picture coasters...

I ordered a lot of my Instagram pictures and decided to make coasters out of some of them. I found a tutorial off of pinterest and it was supper easy and so cute! I loved the idea so much, I made some for my bible study girls:) I absolutely love them, and of course I love displaying pictures anyway I can:) It was so easy and only required tiles, pictures, mod podge, sealer and felt! Here are the finished products!

last week in pictures...

Last week was definitely a week! I'm thankful for a new Monday and a new week! Here's a few pictures from last week...

Annie Rice at gymnastics! She loves it and has really gotten so much stronger every week.

Last weekend, we had a friends birthday party. While we were there, Annie Rice went poo poo on the potty. Normally, I give her a sucker but I didn't have any with me, so I promised her she would get a BIG sucker when we got home. My parents brought this back to her from there cruise in July, and I've been waiting for the perfect time to give it to her. She LOVED it and if we asked her what she had, she kept saying BIG sucker mommy. There were a few tears when we took it away because it was right before dinner time, but she enjoyed it for a good solid hour. 

 She got this scratch during church..We aren't quite sure how, but she kept telling us face hurt mommy ball. It's almost completely healed but she still tells me what happened to her face:)

 This was at gymnastics again on Tuesday. She goes twice a week. Sweet girl is so funny. In therapy, we have been working on her walking with one foot in front of the other like she's on a balance beam. She's not there yet without us holding her hand, but since we started working on this about 3 months ago, we would ask her to count or say her ABCs while she walked on the line. Now, every time she walks the balance beam she counts or does her ABCs. She associates the 2. It's so funny. All the mom's ask me how I got her to do that:)

 Annie Rice asks to wear a bow in her hair everyday. I love it! This particular day she asked for the biggest bow she could find:)

 I love INSTAGRAM! I love it even more now that I can print my pictures and they look this cool from printstagram! I've been making some projects with the pictures that I printed out...can't wait to share those:)

 It's been awhile since I've posted any pictures of Miley...BUT this picture was her guilty look! Annie Rice was coloring a picture for Kaz while I was getting ready. Miley is a very picky eater as far as when she will eat. We have to tell her "OK" about 10 times before she thinks it's really okay for her to eat. I knew she still had food in her kennel so while I was getting ready in the bathroom, I heard her chomping down. I assumed it was just the food...a few minutes later I found little pieces of orange and red crayon all over the floor along with Annie Rice just looking at her coloring page. Yep, Miley ate 2 crayons! 

 After the week I had last week, this was my favorite part of the day on Thursday. When I put Annie Rice down for a nap, I curled up in my blanket and watched the hills for 3 hours:)

 This past weekend we went to my parents house. I had a wedding Saturday. The wedding was in Florence, which is about 45 minutes from my parents house. My sweet husband stayed in Florence until I got out of the wedding so I wouldn't have to drive back late on back roads to my parents house. This is what time we got home. Yesterday, when we got back to Summerville, all 3 of us took 4 hours naps:)

 Annie Rice does really good while we drive. We haven't had a dvd player in the car since last October and normally she finds ways to entertain herself or will play with the few toys we have in the car. I cleaned out the car the other day and forgot to put any of her toys back in the car except for 1. Yesterday coming back, I decided to give her this paint sample book I had gotten from Lowes[for free] to see what she thought of it. Much to our surprise, she played with it for 2.5 hours on the drive back! We couldn't believe it. When I finally took it away, she cried. It's amazing what will keep her attention!

life, happy hearts, and NYC....

This video gets to my heart every time:) I love to hear my sweet little girl say "happy heart" and "love GOD".

My lovely came back from his camping trip a day early...No complaint from me or the other wives:)

 I absolutely LOVE my job:) I get to be apart of so many special moments for people. This was taken of me by my sweet friend Carissa[who's birthday is tomorrow-Happy birthday friend!]in action at my last wedding...

 I got asked to do a wedding of a lifetime! IN ST. KITTS!!! WoooHooo! Is it March yet?

our gear...

 I found this dessert on pinterest and had to try it. Only 110 calorie cupcake. Funfetti cake mix + spirt zero + cool whip + vanilla pudding on top=delicious and low calorie:)

 Annie Rice got a card in the mail from Goofy, Dickey Mouse, Minnie, and Duck. She carried it around for a good 20 minutes and would just sit and stare at it. She was so excited when I told her she got a card from Goofy. 

 Meet Annie Rice's bff Brynn. She loves Brynn and talks about her all the time!

 I "tried" a braid with a ponytail..since that's a popular hair style that I absolutely love...I'm still trying to decide on the verdict of if I like it on me..

 I love smoothes BUT they are so much better with a little old fashioned rolled oats in them:) YUM!

 She's got a sweet face and lately she's been trying to act mad and fold her arms...That gentle spirit still shines through even though she's pretending to be mad:)

 AND Last but not least, I'm heading to NYC tomorrow with these ladies[Dawn, Anne, and Ashley]..I'm SO EXCITED! These are my 2 dresses for night. Surprise, surprise they are both orange:) After all that's my favorite color! So excited for this trip:) Lots of pictures next week or if you follow me on instagram, I'm sure there will be lots to tell:)

my week in pictures...

My week of instagrams...

Lately, my hair has looked better after sweaty runs than fresh out the shower. These are 2 different days of how my hair looked after a long run. 

This box of pumpkin bread has been in out pantry for 2 years. The expiration date wasn’t until the end of this year and I kept telling Kaz we could make it for Thanksgiving. BUT after being on pinterest for the last few weeks, I have had a craving for pumpkin bread so I decided to make it this week! Unfortunately, it was gone within 2 days. 

Annie Rice goes to bed at 730 and usually after dinner, we only have about 45 more minutes with her before she goes nite nite. So we try to make the most of it. I love nights where she wants to color:) Who doesn’t like to color. We had a special task of coloring Kaz a picture because he’s gone hiking for a couple of days with the guys. He’s only been gone a night and we are ready for him to back home. Thankfully, my parents came to spend the weekend with us.

I LOVE smoothies. This one is a new recipe for me. It’s Lauren Conrad’s. Raspberries, coconut water, bananas, oats, and yogurt:)

Meet my sweet friend Carissa. I love spending time with her and lately, I’ve been able to spend a lot more time with her because she’s been helping me with weddings:) We decided to have a “non-wedding” date and walk the bridge this week! My face looks so overly big in this picture! 

We had a swimming play date this week with some of the sunday school girls. Before swimming, Annie Rice wanted to wear this cowboy hat and ride this horse the whole time! She loves swimming and playing in the pool. After we decided to have lunch at Chick-fil-A because it was Chick-fil-A appreciaten day. We seriously deserve some sort of medal for what we did! Not only did we have to park almost half a mile away, walk through the mud carrying a 25 pound little girl, wait in line for 45 minutes before ordering with 5 kids who all needed naps, and then finally sitting down to eat as the kids were completely done with the whole thing and just wanted to go home! I honestly felt like a crazy woman after...LITERALLY!

Annie Rice loves her stuffed “animals” She sleeps with Goofy, 3 minnie mouses, 2 bears, Elmo, Laura carrot and Bob. She knows if one of them aren’t in her bed at night. When she wakes up in the mornings or from a nap, she gives them all kisses and lays them on the pillow, sings them a song, and covers them up with blankets for them to go nite nite. Her bed is definitely overflowing with animals BUT she loves them all. She’s constantly talking about her “animals”. 

I’m going to NYC next weekend on a girls trip:) Yesterday, I went to the mall to try and do a little shopping before I go. Annie Rice is the best shopping partner I’ve ever had. Everything I tried on wether it looked good or not, she would say “Oh so pretty Mommy” or “Mommy’s a princess”. She sure did make me feel good because nothing I tried on in reality looked good, but in her eyes it was beautiful! 

We had a mommy/daughter dinner date at Moe’s after we dropped Kaz off for his camping trip. My little girl WILL FINALLY eat a cheese quesadilla! Her and cheese did not mix for the longest time. If she even saw cheese she wouldn’t eat it. In order to get her to eat goldfish, I had to buy the multi-colored ones...She’s a picky eater that little Annie Rice!