVy_NlDENKxt3DBH16gGKtigrBYMN6IlTlPd_9DVwvmo1jYDcM9O4cPtaujY53yhZXbMLbj3uyU39RkPuDZ-pg-s4ueCV-ZeeuCHjo0yGfdEOYu36jnQkP6cp6oiHJ0eXogtHp2qSNFLgcjk6NlQsnX037WNkgrUVD7svgMcHo5_c3h5TSxLMxux5x/w640-h494/IMG_6405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 22nd- "BMX"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4ELOogWtcqbN_5qLq9N89RGpNb3Z8ChpebXBTNK1xI28BTFCxi16SUwA9hvyVB-9OsnkxpamiOoYPjKGWqyonY3VVzsfHwWFqvLcbXL_c3UMbAGwdpF6_bnYl-Kuh10sYZCSKdFtHFlalArTxPPtjnWtNDSkwFPgxvzTCJn57Yt4orAdvLjYD1WhYOUX/s2563/IMG_6415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="1913" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4ELOogWtcqbN_5qLq9N89RGpNb3Z8ChpebXBTNK1xI28BTFCxi16SUwA9hvyVB-9OsnkxpamiOoYPjKGWqyonY3VVzsfHwWFqvLcbXL_c3UMbAGwdpF6_bnYl-Kuh10sYZCSKdFtHFlalArTxPPtjnWtNDSkwFPgxvzTCJn57Yt4orAdvLjYD1WhYOUX/w480-h640/IMG_6415.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 23rd- "Night at the Brewery"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcVElwy4MGVy0gB2yS8YTbFIZJRipQOpZtG0deKnhdkYP7-njUQZ783uSj9Ja6B0wm8MiZUJZc4I1XVWXujwcuYSwDO_WqWHRgqWIl3iebvntjg285E5iPcle-jaGV5Ct_1XD3ICwP-uHOcktCCuGF-QKOGWFtn6l09o8XFyC3-lBpxPLlyS6ZqZz-FPh/s2913/IMG_6420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2818" data-original-width="2913" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcVElwy4MGVy0gB2yS8YTbFIZJRipQOpZtG0deKnhdkYP7-njUQZ783uSj9Ja6B0wm8MiZUJZc4I1XVWXujwcuYSwDO_WqWHRgqWIl3iebvntjg285E5iPcle-jaGV5Ct_1XD3ICwP-uHOcktCCuGF-QKOGWFtn6l09o8XFyC3-lBpxPLlyS6ZqZz-FPh/w640-h622/IMG_6420.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBi3O0f2b5KsoewJfhKSsYWsIpeeRz5ebtrMOSrhW4sAiH9EZDRV_JqAIswJF5RutMISZ2OIIQbN7YubDBbuhLm3Ayau-usfCvmIGDTv4TIC51r-4ceHAe4Nc_0iiHYLWqTLofz9zGQueMfr6yCcvCzpguRgJK8df_cOGb3IDhuOV2FjCs-ndFTr_gcnJ/s3024/IMG_6421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="3024" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBi3O0f2b5KsoewJfhKSsYWsIpeeRz5ebtrMOSrhW4sAiH9EZDRV_JqAIswJF5RutMISZ2OIIQbN7YubDBbuhLm3Ayau-usfCvmIGDTv4TIC51r-4ceHAe4Nc_0iiHYLWqTLofz9zGQueMfr6yCcvCzpguRgJK8df_cOGb3IDhuOV2FjCs-ndFTr_gcnJ/w640-h386/IMG_6421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 24th- "Mad Scientists"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEpMDPqO36k4AHSdXpgCJ2lwzDofXPhJfMEL2l_Cd__0ZO03s4kyTdav0H7C51Os8hkqZwGIn7PjvLFXN3LbjBQtJK899mRQN5zbkt6htiZMBbjbZOezpaksdaEObxnvbX8_4rySGGhUrYvSpelqz6KJ4MzcNhbISnJqiQmA5T8djLj9m-cDhuLnRb_K0/s4032/IMG_6432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEpMDPqO36k4AHSdXpgCJ2lwzDofXPhJfMEL2l_Cd__0ZO03s4kyTdav0H7C51Os8hkqZwGIn7PjvLFXN3LbjBQtJK899mRQN5zbkt6htiZMBbjbZOezpaksdaEObxnvbX8_4rySGGhUrYvSpelqz6KJ4MzcNhbISnJqiQmA5T8djLj9m-cDhuLnRb_K0/w480-h640/IMG_6432.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 25th- "Morning Coffee"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys2gTLnsls_aziOfdYND_35dhd6w49UKvtPeK-ujaqrc-zWu4VfjkM4YpOFfWrKPaOpIxUa0JXuIhnf7QRVZM-56D5I4TO-EnW9Ol7h9mByM-O-AHCjx9TJkvXCoyhsOpf2S8DFFp29QX-tPSLAKVfgBcG24r3R9A3FXvx2Vp78lY3OIFJwYp4Gabb1DU/s4032/IMG_6457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys2gTLnsls_aziOfdYND_35dhd6w49UKvtPeK-ujaqrc-zWu4VfjkM4YpOFfWrKPaOpIxUa0JXuIhnf7QRVZM-56D5I4TO-EnW9Ol7h9mByM-O-AHCjx9TJkvXCoyhsOpf2S8DFFp29QX-tPSLAKVfgBcG24r3R9A3FXvx2Vp78lY3OIFJwYp4Gabb1DU/w480-h640/IMG_6457.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 26th- "Happy Halloween Ya Filthy Animals!"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHcXqx63DXlPMxFQgmHTEwmF0wVYDitvm7ZOtIno78-qg7flnN0PvQDhyphenhyphenLnJ0KLtclx5FaOkkSsPcXpjRzqxO9GX-jbN2iMYp7x8bdoSkLSt_Ylz-f5-jMnyv2N-czeB3UXDZlT8dfsZxLxmjzgET1OjrAWW9qE_CJo-BfHVBOx2arPHEsYTHiRjNPnlm/s4436/PXL_20231026_221617779.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3237" data-original-width="4436" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHcXqx63DXlPMxFQgmHTEwmF0wVYDitvm7ZOtIno78-qg7flnN0PvQDhyphenhyphenLnJ0KLtclx5FaOkkSsPcXpjRzqxO9GX-jbN2iMYp7x8bdoSkLSt_Ylz-f5-jMnyv2N-czeB3UXDZlT8dfsZxLxmjzgET1OjrAWW9qE_CJo-BfHVBOx2arPHEsYTHiRjNPnlm/w640-h470/PXL_20231026_221617779.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 27th- "Pirate Treasure"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVGoib2p-R7byWZf5HFN7PH7soIuM4Qck9ZXk-Tohw1PCF9stRlsNVSdrGA7_oYhozbe3IQlhyphenhyphenTN7-3wKmrHf8sfmVIyjMQRJaUgIMWpThBpxozlEA-JCJz0_m7n7Bs6NZCDe1UF4C4GiMAexvgINvOlYlA2qagb_p0Vy9KUG_blOh96DcQ0QSRULcRIo/s1017/image000000-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVGoib2p-R7byWZf5HFN7PH7soIuM4Qck9ZXk-Tohw1PCF9stRlsNVSdrGA7_oYhozbe3IQlhyphenhyphenTN7-3wKmrHf8sfmVIyjMQRJaUgIMWpThBpxozlEA-JCJz0_m7n7Bs6NZCDe1UF4C4GiMAexvgINvOlYlA2qagb_p0Vy9KUG_blOh96DcQ0QSRULcRIo/w408-h640/image000000-2.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpVNNGEH3zUC54rD4jV5axPWM9pcIRsOjUICgC08elckBMHAu6MAqw0j2n9wWzecVHHaxgYUFBa8Zc5rBti0WR70jVTBKN-jPNNU3pXXf4zvlMRrCOMwAWoc1fmbtySms_GtYM8uoR0T73l-4naO8c8Q_vMoFmAgwlcigv9vwPFME6Miy2cCfpcNEtqSn/s907/image000001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="907" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpVNNGEH3zUC54rD4jV5axPWM9pcIRsOjUICgC08elckBMHAu6MAqw0j2n9wWzecVHHaxgYUFBa8Zc5rBti0WR70jVTBKN-jPNNU3pXXf4zvlMRrCOMwAWoc1fmbtySms_GtYM8uoR0T73l-4naO8c8Q_vMoFmAgwlcigv9vwPFME6Miy2cCfpcNEtqSn/w640-h366/image000001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 28th- "What happened last night?!" Ya'll there is <i><b>quite </b></i>a story behind this one! On the night of the 27th, a drunk driver was driving on the main road that our neighborhood connects to. He hit a power line (he was okay), but he panicked, got out of the car, ran and hid from the cops in our neighborhood. The cops were patrolling the neighborhood at 3 am looking for him and found him hiding in someone's yard. Yikes!! Anyway, we put this up the next morning. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tRSWtnYhm2Wjc3wqgE_r79j_TVe0P2cfw-n-qaDdgFg2j2t_RNS-3BtthDMBgZuXbyg0_k9_LHikWWeofJ_k3g5su-TJ8Rrrl_FJXnr45sAf_9ZIzDPmbVsVShRKVQKKtN0k3aYkZqAWW1BPkZtEUYhJwIaLn1zaFdJzbckDzAG4qKBJxGY7ln7K55yD/s2988/PXL_20231029_205447131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="2950" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tRSWtnYhm2Wjc3wqgE_r79j_TVe0P2cfw-n-qaDdgFg2j2t_RNS-3BtthDMBgZuXbyg0_k9_LHikWWeofJ_k3g5su-TJ8Rrrl_FJXnr45sAf_9ZIzDPmbVsVShRKVQKKtN0k3aYkZqAWW1BPkZtEUYhJwIaLn1zaFdJzbckDzAG4qKBJxGY7ln7K55yD/w632-h640/PXL_20231029_205447131.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;">October 29th- "WWE </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Wrestling"</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjhft9Mv6AaGT0p8YLR2v1s_8dwRTPN8xA8-SZ7-U1vJ0vCp6PBXA-4wg0dH4aUsQWUQVnBIJKDfjja6wFMSdwMwT7uJkKxgmcUFdMypFak6-n4W9RxGcZN3t6cQY0sdz_4i2cc8CNqMIGpuALTecbpITtYsPGAeKrFP9sZ7tUsxoReiukMm-5i9oKxjV/s3013/PXL_20231030_121418608_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2645" data-original-width="3013" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjhft9Mv6AaGT0p8YLR2v1s_8dwRTPN8xA8-SZ7-U1vJ0vCp6PBXA-4wg0dH4aUsQWUQVnBIJKDfjja6wFMSdwMwT7uJkKxgmcUFdMypFak6-n4W9RxGcZN3t6cQY0sdz_4i2cc8CNqMIGpuALTecbpITtYsPGAeKrFP9sZ7tUsxoReiukMm-5i9oKxjV/w640-h562/PXL_20231030_121418608_Original.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 30th- "Pool Party"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkExdt4gtyl0NWb5RZNb-rDWhNw4zdMsS5hVINEhyphenhyphen1cpkaRDjvKFWOzLIO4btsxNbkdjYQMct9w09cjYUfUaVAoOa8T0VaZkYKutWTM6wCQ06AcnZwD5FG5uq8LVB-3JJa4yraGWvj9yweNj_xFqCk9xfX7web34OKupRTMH44ZD8LIBH54ht0oyU-Zjq/s4032/IMG_6506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkExdt4gtyl0NWb5RZNb-rDWhNw4zdMsS5hVINEhyphenhyphen1cpkaRDjvKFWOzLIO4btsxNbkdjYQMct9w09cjYUfUaVAoOa8T0VaZkYKutWTM6wCQ06AcnZwD5FG5uq8LVB-3JJa4yraGWvj9yweNj_xFqCk9xfX7web34OKupRTMH44ZD8LIBH54ht0oyU-Zjq/w480-h640/IMG_6506.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauSJoVCUctmEMXAOpTifcAz0Dz0TezIZ41IuXJPw51m_hEOYECEgfkDtbzeoqpWzgLpIlMPL_rhSrgMqORUvv-vki4PT-XLr5VzSc8hoIjlhdz5I5VDdJTb23TrkDcpUvcMOAU25ndDOnYrOP95KtrlAZaMRJX1IwXuktWL9ZpdlLs6OG2Mj-4haST9zt/s4032/IMG_6507_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauSJoVCUctmEMXAOpTifcAz0Dz0TezIZ41IuXJPw51m_hEOYECEgfkDtbzeoqpWzgLpIlMPL_rhSrgMqORUvv-vki4PT-XLr5VzSc8hoIjlhdz5I5VDdJTb23TrkDcpUvcMOAU25ndDOnYrOP95KtrlAZaMRJX1IwXuktWL9ZpdlLs6OG2Mj-4haST9zt/w480-h640/IMG_6507_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">October 31st- "Costumes and Candy"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">What a fun year!! Our skeletons definitely looked a little worse for the wear by the end of the month. I know they are technically posable skeletons, but I don't think they are supposed to be re-posed every single day for 31 days, year after year. We had a lot of limbs fall off by the end of the month hahaha</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thank you for following along today! I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites. Have a fall-tastic weekend :)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhVQfHsWam-IuWJPQsBoT8BbGDlvomGHAxlh7zOU3XEUUP3Vf8TbDIhCAXpp11DaaFqRdUMMKcO42ROZmgvOe5rajKdSzEaUp_tLDUyEpks8itG-2-ONQKrvVIgzOz7HrQJTWMO_s7ZPkRfzBZ43uCIU-EvRCNSMFiyWVudf2iEuh0M1MDeazWDxmM1y8/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhVQfHsWam-IuWJPQsBoT8BbGDlvomGHAxlh7zOU3XEUUP3Vf8TbDIhCAXpp11DaaFqRdUMMKcO42ROZmgvOe5rajKdSzEaUp_tLDUyEpks8itG-2-ONQKrvVIgzOz7HrQJTWMO_s7ZPkRfzBZ43uCIU-EvRCNSMFiyWVudf2iEuh0M1MDeazWDxmM1y8/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-35680397330695256932023-10-27T04:30:00.003-04:002023-10-27T04:30:00.153-04:00Fall Family Photos<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Good morning and happy Friday! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2_pNrlf2_PKJnw3CHg-1bze-cNZZ5sCaOyuQdWuxM1L3gn8xNY50vpBjFOb6XZUc9xsu_AVruWoOdl7NWq4HocsxjVGrMMEfoMgmLxCfvo7rhdWDUT5QTWDy3wjVENLHuO5ZSAeH5xFLJG0lsVNDr15g8eTydXn_MgWneRiOp3mnMguihKK0vzt6BYpT/s1454/IC6A9496.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2_pNrlf2_PKJnw3CHg-1bze-cNZZ5sCaOyuQdWuxM1L3gn8xNY50vpBjFOb6XZUc9xsu_AVruWoOdl7NWq4HocsxjVGrMMEfoMgmLxCfvo7rhdWDUT5QTWDy3wjVENLHuO5ZSAeH5xFLJG0lsVNDr15g8eTydXn_MgWneRiOp3mnMguihKK0vzt6BYpT/w416-h640/IC6A9496.jpg" width="416" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qTxmbyH77ZZVlDyRC0GT_kdXcjD4YFVg4_qhOhqzBXDFp2eDqzwlyPblguDajW_kYlExACv_JyUtkU8O_03HiSx2BhqBpujmfN4SLv7d-AAENtXe9G74CCa3P1WE5gX8cyFII3IpgeE51SqdUiQXAxulqp2PhMwx-2dpSuraSqvj2swaCMrtXs60EZ_L/s1454/IC6A9740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qTxmbyH77ZZVlDyRC0GT_kdXcjD4YFVg4_qhOhqzBXDFp2eDqzwlyPblguDajW_kYlExACv_JyUtkU8O_03HiSx2BhqBpujmfN4SLv7d-AAENtXe9G74CCa3P1WE5gX8cyFII3IpgeE51SqdUiQXAxulqp2PhMwx-2dpSuraSqvj2swaCMrtXs60EZ_L/w426-h640/IC6A9740.jpg" width="426" /></a><br /><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">A few weeks ago we had our family pictures taken in Blowing Rock and we are so happy with the results! My coworker's daughter decided to start her own photography company and when I saw she was taking pictures in Blowing Rock this fall, it was a no-brainer. We would love to help my coworker's daughter with her new business <i><b>and</b></i> get pictures in one of our favorite places!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Now, before I show you these I want to paint a little picture for you...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Usually, my kiddos are both pretty cooperative and easy. I won't sit here and pretend they aren't high energy and impulsive-- they most definitely are-- but for the most part, they are pretty easy kids. They are super sweet, get along very well and are pretty good listeners... </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and then we pulled into the parking lot for family pictures and they turned into</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> WILD ANIMALS. Maybe it was the excitement of being all dressed up? Maybe it was the excitement of being in a "new" place? Or that it was LG's kindergarten teachers' daughter taking our pics? But the kids were OFF. Like, way off. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Devin and I got in the car after pictures, looked at each other and both said "if she even gets one good picture it'll be a miracle."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">So when we got our pictures back and saw she not only had <i><b>one</b></i> good picture, but <i><b>several</b></i>, we were so happy!!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOs-coziYiWLuXsI2w9sFVMtcW5NWPjQjFZNxvNAMGQeTR1QPd3LvZ7Zt4O3MP2skJ5kYYwMP8SBKSfGa19QM3M0w5IaHy2H73URxz51Acq0IoMcRdA5J0uyZ6at0Rj_C9ixmMBGtfsmS0sHxj-T2crMxMCERRji1gjAbmRzHNcB43rmWp7ODI13GqOkvp/s2182/IC6A9674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2182" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOs-coziYiWLuXsI2w9sFVMtcW5NWPjQjFZNxvNAMGQeTR1QPd3LvZ7Zt4O3MP2skJ5kYYwMP8SBKSfGa19QM3M0w5IaHy2H73URxz51Acq0IoMcRdA5J0uyZ6at0Rj_C9ixmMBGtfsmS0sHxj-T2crMxMCERRji1gjAbmRzHNcB43rmWp7ODI13GqOkvp/w640-h426/IC6A9674.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn-O7CmlwMZ5Q30kwPjPjX2hNLK0d0CdsgGdvPksDpRYzNGDVQuY2aSg73WvgbTyMsKY7jGrukmVfn92FLtEYpKVUUwkcS-ENCHWqAjsYOX94q-y8bsoBFnwr5-mqR-5smnWPkMyiUFcP4ir8krEFxODwpd7wmOjMntXdqt7M3GJZvTbApIaNvpTKFocw/s1454/IC6A9504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn-O7CmlwMZ5Q30kwPjPjX2hNLK0d0CdsgGdvPksDpRYzNGDVQuY2aSg73WvgbTyMsKY7jGrukmVfn92FLtEYpKVUUwkcS-ENCHWqAjsYOX94q-y8bsoBFnwr5-mqR-5smnWPkMyiUFcP4ir8krEFxODwpd7wmOjMntXdqt7M3GJZvTbApIaNvpTKFocw/w426-h640/IC6A9504.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJb1g0VeSQezIVH21ws-q9ObkNp1N-7gSaLf5tMpVMHBti5MDzAfJ_wP6ST1tYgtdW_sFVy_rwRJoqGgdfjeuAgLcJUBJj1uZ7FsgwE8SWD8WcItEMa177o5gN8nOCXEsqvXBW-7JYvflV7v4bbyH8IexpBkSCBLUdANL-Sxi41_zTQwB5O6Kz-kOLRL-n/s1454/IC6A9523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJb1g0VeSQezIVH21ws-q9ObkNp1N-7gSaLf5tMpVMHBti5MDzAfJ_wP6ST1tYgtdW_sFVy_rwRJoqGgdfjeuAgLcJUBJj1uZ7FsgwE8SWD8WcItEMa177o5gN8nOCXEsqvXBW-7JYvflV7v4bbyH8IexpBkSCBLUdANL-Sxi41_zTQwB5O6Kz-kOLRL-n/w426-h640/IC6A9523.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa8cxhyphenhyphenAhFSxr3e4SEFwKsI5ILlkWxpliCOmterSKiG7TLb7ytW0qZpAYYxu6U1xhEQ7-bPNyWGWkPJrnQ1n0nW3CQ8czyy-_P8oeE547HCZ5IoydNO2ndnRc22TrNpvbeamhGY3R2mcux2dHwI0EmnRSfU2E9bWX_xFnwcTKTXZLnwqnUPoD60Zhy4M9/s1454/IC6A9536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa8cxhyphenhyphenAhFSxr3e4SEFwKsI5ILlkWxpliCOmterSKiG7TLb7ytW0qZpAYYxu6U1xhEQ7-bPNyWGWkPJrnQ1n0nW3CQ8czyy-_P8oeE547HCZ5IoydNO2ndnRc22TrNpvbeamhGY3R2mcux2dHwI0EmnRSfU2E9bWX_xFnwcTKTXZLnwqnUPoD60Zhy4M9/w426-h640/IC6A9536.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Remember how I said the kids were off? Zoom in on their faces here below. It sums up our picture experience pretty darn well haha! They were just DONE.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H-F92pAh_b8XDC49cU_axXxVGMZ8-QnUEe_rFo5v71GOUdNYioAdsMip_eBiHqp1RpNOucDPXeI8DVl1MglJsNP_1afwp4wUMTFfswwt-en0rGWQxmPtoGPC10mSvIlAVPQJjhEPfp1yc41Z60IEbqRNC5jLsEr8UTHcoJoJSKXGF9HoyPbXd4jiCwaC/s1982/IC6A9716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1982" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H-F92pAh_b8XDC49cU_axXxVGMZ8-QnUEe_rFo5v71GOUdNYioAdsMip_eBiHqp1RpNOucDPXeI8DVl1MglJsNP_1afwp4wUMTFfswwt-en0rGWQxmPtoGPC10mSvIlAVPQJjhEPfp1yc41Z60IEbqRNC5jLsEr8UTHcoJoJSKXGF9HoyPbXd4jiCwaC/w640-h472/IC6A9716.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Even though this clearly isn't the "best" one, it might be my favorite because it makes me laugh at what quirky goofballs we are.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Luckily, there were a lot more photogenic ones. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ_wDNAuXBy9CilJrQfixAKabDumJB4IUy1Bk90z3FHpKFs13_muMSmBRuvSzDEPCkXWB65Fzr9kU_T7tDyfDoqVPXs7iaq96esqqrcXtRf6anUD_odoPgRf0sycd0mNcjHn63bcE7pfb-guBqV8r5XFI6In5HJraBQtMlCcRSabWZ_S1t0FaWBxYgl9b/s1454/IC6A9542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2008" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-Yx2LcXTzEpymh2nrjjx1RrDQOTNm7tg3A8lB5-bcwKaFQ4bTSNukLiBjmzd1vS0ibH0GUGNt1tlSbnfMJyzkoTnp7sryamgZZ-kA2qf-pemRViqmmafSBv2-pxfF5yPmXQakB5rvPRPEzJeQW9sXY0WgMgo9FPaLDCJbO75y8rkZC4DwT4oVp7moPTr/w640-h464/IC6A9731.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I am so grateful to have these pictures of our family. Life has thrown us some curveballs this year, but I think you can still see us radiate genuine joy despite it all. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites. Have a great weekend!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaj_-yjvrdHYuEgkHqeyHPlD9FBUvH2mOWfZCRztaDSjEIOPDElqzXd5jO-YHqZGpHXjUvKaU4-UnmZUPXN_LOXH5o9CEU5Ibs_RsRxXNzT_bohyphenhyphenYhVY9IbWevpmu2RLTc9V2DCrOFsFaskE8LRiPzvCBYDQ_bKtM1qARMabZjzcv4dvNEoW0dutQd7tC/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaj_-yjvrdHYuEgkHqeyHPlD9FBUvH2mOWfZCRztaDSjEIOPDElqzXd5jO-YHqZGpHXjUvKaU4-UnmZUPXN_LOXH5o9CEU5Ibs_RsRxXNzT_bohyphenhyphenYhVY9IbWevpmu2RLTc9V2DCrOFsFaskE8LRiPzvCBYDQ_bKtM1qARMabZjzcv4dvNEoW0dutQd7tC/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-33949952963445452402023-10-25T04:30:00.190-04:002023-10-25T04:30:00.155-04:00What's Up Wednesday<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Hi there! I hope you're having a good week so far. I'm so happy to catch up with you all for What's Up Wednesday!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVexJwkGl0SbkyseYG8wtG2h2KE8P4kkqig1GWGmENKU75OK6HmwgpAIAgF_T2igMcP7LPlYXt6q2WmLm7QG2jkfY3KuO0L8ru_8JhyPDDS4bjbcU3u0HdMQixdS9PMnv9ZFW3B1jY_zz3E6vV2OTYLpwZA3xgUriRZuJx4cJp_0X1T2rr8Ls6hvLp_Tz4/s640/WUWquestions-edit-969x1024.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVexJwkGl0SbkyseYG8wtG2h2KE8P4kkqig1GWGmENKU75OK6HmwgpAIAgF_T2igMcP7LPlYXt6q2WmLm7QG2jkfY3KuO0L8ru_8JhyPDDS4bjbcU3u0HdMQixdS9PMnv9ZFW3B1jY_zz3E6vV2OTYLpwZA3xgUriRZuJx4cJp_0X1T2rr8Ls6hvLp_Tz4/w608-h640/WUWquestions-edit-969x1024.jpg" width="608" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What We're Eating This Week: </u></b>This week we are eating a delicious spaghetti squash recipe I saw on TikTok:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjHrKMCmGLyeDbIS4K0DM-Or5dyPduuwWLdia8ukok-3R2cn_eNydrx_xRTWRnhibtaJBafVCODl1H-fHmv6VXGAcJENX9dHxbjFF0hXD_siHHXZrro6-DWTj3lbBvVSioIxj-C72jg7IgNlntq6yYsGWZjoFTCZQiKHcgj9Q0kMSF9fsNMNNZqnlOTgA/s2079/IMG_6425.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjHrKMCmGLyeDbIS4K0DM-Or5dyPduuwWLdia8ukok-3R2cn_eNydrx_xRTWRnhibtaJBafVCODl1H-fHmv6VXGAcJENX9dHxbjFF0hXD_siHHXZrro6-DWTj3lbBvVSioIxj-C72jg7IgNlntq6yYsGWZjoFTCZQiKHcgj9Q0kMSF9fsNMNNZqnlOTgA/w296-h640/IMG_6425.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Other than that, we're having chili one night, tofu stir fry, and cheeseburgers. Yum!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwF4yOC09Sf6pOHj8GNth7jRgNzGcywL3UcKE7MvVoFRjau8StYzI98vsmBytUnFjCoRNM4BSaN4o0P0pKtXxlm2ohyphenhyphenVJOFWeW1e6PMC5Sj2ovMzVdDkO-98osACITGfyTrmxs4sSTS6eVUvFKh55RMPtOLnalQWtyKj4EN1awnSxjTU546mmWyLpdlLA/s4032/IMG_4176.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwF4yOC09Sf6pOHj8GNth7jRgNzGcywL3UcKE7MvVoFRjau8StYzI98vsmBytUnFjCoRNM4BSaN4o0P0pKtXxlm2ohyphenhyphenVJOFWeW1e6PMC5Sj2ovMzVdDkO-98osACITGfyTrmxs4sSTS6eVUvFKh55RMPtOLnalQWtyKj4EN1awnSxjTU546mmWyLpdlLA/w640-h480/IMG_4176.HEIC" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Reminiscing About:</u></b> I am back in grad school and it is making me remember the last time I went to grad school-- back in 2013. Look at what babies Devin and I were! Kids sure will age you haha! I'll share more about grad school below for "What I'm Working On".</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3M9ZXgOLuQE9H2jukd6GPq2jkXJKZibgQUilC40m5e2CrclI-mJ3AOjd_uxgv5GMFVxBPD_CgiMtkUcvYbAhCjaIP6Yg46oInNluCl_tusbfZIIBjhNo1Gc0wGmNK5yLgl1Y3foWJUuA3c370PMOONDugSfQ7cE72qPmegKiOgUVZc_zSAOpiezikh241/s2079/IMG_2DE5044F9812-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3M9ZXgOLuQE9H2jukd6GPq2jkXJKZibgQUilC40m5e2CrclI-mJ3AOjd_uxgv5GMFVxBPD_CgiMtkUcvYbAhCjaIP6Yg46oInNluCl_tusbfZIIBjhNo1Gc0wGmNK5yLgl1Y3foWJUuA3c370PMOONDugSfQ7cE72qPmegKiOgUVZc_zSAOpiezikh241/w296-h640/IMG_2DE5044F9812-1.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><u>What I'm Loving:</u></b> This weather!! It has been perfect for getting outside. </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthc0bL7aKkiNtELI-S7xtXvEPTA6fhCcJcw6Qp2PUQLQHNuwrbRJBqaWESKwYiiqQ60PR72fbFxFBLKyOBa4kzY6do9KsmAyW3on0sDCrc18rmM7jYRpRV1CXgsUroHe0QvBbsAiTbypzJ65gVNgbE63MzUHRedYoIqhabLswEftrVvdk7xqikWstOyqR/s4032/IMG_6360.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthc0bL7aKkiNtELI-S7xtXvEPTA6fhCcJcw6Qp2PUQLQHNuwrbRJBqaWESKwYiiqQ60PR72fbFxFBLKyOBa4kzY6do9KsmAyW3on0sDCrc18rmM7jYRpRV1CXgsUroHe0QvBbsAiTbypzJ65gVNgbE63MzUHRedYoIqhabLswEftrVvdk7xqikWstOyqR/w640-h480/IMG_6360.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What We've Been Up To:</u></b> We have been trying to do all the fun fall things. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLX9ys6x-k4RXtpmp3x3vdl4A74DISrJ1Q9_QKWze5bqG525abaGuZOmHOYJZ0FLs3d8nhJ-GDdfRs9ZO_AKdZ5HiQxSUJKROkKCpCWpnwmq57A3cIVovje6LMNaO0s2ME0db6tM6CDE20o2ktyWP4GTBR-63JQ1mcSQ6MlP6tdifUSD_9txxDj5bcFTH/s4032/IMG_6332_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLX9ys6x-k4RXtpmp3x3vdl4A74DISrJ1Q9_QKWze5bqG525abaGuZOmHOYJZ0FLs3d8nhJ-GDdfRs9ZO_AKdZ5HiQxSUJKROkKCpCWpnwmq57A3cIVovje6LMNaO0s2ME0db6tM6CDE20o2ktyWP4GTBR-63JQ1mcSQ6MlP6tdifUSD_9txxDj5bcFTH/w480-h640/IMG_6332_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We have been to two farms/pumpkin patches. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVq59aNdl4Cp13-8_WOt6yTnPTQ7uaCWIEZxjg_IHjVmmLtFiOCUIGISwUIJ49yeVxEkfE7meFFHCZIHhzzL91JVreTE1tSz-Df7WOeNcK1YMtFMW0Zl_uaOSsds4nb6fEpcHAORcKKKUaTljZWRUmsyU1pEMC59RYslyW_XpgNRJf7R-pHa69Mj0MmyPi/s4032/IMG_6381_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVq59aNdl4Cp13-8_WOt6yTnPTQ7uaCWIEZxjg_IHjVmmLtFiOCUIGISwUIJ49yeVxEkfE7meFFHCZIHhzzL91JVreTE1tSz-Df7WOeNcK1YMtFMW0Zl_uaOSsds4nb6fEpcHAORcKKKUaTljZWRUmsyU1pEMC59RYslyW_XpgNRJf7R-pHa69Mj0MmyPi/w480-h640/IMG_6381_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We made it up to the mountains to see the beautiful fall foliage. We had our fall family pictures taken. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZuRdETA72JctNzzOPm_WVOy6-TWzl9Cu4l2Jn0AmYnt4kfrMzYrW0M-_3K9wBsm7GXW2KoEeAFaqPcyPdvGEJknKFBvUNwy3Qu4FpSnBCUCTGt6MIcZgL3NNTEfhBknfEe0e26YmoRPuD5ppH6n9C5I7Fqf3V_0F0JJDTcNtcN_7DR5GNrhXBfaQWOEH/s1212/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.16.48%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZuRdETA72JctNzzOPm_WVOy6-TWzl9Cu4l2Jn0AmYnt4kfrMzYrW0M-_3K9wBsm7GXW2KoEeAFaqPcyPdvGEJknKFBvUNwy3Qu4FpSnBCUCTGt6MIcZgL3NNTEfhBknfEe0e26YmoRPuD5ppH6n9C5I7Fqf3V_0F0JJDTcNtcN_7DR5GNrhXBfaQWOEH/w416-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.16.48%20PM.png" width="416" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScTQWizWcdMdSK01IB0cxq0aEm0rIPaVV7_J1vQC5RvyngV0LPPCdnZhO3mGqio8gN5kEkrCbyOtM7irXgvQZWTD8zFpGgQDelr8MdUFUrOKRWT9U33Yk5QgWF-Nzxn8MpZB9K222wmtQEbq4Nuhc2LEeGZD6Qi6HkDjSwBR1uqkFi8O4VXK-28n8UlXu/s1038/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.17.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="466" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScTQWizWcdMdSK01IB0cxq0aEm0rIPaVV7_J1vQC5RvyngV0LPPCdnZhO3mGqio8gN5kEkrCbyOtM7irXgvQZWTD8zFpGgQDelr8MdUFUrOKRWT9U33Yk5QgWF-Nzxn8MpZB9K222wmtQEbq4Nuhc2LEeGZD6Qi6HkDjSwBR1uqkFi8O4VXK-28n8UlXu/w288-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.17.42%20PM.png" width="288" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I plan to share the rest of our pics on Friday so be sure to come back!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Working On:</u></b> I am back in grad school-- woohoo! I started a Special Education program and am very excited to learn more. I will say though, the classes are mostly online and this is my first time ever taking an online class... it has been an adjustment! I had some minor technology issues during the first class and it really threw me off. I also definitely learn better in person. That being said, I do appreciate how much more convenient online classes are. There is both good and bad to it.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Excited About:</u></b> I feel like the "season of fun" is here. We have Halloween, I have my annual girls' trip, our Disney trip is coming up, and then Christmas! We are certainly going to be busy, but with MANY good things!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWRazJXnJA2KQIhYL0QoLBkSwokIBie8eur77SSEamzhFvUAA6_NQJ5b6Anry_2iKXYvnTE_4aNsXowa6VarSsbYYNvi7WjCGpofrPPahNKdYcjvAVsUaHrwaHEKOJkmDbFIId_AeP5C_a569pMu9uK8joT2-I5v-etqc4QIYWEMTfV6ujsC8Hkwsqr6l/s2222/MV5BNWNmYzQ1ZWUtYTQ3ZS00Y2UwLTlkMDctZThlOTJkMGJiNzBiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg2NjQwMDQ@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWRazJXnJA2KQIhYL0QoLBkSwokIBie8eur77SSEamzhFvUAA6_NQJ5b6Anry_2iKXYvnTE_4aNsXowa6VarSsbYYNvi7WjCGpofrPPahNKdYcjvAVsUaHrwaHEKOJkmDbFIId_AeP5C_a569pMu9uK8joT2-I5v-etqc4QIYWEMTfV6ujsC8Hkwsqr6l/w432-h640/MV5BNWNmYzQ1ZWUtYTQ3ZS00Y2UwLTlkMDctZThlOTJkMGJiNzBiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg2NjQwMDQ@._V1_.jpg" width="432" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Watching/Reading:</u></b> Devin and I have been watching the show Mindhunter on Netflix. It is a fascinating look at the FBI interviewing serial killers in the 1970's in order to learn more about how they think. It is creepy, but super interesting. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc9l7WprQYx3s86XPbWLgQFP5q0FtiurbcKMwWe5jgEDDFF2drmyonh5qhY1Ji8QRsGSPyhERvgrK9Sy1N5EzLqrViYJw5YcaiFk-VwjFhRFcWfkmhaFRLHd0y8S_96CVdqF2doV-27ogUQtUUuj5phokOOvINbmiGQTmr6px1aUDyKwnEf36aqHTLioc/s1500/91cUTGjJxpL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc9l7WprQYx3s86XPbWLgQFP5q0FtiurbcKMwWe5jgEDDFF2drmyonh5qhY1Ji8QRsGSPyhERvgrK9Sy1N5EzLqrViYJw5YcaiFk-VwjFhRFcWfkmhaFRLHd0y8S_96CVdqF2doV-27ogUQtUUuj5phokOOvINbmiGQTmr6px1aUDyKwnEf36aqHTLioc/w424-h640/91cUTGjJxpL._SL1500_.jpg" width="424" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As for reading, I just re-read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Empress-Novel-Allison-Pataki/dp/1476790221/ref=asc_df_1476790221/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312852595330&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11220557797814282268&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009979&hvtargid=pla-585232442850&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=8ca56d27cc4535205afe5e73b744f2f3&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">The Accidental Empress</a> after watching The Empress on Netflix. I read this book years ago (like probably 7-8 years ago), and remember loving it. After watching The Empress on Netflix, I figured I'd stay in "Empress Elisabeth mode" and read about her too. If you like historical fiction and royalty, this one would be great for you!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Wearing:</u> Some of these pictures are old because I forgot to grab a pic in the morning before work, but the clothes are the same!</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNhl0Z0fgGIoFy2ptsP4Z2ML_knjXH6uRjqMPsNbiV1YcMfhDPxeCMGj-_e_BU0eAjvpEDFBo2zIsa392EniZADt1wXwqMr5pgOG2ulO78i1gyl_qWqD-Gt9uXG-VvNGCPVBOGVheIUhukA40iFAW_d_iurH2_0HR3qzydyyvMqMERnqE7wQnS3zZGwTh/s640/IMG_8213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNhl0Z0fgGIoFy2ptsP4Z2ML_knjXH6uRjqMPsNbiV1YcMfhDPxeCMGj-_e_BU0eAjvpEDFBo2zIsa392EniZADt1wXwqMr5pgOG2ulO78i1gyl_qWqD-Gt9uXG-VvNGCPVBOGVheIUhukA40iFAW_d_iurH2_0HR3qzydyyvMqMERnqE7wQnS3zZGwTh/w480-h640/IMG_8213.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083TNRXFF/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B083TNRXFF&linkCode=as2&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkId=29f6e27e6583e4ee9f88d15d8a056805" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Jumpsuit</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: black;">/</span><a href="https://redirect.viglink.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffactory.jcrew.com%2Fp%2Fwomens%2Fcategories%2Fclothing%2Fjackets%2Fjean-jackets%2Fclassic-jean-jacket%2FBA036%3Fdisplay%3Dstandard%26fit%3DClassic%26color_name%3Dblue-denim%26colorProductCode%3DBA036&key=127b7b549d7c94d52f62d5c7be1fcac6&prodOvrd=WRA&opt=true" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Denim Jacket</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: black;">/Leopard Shoes (old, but </span><a href="http://goto.target.com/0ZOVeM"><span style="color: #b0b0b0;"><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;">similar here</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: black;">)</span></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0uzz-MzGK-MCTVbxJmd9AtEAtGqtJT9Tp_qk47kuMz083MK01jTLtmuf05cmt9FtqsYMVBwK4ySfWHWWE1tQLWJK43Y6R_SA6cT2EDui6OD1zFpAWx4nvULx7PRO66Rxke5UZA6eF1oidz3KW732IV1IHN-0X1l0iJslQsVF1-Ur3V8XcMJW5PvYcv7A/s3376/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="1724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0uzz-MzGK-MCTVbxJmd9AtEAtGqtJT9Tp_qk47kuMz083MK01jTLtmuf05cmt9FtqsYMVBwK4ySfWHWWE1tQLWJK43Y6R_SA6cT2EDui6OD1zFpAWx4nvULx7PRO66Rxke5UZA6eF1oidz3KW732IV1IHN-0X1l0iJslQsVF1-Ur3V8XcMJW5PvYcv7A/w328-h640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Core-10-Womens-Ct80061fw22-Print/dp/B09TT5CFSW/ref=is_sr_s_dp_2?keywords=Core+10&qid=1698190070&sr=8-7&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fa837795e6b1509790db438fc92c91dc&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Leggings</a>/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GX1MCQL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=d131aa0d756a3465ac2f679469986ff9&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Sweater</a>/<a href="https://sovrn.co/c4wuho2" target="_blank">Shoes</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_OgAXqMr0IUhO43plwazH8kUsdw-PNz_Lu3PMALkGnCNjyz-TT7f-0HkYOHDviJ4-rdCJAJihr6O5d38Hc0RKVMZ1-9NBUosSZUktcFW-tVH3GfjBKFK-6Pjmu5t9zbdDydf6KfnzUDSQ2ENZIu9LCVcmV1_DK9NHOyFaxTW2crA5v3jurtpCXo5XAmi/s640/IMG_3578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="408" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_OgAXqMr0IUhO43plwazH8kUsdw-PNz_Lu3PMALkGnCNjyz-TT7f-0HkYOHDviJ4-rdCJAJihr6O5d38Hc0RKVMZ1-9NBUosSZUktcFW-tVH3GfjBKFK-6Pjmu5t9zbdDydf6KfnzUDSQ2ENZIu9LCVcmV1_DK9NHOyFaxTW2crA5v3jurtpCXo5XAmi/w408-h640/IMG_3578.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">Puffer Vest (old, but </span><a href="https://sovrn.co/4rvwlx0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">on Poshmark here</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">)/</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XXX6665/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=494e0dbdfc752bf0c03faef37cfe916b&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Gray Tunic</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://sovrn.co/o73ryxz" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Skinny Jeans</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://sovrn.co/uu5e7yl" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Boots</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tMGusX2z1zun2L54B7eAtk9yh9gpsmf9KdJTNnoreAnCQbW7JkqFq_Q8jQs73_BKvaXXveATXRbf5ou-Nn62KdRJ3O_k6PEF8o0l8wwt8ZM6_NyvPTBtibKOF_1Tk_dQs8sMfUyTc1gyFnbdHqNPRHtm-Qv3b6s6AdayEhUWq_RFRhRowM2DaAcok2FC/s640/IMG_6115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tMGusX2z1zun2L54B7eAtk9yh9gpsmf9KdJTNnoreAnCQbW7JkqFq_Q8jQs73_BKvaXXveATXRbf5ou-Nn62KdRJ3O_k6PEF8o0l8wwt8ZM6_NyvPTBtibKOF_1Tk_dQs8sMfUyTc1gyFnbdHqNPRHtm-Qv3b6s6AdayEhUWq_RFRhRowM2DaAcok2FC/w306-h640/IMG_6115.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MYX9KVQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f715259af5d566e58603b3a74f6977b2&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dress</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frye-Melissa-Equestrian-Inspired-Hard-Wearing-Hardware/dp/B07B28PTH3/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=269D0HNHN8NQJ&keywords=frye+boots&qid=1695767341&sprefix=frye+boots%252Caps%252C90&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=2725f77bedc492112bdb7f88e31531e1&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">boots</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqeQLGi0fI13aquqyCrPLwmnjgopUJIyVdWmwpAh7hIo3ox-_8iJyOXuieNHEoy0dVtRgrMzc3pTRM4DSkUUU2Ee7DdfnodLM-8WAHyU5GbnYsHrkjxPBgfOWvmD7u0l-fTq5DhVQLx34OmLWE9tFar2t-_ZsxA3qAavh0NV7isBXslY-wHrovIWxbvd8/s640/IMG_8215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqeQLGi0fI13aquqyCrPLwmnjgopUJIyVdWmwpAh7hIo3ox-_8iJyOXuieNHEoy0dVtRgrMzc3pTRM4DSkUUU2Ee7DdfnodLM-8WAHyU5GbnYsHrkjxPBgfOWvmD7u0l-fTq5DhVQLx34OmLWE9tFar2t-_ZsxA3qAavh0NV7isBXslY-wHrovIWxbvd8/w480-h640/IMG_8215.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085VTLFK7/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B085VTLFK7&linkCode=as2&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkId=266504af2d54332a19e6254f90e23be9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Green Pants</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/ </span><a href="https://redirect.viglink.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffactory.jcrew.com%2Fm%2Fwomens%2Fcategories%2Fclothing%2Fshirts-and-tops%2Fbutton-ups%2Fgingham-lightweight-cotton-shirt-in-signature-fit%2FMF068%3Fdisplay%3Dstandard%26fit%3DClassic%26color_name%3Dginevra-gngm-md-navy-wh%26colorProductCode%3DAL495&key=127b7b549d7c94d52f62d5c7be1fcac6&prodOvrd=WRA&opt=true" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Gingham Shirt</a>/</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); font-family: Quicksand;">Leopard Shoes (old, but </span><a href="http://goto.target.com/0ZOVeM" style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="color: #b0b0b0;"><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;">similar here</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: black;">)</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMITrFwrwQX-jOSP7ubCjxhyhueILabqN8nlwPny8VGW_NcwgYUiNi6a4UKZJrjiDEIc6LzOI5hcbM5QRK-LvoVtkSCVes-0ygAhmxrshASOXjcrQ1bTFy8Mid55Xt7vDs2VlMn8EoA4dnnhyP9m_NbUrKqM_iOoPcVVDq7em6-CGubAMw55hzOKN-EQK0/s3352/IMG_6416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3352" data-original-width="1665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMITrFwrwQX-jOSP7ubCjxhyhueILabqN8nlwPny8VGW_NcwgYUiNi6a4UKZJrjiDEIc6LzOI5hcbM5QRK-LvoVtkSCVes-0ygAhmxrshASOXjcrQ1bTFy8Mid55Xt7vDs2VlMn8EoA4dnnhyP9m_NbUrKqM_iOoPcVVDq7em6-CGubAMw55hzOKN-EQK0/w320-h640/IMG_6416.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M98T976/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07M98T976&linkCode=as2&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkId=a96a73e60720c8539de932b342b62d0b" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Striped Skirt</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://redirect.viglink.com/?key=127b7b549d7c94d52f62d5c7be1fcac6&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffactory.jcrew.com%2Fp%2Fwomens-clothing%2Fjeans%2Feven_more_jean_styles%2Fchambray-shirt-in-signature-fit%2FJ4720%3Fcolor_name%3Dlovers-lane-wash&opt=true" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Chambray Shirt</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=IvmJ575IC7s&mid=1237&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nordstrom.com%2Fs%2Ffrye-melissa-button-2-knee-high-boot-women-regular-extended-regular-calf%2F4710873%3Forigin%3Dkeywordsearch-personalizedsort%26breadcrumb%3DHome%252FAll%2520Results%26color%3Dcognac%2520leather" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Boots</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075PWWZ32/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B075PWWZ32&linkCode=as2&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkId=e3db6af171c1d2c275f183f28baa84f5" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; color: #b0b0b0; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Blanket Scarf</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcLe67o8cvLclOjTh6ziBSjsC8AUvo9AFtOltAI5svZ-0zH-Ef03vOBrZRu6SzHDL2NzDQKR4hz_HdrT5tA7LWOqtYALxWdy0UOmlsxX8JQ5Zzbo_TsNDPhWC0oY_bBx4JcBF4Y71a3NTd5ngdFc0aOYtW4Ta82n-G7jq3ubSiHuo7NZPnk4Fo0c18Ap5/s640/IMG_3341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcLe67o8cvLclOjTh6ziBSjsC8AUvo9AFtOltAI5svZ-0zH-Ef03vOBrZRu6SzHDL2NzDQKR4hz_HdrT5tA7LWOqtYALxWdy0UOmlsxX8JQ5Zzbo_TsNDPhWC0oY_bBx4JcBF4Y71a3NTd5ngdFc0aOYtW4Ta82n-G7jq3ubSiHuo7NZPnk4Fo0c18Ap5/w480-h640/IMG_3341.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://sovrn.co/1gst1x0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Orange Long Sleeve Crewneck Tee</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(109, 110, 112); color: #6d6e70;">/</span><a href="https://sovrn.co/o73ryxz" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #b0b0b0; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Skinny Jeans</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Doing This Weekend:</u></b> We have another weekend of fall fun coming up. Two birthday parties and a kids Halloween party. I am looking forward to having fun with friends!</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thank you for following along today! See you back here Friday for more pictures! Today I am linking up with <a href="https://sheaffertoldmeto.com" target="_blank">Sheaffer</a> and <a href="https://mixandmatchmama.com" target="_blank">Shay</a>.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzS4jXmPOcvDZ0O_fL3q1kz0nT7dmjcJ_05j5DoaX3OUUfVONxwdRMfLdUAG4WOh9QsEE5BIqTSeeV1JKKw7rXU0KQ8WcgcjGNu9V46tJw82MG-lf5VGqBoWtpksLYUI-lFFtc-5alIni1te28UhcJPmOW4zJcqvutrlre2hKK9CDfXv5gFLkVZNnDmxUj/s600/Whats-Up-Wednesday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzS4jXmPOcvDZ0O_fL3q1kz0nT7dmjcJ_05j5DoaX3OUUfVONxwdRMfLdUAG4WOh9QsEE5BIqTSeeV1JKKw7rXU0KQ8WcgcjGNu9V46tJw82MG-lf5VGqBoWtpksLYUI-lFFtc-5alIni1te28UhcJPmOW4zJcqvutrlre2hKK9CDfXv5gFLkVZNnDmxUj/w640-h286/Whats-Up-Wednesday.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-59851893174034960522023-10-23T04:30:00.200-04:002023-10-23T04:30:00.134-04:00Weekend Highlights<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small;">Good morning friends! I hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was a perfect mix of busy and relaxing. It was exactly what we needed. </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Friday: </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">My school (and LG's) had a half day so the teachers could have a workday in the afternoon. It was eerily quiet without the kids there, but I was not complaining-- I got a LOT done!! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6NTcXWfEiW8Wy92kvPoIL6TgQHngN-f_xcBYDVu_F9rctMlRaf8GOscPJ5dnYvcb1CFEN_LovU4XVQaFaa86OzuT8Z3NGGdE_QddaL9LWOj7SnL6ClTP3cGeQw2ieqK6muL_ZCps_XRCt47HLyOJjjf8Kpc9qm_XEx1YPBpKkuygyOjM16J1uMg2MYYs/s3088/IMG_6310-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6NTcXWfEiW8Wy92kvPoIL6TgQHngN-f_xcBYDVu_F9rctMlRaf8GOscPJ5dnYvcb1CFEN_LovU4XVQaFaa86OzuT8Z3NGGdE_QddaL9LWOj7SnL6ClTP3cGeQw2ieqK6muL_ZCps_XRCt47HLyOJjjf8Kpc9qm_XEx1YPBpKkuygyOjM16J1uMg2MYYs/w480-h640/IMG_6310-2.jpg" width="480" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">When I got home, I checked the skeletons. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4x0S2S6d6ArAoheJxAdddAJTy97BxJGK4pcQJa45_WsHpSHE3XS6hmBinOV4su2fpQwXdrNdU89uqrj3OIsplvmgGBwesETjk2ZLsmPV3Tjx0MINqUPRKRCINuj5wj8qgVNdBj28X5s0XUhGyAXepg-4NLlmM_xg9-t7UPjZhec6LfqvQ7ntbvrVQjV0/s4032/IMG_6311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4x0S2S6d6ArAoheJxAdddAJTy97BxJGK4pcQJa45_WsHpSHE3XS6hmBinOV4su2fpQwXdrNdU89uqrj3OIsplvmgGBwesETjk2ZLsmPV3Tjx0MINqUPRKRCINuj5wj8qgVNdBj28X5s0XUhGyAXepg-4NLlmM_xg9-t7UPjZhec6LfqvQ7ntbvrVQjV0/w480-h640/IMG_6311.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The neighbors had set up a "rock n roll" theme-- I thought they did well! Having the neighbors participate has been so much fun. I think we will continue to do it this way every year. We've had 15 neighbors sign up to help!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9YQ9iiVSKc7OfgsFVH6poLpdCM8UNV6W4RAIyRrcBZQRvRYTSXvIkgEgOpNLEMyT2qdhZv90AFUeQ9g9V_Lex2IhskwdCCPrW_PRN_Xl8bnJCP8H9eiqvG3O8gBHTvoxqIUp4KtcmpjEeqr5JQBPHagFMt_Luuxv6d4C77BKlNEloxwVHGiXHOelb-JI/s4032/IMG_6313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9YQ9iiVSKc7OfgsFVH6poLpdCM8UNV6W4RAIyRrcBZQRvRYTSXvIkgEgOpNLEMyT2qdhZv90AFUeQ9g9V_Lex2IhskwdCCPrW_PRN_Xl8bnJCP8H9eiqvG3O8gBHTvoxqIUp4KtcmpjEeqr5JQBPHagFMt_Luuxv6d4C77BKlNEloxwVHGiXHOelb-JI/w480-h640/IMG_6313.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I came inside to see Devin and the kids had lit a fire in the fireplace and were reading books by the fire. The amount of joy our wood-burning fireplace gives me makes up for the amount of work a wood-burning fireplace is tenfold. I love the smell and hearing the crackle of the wood. I changed into comfier clothes and swooped in for some reading and snuggles while Devin left to go pick up a pizza for dinner.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkOeyEEmInctbA9zC5usdebl3BPlOnw6IxeYXFGDwzzim1EFZfY8IJMRgedPMTKvsUIYn_5QnNecrlLAqenopkhZZMK7CK1evnJHOnHRlZhbi7BUkCvmTnBy_ZJ7DRk4tEM_IfQzEF2FiGkbLlmqdXWdpykHW0_121_IZRKwhMv1PQUbXvWRup4NlHowm/s4032/IMG_6316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkOeyEEmInctbA9zC5usdebl3BPlOnw6IxeYXFGDwzzim1EFZfY8IJMRgedPMTKvsUIYn_5QnNecrlLAqenopkhZZMK7CK1evnJHOnHRlZhbi7BUkCvmTnBy_ZJ7DRk4tEM_IfQzEF2FiGkbLlmqdXWdpykHW0_121_IZRKwhMv1PQUbXvWRup4NlHowm/w640-h480/IMG_6316.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We spent the evening watching The Nightmare Before Christmas and then put the kids to bed in Liam's room. Liam has bunk beds and we let them sleep together on Friday nights, They stay up late playing and talking which is why we only let them do it on Fridays-- we don't need tired/cranky kids around here! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After the kids were in bed, we opened up a bottle of wine and hung out by the fire while I cut out laminating. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMH-7LlrOgsOzZZr66JXMQGCUBXo57uR-8zaiXEc-ssAAkbif_bIIJgWnNnmuFEdF7ANFCYy_ltjmldSoMwRqyShRsWuW490OhI9hReP_FjCztoY6F3KEU_kcPg47iuSc_0n3n0imaYgyheVXSfSWAvUDTMfvlwfkpGU0qLS5qvURR1F6Iasw8FGZUaAJ/s4032/IMG_6317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMH-7LlrOgsOzZZr66JXMQGCUBXo57uR-8zaiXEc-ssAAkbif_bIIJgWnNnmuFEdF7ANFCYy_ltjmldSoMwRqyShRsWuW490OhI9hReP_FjCztoY6F3KEU_kcPg47iuSc_0n3n0imaYgyheVXSfSWAvUDTMfvlwfkpGU0qLS5qvURR1F6Iasw8FGZUaAJ/w480-h640/IMG_6317.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I am one of Lily Grace's room moms this year and offered to help her teacher with extra stuff like this if her assistant is ever unable to get to it. Like most teachers, I love cutting out laminating... so while this is helping her teacher, it's an activity I genuinely enjoy!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday</span>:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">On Saturday morning we woke up, set up our skeletons...</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQGoa5oy6XzRvd23EoLlqk1m11xDyBNtj63xGD4EM1NMHQ_27HaDNVjFy3VuYZUMawVxWg6f4rb1cUnkn4SxBXVWwL9xlxEzfySoCzjE2o0xAhOO5_FmAREwkGv4BD9rIm9ffE5qFl8jc9iWfmR4uGg8YA4LR4TW1CJgZH80_rxfoQDTuLzDz5p-5PICf/s4032/IMG_6397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQGoa5oy6XzRvd23EoLlqk1m11xDyBNtj63xGD4EM1NMHQ_27HaDNVjFy3VuYZUMawVxWg6f4rb1cUnkn4SxBXVWwL9xlxEzfySoCzjE2o0xAhOO5_FmAREwkGv4BD9rIm9ffE5qFl8jc9iWfmR4uGg8YA4LR4TW1CJgZH80_rxfoQDTuLzDz5p-5PICf/w480-h640/IMG_6397.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgi0R4dDpQf0UKr4sXyVOk_0ogOV0PVanfss2NmXtCvabYVHa09Q1pPNmjsgaDQqoivJ9AZUqTsyQfIVc-rFutFd8uEv7xd1fTpVExOPki_zxPmP0cT9KSXrvdPqtluBMPQeDzmIHBc_y5-_fObO8GhR-ElU00GHd1TEAXYJiRhmnzi_DuBvkBqjq4aHz/s4032/IMG_6398_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgi0R4dDpQf0UKr4sXyVOk_0ogOV0PVanfss2NmXtCvabYVHa09Q1pPNmjsgaDQqoivJ9AZUqTsyQfIVc-rFutFd8uEv7xd1fTpVExOPki_zxPmP0cT9KSXrvdPqtluBMPQeDzmIHBc_y5-_fObO8GhR-ElU00GHd1TEAXYJiRhmnzi_DuBvkBqjq4aHz/w480-h640/IMG_6398_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and then we went to our favorite farm for pumpkins and some fall fun. It was the most beautiful fall morning-- temps in the 60's and not a cloud in the sky. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNqfsnxjm0BE4VvT8cgxe2Of89fCPYnJ737vWBr6L6zPUqkuDc3uODpUsdhrujLnms53JHgmozfbUYqCRpRrDUI4ckbY1681Wccm9CvswvZgwDbRv7op_demUXSiugKEHFzE6Y3pTzvjWXRnAPZ41kx_URbM9gjUrX_ruhciLbOSGb-DoohGbY_EZdIpY/s4032/IMG_6321_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNqfsnxjm0BE4VvT8cgxe2Of89fCPYnJ737vWBr6L6zPUqkuDc3uODpUsdhrujLnms53JHgmozfbUYqCRpRrDUI4ckbY1681Wccm9CvswvZgwDbRv7op_demUXSiugKEHFzE6Y3pTzvjWXRnAPZ41kx_URbM9gjUrX_ruhciLbOSGb-DoohGbY_EZdIpY/w480-h640/IMG_6321_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmDQDGqVOZ9ofG6nzdbex0Sc9DAoUocIJVF4ksci5DZpVHwYFP7W123e0CNPWwb9nmW-8hXrItTtjQSrvyUtKsHcuTpIm7rG-B-82jMZdXqQld0u0-MEECSPFln4FeNVFEmn_03_w4uI-IT1w5Ck0kS4OlaYi2mtEqVIIMB0rcZFqpT3od7eFIfopWld6/s4032/IMG_6325_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmDQDGqVOZ9ofG6nzdbex0Sc9DAoUocIJVF4ksci5DZpVHwYFP7W123e0CNPWwb9nmW-8hXrItTtjQSrvyUtKsHcuTpIm7rG-B-82jMZdXqQld0u0-MEECSPFln4FeNVFEmn_03_w4uI-IT1w5Ck0kS4OlaYi2mtEqVIIMB0rcZFqpT3od7eFIfopWld6/w480-h640/IMG_6325_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">LG wanted us to be āmatching girlsā so she picked out coordinating outfits for us. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ozXL8eFB-TxkGr9hivNjgiis-ryFR0AhItIRDPkXQSa3HRlCRpa-SaxT7fKfRltKXRhNWsETTmREZus7J3MxhCkCxCScCQcNVOe4mLAR_8q4zJbLoOmyr0PKWYeqmYPaYQ2Nx9km-3IJY2ZMwa0nwgz_JvlsLhW7gv9oRb4F5_P0qN6OWrCVr8XAFYL2/s4032/IMG_6335_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ozXL8eFB-TxkGr9hivNjgiis-ryFR0AhItIRDPkXQSa3HRlCRpa-SaxT7fKfRltKXRhNWsETTmREZus7J3MxhCkCxCScCQcNVOe4mLAR_8q4zJbLoOmyr0PKWYeqmYPaYQ2Nx9km-3IJY2ZMwa0nwgz_JvlsLhW7gv9oRb4F5_P0qN6OWrCVr8XAFYL2/w480-h640/IMG_6335_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I know too soon mom will embarrassing, so I am trying to soak up all the sweet moments like this while I can. If Lily Grace wants us to match, I am more than happy to do so!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rca1DNYT2oMurHC0irShojJIwoma9mD1uTUD2aGaQHKTHAkwCIHQy9bL9znHmyJEigRCbnk8Ol0VciNTjddNKZPWbYq2wSUOeO6bjVwG3JYyJXM47AhfZsphOQ7vEYE8BAtlOIUKm3ENmpGToMSH2arFL7tu8r3uHOWQiurUtMbmgz7CRd_l_vMOgyPN/s4032/IMG_6332_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rca1DNYT2oMurHC0irShojJIwoma9mD1uTUD2aGaQHKTHAkwCIHQy9bL9znHmyJEigRCbnk8Ol0VciNTjddNKZPWbYq2wSUOeO6bjVwG3JYyJXM47AhfZsphOQ7vEYE8BAtlOIUKm3ENmpGToMSH2arFL7tu8r3uHOWQiurUtMbmgz7CRd_l_vMOgyPN/w480-h640/IMG_6332_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We spent over four hours at the farm doing all the fun activities. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4wXIaGsUX__AZSeibyymHGKQQZOrDMJsObJmsJlwMUKj2KAjCYHjr8iDwKu3H2QdJD6M2Q7DIQ72MYccVtsc4qe7gkBzDlbrEeRo-YoUXMIZUjlmw2jZntRbjhoY2B-bLgMyF3BlryJnTIhlvRwlypFzmZnE6zABRznBWrc9xdUYAIY2WgAcfFYw-mq/s4032/IMG_6360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4wXIaGsUX__AZSeibyymHGKQQZOrDMJsObJmsJlwMUKj2KAjCYHjr8iDwKu3H2QdJD6M2Q7DIQ72MYccVtsc4qe7gkBzDlbrEeRo-YoUXMIZUjlmw2jZntRbjhoY2B-bLgMyF3BlryJnTIhlvRwlypFzmZnE6zABRznBWrc9xdUYAIY2WgAcfFYw-mq/w640-h480/IMG_6360.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3pnfA2AgHO9mKdi6n9xtDzq9KuMWvfTJ1BRlbIwHJrM1-M9Y_IqKGN7ZUrtsRqWYqkQO4bl_2tQT6VKRSw3WOU9bj8uhvMx1uYXukwnWmIlN_KzMyqn_P9fbQARhJ1HHyvr7uyJd5lreMmshHYONZbCLNzISL9Z0aA5L6YA7EOsujbnS0us4eDaNVS3a/s4032/IMG_6381_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3pnfA2AgHO9mKdi6n9xtDzq9KuMWvfTJ1BRlbIwHJrM1-M9Y_IqKGN7ZUrtsRqWYqkQO4bl_2tQT6VKRSw3WOU9bj8uhvMx1uYXukwnWmIlN_KzMyqn_P9fbQARhJ1HHyvr7uyJd5lreMmshHYONZbCLNzISL9Z0aA5L6YA7EOsujbnS0us4eDaNVS3a/w480-h640/IMG_6381_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">They have a bunch of playground equipment, a little train for the kids to rids (pictured above-- the blue thing), farm animals the kids can feed, a hay ride, and a giant pit of dried corn the kids can play in (see below where we buried LG in the pit).</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lmRFbvm_-rNw8l_LUO_YUz_FvnCuvwfDenvV5rgHYjdE2moLOMIcRhnaImi52MTlXTwmw4bFWxl6dpypHfy2rcdPq7QvKh_4tr_ohqO02jnAbzhb_D3I1eqek6MtpmA0VJxPywbkjjlHgAGpQAlgUQ4iAZhHft_r90RoOSh0mYYzKoTRWWgENQZeqnyc/s4032/IMG_6352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lmRFbvm_-rNw8l_LUO_YUz_FvnCuvwfDenvV5rgHYjdE2moLOMIcRhnaImi52MTlXTwmw4bFWxl6dpypHfy2rcdPq7QvKh_4tr_ohqO02jnAbzhb_D3I1eqek6MtpmA0VJxPywbkjjlHgAGpQAlgUQ4iAZhHft_r90RoOSh0mYYzKoTRWWgENQZeqnyc/w480-h640/IMG_6352.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Our whole family has so much fun here every year. It is one of our favorite days of the whole year!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After the farm we went home and relaxed for the rest of the day. Devin was having some friends over that night to hang out by the fire pit, so once the kids were in bed I went out to say hi to the friends and then I went to bed shortly after. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Sunday</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">On Sunday morning I woke up, lit a fire in the fire place and got started with some laundry.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7DwIK1s9EDTjnl-PBVXt-JB-Jml8fxX-6p8h4JBPbBUqKdQ7KrcfRdMkgl_EHVDj_JL7r-19GAfJrhAQjgGnJkSOPEKNC6ygAAGhXt-MHs4ewMTTSl7SMht1-Arv8zx6c9zXxTRZgsJqFeRpLEJ94F-r9aoIBQkzodtF_eFBNjFiXdneEDtIztBCTFuz/s4032/IMG_6396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7DwIK1s9EDTjnl-PBVXt-JB-Jml8fxX-6p8h4JBPbBUqKdQ7KrcfRdMkgl_EHVDj_JL7r-19GAfJrhAQjgGnJkSOPEKNC6ygAAGhXt-MHs4ewMTTSl7SMht1-Arv8zx6c9zXxTRZgsJqFeRpLEJ94F-r9aoIBQkzodtF_eFBNjFiXdneEDtIztBCTFuz/w480-h640/IMG_6396.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We set up the skeletons for the day...</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI79BM22YrY0zH-awgrgmZlyXkV2jKB13wlp2mmXY9_UyD71Poh8Ol44DSD17bapuN-g6xak5vpwrwizL6oJAmlsAb6Kelo1XO8jWFN1ONp2EPkNCkuheJubg3-0wvOQoyrpJw9fFbegukvicsA4yhw9jT6G32ct50HyLxK96uYVeiW0qi-pFkDCHydO_F/s3024/IMG_6405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2325" data-original-width="3024" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI79BM22YrY0zH-awgrgmZlyXkV2jKB13wlp2mmXY9_UyD71Poh8Ol44DSD17bapuN-g6xak5vpwrwizL6oJAmlsAb6Kelo1XO8jWFN1ONp2EPkNCkuheJubg3-0wvOQoyrpJw9fFbegukvicsA4yhw9jT6G32ct50HyLxK96uYVeiW0qi-pFkDCHydO_F/w640-h494/IMG_6405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Lily Grace's bestie from school invited us to another farm that afternoon for some more fall fun, so I decided to Instacart the grocery necessities for the week in case I didn't feel like going to the store afterward. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVfLeVpO7z7Mv0QGEl1JyGkz4tuERxtY_UoPe7sP0qXjgrqM-pOTE3t8E_H-l0cPWliJJe4-_tz_cyKde4iucuWG5PQVQcqr0MZdiIXLUrFLapjhi2RrH20wvKB7JP1s5PXNNu5cS8KpuHUQWq8NjEqvYnacmroL65wSSbrwx0IclLKs3-t-3SIXtGqjl/s2079/IMG_6403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVfLeVpO7z7Mv0QGEl1JyGkz4tuERxtY_UoPe7sP0qXjgrqM-pOTE3t8E_H-l0cPWliJJe4-_tz_cyKde4iucuWG5PQVQcqr0MZdiIXLUrFLapjhi2RrH20wvKB7JP1s5PXNNu5cS8KpuHUQWq8NjEqvYnacmroL65wSSbrwx0IclLKs3-t-3SIXtGqjl/w296-h640/IMG_6403.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I could not live without Instacart. Well, I guess I could, but I'd be a lot more frazzled/stressed! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="color: #222222;">I still have a nasty cough from the pneumonia, so we decided to live-stream Mass this week rather than attend in person. Nobody wants to sit next to someone who's hacking for over an hour--- watching at home seemed like the better choice. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="color: #222222;">After Mass we ran some errands, and then met up with our friends at the farm. This was a new-to-us farm and it was cute!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7FgDZ3-tVaZ2Ffm2P0VtfPbnKBm54x904LbMphrvHCJvMa3l248frNnfDNnKKef75SoC81fAnsM2E3jDcwk_o5FBWe5SBXl4ozCizs-DRmSEI29sTrDcpQ_2k3aGuzQC7ZoHRO8mgCNOSiOSIC2am9afKN8HX8IZ5fOLgwErUpkQG1u_I66Q_4ljipir/s4032/IMG_6407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7FgDZ3-tVaZ2Ffm2P0VtfPbnKBm54x904LbMphrvHCJvMa3l248frNnfDNnKKef75SoC81fAnsM2E3jDcwk_o5FBWe5SBXl4ozCizs-DRmSEI29sTrDcpQ_2k3aGuzQC7ZoHRO8mgCNOSiOSIC2am9afKN8HX8IZ5fOLgwErUpkQG1u_I66Q_4ljipir/w480-h640/IMG_6407.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaVlQ-b86kBq_y1WolYJTCzNdqk-GfZ4ZEhMuma3Zsc0r0tB-x6uOmv2xtxl8PN56HNOEf5kz9wZrDjvab1M-zqv-99Eiy3HOWM2fV-PgenF6B11JVQaVt7z0BzYrcVzVuIe2R2SaonvYIO10ND7Zamll8mTsTAnpIl3IV0dA9SchKc9TVluFeXNiVTx_/s5712/IMG_4018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaVlQ-b86kBq_y1WolYJTCzNdqk-GfZ4ZEhMuma3Zsc0r0tB-x6uOmv2xtxl8PN56HNOEf5kz9wZrDjvab1M-zqv-99Eiy3HOWM2fV-PgenF6B11JVQaVt7z0BzYrcVzVuIe2R2SaonvYIO10ND7Zamll8mTsTAnpIl3IV0dA9SchKc9TVluFeXNiVTx_/w480-h640/IMG_4018.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="color: #222222;">We loved getting to spend several hours with friends while playing outside. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzzrjjVuB1Vf2xc2K6Un47W6UuPZds7cKKsj3M7X9JG6OU0gt9K0jex-4RWnuMHwAVM4A6oQWBb25ng3Y5TSuZw6WFLvvz7mniDrY3K4jJPIilsFoIIsp3YJCu88k_dVkyd9wSeksc0nG7gkYyghHxwF-94vT-w-q9eOU29WnpH5J1N1LxzR_BvROWgT6/s4032/IMG_6410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzzrjjVuB1Vf2xc2K6Un47W6UuPZds7cKKsj3M7X9JG6OU0gt9K0jex-4RWnuMHwAVM4A6oQWBb25ng3Y5TSuZw6WFLvvz7mniDrY3K4jJPIilsFoIIsp3YJCu88k_dVkyd9wSeksc0nG7gkYyghHxwF-94vT-w-q9eOU29WnpH5J1N1LxzR_BvROWgT6/w480-h640/IMG_6410.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">After the farm, some of us just couldn't hang any longer š</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBqXZrgWEVgozWqfWBw6rovZqTs27l0_nKIktCmM6OMVdVE6NYbInxMl0R1vXaslHiWnjLDLrvKloPj0Ql_Ditf9k3PjwnS3raXHNjVvgyu-4ojkJ7pwZKccllasRES18u153HcHmeuVl8Fj3n4aqX2WLwd8avSvdw2uzfbYslxXUZ97NgaQcPnhLDQ9I/s4032/IMG_6413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBqXZrgWEVgozWqfWBw6rovZqTs27l0_nKIktCmM6OMVdVE6NYbInxMl0R1vXaslHiWnjLDLrvKloPj0Ql_Ditf9k3PjwnS3raXHNjVvgyu-4ojkJ7pwZKccllasRES18u153HcHmeuVl8Fj3n4aqX2WLwd8avSvdw2uzfbYslxXUZ97NgaQcPnhLDQ9I/w480-h640/IMG_6413.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">It was such a wonderful weekend. The perfect blend of busy and chill. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="http://holly-pinklady.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Holly</a> and <a href="https://sunshineandbooksblog.com" target="_blank">Sarah</a> for Hello Monday. Have a great week!! See you back here Wednesday for WUW!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MC4cil8lGFL9b1xBdQN1n1LAU7AmBd6n_Kt1rKyBYyfqgcxVDdnWN_jftLmVSdblKJqMZCoh8Oy3bZumzLpSUpehy_6eAumERT79-j3mjZkE9hElhxN2On9CJgHDF0T7RxB-GST6DSgn58kpfSc-ye-2ZzChAhe7SjPUiLXnFyt4_pa5pFwcquR_37ar/s1920/778fc61f-5be1-4015-8648-bd5de4b4ea6b.png.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MC4cil8lGFL9b1xBdQN1n1LAU7AmBd6n_Kt1rKyBYyfqgcxVDdnWN_jftLmVSdblKJqMZCoh8Oy3bZumzLpSUpehy_6eAumERT79-j3mjZkE9hElhxN2On9CJgHDF0T7RxB-GST6DSgn58kpfSc-ye-2ZzChAhe7SjPUiLXnFyt4_pa5pFwcquR_37ar/w640-h360/778fc61f-5be1-4015-8648-bd5de4b4ea6b.png.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-80657388510160457672023-10-20T04:30:00.002-04:002023-10-20T04:30:00.137-04:00Post Cancer/Chemo Update-- Month 3<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Hello friends! Happy Friday! Before we begin, I wanted to share a little sneak peek of our fall family pictures with you. We are so happy with how they came out!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWt4bzzDK6beFYVbTRaYGX_D5F4qkUnOIIWXKWw9SCAHE29e2QAnHheqIdQXJu4PC9l56dUZNplBiCebMAoAVyaIn4uvnyx6AMdhby_deJPNxHeHpBuKEQHW1_FQM1pjeef3MlC9AiQZxqw4nNNfq_dUa4VXq99dRDSMfOo4-yorgDiwnpZCz0_KiHD3U8/s1212/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.16.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWt4bzzDK6beFYVbTRaYGX_D5F4qkUnOIIWXKWw9SCAHE29e2QAnHheqIdQXJu4PC9l56dUZNplBiCebMAoAVyaIn4uvnyx6AMdhby_deJPNxHeHpBuKEQHW1_FQM1pjeef3MlC9AiQZxqw4nNNfq_dUa4VXq99dRDSMfOo4-yorgDiwnpZCz0_KiHD3U8/w416-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.16.48%20PM.png" width="416" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqDBy6y-ZUbvMAt3UL8XnndWMysRjOTdU1d3WkPLOC8gYlCjbI_uKT9T1LtyKSnmOZlCUsOhkYFMFt0t8BQtu4wqeFTTlRQ8r1bPJ9wqFFJgYRhbfMyQE1EKqf268zxLtTi5nU1YoBRH75_RBtMqV9iJJIrZj4ASkRZ2tEQQtUGInWAOLvfZq_eKeGKZw/s1038/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.17.42%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="466" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqDBy6y-ZUbvMAt3UL8XnndWMysRjOTdU1d3WkPLOC8gYlCjbI_uKT9T1LtyKSnmOZlCUsOhkYFMFt0t8BQtu4wqeFTTlRQ8r1bPJ9wqFFJgYRhbfMyQE1EKqf268zxLtTi5nU1YoBRH75_RBtMqV9iJJIrZj4ASkRZ2tEQQtUGInWAOLvfZq_eKeGKZw/w288-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-19%20at%204.17.42%20PM.png" width="288" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">I'll share the rest next week!!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Today I am here with a monthly update on cancer/chemo recovery. I'll be honest, this past month has been a struggle because I have learned that while I may not be currently getting chemotherapy, I am still immunocompromised. This past month could be referred to as "The Month I Was Nonstop Sick." </span></span></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Physically</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Unfortunately, towards the end of September I woke up one morning with a high fever. Due to the panic the oncology team instilled in me over fevers, especially neutropenic fevers, I called the oncology team and made an appointment. At that point, my blood counts were still good and while I had a cough, there was nothing alarming about it yet. I was sent home and told to report back if things got worse. On Saturday morning, I woke up feeling significantly worse. My oncologist texted me to check in on me (God bless him-- the man is truly a saint), and told me to go to the ER. It turns out, I have pneumonia. Pneumonia can be mild or it can be serious, and luckily I do not have a particularly serious case of it. That being said, I also don't have much of an immune system, so fighting it has been difficult. So there hasn't been a whole lot of "recovery" going on this month. </span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFze5pB2TNUM_PcE0uwkdXvv53215H-AzutaOwLXe0ggx5xbITHgYfNzHYZVS4zo1nLXQSqo49H0wrNZhe02psbIPDdZtp7yQDWwK3sinCjB9OVYlDBf72pb9HlqcaWii7S1Srqt9OzQ6P4TKtkcVGMfMXMn8sSsQqZwHqO71ioKtonIKTuFGNPHZnm9xa/s3088/IMG_6273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFze5pB2TNUM_PcE0uwkdXvv53215H-AzutaOwLXe0ggx5xbITHgYfNzHYZVS4zo1nLXQSqo49H0wrNZhe02psbIPDdZtp7yQDWwK3sinCjB9OVYlDBf72pb9HlqcaWii7S1Srqt9OzQ6P4TKtkcVGMfMXMn8sSsQqZwHqO71ioKtonIKTuFGNPHZnm9xa/w480-h640/IMG_6273.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I do, however, have more hair! Yay! It is "long" enough where I feel comfortable going out in public without my wig or a hat. I'm not saying it's cute... but it certainly has been worse!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">My eyelashes and eyebrows are completely back to normal... in fact, maybe better than ever? I used to have thin-ish eyebrows from years of tweezing and waxing, but not anymore! I'm not saying they're super thick, but they're thicker than they were before. I'll count that as a win!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The muscle myalgia (pain) is almost non-existent now. I cannot express how happy I am to be able to write that sentence. I am no longer in pain, and it feels SO DANG GOOD. Now I need to start focusing on building back my muscle tone, because this mama is <i><b>weak </b></i><i style="font-weight: bold;">as heck. </i>I'm not rushing it though, this will take time. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Mentally</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I am frustrated with the pneumonia, but sometimes I have to remind myself why I'm struggling to recover. My body just went through hell. Just 12 weeks ago I was so sick from what the chemo had done to me that I couldn't even get out of bed. <i><b>Weeks</b></i>. Of course I'm struggling to fight a major infection like pneumonia. ANYONE would struggle with that, let alone a recent cancer survivor. I guess the good side of that though is that sometimes, I forget it even happened. I am so caught up in the day-to-day life that I don't think about it. I'm back to feeling (mentally) like regular Lauren, not Cancer Lauren. I don't even know Cancer Lauren anymore. :) I'm regular Lauren again, wife, mom and teacher but who has a new appreciation for the beauty in every day. Which is a pretty beautiful outcome from a horrible situation. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thank you for reading along today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2FKYdyty1I6kkkC94E82UAjFLkK26tWE8Sfix4Flmh-MxpLQiY3WrCgeQ9uywV3CHKipoJ3F-4mztiVVHXBf9mjYl9rXEtYltc5ulV3Hk2u3_Nf2DWjmWOkzqR-WiYn37wAoQR0fznp3XPNMuSLlAGUpFOaEmhs7a3BTcJgYcEW4K3xlWzi35DfI4GyX/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2FKYdyty1I6kkkC94E82UAjFLkK26tWE8Sfix4Flmh-MxpLQiY3WrCgeQ9uywV3CHKipoJ3F-4mztiVVHXBf9mjYl9rXEtYltc5ulV3Hk2u3_Nf2DWjmWOkzqR-WiYn37wAoQR0fznp3XPNMuSLlAGUpFOaEmhs7a3BTcJgYcEW4K3xlWzi35DfI4GyX/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites. </span></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-22812656375596568562023-10-16T04:30:00.054-04:002023-10-16T04:30:00.144-04:00Fun Fall Ambiance<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Hi friends! Happy Monday! I had a completely different post planned for today, but we spent a good chunk of our weekend with these cute little fall ambiance videos on in the background and I thought I'd share them with you today in case you want some nice background music with a fall vibe. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I cannot take credit for these, <a href="https://txtanya.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tanya</a> was the first to introduce me to them either last year or the year before. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5iDR200gl568Rg_SCSKeCokrUm3SQSXCu4KGZcNqwTgJGggrQsUdhlTHETBQ7_qRhNdiYLHMIFI4S9G8FwP7E6NQL4nNRttQaYeH2gMzAkXkmfBSJfg_HsejOjIwhyXTSADqkSQq9EztYNRJzj03RJBjJxUT6JE4yd3eq80Ur5asdsDEbqDpNtjogf3e/s2874/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%205.35.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2874" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5iDR200gl568Rg_SCSKeCokrUm3SQSXCu4KGZcNqwTgJGggrQsUdhlTHETBQ7_qRhNdiYLHMIFI4S9G8FwP7E6NQL4nNRttQaYeH2gMzAkXkmfBSJfg_HsejOjIwhyXTSADqkSQq9EztYNRJzj03RJBjJxUT6JE4yd3eq80Ur5asdsDEbqDpNtjogf3e/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%205.35.29%20PM.png" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqH7DAvVTwA" target="_blank">Warm Autumn Morning Coffee Shop </a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG-sOzOXODYxYJ6Agtql3SYkfPF_T14EkuDMIDjktpmi2waxSbdiAB-L35Wkb30hyphenhyphenlupWqNZxlJ827KbqsecBNT4QJu5RYKrgXn8KZ7llmIzW8dfna54Bvuk_snRGicOZWoI27wdLCP39rhgnOn2ifPkehO1BA-nqduVl4g3AFaHkKv5PvpflFFOe3w5s/s2870/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.18.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2870" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG-sOzOXODYxYJ6Agtql3SYkfPF_T14EkuDMIDjktpmi2waxSbdiAB-L35Wkb30hyphenhyphenlupWqNZxlJ827KbqsecBNT4QJu5RYKrgXn8KZ7llmIzW8dfna54Bvuk_snRGicOZWoI27wdLCP39rhgnOn2ifPkehO1BA-nqduVl4g3AFaHkKv5PvpflFFOe3w5s/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.18.03%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I mean how peaceful does <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KK6pIdJojY" target="_blank">this one</a> look? I love having it on in the background. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_c8VQ4ZanolHDIPziEZaULX__3Gs-HfpQu_yhA4zQ_fepgD4nZ1-YMu3BDjYBMnmyggh08Ykn5y7Pvm-RlgVJIvXR_coMR4iMOMnR75cYvcJ9TPCT11lzgPgcZUJGDIeBuCwlIIUr5rFQCHnrXvMv4oKsMdaVujDmPbwvvznmYoJk7qfqgDuYTZP_X8c/s2874/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%206.58.41%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2874" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_c8VQ4ZanolHDIPziEZaULX__3Gs-HfpQu_yhA4zQ_fepgD4nZ1-YMu3BDjYBMnmyggh08Ykn5y7Pvm-RlgVJIvXR_coMR4iMOMnR75cYvcJ9TPCT11lzgPgcZUJGDIeBuCwlIIUr5rFQCHnrXvMv4oKsMdaVujDmPbwvvznmYoJk7qfqgDuYTZP_X8c/w640-h358/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%206.58.41%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We love <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUWs1pdtK6I" target="_blank">this one</a> with a Paris vibe to it. I mean who wouldn't want to be in Paris in the fall?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Lily Grace and Liam love these "spooky" Halloween ones:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVjKT69ri-3GNk4jYVDwqSJIW6No4SgKPybrIYf-nNS5ePTBWoheBOdYYa2EvGL5zNSdmklmgBXtG8T3ChdgNhyphenhyphen9jP_nM4y9Eeya0on22JBmXxBlG-cKi_0gTddvhcKp7tjBq06A9hUFeOBa_UQzF-63PuGLOnkJS_8zdhLkKr85Nr_13ZsAlotT7giOl/s2850/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.13.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2850" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVjKT69ri-3GNk4jYVDwqSJIW6No4SgKPybrIYf-nNS5ePTBWoheBOdYYa2EvGL5zNSdmklmgBXtG8T3ChdgNhyphenhyphen9jP_nM4y9Eeya0on22JBmXxBlG-cKi_0gTddvhcKp7tjBq06A9hUFeOBa_UQzF-63PuGLOnkJS_8zdhLkKr85Nr_13ZsAlotT7giOl/w640-h374/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.13.48%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Ytq8atf70" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Cozy Witch's Cottage</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWLIgtABxxdfgWbNGSASaH9DhyphenhyphenrexGvJk9SL4MOlz0wNZw6ClR5hqngY4mCpuIJJ0Q1myEoaQRZhWnuvZgQv9OHQyR2N2pIsRZpgC5c8s_E5fi0TetCshEc0ZESOfrPht1Y9MvgRYETKWH2IUXTtaGXk0h2zmWRUTR_uDykWAgsDuXyLQTJi-dZxkjc8C/s2864/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.16.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2864" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWLIgtABxxdfgWbNGSASaH9DhyphenhyphenrexGvJk9SL4MOlz0wNZw6ClR5hqngY4mCpuIJJ0Q1myEoaQRZhWnuvZgQv9OHQyR2N2pIsRZpgC5c8s_E5fi0TetCshEc0ZESOfrPht1Y9MvgRYETKWH2IUXTtaGXk0h2zmWRUTR_uDykWAgsDuXyLQTJi-dZxkjc8C/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%207.16.19%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0NOJ8f2_4Y" target="_blank">Haunted Graveyard</a>-- this one is not really my cup of tea, but the kids love to watch for spooky things to pop up in the video. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This post is short and sweet, but hopefully it brings a little fall fun to your home!</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-74144162326808103452023-10-13T04:30:00.001-04:002023-10-13T09:28:44.797-04:00Life Lately<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 17px;">Hello friends and happy Friday! I hope you had a lovely week. Like most of you, I have been glued to the devastating news of what happened in Israel over the weekend. Our world is so heavy and dark at times. It breaks my heart for what those poor families suffered. It is unimaginable. Like many of you, I have been praying all week for the innocent people who have suffered. </span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">It has been awhile since I have done a "Life Lately" post and updated you about what we've been up to. We have been busy these past few months!! Let's have a look:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJlIyzJII3u-BR5K-_YzUb5s52Ks_hkekVE0QBeg1biXcJdmc9Jm-7U3mEhS-HUz-IaAIZ1d35nAdeONY3BLEe7OmPf1wNPTPlH9poxTRkYjUeuMbzsbACZMGAgTsskhHVa5bnKyzzQe6MUecp3F2tC7ud5HARc40pX4YGl_ZxD_zSyT7WaNMGt8UDRHt/s4032/IMG_6014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJlIyzJII3u-BR5K-_YzUb5s52Ks_hkekVE0QBeg1biXcJdmc9Jm-7U3mEhS-HUz-IaAIZ1d35nAdeONY3BLEe7OmPf1wNPTPlH9poxTRkYjUeuMbzsbACZMGAgTsskhHVa5bnKyzzQe6MUecp3F2tC7ud5HARc40pX4YGl_ZxD_zSyT7WaNMGt8UDRHt/w480-h640/IMG_6014.jpg" width="480" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhzRWBqKysGpU9aFhsIR-KWbHy4NYA1NP5Hd_6OSd-G00lQM7hA00u5dTzxNRr1SDvaFaDOJjtn8odmmWqZDUEruCicx8Cmny4YkKm8lL_eVVG4Gb5USZaA0SSY5TgGbqdHkrp-yY78FBs1mu5CJeV8N8cs_S3_OT37tO5AjuZfjpJ2QkRi0GLmU2rX3R/s2560/IMG_6018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhzRWBqKysGpU9aFhsIR-KWbHy4NYA1NP5Hd_6OSd-G00lQM7hA00u5dTzxNRr1SDvaFaDOJjtn8odmmWqZDUEruCicx8Cmny4YkKm8lL_eVVG4Gb5USZaA0SSY5TgGbqdHkrp-yY78FBs1mu5CJeV8N8cs_S3_OT37tO5AjuZfjpJ2QkRi0GLmU2rX3R/w480-h640/IMG_6018.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">We are in full Halloween mode over here and that includes baking some Halloween cookies! Several weeks ago I ordered </span><a href="https://sovrn.co/15lmpnw" style="font-size: 17px;" target="_blank">this Halloween sugar cookie baking kit</a><span style="font-size: 17px;"> from Walmart with some <a href="https://sovrn.co/wsgvbhi" target="_blank">Halloween cookie cutters</a> and we baked our little hearts out. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFElKWwDQ4iHij6_OHLTQuSlLqG1DTRJZGgFdMORKiV2aPzziYIYhx71DQaApf2ofn8xrIpE-VQxRwLtR8_aPDRI4qYfFTQR_u3mi-Zq7PcqSV5rAiynudauzcAIUuWfdIOKbFVn9kX42o-FH5j4SptjlGKqzBFl_y8ArP8Djqqspdm9HdEAw2iw_x-Kar/s4032/71768533830__F2F67340-C543-4B92-9F27-0DA77724BD49-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFElKWwDQ4iHij6_OHLTQuSlLqG1DTRJZGgFdMORKiV2aPzziYIYhx71DQaApf2ofn8xrIpE-VQxRwLtR8_aPDRI4qYfFTQR_u3mi-Zq7PcqSV5rAiynudauzcAIUuWfdIOKbFVn9kX42o-FH5j4SptjlGKqzBFl_y8ArP8Djqqspdm9HdEAw2iw_x-Kar/w640-h480/71768533830__F2F67340-C543-4B92-9F27-0DA77724BD49-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I got my port out!!!!!!!!!!! I had another clear scan and was approved to get my port out. It feels SO GOOD to have that checked off my list. It really feels like the cancer chapter of my life is over, even though I am still not fully recovered yet.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Devin was in Bogota, Colombia for a week which meant the kiddos and I got to spend a lot of good quality time together. We had picnic dinners at the playground and spent a lot of time playing together in the backyard. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjTLYKa-hXbn8RhRzCSWhaSUuSc7Bm1XqwfEfxd9SEHIO7qEuLZXIRMGo3BIIarKcuSuBLmBMnKvOuGkTA0iAL0kQ8RxZ7yJChwuja-23-yCFpzoeRHi96lwuGT90vysCBdI4VBRyH7d3gOS0FOCGq6KmGaVXbgs8YcILzsaHpSLLTfZAc1J1krgjUI60/s4032/IMG_6140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjTLYKa-hXbn8RhRzCSWhaSUuSc7Bm1XqwfEfxd9SEHIO7qEuLZXIRMGo3BIIarKcuSuBLmBMnKvOuGkTA0iAL0kQ8RxZ7yJChwuja-23-yCFpzoeRHi96lwuGT90vysCBdI4VBRyH7d3gOS0FOCGq6KmGaVXbgs8YcILzsaHpSLLTfZAc1J1krgjUI60/w640-h480/IMG_6140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjr2zg2dxFyfdZ4d0n_nKAYx_to0cbY9HWm9rJeIrM06JdsUK4uVIQijRe7lt320MTuBkf3H45ucjjdB-VS81OdLNqzc8kuoPAoi4Tk9ygqBiUFOUpG9jYwb0vf8MCTA_9yuCoV69HAvNKV_lSW2nR2D1Le4MBwOFSJswHNFBhSLhJUc4PNVBx3yikuot/s4032/IMG_6143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjr2zg2dxFyfdZ4d0n_nKAYx_to0cbY9HWm9rJeIrM06JdsUK4uVIQijRe7lt320MTuBkf3H45ucjjdB-VS81OdLNqzc8kuoPAoi4Tk9ygqBiUFOUpG9jYwb0vf8MCTA_9yuCoV69HAvNKV_lSW2nR2D1Le4MBwOFSJswHNFBhSLhJUc4PNVBx3yikuot/w480-h640/IMG_6143.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">On Thursday of that week, my parents took Liam to the mountains for some one-on-one time, meaning LG and I got a lot of special time too! She and I went on a date, and I let her pick the restaurant. Her choice? The Cheesecake Factory! Please note her stuffed animal cat, Pangur Ban, who comes with us everywhere we go. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE-JZJ_7338y5UQ-1QrSJ05Fiz_avbJ93TkOse3LG-E_tv75cIUfCe9N2VZ4yAyo0k_CGKFhdSWXaIqE9oT23O4K6pEmQTyDYS92KWehSzEH6v4JkE_qXCBb8RtmqFZXGKopBQTelqTlEQzbYG2yXnIJrk0I5_siIB3tNqPer3x6mBPiZ9Dn8gKdE_7ri/s4032/IMG_6161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE-JZJ_7338y5UQ-1QrSJ05Fiz_avbJ93TkOse3LG-E_tv75cIUfCe9N2VZ4yAyo0k_CGKFhdSWXaIqE9oT23O4K6pEmQTyDYS92KWehSzEH6v4JkE_qXCBb8RtmqFZXGKopBQTelqTlEQzbYG2yXnIJrk0I5_siIB3tNqPer3x6mBPiZ9Dn8gKdE_7ri/w640-h480/IMG_6161.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqBYJ0neX9sk48vbQftA8Z3YCH3luGX49TTXI49JKhPDzWQFS-OrarG6xatImneT8ni2cz0XrJXv2rS9C9kZXJpzhrSZ-E8as91hUJ7mKekhAe5Darp60QhR2xgNpzN3FE06Rypg4WDFgql6LOIij3gemQ9dFH3c2Nb4GaQsIJR5iMe0SERfiL3pkF-Yv/s4032/IMG_6170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqBYJ0neX9sk48vbQftA8Z3YCH3luGX49TTXI49JKhPDzWQFS-OrarG6xatImneT8ni2cz0XrJXv2rS9C9kZXJpzhrSZ-E8as91hUJ7mKekhAe5Darp60QhR2xgNpzN3FE06Rypg4WDFgql6LOIij3gemQ9dFH3c2Nb4GaQsIJR5iMe0SERfiL3pkF-Yv/w480-h640/IMG_6170.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Meanwhile Liam was at a 1950's diner that served food in these cute little car baskets. He was in heaven!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfWnJvEVNihhHuIBj4lXOAn_LnnmB-eD_Acf1UY4ckqT3Bsvp5eoVJAQbEop1RrHBtLtl7phB_YQBOLKXDnQvV5FBsbvZqGe7QR7ujV-vzElXritEpkouShJ22pQYxB5RE218w4MWOshtAnllh9iQvTCI1cParau5po8z1mLa4rYFJePttbMPjTlrY4qP/s2820/20231005_115136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2820" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfWnJvEVNihhHuIBj4lXOAn_LnnmB-eD_Acf1UY4ckqT3Bsvp5eoVJAQbEop1RrHBtLtl7phB_YQBOLKXDnQvV5FBsbvZqGe7QR7ujV-vzElXritEpkouShJ22pQYxB5RE218w4MWOshtAnllh9iQvTCI1cParau5po8z1mLa4rYFJePttbMPjTlrY4qP/w640-h480/20231005_115136.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Lily Grace is a huge animal lover and gets so excited to play with my parents' puppies. Here she is "training" them. I think in the next few years, we may need to get this girl a pet of her own!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRg581TroTfXwJWcFTrts3nGUYE419F1zbXLkWB1zWSd8ZgvYbiOMMfT4_LkxtFtyI4CATdr4i9DyrU2FrSZWHg-NLCW2eeNYZhhf-iS9p7bkpz2WcfklKrWjPO99HrV-jR9pqBMkwCOpPyiP8_D1WwDzB_RgvtrY5FxML-3EYtqOKy8tlNVBn9ql0n_3/s4032/IMG_6212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRg581TroTfXwJWcFTrts3nGUYE419F1zbXLkWB1zWSd8ZgvYbiOMMfT4_LkxtFtyI4CATdr4i9DyrU2FrSZWHg-NLCW2eeNYZhhf-iS9p7bkpz2WcfklKrWjPO99HrV-jR9pqBMkwCOpPyiP8_D1WwDzB_RgvtrY5FxML-3EYtqOKy8tlNVBn9ql0n_3/w480-h640/IMG_6212.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RQj6UPo2LLTvWXNo5pgrOk8E25lZ-QSKAKCY3j6GeCpxkAKyqdpZH0kGKTAKxJSqeFiqOXq3z7n5IRSNMBvhHV7VTlFAXcV1_SgrDxC9AOV4HGuUa95YkmJN0q_tmvSJIph1NDl9g4bnHEtI8aifZfOKKson5OSQPsOFfS-xw1VWsXQklMOJhI5n-71j/s4032/IMG_6214-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RQj6UPo2LLTvWXNo5pgrOk8E25lZ-QSKAKCY3j6GeCpxkAKyqdpZH0kGKTAKxJSqeFiqOXq3z7n5IRSNMBvhHV7VTlFAXcV1_SgrDxC9AOV4HGuUa95YkmJN0q_tmvSJIph1NDl9g4bnHEtI8aifZfOKKson5OSQPsOFfS-xw1VWsXQklMOJhI5n-71j/w480-h640/IMG_6214-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">That's just a little bit of what we've been up to! I hope you all have a nice weekend!! </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSDFk_q4vlVo6kkxy9X3QrvM_5DDuUsAIKiB2TmU_MkBXFK4vryDLLqddHdja6hBBMR3nubonaUtoX_yPZWimEhj57wu0lhRW0GIKaANvc3uXc0w-U_PzM19Qpt2JmdaqVBvUGbSqXhSrXNQe0P8bS4_pKo3VHRpVSutjCuiJp6pgAOK2_eFCQGvcR9Wg/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSDFk_q4vlVo6kkxy9X3QrvM_5DDuUsAIKiB2TmU_MkBXFK4vryDLLqddHdja6hBBMR3nubonaUtoX_yPZWimEhj57wu0lhRW0GIKaANvc3uXc0w-U_PzM19Qpt2JmdaqVBvUGbSqXhSrXNQe0P8bS4_pKo3VHRpVSutjCuiJp6pgAOK2_eFCQGvcR9Wg/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-25378616355016464282023-10-09T04:30:00.075-04:002023-10-09T04:30:00.135-04:00Not Just a Mom October: Money Saving Tips<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Good morning friends! Happy Monday! </span></span></p><div><div class="ii gt" id=":5mp" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjQ3ODE0OTA2MTQzMTEzNTc1ODUiLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLFtdXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6cjEwOTAyMTE2MTE5MzY1NjY3NzIiLG51bGwsW10sbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsW10sW10sW11d" style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":5mo" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpPEQikEmnAT8lMu8F6no1xGMnn276in7sYOrQNeFgzu6vhEzkvoTqD_95K9gs-HbwiUhVBpncSC27Sg3DQiMRca97Grh2PXdYtmhYp3sXi_0vk6p1J8bPf6GIA3vcumJNLUY9wQR42f5LFP9PbE0p1__ZOEn6r2s1Gzx3qIQw8OrtvDVqY7mMsDixFL2/s2980/IMG_6198.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2980" data-original-width="2356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpPEQikEmnAT8lMu8F6no1xGMnn276in7sYOrQNeFgzu6vhEzkvoTqD_95K9gs-HbwiUhVBpncSC27Sg3DQiMRca97Grh2PXdYtmhYp3sXi_0vk6p1J8bPf6GIA3vcumJNLUY9wQR42f5LFP9PbE0p1__ZOEn6r2s1Gzx3qIQw8OrtvDVqY7mMsDixFL2/w506-h640/IMG_6198.jpg" width="506" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We took a quick trip up to the mountains and spent Saturday at <a href="https://tweetsie.com" target="_blank">Tweetsie Railroad</a>. Of all the times we have been to the Blowing Rock, we had never taken the kids to Tweetsie before. It is pretty expensive, and we kept waiting until we felt they were at the "right" ages to really enjoy it. Well, it finally felt like the perfect weekend to give it a. shot, and I am so happy we did! The kids had so much fun and both said āI want to go back every day!ā Luckily, you could take your day pass and put it towards a season pass, so thatās exactly what we did. I think we have a lot of visits to Tweetsie Railroad in our future!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBRkVQgWch0US4YdlLG2FiWSNUDPEo2NeaZgfHW0uEXhcYLZPNvjZt16kgNGzUVlVIyNFAT9B2pbm-q3KerXZpYc4WnM9HnhK_t7uAwbjnJLw1igFJCdNVbB4TvgccK1sw3-J617W1E4Wys5dLaWhP2vQMUvJy9duC0DsP_iwGNGpYrONuD5q5ihsFVhA/s4032/IMG_6195.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBRkVQgWch0US4YdlLG2FiWSNUDPEo2NeaZgfHW0uEXhcYLZPNvjZt16kgNGzUVlVIyNFAT9B2pbm-q3KerXZpYc4WnM9HnhK_t7uAwbjnJLw1igFJCdNVbB4TvgccK1sw3-J617W1E4Wys5dLaWhP2vQMUvJy9duC0DsP_iwGNGpYrONuD5q5ihsFVhA/w640-h480/IMG_6195.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today's topic for our monthly Not Just a Mom post is "money saving tips". I am embarrassed to admit this is <i><b><u>not</u> </b></i>an area where I shine. Like, not at all. Especially post-cancer Lauren. Post-cancer Lauren lives by the philosophy that life is short, if you want something, buy it now while you can enjoy it. That's not exactly a good "money saving tip." š </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">In fact, I initially thought, "I have nothing to say here, maybe I should just let <a href="http://www.momlifewithadrienne.com" target="_blank">Adrienne</a>, <a href="https://www.notinjersey.com" target="_blank">Dara</a>, <a href="https://showmeandsweettea.com" target="_blank">Jen</a>, <a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com" target="_blank">Joanne</a>, and <a href="http://www.torontosam.ca" target="_blank">Sarah</a> take over this month." After more thought though, it turns out I do save money in some "outside the box" ways, so I can share those with you!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIgMq2Nw-rfoSzs_jLBd92hiiXBU19dQWXmUrqH3cMGRHsuy82gFExHm7EsgN_HSPN5eBDlkbUwt6otFKsIPUp6ub6UIaohgOf7B6fKz7_ACxmiz_998Konsqy8tWp_bOQCYBTMpGD1tF_GI50sP5L4o0-P9YTPD-f41-lD_8-JE3wgXO2HvZtMF2B4as/s542/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.51.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="542" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIgMq2Nw-rfoSzs_jLBd92hiiXBU19dQWXmUrqH3cMGRHsuy82gFExHm7EsgN_HSPN5eBDlkbUwt6otFKsIPUp6ub6UIaohgOf7B6fKz7_ACxmiz_998Konsqy8tWp_bOQCYBTMpGD1tF_GI50sP5L4o0-P9YTPD-f41-lD_8-JE3wgXO2HvZtMF2B4as/w400-h131/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.51.05%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: auto;"></table></div><div><div id=":5mc" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div class="qQVYZb"></div><div class="utdU2e"></div><div class="lQs8Hd" jsaction="SN3rtf:rcuQ6b" jscontroller="i3Ohde"></div><div class="btm"></div></div><div><div class="aHl" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin-left: -38px;"></div><div id=":5n2" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;" tabindex="-1"></div><div class="ii gt" id=":5ma" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc3OTE5MTQyMTUxMjAyNjkyNCIsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsW11d; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc3OTE5MTQyMTUxMjAyNjkyNCIsbnVsbCxbXSxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbXSxbXSxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":5mb" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>Consignment Storesā</u></b> I love our kid's consignment store. The kids outgrow their clothes/shoes/coats/etc so quickly that theyāre usually still in good shape when weāre done with them. I love taking the kids' old clothes to sell there and I always look for new-to-us items while Iām there. Weāve gotten a lot of the kids' winter gear there āfor freeā because we traded in old clothes.</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQIXlosMmi-twRoXqQmygUxcEBaA1nbgrNdshhq0PZgTUPHGPfdGj0YrwE2iZ1i_AS3kIU4WGb7d3IL1VRNUfcmkl17fAu7zMrPQlXfvEQWE1IPEwaEwvOBhelrPsRY2hGVS8ek9vXD5-K_7s1b7dPSAycktuuTEIyO3oVJpEjGcfMWUTp5fjUgN26hs5/s640/IMG_8631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQIXlosMmi-twRoXqQmygUxcEBaA1nbgrNdshhq0PZgTUPHGPfdGj0YrwE2iZ1i_AS3kIU4WGb7d3IL1VRNUfcmkl17fAu7zMrPQlXfvEQWE1IPEwaEwvOBhelrPsRY2hGVS8ek9vXD5-K_7s1b7dPSAycktuuTEIyO3oVJpEjGcfMWUTp5fjUgN26hs5/w480-h640/IMG_8631.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>AAA Discountā</u></b> this is one I always forget to use, but thankfully Devin remembers. We are AAA members, and a lot of places take a AAA discount. For example, for our Disney trip in November, Devin used our AAA discount and saved us $150 on our tickets. </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc7hAiFDn-l9Hb4XYfTNAdtvlkRkh-9-48YQJMxqInRUprpcXElcuAXiDahpqeGpYJvDFMwqUysUSDNBLbevLfUF9VzRfWWs0lOa1yDMOBfK1VFuv-tzXGc9dE3DhA6YRO576_S-CNN1sA1CGQDz2jA2_k0XpikcNzEYpYF4j-HDDakxxCxf7bJDj145Z/s640/IMG_6750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc7hAiFDn-l9Hb4XYfTNAdtvlkRkh-9-48YQJMxqInRUprpcXElcuAXiDahpqeGpYJvDFMwqUysUSDNBLbevLfUF9VzRfWWs0lOa1yDMOBfK1VFuv-tzXGc9dE3DhA6YRO576_S-CNN1sA1CGQDz2jA2_k0XpikcNzEYpYF4j-HDDakxxCxf7bJDj145Z/w480-h640/IMG_6750.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Use the Public Libraryā</u></b> I used to buy every single book I read, and I usually read 3-4 books a month! Not only is that saving roughly $20 per book, but it keeps us from having to store all those books someplace once Iāve read them. </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfZX9g5hPIDvBwCvw9Dd2McUqjEsalG8UDk2mKASgW9jrkVs-IS-QzNI_XKxLg85_vwoZiIhKZGPIhikq5uZJFTfrVy-mVsIROX58xQqN56gG3jyqnjzVlXrD_yId279f8cS-FHYI7yHZeS0Tkoo_2LsdEsHlakseRScs3563uO7KT1ElBCUHZDIFvMo4/s640/IMG_20200503_104439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfZX9g5hPIDvBwCvw9Dd2McUqjEsalG8UDk2mKASgW9jrkVs-IS-QzNI_XKxLg85_vwoZiIhKZGPIhikq5uZJFTfrVy-mVsIROX58xQqN56gG3jyqnjzVlXrD_yId279f8cS-FHYI7yHZeS0Tkoo_2LsdEsHlakseRScs3563uO7KT1ElBCUHZDIFvMo4/w640-h480/IMG_20200503_104439.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Gardening/Composting/Rain Barrelā</u></b> Iām not sure we save a <i><b>ton</b></i> of money on this one, but it is a fun way to save a little bit! We love to garden and this year we especially hit the jackpot with our tomatoes and okra. Since we buy those things regularly at our grocery store, we are able to save money each week when we shop. By composting, we have a lot of great soil for free in our compost bin. We also grew all of our plants from seeds this year, which saved money too. We use our rain barrel to water our plants, and that actually does save a noticeable amount on our water bill! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKIzVZIkcGkxPoVteNxCqx2o9-XRxM5gjqWOLQHezW-j5y2iqnZls7V0xdeRz3m2rACyJ01Hj6iIgU9DqJ335YXe2wHYCvkXlbYUBHINw9mkB0ozJmIUzZH25u0T6CWZ-MaFYfta8lU7CE2E1R8Kqa9usadJttTVuC_W3wcQ728eHYtJn9Y5cASqt7xsv/s225/Unknown.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKIzVZIkcGkxPoVteNxCqx2o9-XRxM5gjqWOLQHezW-j5y2iqnZls7V0xdeRz3m2rACyJ01Hj6iIgU9DqJ335YXe2wHYCvkXlbYUBHINw9mkB0ozJmIUzZH25u0T6CWZ-MaFYfta8lU7CE2E1R8Kqa9usadJttTVuC_W3wcQ728eHYtJn9Y5cASqt7xsv/w400-h400/Unknown.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Facebook Marketplace--</u></b> Speaking of composting, we got our compost tumblers on Facebook Marketplace for a steal! Before we make most major purchases, we check FB Marketplace first.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, while these aren't your traditional money saving tips, they do seem to make a difference! I can't wait to read what you all have for your tips. If you are a blogger, please link up below. Also, next month we will be blogging about comfort foods. 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<!--end InLinkz code-->All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-6894045766762858132023-10-02T04:30:00.052-04:002023-10-02T04:30:00.161-04:00Prime Purchases September<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Good morning friends and HAPPY OCTOBER!!! One of our favorite months is here and I could not be more thrilled about it. We set up our skeletons yesterday and are ready for a month of fun.</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHb1R1M0JOxO3eS8iioNMWMsWprIQQ5_kHMmY2y85SYHw3t5JmANfiJyrshRJehtfoAdd9LB9kz53-eaU7CT7lIJazSu5qdGBRrc9-NlRl3k5WmKx1vbWWPmXP_cELYGxcRmfOskPOHbdsZwpbRn1RuPKAMndxgsOtg1XP42-5lNUYeyGWCLZBNT6QEsq/s640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHb1R1M0JOxO3eS8iioNMWMsWprIQQ5_kHMmY2y85SYHw3t5JmANfiJyrshRJehtfoAdd9LB9kz53-eaU7CT7lIJazSu5qdGBRrc9-NlRl3k5WmKx1vbWWPmXP_cELYGxcRmfOskPOHbdsZwpbRn1RuPKAMndxgsOtg1XP42-5lNUYeyGWCLZBNT6QEsq/w640-h640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://txtanya.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tanya</a> for Prime Purchases</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXpdHZMmApby8tJZJS4gD3QacSQEDdhHPQkqfh18nphft50MutWuNOExgal6srpgrSFDMLTOkdNrClwmN5Xa3PW_-25K3Y-Wd9Qms-z2zcU61KqfxF0pdhruLDv_JXN33cxlbv7Wn7UFHnsSqzu9oOIN7b7tcXgZDetu0MfGw4abLHNNIEPIm4tdGGrWd/s1463/61PUri-46DL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="1315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXpdHZMmApby8tJZJS4gD3QacSQEDdhHPQkqfh18nphft50MutWuNOExgal6srpgrSFDMLTOkdNrClwmN5Xa3PW_-25K3Y-Wd9Qms-z2zcU61KqfxF0pdhruLDv_JXN33cxlbv7Wn7UFHnsSqzu9oOIN7b7tcXgZDetu0MfGw4abLHNNIEPIm4tdGGrWd/s320/61PUri-46DL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z4SKLL?ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26th%3D1%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D171f246aa4494c9efa7d007afee970ae%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw0YkUExulzNuwb12eJAb06L" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z4SKLL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=171f246aa4494c9efa7d007afee970ae&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Towel Holder</a>-- Our towel rod in the kids bathroom was ancient and broke earlier this month. One particular child might've decided to hang on it... this child will remain anonymous š. Anyway, I needed to replace the rod and found these little hooks instead. I thought it could be cute for each kid to have their own hook with their own towel, instead of one rod holding only one towel. We like these so far!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziy9eBLh5mjBbPJxuqqNXz-qpz4C7w7JBDarPLQ5hfhHRdMerzu2MJ12nkhPZuwOdi-2WbnfpwqoLbP9qIckAmYkR2x5y7ZRYYBqYixYOZ-_X64QE9uyjrDWujcq4yqfmbHyioj424554Pf6pEsVYU4YZvS_-o1Edv414N_5nvTtCh0WzQ-N36kLjhjsR/s1376/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-01%20at%207.53.07%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziy9eBLh5mjBbPJxuqqNXz-qpz4C7w7JBDarPLQ5hfhHRdMerzu2MJ12nkhPZuwOdi-2WbnfpwqoLbP9qIckAmYkR2x5y7ZRYYBqYixYOZ-_X64QE9uyjrDWujcq4yqfmbHyioj424554Pf6pEsVYU4YZvS_-o1Edv414N_5nvTtCh0WzQ-N36kLjhjsR/w336-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-01%20at%207.53.07%20AM.png" width="336" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MYX9KVQ?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D3b1dbfdee229c8b2811804529c50dde6%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw12hYefzWPHa9dQn3LZduiX" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MYX9KVQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=3b1dbfdee229c8b2811804529c50dde6&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Red Dress</a>-- I saw another teacher at school with this dress and thought it looked so cute on her, so I grabbed it in two colors! The red and the olive green.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yXFEZlXkiIC0QBbtF7xaK-XHDDfcpWwEiUYCAGHEJ_t9DDJO4p7m0ZD6b270X7QfvSv0AHIFFkSmyY_dMoghVcxdQ5LdleWgsWWn8X0o3xFhz67bMG2O0d52pyPx338vm3Ak7CnGW1yfkXV2cSDWCbnNmxw19It0OLFNp5WsQLKLgvAHGLw2xeyuXTnU/s1392/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-01%20at%207.52.32%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yXFEZlXkiIC0QBbtF7xaK-XHDDfcpWwEiUYCAGHEJ_t9DDJO4p7m0ZD6b270X7QfvSv0AHIFFkSmyY_dMoghVcxdQ5LdleWgsWWn8X0o3xFhz67bMG2O0d52pyPx338vm3Ak7CnGW1yfkXV2cSDWCbnNmxw19It0OLFNp5WsQLKLgvAHGLw2xeyuXTnU/w330-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-01%20at%207.52.32%20AM.png" width="330" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MYX9KVQ?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D3b1dbfdee229c8b2811804529c50dde6%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw12hYefzWPHa9dQn3LZduiX" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MYX9KVQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=3b1dbfdee229c8b2811804529c50dde6&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Green Dress</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyy8aOBVU7TaSidtYKYJGq1GllM_Hvb07_a-4mZVV6AdeFoybFJ47Xe7WHc5nQH0W2UFXdgzUrgA15cEgL6eqRH7KjzZ-IW_eWoW-8bLhws-gFGD0wMeahi2-yG2wElnYJ_3nV7xaWAwxf01n0gxXH5Zk-y5gjF_LNaLzTNrMOtXmc5V5xGRdMyPqQkKi/s1500/71iQ+CV3U7L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1500" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyy8aOBVU7TaSidtYKYJGq1GllM_Hvb07_a-4mZVV6AdeFoybFJ47Xe7WHc5nQH0W2UFXdgzUrgA15cEgL6eqRH7KjzZ-IW_eWoW-8bLhws-gFGD0wMeahi2-yG2wElnYJ_3nV7xaWAwxf01n0gxXH5Zk-y5gjF_LNaLzTNrMOtXmc5V5xGRdMyPqQkKi/w400-h316/71iQ+CV3U7L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DHN9RHH?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D23199ebca73cac675697a95e5e5a0ab9%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw2BIzes-E02vqRZVH_fs8KI" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DHN9RHH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=23199ebca73cac675697a95e5e5a0ab9&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Buildzi</a>-- We originally bought this for Liam's birthday but LG is much more into than he is.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0oItmBocdINAiCv6IkLuc9k7YROiJNR0gm4sb-BrWkO6TceUDbL8xuVTq8GuvH20XYLaAVC0Ya-iQ-UM3yaXLp-XGOnSd5wXTI4DaCmEHg-sWMqDVAV_GLjzQtcxOYcnQTmBPwW70dkKykQHXy4E362OqXSiO5r_BowaIe3uvWjFNk7Rrdy1ogFErF7y/s1500/81oa5+NNR2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0oItmBocdINAiCv6IkLuc9k7YROiJNR0gm4sb-BrWkO6TceUDbL8xuVTq8GuvH20XYLaAVC0Ya-iQ-UM3yaXLp-XGOnSd5wXTI4DaCmEHg-sWMqDVAV_GLjzQtcxOYcnQTmBPwW70dkKykQHXy4E362OqXSiO5r_BowaIe3uvWjFNk7Rrdy1ogFErF7y/w245-h400/81oa5+NNR2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QB74WYK?ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26th%3D1%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3Dbb54f760ea513112f9330860144000d4%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw2fcT3flRY9TysbY6URDE5r" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QB74WYK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=bb54f760ea513112f9330860144000d4&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Magnetic Puzzle--</a> We originally bought this puzzle for Liam back in Ireland at Avoca, but he has since lost a few pieces. This is his favorite puzzle, and he does it all the time even though he lost a few pieces. We bought him a new one for his birthday and he was so happy!!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XSvJPkj9GKelU5np8eBc8DW4EKp9skQ4Yx0FHi7YwnZuUobHA8fLhcpHYIaaiTbfiNOWcTJXAySLKlK7g1wtiG7zsgT1dwH8NqrRWiORl1hqEVWcefzLTSY9krAiYID8MMtn_VKvK4QavMvVejyNjF1LTGvkHp2khsO2IDejyeJm-JpI3tbfd1jzBxUt/s1277/61C7PucS+WL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1277" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XSvJPkj9GKelU5np8eBc8DW4EKp9skQ4Yx0FHi7YwnZuUobHA8fLhcpHYIaaiTbfiNOWcTJXAySLKlK7g1wtiG7zsgT1dwH8NqrRWiORl1hqEVWcefzLTSY9krAiYID8MMtn_VKvK4QavMvVejyNjF1LTGvkHp2khsO2IDejyeJm-JpI3tbfd1jzBxUt/w400-h374/61C7PucS+WL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XX92T4C?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3Da09ed72a4afc9e83429a324d5aecf1b3%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw1JipVfNwg_WMEAayls8ZF7" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XX92T4C?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=a09ed72a4afc9e83429a324d5aecf1b3&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Snack Containers-</a>- We try to eliminate plastic/trash whenever we can, so we use these snack containers for the kids' snacks at school. We have used these for years, but lost a lid or two, so I grabbed more. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDCeUSpZSS6iShxNBC4wPDgWwa8B4bj6xLGAEfX2rirZxKcU0X9O0sfWFfnf4UQjjysFgofmXmwbaZq6RX5bHGSPFCeRkWy-_QAumKKDpWyXKxE7up6VR8gzyVVhmkxcXqkCRuqWDYND2mEfUBYGUJ3mng8IAXYifO8exV6N9MgxRWjwtwEjDjrB3kE9X/s1450/71AazKqpy6L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="980" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDCeUSpZSS6iShxNBC4wPDgWwa8B4bj6xLGAEfX2rirZxKcU0X9O0sfWFfnf4UQjjysFgofmXmwbaZq6RX5bHGSPFCeRkWy-_QAumKKDpWyXKxE7up6VR8gzyVVhmkxcXqkCRuqWDYND2mEfUBYGUJ3mng8IAXYifO8exV6N9MgxRWjwtwEjDjrB3kE9X/w270-h400/71AazKqpy6L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H5G96FM?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D5c402ab45d4a7928fca681300e8431b6%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw2IX-4oNg_YAeRYXFJd8jh3" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H5G96FM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=5c402ab45d4a7928fca681300e8431b6&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Accordion Style Sticky Notes-- </a> I bought a cute sticky note holder for my desk at school, and it uses accordion style sticky notes. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd2eAT7mPwxqVjVX0cDw6U3oH70O8Md01lFA08dwwl1F80y3OQj_2xpUJrjP8gHn2wksFtcqRCjj73vz1J7ylWH2-iFKJdbJiNEssqWIzMdr43RQCZ5cHwYGjAbrurkDbT955uY6MaJygvaqHVpHkNAlSOhBtQ4qOVj4tAdxcI2RE8Okn-o_uCbXFDIlw/s4032/Apple.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd2eAT7mPwxqVjVX0cDw6U3oH70O8Md01lFA08dwwl1F80y3OQj_2xpUJrjP8gHn2wksFtcqRCjj73vz1J7ylWH2-iFKJdbJiNEssqWIzMdr43RQCZ5cHwYGjAbrurkDbT955uY6MaJygvaqHVpHkNAlSOhBtQ4qOVj4tAdxcI2RE8Okn-o_uCbXFDIlw/w300-h400/Apple.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Isn't that cute? I got it on Etsy.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0qiWlLeqpoWPSC-toUOR4a6MXpWV1L1UYCysD-x_oY_vh6cwsCPsUdjiKxPDstTrtOlv5GTLxvZ0g3Q7ipHeY0qbk4PPp2UPbwK4kMzakMhDmdmAVMpi9vlXdalPT4hxeFo9DOtflnkwybU3CntMJp9k9ouigxpw-NyVMzE8Z0ih_-VFvwLk4xCOWT4T/s1333/51goCV-UtlL._SL1333_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0qiWlLeqpoWPSC-toUOR4a6MXpWV1L1UYCysD-x_oY_vh6cwsCPsUdjiKxPDstTrtOlv5GTLxvZ0g3Q7ipHeY0qbk4PPp2UPbwK4kMzakMhDmdmAVMpi9vlXdalPT4hxeFo9DOtflnkwybU3CntMJp9k9ouigxpw-NyVMzE8Z0ih_-VFvwLk4xCOWT4T/w300-h400/51goCV-UtlL._SL1333_.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Gross-Alpha-Beta-Intense/dp/B0791HLW42/ref=sr_1_5?crid=21AFTJJW72HMD&keywords=dr+dennis+gross+tan+wipes&qid=1695768701&sprefix=dr+denis+gros+tan+%252Caps%252C89&sr=8-5&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=345cd6a356bca34d559d504c708679ad&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Dr. Dennis Gros Tanning Wipes--</a> It's that time of year when we aren't getting a tan from the sun anymore, hence the wipes.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGmnXu5X-W7IBJSjV6NE-XRN1GzO0GcnNpsDv5osZY-5DH2SRN17QRT7p1IDrmvelGUsJaBzFUBi3DRycqaEqZ6rgFTHO7grMiBvWo7v25dwidShXd4rl5DmqYCwZf6k4giNmZtGFqUOkbMatPy4suvgJXT5sOcucAp7kNMI0tJbenPRdehmh076QxV6B/s1500/61slQUMAFfL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1421" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGmnXu5X-W7IBJSjV6NE-XRN1GzO0GcnNpsDv5osZY-5DH2SRN17QRT7p1IDrmvelGUsJaBzFUBi3DRycqaEqZ6rgFTHO7grMiBvWo7v25dwidShXd4rl5DmqYCwZf6k4giNmZtGFqUOkbMatPy4suvgJXT5sOcucAp7kNMI0tJbenPRdehmh076QxV6B/w380-h400/61slQUMAFfL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PBLKWBM?psc%3D1%26ref%3Dppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details%26_encoding%3DUTF8%26tag%3Dallaboutthatm-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26linkId%3D2b16e1cfd27d62dffc4e88e27c4d886d%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325&source=gmail&ust=1696022035553000&usg=AOvVaw0ppHxby2HBOY1eyMEQiMy6" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PBLKWBM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=2b16e1cfd27d62dffc4e88e27c4d886d&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Set of Two Skeletons--</a> One of our poor skeletons broke when he was being posed at the end of last October, and we completely forgot about it until we pulled them out of the attic a few days ago. Thank God for Amazon! This set of 2 was cheap and arrived in just a few days.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for reading along today! I hope you have a great week!</span></div></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-65353607824734996192023-09-27T04:30:00.384-04:002023-09-27T04:30:00.142-04:00Whatās Up Wednesday<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Hi friends! Happy end of September!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Weāre Eating This Week:</u> </b>We have my favorite <a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2019/11/crockpot-butternut-squash-soup.html" target="_blank">crockpot butternut squash soup</a>:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeeWjuPfkLLVGujXo0k3scht9btB0lvcEGmDh4Y64phNEq2k-khCskhrxa-WgCloiJQXwu9INAdi--1AtubFGJBUifw8L5Nqf2J3cQasJC8GkrYVcuLOys2Qg6gX4UH3Xq0L6U1l_Potl2wD9uO8I1P02V1HdAOFaWpTZyKeFQyYKr7ghpI8EA8dbrPy2/s640/00000IMG_00000_BURST20191117174435226_COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeeWjuPfkLLVGujXo0k3scht9btB0lvcEGmDh4Y64phNEq2k-khCskhrxa-WgCloiJQXwu9INAdi--1AtubFGJBUifw8L5Nqf2J3cQasJC8GkrYVcuLOys2Qg6gX4UH3Xq0L6U1l_Potl2wD9uO8I1P02V1HdAOFaWpTZyKeFQyYKr7ghpI8EA8dbrPy2/w480-h640/00000IMG_00000_BURST20191117174435226_COVER.jpg" width="480" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We are also having pasta with our favorite TJ's seasonal pasta sauce:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DxJnqdnE_F3bI7kz2NpQesrOFZ2fSSmnHFSgYf5iwD0VCOOuzIjDVTLxjCRteovQRK8Vxy-A5tM7fo-6D8e60EpAuJIoK-USRDdwKzxLxPSIrwxSODKTnWeAkaHIpDxnkI91W79S6fq0b1QntNI_SgEcBFV8TmZC8qt_NwxXAxVikMHLFmavHZWsAzdx/s4032/sauce.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DxJnqdnE_F3bI7kz2NpQesrOFZ2fSSmnHFSgYf5iwD0VCOOuzIjDVTLxjCRteovQRK8Vxy-A5tM7fo-6D8e60EpAuJIoK-USRDdwKzxLxPSIrwxSODKTnWeAkaHIpDxnkI91W79S6fq0b1QntNI_SgEcBFV8TmZC8qt_NwxXAxVikMHLFmavHZWsAzdx/w480-h640/sauce.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iām Loving:</u></b> Heck yeah!!!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbpuLwQLpBituDSKCQWYKwcA8aX6uv5l_EZAfToAnkvq5qevYLEzsCNl9_9v1r3Nqnq6vR7yDnK06A0C1ez7Pg5wCW1r9ht589On5xq9il4iBj6ZRUVLelUppR37QvuPmE2WiK-L86vdu42PT5kARigPS7fgfnyeNcpw38k7PS0O1t7LGPZFWFpK2cAF0/s2079/Weather.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbpuLwQLpBituDSKCQWYKwcA8aX6uv5l_EZAfToAnkvq5qevYLEzsCNl9_9v1r3Nqnq6vR7yDnK06A0C1ez7Pg5wCW1r9ht589On5xq9il4iBj6ZRUVLelUppR37QvuPmE2WiK-L86vdu42PT5kARigPS7fgfnyeNcpw38k7PS0O1t7LGPZFWFpK2cAF0/w296-h640/Weather.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Hopefully we will be outside as much as possible this week!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Also loving this new watch face:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQjkrUmCzDD0f5H9gsch5xGtY0I7l9kVtrcRMT6veK0YRh5N9xOWiy6Jvom9Dqn7G54O8lyjAnj1LnjmujiHOYejEMwbTavjBdyMw5ILOHsW9VddBO-OBRcTfqTHOdkY0Ilr_td-msQ4zsklYSrbkrHDmEfymrjF2m3nCT-xW6nhvqZH0klwN_ELn1NI8/s4032/Watch%20Face.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQjkrUmCzDD0f5H9gsch5xGtY0I7l9kVtrcRMT6veK0YRh5N9xOWiy6Jvom9Dqn7G54O8lyjAnj1LnjmujiHOYejEMwbTavjBdyMw5ILOHsW9VddBO-OBRcTfqTHOdkY0Ilr_td-msQ4zsklYSrbkrHDmEfymrjF2m3nCT-xW6nhvqZH0klwN_ELn1NI8/w480-h640/Watch%20Face.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can't tell from the picture but the leaves move and look like they're falling-- so cute and festive! I had to download a separate app called "WatchFaces" to get it. I hope they do a snow falling one for winter!!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XW0S9WcHKM54R9peH8Y7TRa8j4lfjZE9YQtiJ5VCsQW2e6zDggDNIbCI_UJBtIdrwhHnwb8T4WIh8O88UW2rgkOKuz6dym9V9OU59XpVIQpH8G8VV2o1gB5cYBwitMY2wXy0rLkMSJlpBD-r318U6r0CBYeHM_cINzUHIN3IG65vsEgXhTxnIIFZU7dV/s1600/DSC_0344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XW0S9WcHKM54R9peH8Y7TRa8j4lfjZE9YQtiJ5VCsQW2e6zDggDNIbCI_UJBtIdrwhHnwb8T4WIh8O88UW2rgkOKuz6dym9V9OU59XpVIQpH8G8VV2o1gB5cYBwitMY2wXy0rLkMSJlpBD-r318U6r0CBYeHM_cINzUHIN3IG65vsEgXhTxnIIFZU7dV/w640-h426/DSC_0344.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iām Reminiscing About:</u></b> The book I'm reading (you'll see below) starts with a foreword by someone who saw the book in a bookstore in Amsterdam, which brought back all the memories of <a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/search/label/Amsterdam" target="_blank">the trip Devin and I took to Amsterdam in 2018</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBLEkrxkP_Ft2KXlFfY8cvI56uO3l3QiEpoBAEqAISGfbfQoSWstMzNJPdOkPumYmYiAnX9sjickwKsVfcZV-BeYMmgiGxuWSYZm5rBmKNKp8fzlHjvrmqdC05WXECj7rf94WONUJm_Mt_oQ7drYm4DYXRS06qgTW6rYKqeME_mOgUCjmCa7XKctNU2i4/s1600/DSC_0355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBLEkrxkP_Ft2KXlFfY8cvI56uO3l3QiEpoBAEqAISGfbfQoSWstMzNJPdOkPumYmYiAnX9sjickwKsVfcZV-BeYMmgiGxuWSYZm5rBmKNKp8fzlHjvrmqdC05WXECj7rf94WONUJm_Mt_oQ7drYm4DYXRS06qgTW6rYKqeME_mOgUCjmCa7XKctNU2i4/w640-h426/DSC_0355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">It was such a beautiful time of year to be there. I remember the weather "feeling like fall" there while it still felt like summer back home.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWx_QQDNypVCrgTniEw4JE7Egb4FheB4O3D77mOzR7YFuWVZxRjYqFvQf_uv-p8QWYMtNh-0LSog9DAOcOhq-IlNGvF-7whLX2ClIcca21bHPxsJ1lioziGh4E7f4GSe_PhNb3mRvEZdqCplLcIylBB0RE-aVrJoAj9_0E0fUYJfI123dfelISjKRQanP/s1600/IMG_20181006_125054.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWx_QQDNypVCrgTniEw4JE7Egb4FheB4O3D77mOzR7YFuWVZxRjYqFvQf_uv-p8QWYMtNh-0LSog9DAOcOhq-IlNGvF-7whLX2ClIcca21bHPxsJ1lioziGh4E7f4GSe_PhNb3mRvEZdqCplLcIylBB0RE-aVrJoAj9_0E0fUYJfI123dfelISjKRQanP/w640-h480/IMG_20181006_125054.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I feel like we look <i><b>so</b></i> much younger and it was only 5 years ago! Kids sure age you-- haha!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><u><b>What Iām Working On:</b></u> Attempting to get some outfits together for family photos! A coworkerās daughter recently decided she wants to start her own photography business, and she is taking pictures this fall in Blowing Rock. We were so happy to help a friendās daughter grow her business, and also to take pictures in one of our favorite places! It has me going down memory lane of fall family pictures in years past.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDqozRUtEPt6wctfUanaJHMtSNBCw7dp0aRghfwlBo1HU1FJd2M9OjWmfBHsTRLw6LoTPZ-oHo0ULs1dnrUoPsxHeF6gjXB8Ces7RqMLLWPpxt8YdRgGXixSSZgfaxr8v2WqSW19qRW8OzSbVf-_mQCEEkQYKBIZvzY4lotJfeN5znidDCEFvzhYwJFEr/s1496/Family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1496" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDqozRUtEPt6wctfUanaJHMtSNBCw7dp0aRghfwlBo1HU1FJd2M9OjWmfBHsTRLw6LoTPZ-oHo0ULs1dnrUoPsxHeF6gjXB8Ces7RqMLLWPpxt8YdRgGXixSSZgfaxr8v2WqSW19qRW8OzSbVf-_mQCEEkQYKBIZvzY4lotJfeN5znidDCEFvzhYwJFEr/w640-h426/Family.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">2018</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bUEA2S_yEt3xt5d9hDR7gBGa0pWVokagSIB8Ksr8qbdQiwcQDx87NC-INqjBijtsx69-W5AvRF6NLWaU1cBhxZVLjlxaEn49z5zvN8R8CuqCfSYBKYef4jlOoPV-D3heX9UiNBjAv17maSJEgZQQ9pOw0jczknzaUaC9ifpdOJxWbh_2VNwsrusbot4m/s640/8DB5C2D7-05CC-4BA5-8A0C-B97B2919C8BD.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bUEA2S_yEt3xt5d9hDR7gBGa0pWVokagSIB8Ksr8qbdQiwcQDx87NC-INqjBijtsx69-W5AvRF6NLWaU1cBhxZVLjlxaEn49z5zvN8R8CuqCfSYBKYef4jlOoPV-D3heX9UiNBjAv17maSJEgZQQ9pOw0jczknzaUaC9ifpdOJxWbh_2VNwsrusbot4m/w426-h640/8DB5C2D7-05CC-4BA5-8A0C-B97B2919C8BD.JPEG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">2020</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELv0wqEl3Ah7dkVVY48uKzDIcbQEaMtjDp3eqTOfM3g6tgF_oVkct3B3FswHPcHgQwCbY9WcjRzPZDv7vK6UBVPF2JGTUHaSIe6XGMJNxBjbtcIR-28Gjdj_Yar-oxB-FbOSNtu5SaGJsiXrw6_PabO9pybjuGVXEBraqEviiH1DkUlSMDaaneBwMNjkB/s1494/MiniSession_003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELv0wqEl3Ah7dkVVY48uKzDIcbQEaMtjDp3eqTOfM3g6tgF_oVkct3B3FswHPcHgQwCbY9WcjRzPZDv7vK6UBVPF2JGTUHaSIe6XGMJNxBjbtcIR-28Gjdj_Yar-oxB-FbOSNtu5SaGJsiXrw6_PabO9pybjuGVXEBraqEviiH1DkUlSMDaaneBwMNjkB/w426-h640/MiniSession_003.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">2021</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We didn't get them last year because Devin wanted to do them every other year instead. Anyone else's husband only like doing family pictures every other year? I am SO happy it's an "on" year! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iām Excited About: </u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73DPi91EwIqi4qv6auIMiYlBDh8uvn5LNqGTfJqnrveDFWz_59uAPcCOpwBimuiYiCz0cw2rnaiLTPvZNS56X6uvBEUBmqWjJ42WqZYqeWhKUEearx84tv3wHGF0adKbO0590mde4MxwMGFS_W695lvCPzZkQSExqRfXcMUl5rOxtVWvEhKJ81JEOlX-f/s942/taylor-swift-donna-kelce-chiefs-bears-sept-24-2023-billboard-1548.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="942" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73DPi91EwIqi4qv6auIMiYlBDh8uvn5LNqGTfJqnrveDFWz_59uAPcCOpwBimuiYiCz0cw2rnaiLTPvZNS56X6uvBEUBmqWjJ42WqZYqeWhKUEearx84tv3wHGF0adKbO0590mde4MxwMGFS_W695lvCPzZkQSExqRfXcMUl5rOxtVWvEhKJ81JEOlX-f/w640-h424/taylor-swift-donna-kelce-chiefs-bears-sept-24-2023-billboard-1548.jpg.webp" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I mean, arenāt we all? š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iām Watching/Reading:</u></b> The Empress on Netflix. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHn4XCBGo5ylPl7qkv_Sq4vCcFcvy0HzBA513uNSyeZ9Q3otXU64LA-q0it9YGT__b1b9Bg28KyF0Ox4cgoKzvsQB_QobhwFKF3-K9NuplcJh_LTYR6a5Ttr7-pX9nMAwqHpz9bC_9Uk02ayxfjlaHwXVxRY_5S8PR9NZgKKDuMfKegyql9snY99QhD0PR/s1481/MV5BNmNhZDE5ODctOGE2Mi00NGVkLTkwN2EtMGRjMjkxMzYyZjczXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjExNjgyMTc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHn4XCBGo5ylPl7qkv_Sq4vCcFcvy0HzBA513uNSyeZ9Q3otXU64LA-q0it9YGT__b1b9Bg28KyF0Ox4cgoKzvsQB_QobhwFKF3-K9NuplcJh_LTYR6a5Ttr7-pX9nMAwqHpz9bC_9Uk02ayxfjlaHwXVxRY_5S8PR9NZgKKDuMfKegyql9snY99QhD0PR/w432-h640/MV5BNmNhZDE5ODctOGE2Mi00NGVkLTkwN2EtMGRjMjkxMzYyZjczXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjExNjgyMTc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Iām such a history nerd and also love all things royalty, so this show was right up my alley!! My only complaint is that there is only one season, and Netflix hasnāt started filming the second season yet. Ugh! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa0Pjff_FHje276ruAnWkuSoTts5NccLcfB58Y2WSPCx8TNokgokgEyjdo70I0JRjo4dtbwdBKKo10GTA7M7ib0PXmggqHE75VUBDJxOWmxf6YOQeVgBTEq5k1oPhLnHT8VN___gfQeFBcN6nq4b5VtpQMNR4bIc2y76vl0eMwyvegCHsxKpVlS3eJfdm/s1500/71pXuZLRL0L._SL1500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa0Pjff_FHje276ruAnWkuSoTts5NccLcfB58Y2WSPCx8TNokgokgEyjdo70I0JRjo4dtbwdBKKo10GTA7M7ib0PXmggqHE75VUBDJxOWmxf6YOQeVgBTEq5k1oPhLnHT8VN___gfQeFBcN6nq4b5VtpQMNR4bIc2y76vl0eMwyvegCHsxKpVlS3eJfdm/w514-h640/71pXuZLRL0L._SL1500_.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As for reading, one of my students at school has an ADHD diagnosis, just like our sweet girl. The studentās pediatrician recommended <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sitting-Still-Like-Frog-Mindfulness/dp/1611800587/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1695738493&sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=09507fd0cfd596fb228e095ffa0228a9&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">this book</a> to the parents, and the parents told me about it. Itās a cute book about mindfulness activities for kids. I have done some of the activities with my own kids, and they really like them! Itās about slowing down, feeling your breath, and using your five senses to be aware of the world around you, among other things. It's cute!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iāve Been Listening To:</u></b> itās that time of year when Halloween KidzBop makes an appearance again. I have a love-hate relationship with it. Itās cute in the beginning, but six weeks from now you know I am going to be So. Over. It!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What Iāve Been Wearing:</u></b> I had these big plans of taking an outfit picture in the morning before we left for school, but the sun isnāt up yet and my room is so dark! Not to mention, itās a mad scramble to get everyone fed, dressed, hair brushed, teeth brushed and out the door by 7 am. So one day I recreated a whole bunch of the outfits Iāve been wearing.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YwYNJ-gc1RbA70T3vaEqrSJ4fTB_JCmusBEVzVNEqqqEUNRGVzetILgtlpShB9lHWMeDCa0QdHre2kltENqZsc7ak4JKNGQM8DC8oKKBXlCXDEonxerIN_elqHL8EmEA1djPmM7xwxcdI76bY2cR0l0BUHMfAoE6lDZmFg1iXokI9Cy99meMi1CEjovb/s4032/IMG_6109.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2104" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YwYNJ-gc1RbA70T3vaEqrSJ4fTB_JCmusBEVzVNEqqqEUNRGVzetILgtlpShB9lHWMeDCa0QdHre2kltENqZsc7ak4JKNGQM8DC8oKKBXlCXDEonxerIN_elqHL8EmEA1djPmM7xwxcdI76bY2cR0l0BUHMfAoE6lDZmFg1iXokI9Cy99meMi1CEjovb/w336-h640/IMG_6109.jpg" width="336" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="http://goto.target.com/rQ0yLy" target="_blank">Target Dress</a> (you will not find this one in stores, itās online only!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6ztJET_OUG4Td-Ge_8KlTxbxpJx2QuTFH4whjRDriEdUWO5j11bLZVPzklROMnuFxV6dgydTe3_f8_ba5qGb4IWSRVAjUDwtVMJlQJ_ZibKdtfOT2qOn4-3zPWFsCh4LfNx7GkV0JmPO2RULcvuzYCPg4Q-cmx08xN581e0BDlHKYVwnl5OVEgcNnfJQ/s3674/IMG_6111.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3674" data-original-width="1981" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6ztJET_OUG4Td-Ge_8KlTxbxpJx2QuTFH4whjRDriEdUWO5j11bLZVPzklROMnuFxV6dgydTe3_f8_ba5qGb4IWSRVAjUDwtVMJlQJ_ZibKdtfOT2qOn4-3zPWFsCh4LfNx7GkV0JmPO2RULcvuzYCPg4Q-cmx08xN581e0BDlHKYVwnl5OVEgcNnfJQ/w346-h640/IMG_6111.jpg" width="346" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Same <a href="https://www.target.com/p/august-sky-women-s-empire-waist-midi-dress-rdc2045-light-olive-small/-/A-87411649" target="_blank">Target dress</a>, different color/<a href="https://sovrn.co/hzxgpi1" target="_blank">denim jacket</a>/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087D86BCM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=5b817fc6d7d21b50390ad0278ff7132a&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">sandals</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhU0XvDj0s8tYECAOtjeCKfuSxpC7nEWPyVw6TJFtJk-DVk2alLUIH9vAJkjP_OdgOeIbsoMjGB-DJTIuz_f5ioQ07lRcVY7bFAzmOISmPKMWIh0OqkE7FUE6W10FJwLCFdvP9aJliZfcO0tjXEg04mOLeNxwnZ1JMuK1V6Y2M3JaO1PkBZgO0PL3N1Ds/s2701/IMG_6114-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="1531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhU0XvDj0s8tYECAOtjeCKfuSxpC7nEWPyVw6TJFtJk-DVk2alLUIH9vAJkjP_OdgOeIbsoMjGB-DJTIuz_f5ioQ07lRcVY7bFAzmOISmPKMWIh0OqkE7FUE6W10FJwLCFdvP9aJliZfcO0tjXEg04mOLeNxwnZ1JMuK1V6Y2M3JaO1PkBZgO0PL3N1Ds/w362-h640/IMG_6114-2.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08X69M5JK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f589c4b3ab099735243c89ffacbfbd14&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Black dress</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frye-Melissa-Equestrian-Inspired-Hard-Wearing-Hardware/dp/B07B28PTH3/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=269D0HNHN8NQJ&keywords=frye+boots&qid=1695767341&sprefix=frye+boots%252Caps%252C90&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=2725f77bedc492112bdb7f88e31531e1&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">boots</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4GBUGfBSG6hFzgMnmdRsP2B5MBCAfFR4cP4NXTc0WZ6MpQu3drysqQLaEiWTzPjDssyn1DG9RxoFwUKapCUmHJgC-QZhKZWR9CS0CG0BETRlRgmdVAVovy5gkCoLBjyR3SbQM3vtmoiVENGshaO8utbC6zipdM8-y3nXdj2Pbr6_j5iVsx5G3u8jtObL/s4032/IMG_6112.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4GBUGfBSG6hFzgMnmdRsP2B5MBCAfFR4cP4NXTc0WZ6MpQu3drysqQLaEiWTzPjDssyn1DG9RxoFwUKapCUmHJgC-QZhKZWR9CS0CG0BETRlRgmdVAVovy5gkCoLBjyR3SbQM3vtmoiVENGshaO8utbC6zipdM8-y3nXdj2Pbr6_j5iVsx5G3u8jtObL/w360-h640/IMG_6112.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Black dress (old, couldn't find a good link), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BYH6B1Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=4a0a04ad58eb1cd26eb17fe3f6103768&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">brown sweater</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087D86BCM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=5b817fc6d7d21b50390ad0278ff7132a&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">sandals</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>What I'm Doing This Weekend:</u></b> Hopefully not much of anything but relaxing!</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month:</u> </b>All things Halloween!!!! We go very big with Halloween in our family, and this year will be no exception. As most of you know, we have skeletons in our front yard that we pose daily. This month is going to be particularly busy for us, so I sent out a neighborhood-wide email, asking other families if they wanted to take a day or two to pose them. It has been a big hit, and we have had 11 families sign up so far to take a turn posing the skeletons. I am so excited to see with the whole neighborhood can come up with!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9_TC8gu86rXjCtQJU8Dl47TckngEbiPCfXikcN4IkDobgfU2AudkyEMomeVJYE0K8z6_S-MKth3E9OBm0rAj5DIZN_mqur7xKJAYsUZZ_G9txXThpgPtMftVb1k5WTbBI5iDw6u93eGNjbNOzqQPr1SzBpFvD0ujDWCx00IsQgbtAXnzmtdK-pVflZ9c/s1333/51goCV-UtlL._SL1333_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9_TC8gu86rXjCtQJU8Dl47TckngEbiPCfXikcN4IkDobgfU2AudkyEMomeVJYE0K8z6_S-MKth3E9OBm0rAj5DIZN_mqur7xKJAYsUZZ_G9txXThpgPtMftVb1k5WTbBI5iDw6u93eGNjbNOzqQPr1SzBpFvD0ujDWCx00IsQgbtAXnzmtdK-pVflZ9c/s320/51goCV-UtlL._SL1333_.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>Best Amazon Buy:</u></b> It's that time of the year where we aren't getting tan from the sun anymore, so bring on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Gross-Alpha-Beta-Intense/dp/B0791HLW42/ref=sr_1_5?crid=21AFTJJW72HMD&keywords=dr+dennis+gross+tan+wipes&qid=1695768701&sprefix=dr+denis+gros+tan+%252Caps%252C89&sr=8-5&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=345cd6a356bca34d559d504c708679ad&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">the tanning wipes</a>!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with Sheaffer and Shay for WUW. Have a great day!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawV1cps5Tdati_rGyHg5fhfUvzDMc57sAY6biuPmmvMbVCJOOR1GimI5Fg0QD6ITUYQgxxL5_C4f_encxlDevTOfGTE5CZ7TTicp-joDdzWse3U3Pw-bzknZ5x9Dqhmj0rSMqxrsEFHInRmEi_1mDoT_jCzMTECQXa1_JfJK-q1Tdk5CGI9IuNyI2vlim/s600/Whats-Up-Wednesday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawV1cps5Tdati_rGyHg5fhfUvzDMc57sAY6biuPmmvMbVCJOOR1GimI5Fg0QD6ITUYQgxxL5_C4f_encxlDevTOfGTE5CZ7TTicp-joDdzWse3U3Pw-bzknZ5x9Dqhmj0rSMqxrsEFHInRmEi_1mDoT_jCzMTECQXa1_JfJK-q1Tdk5CGI9IuNyI2vlim/w640-h286/Whats-Up-Wednesday.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-67321387741007424972023-09-22T04:30:00.095-04:002023-09-22T04:30:00.143-04:00Post Cancer/Chemo Update Month 2<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">Hi there! I hope you all had a good week! Today I am here with a very happy update :) This week marked two months since I ended chemotherapy and I am very happy to report that I feel INCREDIBLE! Am I back to 100% of the old me? No. Am I feeling significantly better though? Absolutely. Not only am I </span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;"><b>feeling </b></i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">better, but I am starting to </span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;"><b>look </b></i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">like my former self again, which is a big morale booster!! Let's get to it:</span></span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u><b>Mentally/Emotionally/Spiritually</b></u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I cry happy tears all the dang time now. I'll be watching the kids play at a park, or snuggling Liam while we read a book, or listening to LG's imaginative play with her dolls, and all of a sudden I start tearing up. I cannot believe I almost lost this. When I got that call <span dir="ltr">on February 8th</span> that I had stage 4 cancer, my mind immediately went to "what if I die?" And I started spiraling, picturing all the parts of my children's lives I would miss out on. It is so easy to get caught in "autopilot" mode and just go through the motions of life without stopping to appreciate how truly beautiful the little things are. Not anymore. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><b><u>Physically</u></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- I have hair!!!!!!!!!! It's super super short and gray, but it's hair!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmiFbyWCAQ8rhUwnhC9hss_pUO2mhzQVgyxNce0u95cnaSWYYnl6SAbzAJWIVVYj8cdeG0DqKrYc0DijbvCDH3hyVoMzP8V2raTVqZrtxskT5f4QwajguVxaLvCmu8bwAKXbZaDPXd96CDXeGqn2Gk7pjnOyrf4kgOuV5EZmFTBnpjUKG6BefK7XEhigL/s3088/IMG_6083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmiFbyWCAQ8rhUwnhC9hss_pUO2mhzQVgyxNce0u95cnaSWYYnl6SAbzAJWIVVYj8cdeG0DqKrYc0DijbvCDH3hyVoMzP8V2raTVqZrtxskT5f4QwajguVxaLvCmu8bwAKXbZaDPXd96CDXeGqn2Gk7pjnOyrf4kgOuV5EZmFTBnpjUKG6BefK7XEhigL/w480-h640/IMG_6083.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> It is going to be a long time before it's long enough to be cute, so in the meantime, I bought another wig. Just like before, the pictures online were much different than how it looked when it arrived (why is this so hard?!?), but I ended up liking it so I kept it. It is much darker in person, I don't know why it is so light in pictures?</span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JKlCIsC3WAzBmjktHgbCcr4HA_z7Foaus-WPxl_hXAqn5n7oBBF1nf9rlnxY03Z3Mpsw_tOw_EraWhuZvNQuabxLsaC584u-64k0HA72Jt0r1tA0KjhzdmjrKTApcpyueAMZAaqog6UykOvWQ-fdBV12yl7M6M7NnynhgUmZ6mjWRsCTlykqVRX54kcS/s3605/IMG_6094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3605" data-original-width="2099" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JKlCIsC3WAzBmjktHgbCcr4HA_z7Foaus-WPxl_hXAqn5n7oBBF1nf9rlnxY03Z3Mpsw_tOw_EraWhuZvNQuabxLsaC584u-64k0HA72Jt0r1tA0KjhzdmjrKTApcpyueAMZAaqog6UykOvWQ-fdBV12yl7M6M7NnynhgUmZ6mjWRsCTlykqVRX54kcS/w374-h640/IMG_6094.jpg" width="374" /></a></div></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Itās different from my norm, but I really like it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- I have eyebrows and eyelashes too! Check out those real brows and lashes! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxwsZ_-DvnVOyfaYOF63g2WSRUrykcfolQjXO8tGCV910pdCWBP6iOY_MGbT3JX9FRV6pFclpWrdo5Dhy0ipwXZqW_pmUnKPsmXtcRUoxV6491vUJAMWOrpGphfD4bs6EMu_BUxzIqh3TezHWL-jwWhZBZs4DG64UTZCZVBCsq-cqfLliGbZhyedcOcFH/s3088/IMG_6093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxwsZ_-DvnVOyfaYOF63g2WSRUrykcfolQjXO8tGCV910pdCWBP6iOY_MGbT3JX9FRV6pFclpWrdo5Dhy0ipwXZqW_pmUnKPsmXtcRUoxV6491vUJAMWOrpGphfD4bs6EMu_BUxzIqh3TezHWL-jwWhZBZs4DG64UTZCZVBCsq-cqfLliGbZhyedcOcFH/w480-h640/IMG_6093.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Woohoo! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- I still experience muscle myalgia (pain) in my legs, but it is getting better. I used to need my Tramadol multiple times a day, but now I only take it three or four times a week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- I am still nowhere near being able to run, but walking has gotten much easier. I used to feel like I had spaghetti noodle legs and concrete feet, and that is dissipating. Hopefully within the next month, I will be able to start running again. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">- This is one I had forgotten to write about last month, but I have neuropathy. If you are unfamiliar, neuropathy is a loss of feeling, or a tingly feeling in your hands and feet. It is mostly in my fingertips, but has been improving significantly. I used to struggle with it a lot. It was hard to type, write, put on jewelry, open things like water bottles, etc. Now I am able to do most of those things again, although it is still harder than it was before.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I had another PET scan last week, and the results came back all clear. I loved getting this text message from my oncologist:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cyGWJauQpU9V8GBV8-GV7fEB8HYkxfaI8cnKsCpbB3n0OsUKVDU-K7w0zPt6wjjbJ-KG5UI-miRnz_opFOB6m13pqPS68ZMsHyDLVt8PeymYQ5gukY_uXP6TG4Ehx6yLrY7p-1E8vymZTiOnGaL5KdtVT96tbyauZoAEO2UtH0jviM76n7n5HRZEyocT/s2079/IMG_6032.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cyGWJauQpU9V8GBV8-GV7fEB8HYkxfaI8cnKsCpbB3n0OsUKVDU-K7w0zPt6wjjbJ-KG5UI-miRnz_opFOB6m13pqPS68ZMsHyDLVt8PeymYQ5gukY_uXP6TG4Ehx6yLrY7p-1E8vymZTiOnGaL5KdtVT96tbyauZoAEO2UtH0jviM76n7n5HRZEyocT/w296-h640/IMG_6032.PNG" width="296" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I am scheduled to get my port out next Friday, and I am looking forward to getting that over with. As Lily Grace put it this week, āMommy, your port is the last thing. Once youāre done with that itās really all over.ā As far as Iām concerned, sheās right. Recovery might not be over, but the cancer chapter of my life sure is. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM53wrVkYHJFeXlT4k4aeKTeOP8djAkzs7W9uJRIvqvLrD_zS-gzlZT-j1tFWD8ny_3kTOtfGx5uiXDzsJyuHb8pjRF_QN3JJvLAs9rFtAV84S4zJB9hv__7NkfIHR8yCKchsNWyVGtSgsPq8RStM1gr_4TZB-F7N_6rVZxdyamJ7o8a1B9U3JjadJdS9G/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM53wrVkYHJFeXlT4k4aeKTeOP8djAkzs7W9uJRIvqvLrD_zS-gzlZT-j1tFWD8ny_3kTOtfGx5uiXDzsJyuHb8pjRF_QN3JJvLAs9rFtAV84S4zJB9hv__7NkfIHR8yCKchsNWyVGtSgsPq8RStM1gr_4TZB-F7N_6rVZxdyamJ7o8a1B9U3JjadJdS9G/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-57286679195922841552023-09-18T04:30:00.152-04:002023-09-18T04:30:00.147-04:00Liam is 4!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Hi friends and happy Monday! On Saturday our sweet boy turned 4 years old, and I wonāt lie, Iām having a LOT of emotions about it. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_7u7Hucjmn-fc5_UY1yZ8hO-nkwEkywVU_QkiqB8Nuda9XlOCuG6b5bssiRUonyxKToeLUUvZ0urlbVx9Y5oWuNvAxVQTbuJX_4TMqgdJ60u4SxvSo0fJcXTMEPqEbKmbTamTdlfrYPstp9S4JpJ0bId_voZMjhgopdhniV3GEVXfuELMQBHHBaFriSk/s2784/Liam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="1856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_7u7Hucjmn-fc5_UY1yZ8hO-nkwEkywVU_QkiqB8Nuda9XlOCuG6b5bssiRUonyxKToeLUUvZ0urlbVx9Y5oWuNvAxVQTbuJX_4TMqgdJ60u4SxvSo0fJcXTMEPqEbKmbTamTdlfrYPstp9S4JpJ0bId_voZMjhgopdhniV3GEVXfuELMQBHHBaFriSk/w426-h640/Liam.jpg" width="426" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Hereās a little bit more about our sweet 4 year old at the moment:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">- Liam has such a sunny disposition. He is always smiling and eager to do whatever activity we are going to do. My mom lovingly refers to him as "the jolly red giant," and <i><b>jolly</b></i> fits his temperament perfectly. He's also taller than most of LG's first grade class, so <i><b>giant</b></i> fits him pretty well too, haha!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Liam is a <i><b>terrible sleeper</b></i>. He always has been. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I remember sleep training Lily Grace and it working like a charm. She has been sleeping through the night since she was 6 weeks old... then there was Liam. Liam still doesn't sleep through the night and he is 4. Ugh. He will wake up in the middle of the night and either go to the guest bedroom or the couch. I can't tell you how many mornings I've gone out to make my coffee and found this:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcrXgf8zQDD15DHfKLj5Im-_4xyGMZUBuvLeWAFRkXgtJwPyVaUXaOV2_ZFpdrgw0pxourrS86a_tTUrEdk_vUvtjS6M-KYD1TX6MriIYl3sLpCZGYvT9vMsIG1Vl0Rt30DopUeScxkrT_00RKnehfSF5l9NplAhf7hMUM8pNAi1usE0cb8fLR9bDNqvF/s4032/IMG_5759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcrXgf8zQDD15DHfKLj5Im-_4xyGMZUBuvLeWAFRkXgtJwPyVaUXaOV2_ZFpdrgw0pxourrS86a_tTUrEdk_vUvtjS6M-KYD1TX6MriIYl3sLpCZGYvT9vMsIG1Vl0Rt30DopUeScxkrT_00RKnehfSF5l9NplAhf7hMUM8pNAi1usE0cb8fLR9bDNqvF/w480-h640/IMG_5759.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We tried dropping his nap. Didn't make a difference. We thought it may be that his bed/mattress were uncomfortable so we bought him a new bed and mattress... nope. Still goes on midnight adventures around the house. Maybe this will be the year he starts sleeping through the night?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- Liamās Favorite Foods:</u></b> This boy loves mac & cheese and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. If given the option, I think he would only eat these two things every single day for the rest of his life. He used to be a great eater, but he has definitely gotten pickier as he gets older. Luckily he still loves fruits and vegetables, it's the main course of a meal that he is picky about.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- Liamās Favorite Toys:</u></b> He loves to play with matchbox cars and trucks. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhcX3SXg6RhcGn-MxPe4uw6oZpHYLfxtmuNDjhK0n3xUXACcwoeX0yDsvHiRkKabAlgP9dzjdPOP5eR98nx2M-IFQd4_BIws93yDEN4XRziouSD7lurmxgWxkJ7GYGazr4rDZt-Aqwsh7PTQu8fSzVS8N817EFtrwxYihwT5hxDwcBMWqO4nbAAqthb5F/s4032/IMG_6045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhcX3SXg6RhcGn-MxPe4uw6oZpHYLfxtmuNDjhK0n3xUXACcwoeX0yDsvHiRkKabAlgP9dzjdPOP5eR98nx2M-IFQd4_BIws93yDEN4XRziouSD7lurmxgWxkJ7GYGazr4rDZt-Aqwsh7PTQu8fSzVS8N817EFtrwxYihwT5hxDwcBMWqO4nbAAqthb5F/w480-h640/IMG_6045.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">He is great at playing independently and will play with his cars for a solid hour by himself. He really is such an easy kid (other than sleeping)!! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- Favorite Activities:</u></b> Liam loves riding his scooter and going to the Whitewater Center to watch the zip liners. He is not as much into <i><b>doing</b></i> the activities, he prefers to be the spectator. He is starting to get into sports and seems to really like football. He loves helping Devin do yard workā itās so cute! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAb_7lqk7bFym434BJ9rdNTfPGYo807rr0pMVIlU-ttbsguFCwLveWLpHGju6Dl0SubxfsNQ39pwNb82KGkLLDbwjqOQ5OmCCh_lgEsPSwxjs8D7bMcw_4ho1iziyKQ57KtmBujLwLszkJJo84xia7pI-qm-u2VmaaItTibATW3VKUVeaF0VcdGjcNufk/s4032/IMG_6061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAb_7lqk7bFym434BJ9rdNTfPGYo807rr0pMVIlU-ttbsguFCwLveWLpHGju6Dl0SubxfsNQ39pwNb82KGkLLDbwjqOQ5OmCCh_lgEsPSwxjs8D7bMcw_4ho1iziyKQ57KtmBujLwLszkJJo84xia7pI-qm-u2VmaaItTibATW3VKUVeaF0VcdGjcNufk/w480-h640/IMG_6061.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">He also loves to play ādaddy and his childrenā which I think is adorable. I knew little girls play āmommyā with their baby dolls, but I didnāt know little boys played ādaddyā and itās precious to see (Liamās āchildrenā are his matchbox cars incase youāre wondering š). It says a lot about Devin as a dad that Liam wants to play ādaddyā.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- What He Wants To Be When He Grows Up:</u></b> āa guy that drives construction trucksā</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- Favorite Show:</u></b> Pupstruction on Disney+</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b><u>- Favorite Place:</u></b> Home! Liam is such a homebody, and if given the choice, would stay home all day every day. Once you convince him to leave the house, he loves whatever activity heās at, but getting him to leave can be tricky!</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thank you for reading along today! See you back here Friday for an update on my cancer/chemo recovery/</span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-21346603168475856122023-09-15T04:30:00.196-04:002023-09-15T04:30:00.141-04:00Our Weekend in Blowing Rock<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Good morning! Happy Friday! </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am sharing about our Labor Day weekend in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. I had hoped to get this post up last week, but the weeks have been getting away from me-- agh!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">For those of you who donāt know, my parents have a house in Blowing Rock, and we go up to visit as often as we can. This past year we have not been up nearly as often as we wouldāve liked due to my diagnosis. I am happy to report that I am feeling much better and we had a <i><b>fabulous</b></i> weekend there over Labor Day weekend. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5E1zcAz97Ut0zCck045jd-8c6MZRB2maJqfG5eualbfsUogheTL8Z-pxRXfxpyYv4ppUX6IKdXAb4MavvTXVD2BnW--kF2-ZmsH4zYAaoR8053tm88ZgkB0gxvQxMjRXeYzHb4jy1Qfu9bank4pRuZX7me0de7BD4sZB8ZWICMtbD3B3NIUcP-kQw1sM/s4032/IMG_5927.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5E1zcAz97Ut0zCck045jd-8c6MZRB2maJqfG5eualbfsUogheTL8Z-pxRXfxpyYv4ppUX6IKdXAb4MavvTXVD2BnW--kF2-ZmsH4zYAaoR8053tm88ZgkB0gxvQxMjRXeYzHb4jy1Qfu9bank4pRuZX7me0de7BD4sZB8ZWICMtbD3B3NIUcP-kQw1sM/w640-h480/IMG_5927.jpg" width="640" /></a><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">On Friday after school, we packed up and hit the road, but hit some traffic going up there. Usually the drive is one hour and 45 minutes, but we were in the car for probably closer to two hours and 15 minutes. So not terrible, but longer than expected. We were all tired after a long week, so we didnāt do a whole lot once we got there. We pretty much hung out for an hour or so with my parents and then went to bed. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1v63qAKNzLn2PGepPS_FgcQUn5TS1sGEwVtgeXDXFWFxxA5K-Ds1JsPrWA33xSjyD4SAdPLIjXj36yyGxcmSEJSvrBi4_olKktEBA_P7NSGoYeDU4R3Qia42Nmk2s-FE8NuMLnVsC8boVhfv0A4xpyg6LsvMwn6TBqE_rRSBuwVyEuYEBNzhitmGSAw3/s4032/IMG_5937.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1v63qAKNzLn2PGepPS_FgcQUn5TS1sGEwVtgeXDXFWFxxA5K-Ds1JsPrWA33xSjyD4SAdPLIjXj36yyGxcmSEJSvrBi4_olKktEBA_P7NSGoYeDU4R3Qia42Nmk2s-FE8NuMLnVsC8boVhfv0A4xpyg6LsvMwn6TBqE_rRSBuwVyEuYEBNzhitmGSAw3/w480-h640/IMG_5937.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOyXS5W6I4scCq5Vf2BLWp1pE0IlZonLih0WX8Ttj7tTMnmXxGQ-yIqQwtNwyZVsuuuvwypbyg780T9X__KDn4pgbwqh-9oL13z0s859E9aSrgc0HVTcKAgetMmjxhdBJ3i3e5VuiBRr-tFfqR6zARrMy1smbhRNEdelXXpggCDl4TjIjD0UAvL9P4CHy/s2042/IMG_5938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOyXS5W6I4scCq5Vf2BLWp1pE0IlZonLih0WX8Ttj7tTMnmXxGQ-yIqQwtNwyZVsuuuvwypbyg780T9X__KDn4pgbwqh-9oL13z0s859E9aSrgc0HVTcKAgetMmjxhdBJ3i3e5VuiBRr-tFfqR6zARrMy1smbhRNEdelXXpggCDl4TjIjD0UAvL9P4CHy/w424-h640/IMG_5938.jpg" width="424" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">On Saturday morning however, everybody was up and at 'em, and ready to go for the day! We started the day by driving into Boone, North Carolina, and getting cinnamon rolls from our favorite bakery, Stick Boy. Stick Boy has been featured in Southern Living magazine several times, it is wonderful! Look at the size of the cinnamon rolls! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zIZaWbACwL8g5vWp-CpJPK2SA6k8kixcD-dut1mEyfyebRQsfwzbCGRbmVul6yTJNrrz7qNEkHZIJR1rR3e_40c4T8kSaDLSTsR76ACnH_g5F0Y_zOjYltwF2iVdnA1BXRyfKQk-cxk-cSlSti8u_12_Wtcf1cGfhW1Z6xA4-uHyM5GbQTRr4nK-P2VW/s4032/IMG_5939.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zIZaWbACwL8g5vWp-CpJPK2SA6k8kixcD-dut1mEyfyebRQsfwzbCGRbmVul6yTJNrrz7qNEkHZIJR1rR3e_40c4T8kSaDLSTsR76ACnH_g5F0Y_zOjYltwF2iVdnA1BXRyfKQk-cxk-cSlSti8u_12_Wtcf1cGfhW1Z6xA4-uHyM5GbQTRr4nK-P2VW/w480-h640/IMG_5939.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We grabbed our cinnamon rolls to go, ate them at my parents' house, and then let the kids play for a bit while we sat on the patio. It was like 65Ā° and absolutely beautiful! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcfY9K6ZdCWQvJ_3VilEhEXDCrU4NcMSB6bI51ymqHmAcIyejip1ko6nMJ91j65EzXTrChPzRw0n8_LSi4Lveeop7lQ8rfIx03-z44A4wX-TwDYgvZcohJxbaz9cHb51T0y8OeqPipdy4-6dbegPFwtVBMs3rAUtZvVwAhohDImX125001_ylul8PYP55/s4032/IMG_5945.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcfY9K6ZdCWQvJ_3VilEhEXDCrU4NcMSB6bI51ymqHmAcIyejip1ko6nMJ91j65EzXTrChPzRw0n8_LSi4Lveeop7lQ8rfIx03-z44A4wX-TwDYgvZcohJxbaz9cHb51T0y8OeqPipdy4-6dbegPFwtVBMs3rAUtZvVwAhohDImX125001_ylul8PYP55/w480-h640/IMG_5945.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna8i4-RZyCxaMsxZCiVTHl0D4qvdKhvg2y8xq0YSu9uOf8WYyCpO2I3syJiZfaioS7b4XdooLMDVrIjGJ65PVCZO-ubUC72bhIcgl7HmX-71FoIuO4wTD5tiL2P5NXhDPkF5RI1nxFMMlZVlpuccHgK5i6joj0xEq_-JraHXM3mX-KPtDqT07GWdG0ycS/s4032/IMG_5946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna8i4-RZyCxaMsxZCiVTHl0D4qvdKhvg2y8xq0YSu9uOf8WYyCpO2I3syJiZfaioS7b4XdooLMDVrIjGJ65PVCZO-ubUC72bhIcgl7HmX-71FoIuO4wTD5tiL2P5NXhDPkF5RI1nxFMMlZVlpuccHgK5i6joj0xEq_-JraHXM3mX-KPtDqT07GWdG0ycS/w480-h640/IMG_5946.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After a while we had a little shopping to do, so I started to get ready for the day. Here is a pic with no makeup on:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm8pqllaWnb73p-T3aIB3RgFWLXSbSqFCvSTqbHgCPmI56sl4GTqsDXtu7pqwFqnKCFZHYPPKjPV1jjUO_2H7XY_m2itvUOLgiZj305jE6rl5KDmRBdzWzPsfSMLSjEL9zxoVmHcaH_9QLO0JAXy-bPXqWG_jnr2f-j7zOAfNYMH6rDIj15xbbqFIRrGh/s3088/IMG_5928.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm8pqllaWnb73p-T3aIB3RgFWLXSbSqFCvSTqbHgCPmI56sl4GTqsDXtu7pqwFqnKCFZHYPPKjPV1jjUO_2H7XY_m2itvUOLgiZj305jE6rl5KDmRBdzWzPsfSMLSjEL9zxoVmHcaH_9QLO0JAXy-bPXqWG_jnr2f-j7zOAfNYMH6rDIj15xbbqFIRrGh/w480-h640/IMG_5928.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Do you see those teeny tiny eyebrows growing back in? I've been using this Anastacia eyebrow powder and stencil to fill them in while I wait for them to grow back.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ON67nAwjmL6VaNdKJ6hcExr_Iw1ulQqEbWExf2v9xO9-iFhnEHx1z81J0QkkHPhO8zG2fMFuDdgd2avlcn8BICtq0ldz88Kk0SN7Y4lKKWhW-HTyJ_mg0RrjwNadNnqtt0pSXGPZ9lp92YSvZQqWrkIfwrKoABLxiG86POMTE7Dg3fux4M2r2xxChQoa/s3548/IMG_5929.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3548" data-original-width="2474" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ON67nAwjmL6VaNdKJ6hcExr_Iw1ulQqEbWExf2v9xO9-iFhnEHx1z81J0QkkHPhO8zG2fMFuDdgd2avlcn8BICtq0ldz88Kk0SN7Y4lKKWhW-HTyJ_mg0RrjwNadNnqtt0pSXGPZ9lp92YSvZQqWrkIfwrKoABLxiG86POMTE7Dg3fux4M2r2xxChQoa/w448-h640/IMG_5929.jpg" width="448" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpCuy-SV4sOFhCrLn-iBujbdMuwbGov1tFjE-VIjiXNco1mmFBbP6lKhTN5_4B8OPE331ryAG4IbSwygonClwp9eEBqXB642O-Vst2aMjo3UK3PgyYk36DooqGX2RTcZZxwjhUYLNAv_76I2pUV5W8XrQ59uGWxyJWmLNFsEHzDB0EVD20rMVgUiCZQO7/s4032/IMG_5930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpCuy-SV4sOFhCrLn-iBujbdMuwbGov1tFjE-VIjiXNco1mmFBbP6lKhTN5_4B8OPE331ryAG4IbSwygonClwp9eEBqXB642O-Vst2aMjo3UK3PgyYk36DooqGX2RTcZZxwjhUYLNAv_76I2pUV5W8XrQ59uGWxyJWmLNFsEHzDB0EVD20rMVgUiCZQO7/w480-h640/IMG_5930.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">And here they are once I've put them on:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8jNGDbYxRN1GFiHwQRZSfszlLdPcKIj1KmVNTwaqBqXSAuiGQRAczpKTOapDKWYIUtI9LfZbpNehKSYr0zEmNBsoSAgt7ELOYTqZm3uk33sSlOyiIKj1Ks_TfZeeqsLT7JEoT-7gEYmKGekiTZR9p2ntYaCPUWEdexIyHEKNokcTUSr79tprkQ566-U2/s2480/IMG_5933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8jNGDbYxRN1GFiHwQRZSfszlLdPcKIj1KmVNTwaqBqXSAuiGQRAczpKTOapDKWYIUtI9LfZbpNehKSYr0zEmNBsoSAgt7ELOYTqZm3uk33sSlOyiIKj1Ks_TfZeeqsLT7JEoT-7gEYmKGekiTZR9p2ntYaCPUWEdexIyHEKNokcTUSr79tprkQ566-U2/w466-h640/IMG_5933.jpg" width="466" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Not bad right? They look real enough.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Lily Grace wanted to come in to town with Devin and I, so they went to the playground while I walked around and did a little shopping. Liam, our homebody, didnāt want to leave my parents' house, so they stayed with him.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgA6C170Eu7ZP31ih68qScUYw3etj06tuvivtsIVnRM5Bl6j9bjMvHmSBMu4xf6DNFi5svqxz1szHQ73GLYU2xJ02zAMpiTVqYkaBqipNjOHWlMPtjwalVC1xK2qtRv1khw8L3C-Q4YFzunhC59C_Xbsfy1gcCHw_fdHeci-2r4VsEonStZ_UG8B-Kg6L/s4032/IMG_5949.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgA6C170Eu7ZP31ih68qScUYw3etj06tuvivtsIVnRM5Bl6j9bjMvHmSBMu4xf6DNFi5svqxz1szHQ73GLYU2xJ02zAMpiTVqYkaBqipNjOHWlMPtjwalVC1xK2qtRv1khw8L3C-Q4YFzunhC59C_Xbsfy1gcCHw_fdHeci-2r4VsEonStZ_UG8B-Kg6L/w480-h640/IMG_5949.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlYaMvIablFtaTzXLa3MVnfyfXwsQuH2uSTGnR6ljR49BN925DVldgNZnVs_D9C5WzBwagnzhG_-OP82u42seL4FlSVNacdOjTYhvjpbDA6xjUx_IycFw_aPYApnjG5Fqd_CVEozIkgg2LqgRh9QgDgr2XJAJScgu9bSpi21BmZ5bez-tmm8TBD6KqeP7/s4032/IMG_5951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlYaMvIablFtaTzXLa3MVnfyfXwsQuH2uSTGnR6ljR49BN925DVldgNZnVs_D9C5WzBwagnzhG_-OP82u42seL4FlSVNacdOjTYhvjpbDA6xjUx_IycFw_aPYApnjG5Fqd_CVEozIkgg2LqgRh9QgDgr2XJAJScgu9bSpi21BmZ5bez-tmm8TBD6KqeP7/w480-h640/IMG_5951.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I loved seeing some of the fall decorations out.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I went into my favorite boutique, The Gilded Lily, and saw these cute ghost earrings. You know you teach little kids when something like this catches your eye!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtBNzRT2a8zlAPBMWMhxkCo_-GCnYoBE5gug7kQ1t-t2QZs1TFlkne-5gvCmRPIw2KG4RwmIrbPELuEItplVMfo2sdcYrqFhxO4xyaTZyn55nfo-felzINyUwYemRfmpSgVsTA5oB-43dqXhivwRY0In6u35GT-aMoEqClVNpzZl113C7F0xyUuIdlcrQ/s4032/IMG_5952.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtBNzRT2a8zlAPBMWMhxkCo_-GCnYoBE5gug7kQ1t-t2QZs1TFlkne-5gvCmRPIw2KG4RwmIrbPELuEItplVMfo2sdcYrqFhxO4xyaTZyn55nfo-felzINyUwYemRfmpSgVsTA5oB-43dqXhivwRY0In6u35GT-aMoEqClVNpzZl113C7F0xyUuIdlcrQ/w480-h640/IMG_5952.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Liam eventually made his way into the town (with my dad) to come play with us. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbX1Eu-ekO8QlKBHSuFZRwH2P7vzuouQFYIm9xiTgUu4yFbD9rTKXfbZ83wxp7Lu0if8yqncvPJxgICkWkgIglPsxcHU5WxVHC2hfrqKl4zjg66H8OOV4wrsUhuWmyQYTSppvvq7EE7lHU3ed2B10nqXw6838lbhvK7wXywPeytVctOGpY11NoXJthmU14/s4032/IMG_5959.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbX1Eu-ekO8QlKBHSuFZRwH2P7vzuouQFYIm9xiTgUu4yFbD9rTKXfbZ83wxp7Lu0if8yqncvPJxgICkWkgIglPsxcHU5WxVHC2hfrqKl4zjg66H8OOV4wrsUhuWmyQYTSppvvq7EE7lHU3ed2B10nqXw6838lbhvK7wXywPeytVctOGpY11NoXJthmU14/w640-h480/IMG_5959.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The weather was. beautiful! LG played on the playground and Liam wanted to play tennis (LOL-- he has NO hand/eye coordination, it was hilariously cute). There's a little hut where you can borrow sports equipment, so we borrowed a tennis ball and some rackets & headed to the court. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvXs_MtGSK5W_lNW-sMPZt-q1xU8Wq9cYfchts4XQWlOQUDHWFkQCgSjcxe0lP_p3k4MidrNJagOeYSy3I_aXZzHSFpmI8N0Y7xgteVvEhaNOlRmx-n-CEeXn42DyYB83q0lSgjbUgwLgbq6d_gNoU9QcQmLY2rqSzN8WLiBzVDvzdNOo2oKiXALBX-hl/s1723/IMG_5961.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="1011" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvXs_MtGSK5W_lNW-sMPZt-q1xU8Wq9cYfchts4XQWlOQUDHWFkQCgSjcxe0lP_p3k4MidrNJagOeYSy3I_aXZzHSFpmI8N0Y7xgteVvEhaNOlRmx-n-CEeXn42DyYB83q0lSgjbUgwLgbq6d_gNoU9QcQmLY2rqSzN8WLiBzVDvzdNOo2oKiXALBX-hl/w376-h640/IMG_5961.jpg" width="376" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUN3G1RTzHTajQ4Auog00EnpSKMuJcyskpAMETEfK4xssTls27vdF4O9Cc_yYYiovxhBk_vvWOJqcB6YEbzOQ7dCxChYQXw2JYh8tMJXkycsOIIVpKd20DPF9laE1lrk4aAMA9B6njX3ry1mM4hTcZX8Ud2NtvAakOkgcZXPtwwLadhbIjNUgFDrSeEAz/s4032/IMG_5963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUN3G1RTzHTajQ4Auog00EnpSKMuJcyskpAMETEfK4xssTls27vdF4O9Cc_yYYiovxhBk_vvWOJqcB6YEbzOQ7dCxChYQXw2JYh8tMJXkycsOIIVpKd20DPF9laE1lrk4aAMA9B6njX3ry1mM4hTcZX8Ud2NtvAakOkgcZXPtwwLadhbIjNUgFDrSeEAz/w640-h480/IMG_5963.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After that, it was football time! If you didn't already know, I come from a family of big Ohio State fans. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3F7WYjvohZMd8NfKDQTSRTHeqAnNi1s_GmT1llQSH-cC8PkTIMbaiWa9HdAlalXHk2d96tkUu9x7LornK-pyBPETw9SUlKQdCUjPBR2lqrTLzP1UX1x9gPC4N4WVNJbDGiTvw5aWvvHn45GsJ2Ia8etEBqmgsrmszU3KOyYPLIh4N1SFmlKb2ggjfC3K/s4032/IMG_5969.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3F7WYjvohZMd8NfKDQTSRTHeqAnNi1s_GmT1llQSH-cC8PkTIMbaiWa9HdAlalXHk2d96tkUu9x7LornK-pyBPETw9SUlKQdCUjPBR2lqrTLzP1UX1x9gPC4N4WVNJbDGiTvw5aWvvHn45GsJ2Ia8etEBqmgsrmszU3KOyYPLIh4N1SFmlKb2ggjfC3K/w480-h640/IMG_5969.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We love football season and the kids are finally at the age where they are getting into it!! Let's be real, they mostly love the football snacks, the cheerleaders, and the mascots... but Liam also likes the sports side of it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwC0yEeDTsbPaJSCQFPhwwjoIqXXzUwN5ymgE2nYHJiRl0_mXcztUZ49zdfkAhLhabinRq94jlMDzCINfKdAzgc0BE7VBCB__63F_hi_Q8akbQiKN-VoINvHXZZZL-Z6F-zMbWlO6ti_mXze2Rn6VUee2v6BGrN_E_LMVYVO06359quzEXAxlm-7OUHIX/s4032/IMG_5974.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwC0yEeDTsbPaJSCQFPhwwjoIqXXzUwN5ymgE2nYHJiRl0_mXcztUZ49zdfkAhLhabinRq94jlMDzCINfKdAzgc0BE7VBCB__63F_hi_Q8akbQiKN-VoINvHXZZZL-Z6F-zMbWlO6ti_mXze2Rn6VUee2v6BGrN_E_LMVYVO06359quzEXAxlm-7OUHIX/w640-h480/IMG_5974.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After the game, we put the kids to bed and Devin and I went for a walk. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1HZyHnbH1envZGAEltCpcGJrsUtzoC19x9OcQLVhsW_lEC_6y3YWlyKDrMqVJO6ePBwy9ZBT4ud6UREPf2WTjVijXFlvYQ3YxqVeGU6lHpuZvcoJaxoTpMTv_IG-HuxsPod7HVu6wh_Fff_xnPNkzntjaVK1ZO7f62F1bWe5u1rIYiOGu-NJeJKuD5Fm/s4032/IMG_5976.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1HZyHnbH1envZGAEltCpcGJrsUtzoC19x9OcQLVhsW_lEC_6y3YWlyKDrMqVJO6ePBwy9ZBT4ud6UREPf2WTjVijXFlvYQ3YxqVeGU6lHpuZvcoJaxoTpMTv_IG-HuxsPod7HVu6wh_Fff_xnPNkzntjaVK1ZO7f62F1bWe5u1rIYiOGu-NJeJKuD5Fm/w640-h480/IMG_5976.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We noticed one of the neighbors was giving away free apples from their apple trees and thought the kids would love to come back in the morning and grab some.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cSlyzTlaA2bYqHm1N4QAlCw7hzNks8i0IRfIGFeqcvudRiCa90nkmkvGUavaFp-dGacn4rufoXBd8MjvYF8oXnnfGafGXIIgA4UG_zsFYJ56F3TOMavt9FdBs7rWQLqaCdAzvahkfzkFR9c30UR1ybXN9g4GgrGQTcHRymZ_xfaZ3r9gSpCS079merx4/s4032/IMG_5983.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cSlyzTlaA2bYqHm1N4QAlCw7hzNks8i0IRfIGFeqcvudRiCa90nkmkvGUavaFp-dGacn4rufoXBd8MjvYF8oXnnfGafGXIIgA4UG_zsFYJ56F3TOMavt9FdBs7rWQLqaCdAzvahkfzkFR9c30UR1ybXN9g4GgrGQTcHRymZ_xfaZ3r9gSpCS079merx4/w480-h640/IMG_5983.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">So the next morning, we took the kids for a walk back to where the free apples were. They thought it was really cool that the neighbors grew their own apples. We ended up making an open-faced apple pie out of the apples-- so fun!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOIZWvDpWFzldAvpYFAKAnPf5kclcP14pctjmnoAWFfs5Eh3jPEo8o7ek0EiE_rTEDVN6II60_nhTd1WkuH021Bdf-Uu6HDyjioCtb2aiFPOY7T2g9H-ZfBJCNTDHVSLFrR8mYPUhjQ8zTyZnRexlP1lUOIdrKatNaiwT39q9iPV0tNRwhZnYDqEgYnJO/s4032/IMG_5984.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOIZWvDpWFzldAvpYFAKAnPf5kclcP14pctjmnoAWFfs5Eh3jPEo8o7ek0EiE_rTEDVN6II60_nhTd1WkuH021Bdf-Uu6HDyjioCtb2aiFPOY7T2g9H-ZfBJCNTDHVSLFrR8mYPUhjQ8zTyZnRexlP1lUOIdrKatNaiwT39q9iPV0tNRwhZnYDqEgYnJO/w480-h640/IMG_5984.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">We went into Boone for lunch and headed to the Japanese steakhouse, one of those fun hibachi places. There's LG with my dad... </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakpOVK4KzS1DHycxvU-TtWus7q9lJWXy3LPU5aVPk7g_W07xN9ptwodLh5WvqwjSqolb1_xxysDvmCF-2Ce2SF0_5jgPOumFyV1mKywxgALTXy5L6u0K3rdbBASUm1uDdDPZVxAhLZzsmlru131lmY39z_T39T3Oc649MgdUr6fU5XwhqkcOuLj4D0Jju/s4032/IMG_5985.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakpOVK4KzS1DHycxvU-TtWus7q9lJWXy3LPU5aVPk7g_W07xN9ptwodLh5WvqwjSqolb1_xxysDvmCF-2Ce2SF0_5jgPOumFyV1mKywxgALTXy5L6u0K3rdbBASUm1uDdDPZVxAhLZzsmlru131lmY39z_T39T3Oc649MgdUr6fU5XwhqkcOuLj4D0Jju/w480-h640/IMG_5985.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and Liam and Devin with my mom. Not the best pictures of everyone haha!! I think only LG was looking?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Guys... my kids have been to a Japanese steakhouse before and loved it, but this time Liam was super anxious about "the big fire". He hid under the table for "the big fire" and then kept telling us he wanted to go back to the car and eat his food out there. Anyone else's kids go through a phase of being scared of the hibachi place? He used to love it!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bpKU_aq9Zg7Q1bxznsDOM4MTNZ95OLhji18upk0HGuA83Wp8e5b9_T5iC8XvrgAl835pssBImRCfL7F8RXEssSvxOfE7FHrO2CW0cX0i7oeQbFxKZH2lpl9Ud_h9IwWcD8-kqrAGm44yiZ_9NlOrre9ZvJRw05IDy-qIzVv_iLHX8o8DfyQ2mRW6a1wO/s4032/IMG_5986.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bpKU_aq9Zg7Q1bxznsDOM4MTNZ95OLhji18upk0HGuA83Wp8e5b9_T5iC8XvrgAl835pssBImRCfL7F8RXEssSvxOfE7FHrO2CW0cX0i7oeQbFxKZH2lpl9Ud_h9IwWcD8-kqrAGm44yiZ_9NlOrre9ZvJRw05IDy-qIzVv_iLHX8o8DfyQ2mRW6a1wO/w480-h640/IMG_5986.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After an enormous lunch, we all wanted to go for a hike. We hiked one of the nearby trails for a bit, and then we headed to Cone Manor so the kids could roll down the big hill...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMikPQD0xQw5jzLmDbn1EqQGCJyKLsMubRoiQIgTiwGFlpq8HAhYKUPgia-RUQ8BsJ7iJMCUDhv_4idt6YpRdHksjQGpxae9G5dW31r0ioOMOaHEh2NgVlF7puzHiAzKunqSHmTYYjQaUhvw5K62sym-xqldJxD5zCYJufB02MBytcsTbswnPMeBwzRIQ/s4032/IMG_5990.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMikPQD0xQw5jzLmDbn1EqQGCJyKLsMubRoiQIgTiwGFlpq8HAhYKUPgia-RUQ8BsJ7iJMCUDhv_4idt6YpRdHksjQGpxae9G5dW31r0ioOMOaHEh2NgVlF7puzHiAzKunqSHmTYYjQaUhvw5K62sym-xqldJxD5zCYJufB02MBytcsTbswnPMeBwzRIQ/w640-h480/IMG_5990.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">After that we headed back home to Charlotte and had a day to get caught up on all the "stuff" (laundry, groceries, yard work, etc.). Three day weekends are the BEST. I loved having two days to relax and have fun, then one day to get setup for the week ahead. I wish all weekends were 3 day weekends! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for reading along today! I hope you have a great weekend. Tomorrow our big guy turns 4 years old!!! Come back Monday to hear how we celebrated him. :)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Oq7vGSPXof0-OTFdTLqVerYX220J9EMCoAsKfWPcb7yGGVB3KF9v6I9_56OdB_pe-FQsJ-cndX6b4lCzCc4Qfykq8XRdDZmuNmqc7qxSVe2ivO4439Od7rMYVnMFkQg-PVUDxTahrLMT-1-ookxC8J-n4A07Lt-cxgxdnFj6Olh4w5RhkfymLdo9GWeC/s3159/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="3159" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Oq7vGSPXof0-OTFdTLqVerYX220J9EMCoAsKfWPcb7yGGVB3KF9v6I9_56OdB_pe-FQsJ-cndX6b4lCzCc4Qfykq8XRdDZmuNmqc7qxSVe2ivO4439Od7rMYVnMFkQg-PVUDxTahrLMT-1-ookxC8J-n4A07Lt-cxgxdnFj6Olh4w5RhkfymLdo9GWeC/w640-h246/friday%20favorites%20updated%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today I am linking up with <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com" target="_blank">Erika</a> for Friday Favorites. </span></p><p></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-25141675121954082522023-09-11T04:30:00.176-04:002023-09-11T04:30:00.137-04:00Not Just a Mom: Our Hobbies<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Hi there! I hope you had a good weekend! The kids seem to have gotten their first bug of the school year. Just a little head cold thank goodness. Luckily, nobody has had to miss any school, but we definitely rested on the couch a little more than usual this weekend. Luckily there was some good football to watch and both kids are finally at an age where they are somewhat interested in it-- woohoo!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Yaāll, I do not know how you full-time working mamas do it!! Iāve only ever worked part-time since having kids, and I gotta say, this is an adjustment! All moms are superheroes, and I have a new appreciation for moms who work full-time. My bedtime isn't too much later than the kids!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUwAiehRIAkG-n4EGM9_kCbXFMzP-USk5KxOca7OjAymrxzm8WaptVSJ87e6Yzx9T0u_EElWcORoGJEymnIuwNg141Kd1OMXqpy8Yc_CP2ATRjgpLbtQUMQEjafV1nmHGqK8oekmy3AVqSLCblm48RLC0rUH1jxObfHf7EVGC7dBnryVxPxyWGJ08wF46/s1080/njam23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUwAiehRIAkG-n4EGM9_kCbXFMzP-USk5KxOca7OjAymrxzm8WaptVSJ87e6Yzx9T0u_EElWcORoGJEymnIuwNg141Kd1OMXqpy8Yc_CP2ATRjgpLbtQUMQEjafV1nmHGqK8oekmy3AVqSLCblm48RLC0rUH1jxObfHf7EVGC7dBnryVxPxyWGJ08wF46/w640-h640/njam23.png" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Today the Not Just a Mom crew (<a href="https://www.momlifewithadrienne.com" target="_blank">Adrienne</a>, <a href="https://www.notinjersey.com" target="_blank">Dara</a>, <a href="https://showmeandsweettea.com" target="_blank">Jen</a>, <a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com" target="_blank">Joanne</a>, <a href="http://www.torontosam.ca" target="_blank">Sarah</a> and I) are linking up to share our hobbies. Life has thrown us some curveballs this year, so I havenāt had as much time for my usual hobbies lately, but I know eventually Iāll get back to them. These pictures may be old, but the passion for the hobbies is the same!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Blogging:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuGpRNKBgesKsPe0g38bySkiXAgE0iEhZLvSSceVN7WDajyGyG2evIp2Y6mnIh1XvPBp52qarJbui-oflR-iTRemg9xUajp_uobiJ2Gc5MLUQK99f5xVXVC0vL9s0M3-FJSBwELyLQ4nXrEKHZMgqB69mEsRGvSluQFWyF6YFPMtR6deuYZgLZomGA_Yl/s1600/playing%20with%20friends.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuGpRNKBgesKsPe0g38bySkiXAgE0iEhZLvSSceVN7WDajyGyG2evIp2Y6mnIh1XvPBp52qarJbui-oflR-iTRemg9xUajp_uobiJ2Gc5MLUQK99f5xVXVC0vL9s0M3-FJSBwELyLQ4nXrEKHZMgqB69mEsRGvSluQFWyF6YFPMtR6deuYZgLZomGA_Yl/w640-h480/playing%20with%20friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">Baby Lily Grace, from my early days of blogging</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Obviously, blogging is a hobby of mine. I've written before about the story behind why I started my blog (<a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2019/03/the-story-of-my-blog-part-1.html" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2019/03/the-story-of-my-blog-part-2.html" target="_blank">part 2</a> here). After Lily Grace was born, and I decided to cut back to working part time, I was a little bored. All of my friends were still working full time, and Lily Grace napped twice a day. There was a lot of dead time, and I wanted something productive to fill it. After reading other peoples blogs for years, I decided I should start my own. And while I may have significantly less time for it now, I still love it!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Reading:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kho7NuU8YVntbQHfXkQWaeG2zLaX11EJdJberIsin85AEH0JXVK1Rdv7E3S60EO_1RjN-j3nojueJ8lxfAOiOAO4sCgIbbMVgoauV1HeM7OZLz47yCD7Qtz_SYwXb2Nta6N39fIfo_ChiRVc7PTi3O8EKa_QztiUvkfxry1n7g49xKVyNpbXUNCruF9P/s640/IMG_20200408_055642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kho7NuU8YVntbQHfXkQWaeG2zLaX11EJdJberIsin85AEH0JXVK1Rdv7E3S60EO_1RjN-j3nojueJ8lxfAOiOAO4sCgIbbMVgoauV1HeM7OZLz47yCD7Qtz_SYwXb2Nta6N39fIfo_ChiRVc7PTi3O8EKa_QztiUvkfxry1n7g49xKVyNpbXUNCruF9P/w480-h640/IMG_20200408_055642.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I have always been a bookworm, and I have always loved reading. I remember being obsessed with the American Girl series back in the 90s, and the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/West-Land-Plenty-Angelino-Territory/dp/0590738887/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2M2QCBUIBRZ7N&keywords=dear+american+book+series&qid=1694302035&sprefix=dear+america+book+series%252Caps%252C280&sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=ea2d659f5ca624f51b3af68812b99bff&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Dear America</a> series too. Oddly enough, I was never super into Harry Potterā¦ I liked Harry Potter and read them all, donāt get me wrong, but they started to get a little too dark for me as the series went on. I know I'm not alone in thinking that!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Running:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32yf7Y-LHHfjUgiws-TA2FUl3UEpspzAnbfSk7txTfHJIl3KF5giyqMwZT03FGhWZRcvI8f0UyhLqWG56wZdjMDYM9W72zHCk70ubIi2Yf9JpZBYo8y_ubCyd8aIz5Upy1AARJcutXmqH4-mw94esXaKUWJQP-BpY2SRY5UQc3scTYSzcSFYBMlHeu2IV/s640/Screen%20Shot%202021-01-17%20at%202.27.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="640" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32yf7Y-LHHfjUgiws-TA2FUl3UEpspzAnbfSk7txTfHJIl3KF5giyqMwZT03FGhWZRcvI8f0UyhLqWG56wZdjMDYM9W72zHCk70ubIi2Yf9JpZBYo8y_ubCyd8aIz5Upy1AARJcutXmqH4-mw94esXaKUWJQP-BpY2SRY5UQc3scTYSzcSFYBMlHeu2IV/w640-h618/Screen%20Shot%202021-01-17%20at%202.27.55%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I have written about running many times, (like in <a href="http://www.allaboutthatmommylife.com/2018/09/running-half-marathon.html" target="_blank">this post here about running a half marathon</a>), but running is one of my <i><b>very favorite</b></i> hobbies of all. What's funny about that is that I used to HATE running. One year I set a New Year's resolution for myself to do something "outside the box" for me. Well, for someone who hates running, giving it a shot was definitely outside the box. It turns out I don't hate running at all, I just hate the first mile haha!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Yoga:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJS1PwAEqyZjWouvVtb-Pmng6U_Ggvvao5UP9WvZlSnlnBKu0HIz3HjQfwgaffwL-rmcOATLpQhoW5Wg0MW3Y0G_yendsmZHem_oq2clE8mm3GsrkiY0o5mNMmtilp_mj_l5sr57odYvaEbgFXe2C49iLoCR2khSMAI6zbTuGqVdWBXYTiXuRdqn5AxDS/s640/IMG_6792.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJS1PwAEqyZjWouvVtb-Pmng6U_Ggvvao5UP9WvZlSnlnBKu0HIz3HjQfwgaffwL-rmcOATLpQhoW5Wg0MW3Y0G_yendsmZHem_oq2clE8mm3GsrkiY0o5mNMmtilp_mj_l5sr57odYvaEbgFXe2C49iLoCR2khSMAI6zbTuGqVdWBXYTiXuRdqn5AxDS/w480-h640/IMG_6792.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Iāve been practicing yoga regularly since college and love everything about it. I love that it is a physical workout, but also so good for you mentally as well. I always feel significantly calmer/less stressed out after a good yoga session (after any exercise, really).</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Crafty Things:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3f7z3a_u1HaLj9IIhNVIUeole8GCuB5CPBcfngnDz3W6eevKoG2_vACQC1J42n0RwIOExBUV5sD4TFkyqKuLUNxoYJ4llrz6ohCgBxfQWWTdpo5IHCz31JLXFT54IzGqGkMtrRbhRgqVn8cAwUwM5_X2v_U3trtBqwyCx5yhT7L0r4A2OVMHn2PLaV1-/s640/IMG_3492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3f7z3a_u1HaLj9IIhNVIUeole8GCuB5CPBcfngnDz3W6eevKoG2_vACQC1J42n0RwIOExBUV5sD4TFkyqKuLUNxoYJ4llrz6ohCgBxfQWWTdpo5IHCz31JLXFT54IzGqGkMtrRbhRgqVn8cAwUwM5_X2v_U3trtBqwyCx5yhT7L0r4A2OVMHn2PLaV1-/w640-h480/IMG_3492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I have always loved expressing myself creatively, via some sort of art or craft. While the crafts used to be just for me, now that I have kids, we do a lot of kid crafts together.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43N2wlbmxB1GMnMn3E9y3s8IXlVkwJrNPzTQ0IpzvN0qVtEJM9KgT3NWEhvU3LHLmb07CwQqusUMGVMEpqKyxZrVuw8hwUChQbGVZTNsWMq5DBG5wQOK5e2raeSJn8MYkbkb0CdbYCAjhEXhfpo4LWw9ok0wAf2ZxDjLSZkk1fSQqWqaBVDDy-_3VFa9G/s640/IMG_4240_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43N2wlbmxB1GMnMn3E9y3s8IXlVkwJrNPzTQ0IpzvN0qVtEJM9KgT3NWEhvU3LHLmb07CwQqusUMGVMEpqKyxZrVuw8hwUChQbGVZTNsWMq5DBG5wQOK5e2raeSJn8MYkbkb0CdbYCAjhEXhfpo4LWw9ok0wAf2ZxDjLSZkk1fSQqWqaBVDDy-_3VFa9G/w480-h640/IMG_4240_jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><u>Baking:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnk9qbBXuslpuKG0JAWf7P-Nclw4qaTYhmKQq27bkvNegcYyNmT7YJ0oCU1ypUVoNPiufbhcBcRp6omvv10y-IWtDKYd8MYL4LPN9B-AdQqYYiE9O8OpV7UkFAX6zhJlgJM6ePx3UbRp7GdiQ0kj606Tza--dcO6y2vq7X_xkPPhAwKLO7kylYl_lnRGuf/s640/IMG_3663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnk9qbBXuslpuKG0JAWf7P-Nclw4qaTYhmKQq27bkvNegcYyNmT7YJ0oCU1ypUVoNPiufbhcBcRp6omvv10y-IWtDKYd8MYL4LPN9B-AdQqYYiE9O8OpV7UkFAX6zhJlgJM6ePx3UbRp7GdiQ0kj606Tza--dcO6y2vq7X_xkPPhAwKLO7kylYl_lnRGuf/w480-h640/IMG_3663.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I LOVE baking, but let me be clearā¦ Iām not whipping up an original recipe from scratch. Iām very happy to start with a box mix of cake/brownies/cupcakes and add some stuff to it to jazz them up. I just play around with it and have fun. If a recipe doesnāt work out, it doesnāt work out. No big deal. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I love making cupcakes and cookies with the kids and then decorating them. I have the best memories of doing that with my mom and grandma growing up, and Iām so happy to do that with my own kids too! In fact, we made Halloween cookies yesterday (yes I realize itās mid-September, but there are so many fun Halloween activities to do and I like to spread the joy out a bit instead of cramming it all into one month). </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Those are a few of my favorite hobbies. What do you like to do for fun? If you're a blogger, please link up with us below!</span></p><!--start InLinkz code-->
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We got back last night and are spending today getting caught up on errands before another week ahead. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRml5UXbBr7BEwBxgZMd5uYZkYDWZjjhYq5DZGrEBmohhkmW2D2UKJCgBPkCHY9Pte7q1kU0Cm4HDi2TDrCnokcgI0ktHohgE8EBpPH6_BuwlpeptEH-BpL8z3ZaK33MYP0VIRGYXcFo1a6Wmh6EQP0hGRv14P0kdUgE2HRnyTSyul-CO2Dd82C5jO_R3/s640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRml5UXbBr7BEwBxgZMd5uYZkYDWZjjhYq5DZGrEBmohhkmW2D2UKJCgBPkCHY9Pte7q1kU0Cm4HDi2TDrCnokcgI0ktHohgE8EBpPH6_BuwlpeptEH-BpL8z3ZaK33MYP0VIRGYXcFo1a6Wmh6EQP0hGRv14P0kdUgE2HRnyTSyul-CO2Dd82C5jO_R3/w640-h640/Copy%20of%20Prime%20Purchases%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I am linking up with Tanya for Prime Purchases. Here's a look at what we bought:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEKsautR1Couc7TlWlVuvpZtt3A0D-Xmr3FYwtGAR13dinaYwXhzLT40bHtlw8yVgP2gSSjQqFPGYY87HA4tbLKYjDlOLOlsq0Q4fVVW-jYXn6fR8y0eJhQ4VQiEESzVzrS2tiaAeUIXH6h-g-SmEuUUofW5x_118SYkhmWj8vebuYIwkX8jVuCjKC0Rk/s1500/71UmhDqm1ZL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="494" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEKsautR1Couc7TlWlVuvpZtt3A0D-Xmr3FYwtGAR13dinaYwXhzLT40bHtlw8yVgP2gSSjQqFPGYY87HA4tbLKYjDlOLOlsq0Q4fVVW-jYXn6fR8y0eJhQ4VQiEESzVzrS2tiaAeUIXH6h-g-SmEuUUofW5x_118SYkhmWj8vebuYIwkX8jVuCjKC0Rk/w210-h640/71UmhDqm1ZL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="210" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002ND64?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=50f205fe6511ebe1f9fbe0f5b1f33e44&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Fire Extinguisherā</a> One of my best friends told me this month that they had a small kitchen fire. Luckily, my friend ran and got her fire extinguisher and was able to put it out very quickly. It made me realize that we did not have a fire extinguisher and needed one!! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwl5VOUVi1opuyLfaJZPzX1LWgFKobEB28dIOE3TDjwWMvGjtO-SwHkig9OJJEbYojDJGOzXtSfW3lBSbtg5tVA7PuspW0Mv6mTuAdnvkvkFdeMNzirrpGTXQmNwUdUPob6RPwnrO4yx5xy8bfu0G1moIIy6vo_bOWop6r7GYkH8BW6nyXYWgR9rQH2cl/s1500/81zV-Gu0XoS._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwl5VOUVi1opuyLfaJZPzX1LWgFKobEB28dIOE3TDjwWMvGjtO-SwHkig9OJJEbYojDJGOzXtSfW3lBSbtg5tVA7PuspW0Mv6mTuAdnvkvkFdeMNzirrpGTXQmNwUdUPob6RPwnrO4yx5xy8bfu0G1moIIy6vo_bOWop6r7GYkH8BW6nyXYWgR9rQH2cl/w640-h640/81zV-Gu0XoS._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09853N2PZ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=a3ffd5e74fdb517726f52d9a83e773f4&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Kauai Coffee Podsā</a> back to school time of year means we are flying through coffee over here š¤Ŗ</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZWB2QCW?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b65ba5566cbd01b6946a4c7a48b3d55c&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank"></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzIqrdAgjGBZ0y35fLqg6gUCrPd8RKbGit_QGQoQXIhBsgNWfmiBkd-ODF8m_a6P8SdhMqYhfUVJF0t3NaEZie0uniwtrUDgte9O2_0Z4PDCdkN-DagYXWYdo767TKlIzPYbWdjz8wdl1Gy64CXF7m6E4E6O1apGrasHD60j7Zd3BTmCZhsg0XTit28c4/s1500/71L1jbD7pwL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzIqrdAgjGBZ0y35fLqg6gUCrPd8RKbGit_QGQoQXIhBsgNWfmiBkd-ODF8m_a6P8SdhMqYhfUVJF0t3NaEZie0uniwtrUDgte9O2_0Z4PDCdkN-DagYXWYdo767TKlIzPYbWdjz8wdl1Gy64CXF7m6E4E6O1apGrasHD60j7Zd3BTmCZhsg0XTit28c4/w640-h640/71L1jbD7pwL._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Trolls World Tour CDā the kids have been on a big Trolls kick and we have been listening to the soundtrack for both movies nonstop. Well, normally we listen to music on my phone, but it drains my battery, so I was looking for another solution. Luckily, my car is older and still has a CD player. I bought that CD and now they donāt need my phone anymore to play music. Win/win! </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQarLzV2YdejVUKjms_5F6YY3aF9-_F5DdLpWPh2NfOKn6y6YjM_PmJ2yzsWKp4HqiV-plxd-rIUYS8j-NfBdu3dxIzXvz3ctQMewN7w2UOJjx8Szrd0pmI25_fhZns_yj2hGgEAS442DDGZHMjpM5a3fkWMa6WB-qf8HhSrLtT957ziHRA4GdXLO_26_/s1500/71KoOQ+AvVL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQarLzV2YdejVUKjms_5F6YY3aF9-_F5DdLpWPh2NfOKn6y6YjM_PmJ2yzsWKp4HqiV-plxd-rIUYS8j-NfBdu3dxIzXvz3ctQMewN7w2UOJjx8Szrd0pmI25_fhZns_yj2hGgEAS442DDGZHMjpM5a3fkWMa6WB-qf8HhSrLtT957ziHRA4GdXLO_26_/w400-h400/71KoOQ+AvVL._SL1500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDRKG478?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=35b3e559ebe8732e35e236aab2b9c1a4&camp=1789&creative=9325&th=1" target="_blank">Booster Seatā</a> Liam has a nanny now who will be picking him up from school since I will be with Lily Grace at āthe big kid school.ā Our nanny (who we Love!!) sometimes needs to drive him, so we gave her one of our old car seats and swap it out with this booster.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AP3Q7qo3tIUSPS86OEj2qS1gSLrrWuZ9tO8AmqkoCdZopxA9bTdp1pOCyypXB5P1Gz2_v7q7wb6P0EfqRcJudfXEOjJUJmsYOI0dxd8LHaosFho1MHJUyTM15HhjjlV2trCVUHTPbMsHlul_K2a44ceI7sTjCaFSxE5xg82CX8yJkCcVskxj53jCxP4I/s1500/81Z6xSKSZCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1500" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AP3Q7qo3tIUSPS86OEj2qS1gSLrrWuZ9tO8AmqkoCdZopxA9bTdp1pOCyypXB5P1Gz2_v7q7wb6P0EfqRcJudfXEOjJUJmsYOI0dxd8LHaosFho1MHJUyTM15HhjjlV2trCVUHTPbMsHlul_K2a44ceI7sTjCaFSxE5xg82CX8yJkCcVskxj53jCxP4I/w640-h520/81Z6xSKSZCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097GGRR46?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=d2bdd2387aaf7ccedbf8b9ac4d82331e&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Bentgo boxā</a> One of LG's old Bentgo's broke at the end of last year. I tried to buy the bigger size Bentgo box for this year, but it didnāt fit inside her L.L. Bean lunchbox. So we went with this one instead. She loves the fairies!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2CaPPMgDczpBtyQKYqDpdZu2W7BTkqRi_9kCohAxpnGVQ3-0aqYsD0l0RtsE1cMGMcmuyShMUblmAu-CLBhTAM1ip3h4X1br9SUovdJnmaoP7ZMfud1jSt1VMr0kCGCqatisPTxhzILzTyLuEZnkMyzjtzUwYl9rGum1Ij31Alb-iOp3k-jjUIZjz53X/s500/51q8VOKIfyL._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2CaPPMgDczpBtyQKYqDpdZu2W7BTkqRi_9kCohAxpnGVQ3-0aqYsD0l0RtsE1cMGMcmuyShMUblmAu-CLBhTAM1ip3h4X1br9SUovdJnmaoP7ZMfud1jSt1VMr0kCGCqatisPTxhzILzTyLuEZnkMyzjtzUwYl9rGum1Ij31Alb-iOp3k-jjUIZjz53X/s320/51q8VOKIfyL._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="320" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_cS2OhDPpuCIx0bl_lyn3o7xvZ0lRlW31jm3n2cSrR0Wp7HR3LTSiKLhrM9ZlFe-YNaGfSJBpXvadIZkN5cThyvJZqQYgKtyYKym4WISRhnzLQXhiBFvn6_CMTwyW_0_RiX6aAeM87v3cvuPEBqeecXkqPj5PdmOYKrOo_yHhGXnvqtnE9Zq4Ppz8a5r/s1500/61lxb6-A9QL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1500" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_cS2OhDPpuCIx0bl_lyn3o7xvZ0lRlW31jm3n2cSrR0Wp7HR3LTSiKLhrM9ZlFe-YNaGfSJBpXvadIZkN5cThyvJZqQYgKtyYKym4WISRhnzLQXhiBFvn6_CMTwyW_0_RiX6aAeM87v3cvuPEBqeecXkqPj5PdmOYKrOo_yHhGXnvqtnE9Zq4Ppz8a5r/s320/61lxb6-A9QL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/164638766X?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=4290eec318f6061ffabfba23c741830c&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Bible Stories</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TDN6CR3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=49221f0927523c4f2d45547de5e8f069&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Sticky Notes</a>ā these were on Lily Grace's teacher's Amazon Wish List, so we purchased them for the class. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0vt2VSYCCFBm1tXm83xwbf6rW3i_ocf4Jh0SWfWy61uB6gWU3XVWqQk27ydlEwaZjiyfV5fLjoMghjvQGNTjlopsFJPcmAiRtCFxd65rvGHLIz9qOIYeAJNgdDpwfnvSZPNploW9VbwewOVt39ol52tg92GGP7t0lZu2-9KUb2jdMWc0yauhoS0PzJ2t/s1500/71yJjyVX2ML._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0vt2VSYCCFBm1tXm83xwbf6rW3i_ocf4Jh0SWfWy61uB6gWU3XVWqQk27ydlEwaZjiyfV5fLjoMghjvQGNTjlopsFJPcmAiRtCFxd65rvGHLIz9qOIYeAJNgdDpwfnvSZPNploW9VbwewOVt39ol52tg92GGP7t0lZu2-9KUb2jdMWc0yauhoS0PzJ2t/w640-h640/71yJjyVX2ML._SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M9FG3PS?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=9dc45a04a6bfbae2ab88696ff0b37c09&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Purlisse BB Creamā</a> This is still my favorite make up! It is clean and has a very light coverage. I also love that itās SPF 30.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfY_VnSnIXb_EDKEbRSHS7qIuFBuSjjYdtUsxi8kJWluCbkOZz6EGYuIEkC_RGgwe7KZzAR3QlvBjbKfn7t-jfVtOQbOVahZk6Mcy0RkT04tkFaFYrApFnvGomTZpPmXg34XNNT9bYimmhg1IsU7cKZEjaztVDsIieKprhTPEuVtt-O5Ndp5BoHFB4jBu5/s1500/71pNqVk3jBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfY_VnSnIXb_EDKEbRSHS7qIuFBuSjjYdtUsxi8kJWluCbkOZz6EGYuIEkC_RGgwe7KZzAR3QlvBjbKfn7t-jfVtOQbOVahZk6Mcy0RkT04tkFaFYrApFnvGomTZpPmXg34XNNT9bYimmhg1IsU7cKZEjaztVDsIieKprhTPEuVtt-O5Ndp5BoHFB4jBu5/w640-h640/71pNqVk3jBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC8BBFDG/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=A3HBG9F73OCY6T&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=09cd91d73069beb4cb3e6cfebe627a01&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Skeleton Candle--</a> This one is in my cart just waiting for me to hit "purchase," but I haven't bitten the bullet yet. It's so dang cute and festive!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for reading along today! I can't wait to see what ya'll bought this month too!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802262832613232638.post-14482975386822706472023-08-30T04:30:00.119-04:002023-08-30T04:30:00.140-04:00Whatās Up Wednesday<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Good morning and happy Whatās Up Wednesday! August was a month packed with busyness and fun, and I am looking forward to all that September brings. Hopefully things slow down a little bit as we ease into fall! Letās have a look at what weāve been up to:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTv5OneSLJ4PijjXkhkcIh9QHlaXLBCNObZiqPS5pw4F-rZD0s47l8bOlGPwYIMLE5hlfUtfqLCJAFlXTjVJtaYOWZgufPGKJf8fga_xozzPlaNY0Vj4ofamCrTOiJqJcG7u4xhqGfG9eL59uLLUnrc0s0kNqgaXIy6x2Kh8LYAlStpWIcSBjZ2n8T24G/s640/WUWquestions-edit-969x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTv5OneSLJ4PijjXkhkcIh9QHlaXLBCNObZiqPS5pw4F-rZD0s47l8bOlGPwYIMLE5hlfUtfqLCJAFlXTjVJtaYOWZgufPGKJf8fga_xozzPlaNY0Vj4ofamCrTOiJqJcG7u4xhqGfG9eL59uLLUnrc0s0kNqgaXIy6x2Kh8LYAlStpWIcSBjZ2n8T24G/w608-h640/WUWquestions-edit-969x1024.jpg" width="608" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What Weāve Been Eating:</u></b> I need your help in this area! We have been in a little bit of a rut these past few weeks of eating the same things over and over again. Nothing seems to sound good. What do you do when you are in a rut of eating, the same things over and over?</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What Iām Loving:</u></b> my eyelashes have started growing back in and it brings me so much joy!! I love seeing physical evidence of my healing! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What Weāve Been Up To:</u></b> We are doing some work in our backyard at the moment, and are putting in a nice fire pit area. I've been pinning and Google searching some inspiration:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqHiiFTDtdKZJeaspxmiSDLvYvoloCCBRLfooDsNMLM4Ythmh3fAHIYKEGt6TuiSxF6zs2goCRWJftvPRp3TBpZFAb5OZNFh0CG8s8odRaMW3MZhB3BK0e4tJznBW4Le6YaqjiXE-b-ZqgiaMdFogzPJq1wdr8Wvbw80jZhPLlIMuSUd5I7DISnJxE1rI/s2079/IMG_5907.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqHiiFTDtdKZJeaspxmiSDLvYvoloCCBRLfooDsNMLM4Ythmh3fAHIYKEGt6TuiSxF6zs2goCRWJftvPRp3TBpZFAb5OZNFh0CG8s8odRaMW3MZhB3BK0e4tJznBW4Le6YaqjiXE-b-ZqgiaMdFogzPJq1wdr8Wvbw80jZhPLlIMuSUd5I7DISnJxE1rI/w296-h640/IMG_5907.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UzXVoA-irKfRosnzKVMM8nSPtx6_pWp-h8QU_FKeFmSrH5XQ2tJSEm3khi3NiJ70Ct0q6tdqv_1pbacvhEKAbog-FHL4FPWggelz4rzK0-FE5y2y6ejSIpL0oXXN4V7yjHcKo9THhu-d1ZET1nMuXnT1Bb3bbNO3vNf9d_NEI3EhPBKv9Zrx0LI4g0FJ/s2079/IMG_5908.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UzXVoA-irKfRosnzKVMM8nSPtx6_pWp-h8QU_FKeFmSrH5XQ2tJSEm3khi3NiJ70Ct0q6tdqv_1pbacvhEKAbog-FHL4FPWggelz4rzK0-FE5y2y6ejSIpL0oXXN4V7yjHcKo9THhu-d1ZET1nMuXnT1Bb3bbNO3vNf9d_NEI3EhPBKv9Zrx0LI4g0FJ/w296-h640/IMG_5908.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz-no60Mp_XEC_A4tiaImFd699AoNX_bNjdS0gwfnH66xWVCOHZV4uSTIQw-SjYuz1Eou_9uBSRBdRL7rd4g9eS9E-NUZM6oxfEOFJs6aDYzx6AaxX1EQaZDdjmUW4Z-8FTs1CJCRJ-ZvOfJdq0gAnZfL8ALrEuWUub_Qp7ObOtv2Y1UZ9w9nWKtHddIf/s2079/IMG_5909.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz-no60Mp_XEC_A4tiaImFd699AoNX_bNjdS0gwfnH66xWVCOHZV4uSTIQw-SjYuz1Eou_9uBSRBdRL7rd4g9eS9E-NUZM6oxfEOFJs6aDYzx6AaxX1EQaZDdjmUW4Z-8FTs1CJCRJ-ZvOfJdq0gAnZfL8ALrEuWUub_Qp7ObOtv2Y1UZ9w9nWKtHddIf/w296-h640/IMG_5909.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's hoping we get it finished before firepit season starts around here! Luckily, we have some time before the cooler temps hit the Carolinas.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiM6Mhq-DoVrfW-WvxbGS6XpU_raA9nr7UCMge2_rOPjOejFPKDgbd2QSL_ft9mhunW2ximVc1gDDox_Jzr8seFuX2a66Q1l0BKof6U5CttMq6NkbuJj6eJpNZKiKrHQo8gjMYxXafHPXUHcc0TJDU4JaLlYcoZrOlwF8UToZVjhsXhsD5NWO2hYnMPsI/s640/IMG_3197.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiM6Mhq-DoVrfW-WvxbGS6XpU_raA9nr7UCMge2_rOPjOejFPKDgbd2QSL_ft9mhunW2ximVc1gDDox_Jzr8seFuX2a66Q1l0BKof6U5CttMq6NkbuJj6eJpNZKiKrHQo8gjMYxXafHPXUHcc0TJDU4JaLlYcoZrOlwF8UToZVjhsXhsD5NWO2hYnMPsI/w480-h640/IMG_3197.jpg" width="480" /></a></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hv6vMn1-cSyPopF3LgrD_nwCcnBCoUyQPNfxojFkJ1PCNdllHwKaLW3VpespdjTmYhQbtHa-QnchxwsAPGvAvozgCfqf9o2ZpXGXr5B52NDqw8Y6TRdOjnE9FwEzbw6E_dSfChdLyq4Sfib96hAN6oKWV6yWh1osL54Dev9xEwmuiOXxIinBRp9w0F09/s640/IMG_3211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hv6vMn1-cSyPopF3LgrD_nwCcnBCoUyQPNfxojFkJ1PCNdllHwKaLW3VpespdjTmYhQbtHa-QnchxwsAPGvAvozgCfqf9o2ZpXGXr5B52NDqw8Y6TRdOjnE9FwEzbw6E_dSfChdLyq4Sfib96hAN6oKWV6yWh1osL54Dev9xEwmuiOXxIinBRp9w0F09/w480-h640/IMG_3211.jpg" width="480" /></a></u></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><b>What Iām Excited About:</b></u> It's almost Halloween season and all things spooky!! For those of you who don't already know, we have a family of skeletons that we pose in our front yard daily during the month of October. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzbiVNPwcd4CeVkNQMvf5qqXOI0evvaVUaCRarqqSnVfbqOwKm1UH_VNPw1xd7DKw07Vixn9f6Pu9scvjRtd8Vg9Lz_G6Z3QnxjVWp6NcFmDv970Og4h8HM8ut2TE-lmcf7rAcoBBW3NWccTyog0E8pqSzZpXokwp8I3dkkCZwVWKuuLmEbhqly5as-pU/s640/IMG_3356.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzbiVNPwcd4CeVkNQMvf5qqXOI0evvaVUaCRarqqSnVfbqOwKm1UH_VNPw1xd7DKw07Vixn9f6Pu9scvjRtd8Vg9Lz_G6Z3QnxjVWp6NcFmDv970Og4h8HM8ut2TE-lmcf7rAcoBBW3NWccTyog0E8pqSzZpXokwp8I3dkkCZwVWKuuLmEbhqly5as-pU/w640-h480/IMG_3356.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's time for us to start brainstorming some skeleton ideas!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27Feah5Dk3gsMmHo4RDAxdMXpT6hlpOgdFYep_c5Iq2F9kHOKOM0_xfJ0GsA5TY-yUgC4E4-qSV-gZ1cZfakQvLWdL43ZD0Lp-YwX18lPoL1TQGMQVp2FnbPixf4nRaU9c3aShTrcd7UsbrFG34o39g80bmAHXzQC8vgPLHFuuluaCjbvs_Tm4OpjpSA5/s688/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-29%20at%208.32.37%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27Feah5Dk3gsMmHo4RDAxdMXpT6hlpOgdFYep_c5Iq2F9kHOKOM0_xfJ0GsA5TY-yUgC4E4-qSV-gZ1cZfakQvLWdL43ZD0Lp-YwX18lPoL1TQGMQVp2FnbPixf4nRaU9c3aShTrcd7UsbrFG34o39g80bmAHXzQC8vgPLHFuuluaCjbvs_Tm4OpjpSA5/w424-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-29%20at%208.32.37%20PM.png" width="424" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What I am Reading/Watching:</u></b> I have been reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Pant-Nation-Novel-Class-ebook/dp/B08GJPBC1C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1693355527&sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=addf32139fe2a7bd6b8c53c8a2a89b9f&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Yoga Pant Nation</a>, and Iāve been loving it. I read her other two books, and liked them too. I think they are such a fun read during this back to school time of year, especially since I just signed up to be class mom again. If only our class, mom emails were as exciting as Jennifer Dixonās. Haha!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4YMos1Cvf8C9zin70x7_aVwmlEArzytz0qegMCVsONflSEbL7j5RnHSde43fUgEnT_O7vl0CUHA1SIGrHSMCJh32honBPdLZdDjbOM5-U5VmgRLJo4NML7qr8VnD8V5d5wOWgp-R6F3myZmrmC-jP6Gjf1e4pzqvZC3QEiLVUctJWOL0ZIz88X_CAMCN/s1500/MV5BOWI5ZDljMDktZTU2Yy00Nzc1LTk5MjAtMzM2ZjUyODYwN2M4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODQzNDExNTc@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4YMos1Cvf8C9zin70x7_aVwmlEArzytz0qegMCVsONflSEbL7j5RnHSde43fUgEnT_O7vl0CUHA1SIGrHSMCJh32honBPdLZdDjbOM5-U5VmgRLJo4NML7qr8VnD8V5d5wOWgp-R6F3myZmrmC-jP6Gjf1e4pzqvZC3QEiLVUctJWOL0ZIz88X_CAMCN/w512-h640/MV5BOWI5ZDljMDktZTU2Yy00Nzc1LTk5MjAtMzM2ZjUyODYwN2M4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODQzNDExNTc@._V1_.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for watching, some friends recommended the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard show on Netflix, and it is absolutely insane. It is difficult to watch at times, but at the same time fascinating.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLACwaXWBiFOWQ6qheXlu-ltEaSJLzu2E07ZPr1f5r3UK9Der6ylqD1uRDNd0_kpJxSxxlAFocblI3AH_qUatKfIc0hhZRWhnV6Kb5q5PVmZAAB-6GWGfiKkkvkzOHlnNZMR4isynKVPFxxB3VqPa_J-eMV3J8uLFYwD9pw85WSYVxoGT-hI2Jnv7GK6h-/s1000/91+40T4HZHL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="731" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLACwaXWBiFOWQ6qheXlu-ltEaSJLzu2E07ZPr1f5r3UK9Der6ylqD1uRDNd0_kpJxSxxlAFocblI3AH_qUatKfIc0hhZRWhnV6Kb5q5PVmZAAB-6GWGfiKkkvkzOHlnNZMR4isynKVPFxxB3VqPa_J-eMV3J8uLFYwD9pw85WSYVxoGT-hI2Jnv7GK6h-/w470-h640/91+40T4HZHL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="470" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What Iām Listening To:</u></b> The kids are super into the movie Trolls right now, so the Trolls soundtrack has been playing nonstop at our house. That and Trolls World Tour (which I actually think is cuter than the original!). Thank goodness the music is actually pretty good, so I'm not complaining about listening to it!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>What I am Wearing:</u></b> Last week I did a post about what I've been wearing to work. Here's a few pics from that post:</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y4y7ZE4hZ4BrCkdd6JOOYOx3cWkwYbrKLn0N8kYthkg8CZqtT53xqxWUsQTY6x5pb5bdoWewjyh7v-TZ7m-3QnhtILhX3oJduiEXH3EVT-hmLGn45wLzfMvgeGLzXjmJMtzE3KTv_D1ZfjwqvhX8lMJgCI1r2FRZ5pkuvM49wfwhw-wfbED98GsKMQxI/s3782/IMG_5200.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3782" data-original-width="2360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y4y7ZE4hZ4BrCkdd6JOOYOx3cWkwYbrKLn0N8kYthkg8CZqtT53xqxWUsQTY6x5pb5bdoWewjyh7v-TZ7m-3QnhtILhX3oJduiEXH3EVT-hmLGn45wLzfMvgeGLzXjmJMtzE3KTv_D1ZfjwqvhX8lMJgCI1r2FRZ5pkuvM49wfwhw-wfbED98GsKMQxI/w400-h640/IMG_5200.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BWHF7CDZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f345023a89dc52986d06481e3a7085b4&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Dress</a>/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H87LY9O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=0c7ecc30699e4e5793b6a0115cc4eae9&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Sandals</a></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GtD1jnT0Ld-U1NWW0ZU1juzdVWU8Ifo1wlInWWsJLDz1T6VQdxjMwpm6E3mHtuUBuBGwBBTVpEbU8ImF26Kr_Q5DZESSGhN4qSuzfLcaHTcbycp7wSh4AmlmPVxnw7VkGxWLoWFjocZuRaRimpwzqEsR2hjNojNLASni3YBA9YTXbvwp0pUcFJykC36q/s640/IMG_2155.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GtD1jnT0Ld-U1NWW0ZU1juzdVWU8Ifo1wlInWWsJLDz1T6VQdxjMwpm6E3mHtuUBuBGwBBTVpEbU8ImF26Kr_Q5DZESSGhN4qSuzfLcaHTcbycp7wSh4AmlmPVxnw7VkGxWLoWFjocZuRaRimpwzqEsR2hjNojNLASni3YBA9YTXbvwp0pUcFJykC36q/w480-h640/IMG_2155.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Reddish Pants (old)/<a href="https://sovrn.co/p3stvzu" target="_blank">White Tee</a>/ <a href="https://sovrn.co/hzxgpi1" target="_blank">Denim Jacket</a></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; 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I am looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend spent with family.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u>Favorite Amazon Purchase:</u></b> Okay, so I haven't technically bought this yet, but this is in my cart for Halloween:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3se5xKQeJpVG95lzhdg8PoAF2ZduJlzrK6xmJu8oZX_rCf4FUQlkYnKQ7NCyYx4_xnRfTexOFYztb88J7e3ZsQM2kqwOMSS5Q3cper0ziAQ7aWuZSBS_ctLVMYnFrgXo5UriGvu5J0QKA_5GraVI4yD-ChSSgmVma19sNTKatYOphbe-lpfbrAOhl5E3/s1500/71pNqVk3jBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3se5xKQeJpVG95lzhdg8PoAF2ZduJlzrK6xmJu8oZX_rCf4FUQlkYnKQ7NCyYx4_xnRfTexOFYztb88J7e3ZsQM2kqwOMSS5Q3cper0ziAQ7aWuZSBS_ctLVMYnFrgXo5UriGvu5J0QKA_5GraVI4yD-ChSSgmVma19sNTKatYOphbe-lpfbrAOhl5E3/w640-h640/71pNqVk3jBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How cute is this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC8BBFDG/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=A3HBG9F73OCY6T&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=allaboutthatm-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=24ecc7726ca716e0a1b8f07df657fe57&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">skeleton candle</a>?! I think it counts as a "need" and not a "want" š</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I am linking up with Sheaffer and Shay for What's Up Wednesday. See you back here Friday!</span></p>All About That Mommy Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182031903924979606noreply@blogger.com8