The Weekend Haps

Good morning friends!

We had a pretty full weekend so I decided to do a little recap today.

Due to all the rain and high winds last week, Trick-or-Treat was moved to Saturday.

But the school costume parade and classroom parties went on as scheduled :)

Preschool through third grade sat and cheered on all of the kids as they marched across the stage to showoff their costumes.

The kiddos headed back to their classrooms for treats and games :)

I love my little Skull Trooper (Fortnite) :)

They ate all the yummy treats, played a fun game, snapped a couple pics with friends and then it was over.

I think all the kids had a great time!

On our way out of the school we saw these and I had to snap of pic of what X wrote! lol!

He is just slightly obsessed with Fortnite :/

On Saturday we celebrated one of our favorites turning 8 years old with a Minecraft party!

This cake was super yummy!

The kids ate, played outside, went crazy over the presents, and played this silly Oreo game :)

As you can see the dad's got into it as well! lol!

The party ended and we quickly switched gears into costumes for Trick-or-Treat!

These kids didn't care that it was cold and kind of rainy.

They had a blast running from house to house getting treats :)

As soon as it was over we changed our clothes again and headed north to see the high school boys soccer team play for the Regional Championship.

They WON!!!!!

They are now headed to the state semi-final game on Wednesday!

Go LEX!!!!

Sunday is grocery shopping day!

X came with me, so we checked out the toy and Christmas sections before getting our groceries.

I now had a few ideas for his upcoming birthday and Christmas ;)

And I totally caught this guy dancing around to the Christmas music while we were in the holiday section :)

And that was our weekend!

Hope you all had a great one as well!

XOXO ~ Vanessa

Oktoberfest 2019

Do you celebrate your heritage?

If so, how do you do it?

My paternal grandma's family called Germany their home and I truly love all things German!

For the past 5 years now we have celebrated Oktoberfest in our friend's hometown, and always have the best time!

It's just over 2 hours to get to Minster, Ohio from our homes.

And if you are new around here, Ohioans speak in travel time, not miles.

But for your sake...it is about 128 miles to get there.

We arrived, said our hellos, added our new pins to our hats, and then headed to church.

Mic and I are not Catholic, so we typically don't go with the rest of the group.

But Mic said he would go this year, so we all hit up the 4 o'clock mass.

This church is over 150 years old and it was pristine!

I could have taken a dozen pictures of the outside and inside, but I held back.

We headed back to Brian's parents home to get ready for the rest of the evening.

Of course we have to get some group pics before we walk downtown :)

We grabbed our beers and got ready to watch some of the Ohio State game that was being broadcast on a giant screen.

Love this guy!

We danced, we watched football, we had good eats and drinks, and just had a good (child-free) time with our friends!

We all walked back to the house at different times, but we couldn't miss taking our annual picture with the big chair! lol!

For reference - Mic is almost 6'6'' ;)

And just like that the evening was over and we were headed back to our kiddos early the next morning.
Thanks go out to all of our parents for handling our kiddos at soccer games, birthday parties, etc. while we were gone!

Do you celebrate Oktoberfest?


XOXO ~ Vanessa

The Friday Faves #8

Is it Friday for real?

I am starting to think my child will never have a 5 day school week again!

Or at least not while winter is still here :/

Most of you know I crave routine during the week, so when school gets cancelled in the middle of the week everything goes crazy!

Or maybe it is just me...but same difference ;)

Thankfully, it is Friday!

And that means it is time to celebrate my favorite moments/things from this past week!

I kicked off my weekend by helping some seriously cute 1st graders celebrate Valentine's Day at their school party. 

They passed out their valentines, played a couple of games,

and enjoyed these super yummy donuts!

 The school gym teacher was being deployed to Korea over the weekend, so all the kiddos ended the party early to sing and say/wave goodbye in the hallway.
It was so sweet!

I had to document my "so Vanessa" outfit that I wore on Friday.

This is so similar to something I would wear in the late 90's!

Friday night we joined our good friends for dinner at Wokano!
It's one of my favorite places to eat!

The kiddos loved it, and the balloon animals our chef made for them :)

Saturday we headed north for our last regular schedule soccer game.
It was a short, but great season.
Side note: Our coach was also traveling to Korea for deployment, but still showed up for these kids despite leaving the very next day.

X had another great game :)

It was so fun watching these kiddos play together.
And I figured out one thing while watching this game....I still don't like soccer, but indoor is SO MUCH BETTER than outdoor soccer! lol!

Sunday night we bundled up and joined our friends for some glow tubing at Snow Trails!

Thank goodness for that ramp/belt that moves you to the top!

My little ninja just wasn't feeling the heights or the speed of tubing.
He braved it for three runs and then called it quits.

I took one more turn in the single lane, and then swamped out with Mic to hang with X.

So much fun with some of our favorite people!

On the blog this week I shared my Round 1 results from FASTer Way to Fat Loss!
You must check it out!

I also linked up with my Blended Blog ladies and shared some pieces from my closet that always receive rave reviews from everyone!

Remember how I shared last week that I bought that camo Ohio hat?

Well, it arrived this week and it is even better than I thought it would be!

LOVE!!!

I just can't help myself when it comes to camo, so I ordered these Birkenstock dupes for this summer too ;)

In other news....the reason my post is so late today is because I was waiting for these photos from Mic!

Awhile back we bought some tickets for Mic and X to attend a Cleveland Cavaliers game through a fundraiser.

This was his first NBA game and he was so scared!

We knew the seats were nose bleeders and he is terrified of heights!

I swear he tried making himself sick yesterday so he wouldn't have to go.
#poorguy

In walks the savior in my X's eyes...Mic's second cousin!

He works for the CAVS and was able to upgrade their seats!

Thank you, thank you! 🙏🙏

They got to hangout on the court before the game started,

check out the first row,

and even be on the court when the players ran out!!!

 They then settled in about 5-6 rows off the court!
Talk about an amazing first time at a CAVS game!!!
Oh, and they were on TV...the entire game!!!

X and Mic both had such a great time!

X is already asking when he can go back! lol!

Before I go, I wanted to share some things I found on social media this week that I just love!

For all my Ohio peeps...check this out!

Yes, Yes, Yes to this!!! 

You might have grown up in the 90's (or you are now using eye cream) if...

And last, but certainly not least...I was so shocked and excited to see one of my favorites like and comment on my Instagram posts!

Thank you so much Angela!

#GottaLoveAnOhioGirl 

And that my friends is it!
I am looking forward to a night out with Mic at the Kane Brown concert this weekend, and otherwise just chillin'!
What are your weekend plans?

Thanks for stopping by today!
Linking up with The Blended Blog, Andrea, Narci & Erika!

XOXO ~ Vanessa