Friday Favorites + $100 Target Gift Card Giveaway!

Happy Friday!

Today I'm linking up with Friday Favorites!

Hosted by: Andrea, Erika & Narci

 Oh Friday, how I love you. 

I have 10 favorites to share with you today!

{ONE}

Making zoodles is one of my favorite things to have for lunch.

I make my spicy spaghetti sauce with ground turkey & put it over zoodles & Parmesan cheese. 

I use THIS veggie spiralizer. It's awesome & so easy to use!
One of my very favorite zoodle recipes is my Chicken & Shrimp Pad Thai

Recipe {HERE}

{TWO}
Our trampoline is my favorite. I am so glad Santa brought it :)
Everyday after school, the kids jump on it before we start homework & it's a great way for them to get the wiggles out.

THIS is the trampoline we got. I HIGHLY recommend it!

{THREE}
Going to the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour is one of our favorite things!
The past 2 years we have gone with some of our best friends.

It comes to UC Berkeley & The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco every year.
They are inspirational movies....if you have one on tour near where you live, I highly recommend going!
Before the show, we went to Homeroom in Oakland for dinner.
It is a hipster restaurant that only serves Mac & Cheese.
We are so not hipsters, but I love Mac & Cheese and have heard awesome things about this place.
It did not disappoint!
I got the smoky bacon Mac & Cheese:

It was Amazing. Mac & Cheese with Bacon is totally one of my favorites!

So, last week I made my Homemade Mac & Cheese recipe & I added 1lb of cooked bacon to it since I loved having that earlier this month.

 YUM! Recipe (HERE) and just add bacon to it!

{FOUR}

Getting a sinus infection is not my favorite, but antibiotics working their magic in 24 hours is my favorite.   
If you know me, you know I rarely take medicine. But, I had to wave the white flag, this sinus infection is kicking my butt. I had to call in the big guns & get an antibiotic because its conference week at school so I don't want to take a day off. It's easier to teach sick than to take a day off, make sub plans and reschedule my conferences....I know all you fellow teachers understand!

This week has been a doozy....Daylight Savings, Conference Week & getting a sinus infection...it was a triple whammy.

SOOOO happy it's Friday!!!!

{FIVE}
Harry Potter is one of my favorite book series of ALL time.
 
Kate started reading Harry Potter last weekend. 
Kevin and I started reading the series in 2002 when we were on our honeymoon in Maui. I saved all 8 books of the series so that our kids could one day read them. 
That day has come & Kate  loves it as much as we do. She finished the 1st book in 3 days. 
She is starting Book 2 this weekend. 
I want to start re-reading them also. Such a great series!

{SIX}
March Madness.....this is my FAVORITE time of year!!!
I LOVE it. I have done a bracket every year for the past 20+ years.
This year I am not doing so well. My Colorado Buffs were in the tourney & I always have them going too far. They lost yesterday against UConn. So bummed!

I am in charge of the pool at school, but we also do a seperate family pool.

Kate's bracket is doing amazing....she was 15 for 15 for the first 15 games yesterday.
The last game of the day yesterday she picked incorrectly. Pretty impressive for a 9 year old!

Claire's bracket is doing pretty well & so is Luke's.
We told Luke the mascots & he picked which one he wanted to win.
Got to start them young in gambling ;)

Are you doing a bracket?
Who do you have winning?

{SEVEN}
Rodan + Fields is my favorite skin care!

Rodan + Fields is a fantastic company and they unveiled a new incentive program that is AMAZING!!!
Get this: In addition to commission, you can now also earn 100% reimbursement for your business kit!
Starting your own business basically for free? Huge tax deductions? Residual Income? Fun flexible business on an amazing supportive team? Beautiful skin? YES PLEASE!!!
Plus, Kate Spade products, $1000 shopping spree + personal shopper at Nordstrom, free trip to Vegas for convention, and cash bonuses. And that is all on top of our normal pay plan!
NEW CONSULTANTS starting now have it better than ever.
Want to join in the fun?
Want to build a huge $ business?
OR Just want to play around with a fun hobby and get product at wholesale? 

Either way there is a plan for you!

In the past 2 years of doing R+F,  I have earned a trip to Napa for the weekend (read about it HERE) & I also earned an all expense paid trip to our Convention in Atlanta (Read about it HERE) 

A free trip to Lake Tahoe (Read about it HERE) and a free weekend in San Francisco (Read about it HERE) 

 This little part time gig has given me so many amazing opportunities and it's FUN!

I honestly spend about 15 minutes a day on my R+F business. 

And, you don't need a blog to be successful, you just need to know people who have skin :)
If I can do this, ANYONE can do this!

Send me an email if you want to learn more about R+F

melissa_larson17{at}yahoo.com

{EIGHT}
Stitch Fix is my Favorite!  
Stitch Fix is now offering shoes! What?!? So excited!

It's like Christmas morning every month. I have gotten them every month  for almost 2 years (you don't have to do them every month, but I love getting them, so I chose the monthly option. :)
You don't have to do it every month, you can customize it to how you want it...every other month, every 2 months, every 3 months, etc.

When you sign up for Stitch Fix , you link your Pinterest Boards to them so that know what styles you like. If you don't have Pinterest, that's okay because they also have a style questionaire for you to fill out & they have collages of outfits and you rate them on how you like them.
Each Fix comes with 5 different items & it comes with a prepaid mailing envelope, so you can easily return the items you don't want.
You aren't obligated to keep any of it! I have kept at least 1 item each time, sometimes I keep 2 or 3.
It's fun! And now they can dress you from head to toe!


{NINE}
Celebrating Holidays is my FAVORITE!

Yesterday was St. Patty's Day
Here is what we did to celebrate:
The leprechaun came & brought Lucky Charms....

 And, as usual, he left his treasure map

The kids were so excited about the trail of gold coins (Rolos)

 The leprachaun leaves a map every year...

 And usually leaves some candy...this year he brought Kate m&m's, Claire got Skittles & Luke got peanut butter m&m's

 For St. Patty's Day dinner we did our usual, Guiness Stew (Recipe HERE)

 This year I added some potatoes & carrots to it and I served it with balsamic roasted brussel sprouts with bacon. YUM!

 Now that St. Patty's is over, it's time to focus on Easter, since it's a week from Sunday!
Here are some fun activities that you can do with your kids this week to get you in the Easter Spirit! Many of these will help you focus on the true meaning of Easter....that Jesus died on the cross for all of us and rose again 3 days later.  Some of the other activities are just for fun!

Planting Jelly Beans

We do this on Good Friday & have the lollipops appear on Easter Sunday representing that God has taken the old and given us new life. 

 You can read Luke Chapter 18 in the Bible with this activity.

 Talk about how Jesus’s body was laid in the tomb then on the 3rd day was raised from the dead and lived again.

 Bunny Prints

 On our front walkway made with flour on Easter Morning:

Bunny Trail 

(Marshmallows leading them to their Easter Baskets)

 

Empty Tomb Easter Cookies with Scripture 

(Recipe & Instructions HERE) 

Resurrection Rolls:

(Recipe HERE)

Easter Egg Coupons:
Instead of filing eggs with candy, you can add these coupons to some of your kids eggs!
My girls LOVE getting these in their eggs!

Download them HERE if you haven't already!

These are a HIT at Easter. My girls can't wait to find the coupon eggs!

 Tie Dyed Easter Eggs:

Use silk ties to dye eggs! So fun. 

{Instructions HERE}
You can see our tie-dyed eggs from 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014

The girls and I are working on our 2015 tie dyed eggs next week. Can't wait!

Happy Easter to one of my favorite Peeps Printable:

Get the printable {HERE}

You've been Egged Printable:
Last year, I posted a "You've Been Egged" Printable.
We have had so much fun "egging" our friends last year..can't wait to do it again this year!

Download it {HERE}
Bunny Tails Easter Popcorn is my kids favorite Easter Treat:

Recipe {HERE}

Check out Women's World Magazine this week....PW is on the cover (she is my favorite!)

They featured 2 of my Easter ideas in the magazine!

 So fun!
 
{TEN}
Target is my Favorite.
Target was (is?) my happy place.
Then I had kids and going to Target with 3 kids is not so fun.
Know what is fun?
Giving away a $100 Target Gift Card to one of YOU!

What would you buy with a $100 Target Gift Card?
I would use it on a new bathing suit & swimsuit coverup. And, some new Spring/Summer clothes!
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Giveaway ends next Friday March 25th.

Hope you have a GREAT Friday!

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