Friday Favorites

 Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Golf season is around the corner and these two are back in lessons and LOVING IT!  

Costco Faves: Hosting Edition

I hosted some girls at my house last night and felt like my little spread was pretty much "brought to you by Costco" and wanted to share some of my hosting favorites that would be PERFECT to bring to or have out at Thanksgiving.  Literally each of these items someone asked me about last night and so I felt like the time was right to share!

Christmas Books

 I wasn't planning on sharing Christmas books this year or this early BUT I had someone message me on Instagram yesterday letting me know that a TON of the books I have posted here are all on sale! SOOOOO Surprise! It's Christmas book day ;). 

I've been collecting Christmas books since Luke was a baby and while we're beyond reading them nightly like they did when they were little 

It's one of my absolute favorite Christmas traditions and I so enjoy picking out a few new books to add to our collection each year.  Today I'm going to share ALLLL of our faves and hope that you find a new good one (or two!) to add to (or start) your collection.

Sounding Joy is my new FAVORITE!  "Does it sound like falling snow, or a kiss on your cheek? Award-winning recording artist Ellie Holcomb explores this question through a delightful collection of Christmastime scenes, leading up to the discovery that joy sounds like the angels singing that Jesus had been born."

Nostalgic Movies Pt III

So today's picks may be geared a bit more toward the teen/tween family dynamic but use your own discretion (and Common Sense media) and enjoy!  We're also going to pretend that I accidentally publish this post last week, mmmmkay?!?!?!

Ocean's 11

This is probably in my top 10 movies of all time.  Again, one that I could watch over and over and never get tired of.

Thanksgiving Touches

I'm not going to lie - Christmas is creeping into our decor and I'm SO EXCITED but I also love to let Thanksgiving have her moment so here we are.  Turkeys and twinkle lights ;). My plan is to keep it PRETTY MUCH only turkeys until the week of Thanksgiving but we'll see how long I can hold out.  

Friday Favorites

 Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Last weekend Dave and I had got to support one of our FAVORITE organizations at their annual casino night. If you've been a blog reader for a while you probably remember Anna Grace (our long-time babysitter and "Mason wrangler") and this is an organization that her parents founded. 

Sheet Pan Pork Loin and Potatoes

I shared this recipe back in 2022 and thought it was time for a reshare.  I made it this week and forgot just how EASY and delicious it is.  It's really more than a method than anything exact.... this week I had three pork loins and double the beans and it worked just fine.  I also don't measure the Hoisin sauce I just pour a bunch on there.  Everything comes out flavorful and tender and THE GARLIC BUTTER OMG! ;) 

  

Amazon Lately

 I grabbed this set of dog bandanas and they are SO STINKING CUTE! Jack Bauer wears the red and Frank wears the green and they look so handsome!

Reading Recap

 The Intruder

I LOVE a Freida McFadden thriller and her books automatically make it into my Audible library as soon as they come out. The Intruder didn't disappoint.  It was a unique premise and, like always, was entertaining, twisty and dark.  If you're a McFadden fan you'll definitely enjoy The Intruder.

Halloween 2025

  This Halloween was not at all what we had planned but everyone ended up having SO MUCH FUN and I couldn't have imagined it going any differently than it did.  I will say - I very much miss the days of mummy dogs and little kids in little costumes and having all of our friends and their kids over and having dry ice ice cream punch and ALL OF THOSE THINGS.  I think even more than on Christmas or other Holidays Halloween hits me HARD that my kids are getting older so I'm trying to make the absolute most of these fun times with them when the opportunities arise!

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

These boys wrapped up their XC season on Monday when they ran at State in Waco.  They headed out Sunday afternoon...

Day In The Life - Last Tuesday

If you're not waking up to scheduling texts from your orthodontist office are you even living!?!?! Last Tuesday that is pretty much exactly what woke me up and I decided to just run with it and document a day in the life because I figured it was off to a great start ;) hahaha Honestly though I'm SO GRATEFUL for the option to text with a human being regarding rescheduling which I think we all know is an absolute nightmare.