Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! I hope you all had a great week. This week for us wasn’t the most eventful but we actually got to somewhat relax and it felt really, really good.

Our weather was all over the place this and my allergies are out of control. I think everyone in my office is tired of yelling God bless you down the hall. Random fact, I have an obnoxiously loud sneeze. I’ve tried to make it quieter but I just can’t.

This weekend we have a lot going on and I am excited for every minute of it. We have a birthday party to go to, my good friend is getting married, and my dad is having a party at his house for some of my relatives who are coming in from PA.

Here are some of my favorites from the week…

1. Mother’s Day: in case you missed my Mother’s Day weekend post you can read more about it here. Even though my morning started off really rough, and some of our weekend plans were completely rained out, it was nice to be with family and have some extra hugs and loving from my nuggets.

I shared this pic on my instagram (@beautifully_candid) and the funny part is I didn’t even know A was making this face behind me until I reviewed the pictures later. This little is boy something else 🙂 And can we talk about little nuggets GQ pose, dying (insert laughing emoji and heart eyes).

2. Dandelions, who’s a lion?: I mentioned earlier that our weather was all over the place. In the beginning of the week we started off in jackets and jeans, and since we got so much rain over the weekend, there were a lot of dandelions that came up which turned out to be the nuggets newest fascination.

When A asked me what they were called and I told him dandelions, he was a little confused and asked me who’s a lion? He then said, I don’t see any lions. Little nugget just started roared and we all ended up laughing. I tried to get some pics of them blowing them but I kept missing that moment.

3. Eating outside: there’s something about the warmer weather and eating outside that I swear makes grilled food taste even better. Call me crazy (I probably am) but I can taste a difference. We enjoyed eating outside almost every night this week and by Wednesday we were in shorts with record highs over 90.

4. Giveaway winner: I happen to enjoy when bloggers do giveaways because there’s always a chance of winning some really fun products. I’ve had my eye on a pair of Freshly Picked moccasins for little nugget but never seemed to have any luck. When my friend Hilary over at The Ruff Life was hosting a giveaway I had to enter. I was so happy when she contact me that I won! I can’t wait for them to arrive.

5. How vacation gets me thinking: I really hate that it takes escaping away from everything to really get me thinking sometimes. I shared more about my thoughts (here) and how I want to incorporate more moments like this in my everyday life. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the everyday chaos, even social media and blogging at times, that we often forget what’s really important.