Basketball & Belly Laughs

Linking up with Erika, Narci & Andrea for...

This week has been exhausting!
Thankfully it is Friday and I am more than ready for the weekend!
Let's get to those favorites!

We took off on Friday and headed south to cheer on the hometown team at the Ohio high school state basketball tournament.
Our friend's dad had seats in a suite, so we checked that out before heading down to our seats.
X was not feelin' it :(

He was terrified of how high he was!

But once we made it to our seats he was fine and back to his "cool" self ;)
He said this is his "What's up pose". lol!

We cheered and cheered, but unfortunately our guys lost :(

This guy was no longer afraid of heights, so we snagged a couple pictures in the suite again before we left.

And a couple pics with Brutus too ;)

Saturday afternoon we headed to X's awards banquet for Upwards.
My friend's daughter was called up on stage to help with the illusionist.

And then it was time for door prizes!
Oh my goodness do you they give out a ton of door prizes!!!!!

Believe it or not, I was the first parent called for a door prize and won a gift card to the movie theater :)

X had a Toy's R Us gift card that he hadn't used yet, so we made what quite possibly was our last trip there on Sunday.
Apparently, I took a 12 year old to the store with me that day ;)

A happy kid with his new toys :)

This right here is absolutely true!
Love you mom!!!


We took a quick drive on Sunday to check out some siding we are considering on a house out in the country.
Let me back up....isn't that amazing that a dealer gave us some one's address that purchased the siding color we were looking at?
That just seems crazy to me!
But, at the same time it was so nice getting to see it in person on that scale!
Afterwards, we stopped by our favorite ice cream shop for some frozen custard before heading home :)

Chocolate with rainbow sprinkles will always be my favorite!!!

--- On the blog this week --- 
I talked about some of my favorite makeup products I am currently using on Monday for TBB Talks.

And I joined the What's up Wednesday link party to recap the month of March and what we have coming up next month :)

Oh Instagram I love you so!

You always know how to turn my day around, put a smile on my face, or make me completely laugh out loud!

This is 100% me 👇🏼

This is also me 👇🏼

And maybe this one too 👇🏼

I think it is pretty safe to say all of those are me :) 🤷

In other news, I am off work today!!!!
Wahoo!!!
We typically work on Good Friday (the downside of owning your own business),
but since X has been on Spring Break this week I wanted to take at least one day to do something fun with him.

Nothing is set in stone yet, but I am thinking about heading to the trampoline park followed by Cracker Barrel.

Then Saturday is the Alumni Basketball tournament that I conned got Mic to play in.
I mean, he did grow up playing basketball.
And he was in the starting 5 in high school.
And he did actually have a college interested in him playing basketball for them.

Granted, he is 40 years old now and doesn't do any sort of physical activity.
Fingers crossed and maybe saying a few prayers he doesn't get hurt!

And then we are celebrating Easter on Sunday :)
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Flexible Much?

Linking up with Erika, Narci & Andrea for...

Remember how I mentioned not too long ago that I was trying to just live in the moment more?

Well, that is exactly what happened yesterday and why I am just now writing this post at 10:30am :)

#sorrynotsorry

I am here now, so let's get on with my favorites from the past week!

I made my coffee To-Go on Friday morning and used one of my favorite travel mugs.

#alwaysreppin' #neverforgetwhereyoucamefrom

 I came home on Friday to some happy mail :)

The ladies at Willow Elizabeth gifted me these gorgeous earrings!

I absolutely love them!

 Grab yourself a pair of the Pantone Color of the year ones or those fun shiny silver cutouts!

They are always releasing new patterns! Check out all of their earrings here :)

Friday evening was X's first Upwards basketball practice.

#4 is my favorite ;)

I absolutely loved watching him out on the court!

I can't wait for him to play in his first game tonight! 

 After basketball we joined some friends for pizza at their house and were able to surprise Mic with a cake for his birthday :)

If you know my husband, one of his favorite things is learning more about the bourbons that are out there.

I thought it would be fitting to have a bourbon barrel cake made.

I think this turned out great considering we only planned this whole celebration a few days before!

Saturday was officially Mic's 40th birthday and I convinced him to go out to dinner at our favorite Japanese steakhouse.

A couple of our best friends joined us too!

Good friends just make life so much better!

On Sunday I made a stop at Target before I did my normal grocery shopping.

I mentioned these shows in my Target Picks post this week.

Seriously, don't they look almost identical to the Vince Camuto ones?

I have a feeling these will be my favorite spring/summer shoe!

I try to treat myself to Starbucks on Sundays when I do my grocery shopping.

When I ordered my favorite Caramel Creme Brulee Latte I was told they were upgrading me from a Tall to a Venti for free because they were trying to get rid of the excess product!

#illtakeit

Rachel shared this with me when I was looking for some healthier/cleaner alternatives to butter.

Have you tried Ghee Butter before?

How do you use it?

It isn't my favorite yet, but I could see switching if I had a better idea how to use it :)

I started the blog week off by sharing some of my favorite tips on Self Care :)

I am open to more suggestions from you all as well!

Instagram = All the favorites

This is unfortunately 100% me :/

#justbeinghonest

Please tell me someone else out there had this couch in their childhood home?

I honestly didn't know that backing into your parking space or garage was considered old!!!

I didn't think old people could do that!!!

This is how Mic and I park almost everywhere we go, including our garage!

So my little ole' Instagram account hit 1000 followers this week!

That is crazy!

Thank you! You are all my favorites!

And now I am planning a little giveaway in celebration.

Stay tuned friends!

It is Kindness week at school so each day the kiddos were able to wear something different (similar to spirit week).

X wanted nothing to do with crazy sock/shoe day or crazy hair/hat day.

But when it was time for wear your favorite sport/team day he was all about it!

He went back and forth, but ultimately decided to wear his New England Patriots Tom Brady jersey.

He later told me it was because the rest of his friends were wearing Ohio State and he wanted to change it up.

I definitely don't have a follower on my hands :)

Yesterday I worked from home because this guy finally had his 6 year check up.

He was having a blast goofing and dancing around while we waited for the doctor.

I seriously think laughing is his favorite thing to do!

When we were done, he put his pj's back on and we headed to our favorite store.

Yesterday was PJ day at school.

He was blown away that he was allowed to wear his pj's to the doctor.

And he questioned me even more that he was allowed to wear them into Target.

He didn't believe they would let him in!

I pray that he stays that way forever! ;)

 And on a side note....oh my goodness does this kid look like Mic in this picture!

Same smirk and stance!

I was in need of some coffee and we were right next to a Starbucks drive-thru so we grabbed one of my favorite drinks before heading back home.

And then I saw this.... 

I don't frequent this particular location so I had no idea they changed their drive-thru to 24 hours as of the 1st of the year!!!

So excited!

#smalltownwins

While X is still into Pokemon and Minecraft, his latest obsession is Beyblade Burst.

He picked up a few of them yesterday with a gift card he received and he hasn't put them down.

He even wanted to sleep with them!

And last but certainly not least, I saw this on Pinterest this week and it has become my new favorite.

It is now my screen saver :)

I hope you all have had a wonderful week and enjoy your weekend!