Friday Favorites {February Edition}

Happy Friday!!!

Today I'm linking up with Friday Favorites!

Hosted by: Andrea, Erika & Narci

{ONE}
 Fridays are my favorite day of the week.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fridays!

 Friday means it's almost the weekend.....that means family time, sleeping in time & no school!
Today is Friday the 13th....my college roommate and I love Friday the 13th because every Friday the 13th we always had fun things happen. For the past 15 years we either email or text each other Happy Friday the 13th. I don't think we have missed one yet!

On Friday afternoons, we are all just done & ready for the weekend.

As soon as I get home from picking up Kate from school at 3:30 on Fridays we just hang out at home.

No errands, no schedules, just mellow time at home.

And, let't s be real here....this is what I do the second I get home on Friday afternoons:

Their should be a 4th line....it should actually say:
Bra Off
Hair Up
PJ's On
Wine Poured

Can I get an Amen?

Friday night means Pizza night, drinking wine & Family Movie Night.
Once the kids are in bed, we catch up on our shows on our DVR.
Currently I am obsessed with Shark Tank.
Favorite show to watch on Friday nights.
I love seeing peoples ideas!
I am a markerters dream....I have bought several things I have seen on Shark Tank!

{TWO}
Father Daughter Dances are my favorite.

Last weekend Kate & Kevin had a Father Daughter Dance for Kate's Brownie Troop.

 
Getting this dress on clearance with Kohl's cash is also my favorite.

{THREE}
This is my favorite 2.5 year old....yes, that's right...he is officially 2 and a half....closer to 3.
#cuetears

I am really enjoying this age right now....he is talking more and more and his little personality is showing. He is just too much fun. He is busy. Oh so busy, but he is such a fun kid.


{FOUR}
Cholola is my favorite. I make myself an egg scramble 2-3 times a week for lunch.
This is just an excuse to have Cholola.

 I make my scrambles with eggs, cheddar cheese, bacon (or ham), cherry tomatoes & zucchini.
Load on the Cholola and boom...flavor explosion!

{FIVE}
Seeing Before & After Pictures is my favorite.
 
I love being a Rodan + Fields consultant the past 14 months.
I use the Reverse line in the mornings (for sun damage/age spots/pregnancy melasma) and I use Redefine at night (anti age & fine lines/wrinkles)
 

 One of my favorite products is our eye cream:

 Look at the difference between the left side & right side.
One of our fellow consultants used the eye cream on just one eye for 3 weeks
She was brave to put it only on 1 eye!

Getting FREE things is my Favorite....how about you?

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It is my FAVORITE for the winter.
My legs are pasty white in the winter.
In a a few weeks we have girls school auction & I will be wearing a dress.
So glad I have our Sunless Tanner to use & give my legs/arms color!
Our sunless tanner is great...doesn't turn you orarage, doesn't streak!

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{SIX}
 The girls reading books to each other is my favorite.
Onc night last week, they asked if they could read books to eachother for bedtime stories instead of having Kevin or I read to them.
Ummmm...you don't have to ask me twice! Precious!
And, a night off from bedtime routine...#winning

Kate's new bedding {HERE} that she got for her birthday is also my favorite!

{SEVEN}
  Speaking of reading....I just finished What Alice Forgot and it is my favorite book I have read so far in 2015. It was so, so, so good!

The book is about a mom of 3 who hits her head at the gym and loses her memory...she doesn't remember the past 10 years of her life.
I read this book last week and also last week during my co-ed indoor soccer game I got thrown into a wall during the game and I got KNOCKED OUT.
(Side note about that...it was some guy who shoved me into the wall after I got the ball from him....I was running full speed and next thing I know I am flying through the air going head first into the wall. I remember thinking as I was flying through the air "oh my gosh, I am going to hit my head and lose my memory just like Alice in the book"

So, mid-air, I turned my head so it wouldn't go into the wall, but instead the whole left side of my body...shoulder, back & hip hit the wall at full force. It knocked me out for about 5 seconds. 

The good news? I didn't lose my memory or break anything.

The bad news? I couldn't move my neck for a few days after and I have huge massive bruising & a hematoma on my left hip. The bruising is crazy. So gross.

So, the guy who did that to me got ejected from the game...and he didn't even say SORRY to me!!!!! 

So rude!

It was at the end of the first half and I obviously was out for the game...I was so out of it and in so much pain....my knee was bleeding, my hip was bleeding...I was a hot mess.

Long story short...I couldn't believe that happened to me the same week I was reading "What Alice Forgot" 

If you haven't read it, I recommend it! I laughed, I cried & I related to it. 

Having 3 kids can be tough. Marriage can be tough. 3 kids can make your marriage even harder, but it's worth it.

Thanks to everyone who recommended it on my 15 books in 2015 post {HERE}

Can't wait to start a new book this weekend!

{EIGHT}
Having a healthy dad is my favorite.
Exactly a year ago yesterday my dad had a 13 hour brain surgery at Stanford to remove a tumor on his brain that was the size of a tangerine. It was one of the longest days of my life. I will never forget those hours in the waiting room at Stanford. I am so thankful for the amazing team of doctors at Stanford who took such good care of my dad.

 I love this photo of Jimmy....taken 2 days after his surgery! 
You can read the post I wrote about my Dad's surgery {HERE}
So incredibly thankful for my Dad's health!

 {NINE}
Making Valentine Printable is my favorite...I seriously have a problem...I am obsessed with making them! Ha!

All of the free printables can be found on my Printables tab {HERE}

The Starburst ones I made this year are my current favorite :)

{TEN}
3 Day weekends are my favorite...especially when it is a holiday weekend!
What are your Valentines plans?
The girls and I will be making  more Valentine Treats & delivering them to our neighbors & family.

Ritzies // M&M cookies // Chocolate Peanut Butter Heart Cookies //
 Nutella Brownies // Valentine Popcorn // Valentine Hugs & Kisses
What are your Valentines plans?
We will make our treats during the day & then at night have a special Valentine Dinner at home with the kids.
Kevin & I will celebrate Valentines Day on the 15th like we do every year :)
Read why {HERE}

Happy Friday & Have a great Valentine's Day Weekend!

Let's Stick Together + I'm Stuck on You {Valentine Printable}

Need an idea for a non-edible Valentine?

How about one that uses stickers?

I made these Valentines for Luke to give to his friends at Bible Playhouse.

My mother in law watches Luke two mornings a week while I am teaching. On one of those mornings she has Bible Study at our church, so Luke goes with her to that, but goes to the kids program during Bible Study. All 3 of my kids have gone to this since they were babies until they were in Kindergarten. Luke loves it & the teachers are so awesome, it's like a little preschool class.

Since I was making tons of printables for the girls, I knew I needed to make Valentines for Luke to send to his Bible Playhouse class. Since the kids are 2 & 3, I was NOT going to send candy or an edible treat. We saw these adorable puffy stickers in the Target Valentines spot and I knew they would be perfect for Luke to bring. 

Here is what you need:

- Stickers

- Printable (download at bottom of post)

- Pen

-Scissors

-Stapler

I made 2 different versions of this printable:

One version says "I'm Stuck on You"

 The 2nd Version says "Let's Stick Together"

 The stickers from Target are perfect....I bought a girl pack & a boy pack.

These are the ones in the girl pack:

 Boy Versions:

 All you do to make these Valentines is sign your child's name, cut out the printable & staple to the stickers.

 So easy! It took me 2 minutes to make 15 of these.

 Here are the printables for you to Download:

{Click to download. Right click & then Save.}

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Are you sick of my Valentine printables yet? Ha!

This is the last Valentine printable..... until next year :)

10 on 10 :: February 2015

10 pictures on the 10th day of the month! 

{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}

Happy 10th of February. This month is flying by!

Here is a sneak peek of our day. It was a pretty typical day.

It was REALLY foggy this morning when I got to school. 

It has been foggy in the morning & then it burns off by 10 am and is really sunny.

Today at school I gave a quiz to all my classes. We are working on rates & ratios.

After school I picked up Luke from my mom's. My parents have the best view.

 When we got home it was lunch time. I had the Kale Salad from Trader Joes. So yummy!

It was such a nice day out (72 degrees!) and Claire wanted to ride her bike in the front yard. While she did that, I cleaned out my car. My car was absouletly disgusting. I will spare you pictures of that....Luke had thrown an entire bag of goldfish crackers in the car, so there was smashed up fishies everywhere. Plus one of the girls water bottles leaked so my car had that lovely mildew smell. I vaccuumed it all out & left the windows and doors open for 2 hours while the nice sunny weather aired out my car.

 Can we talk about Claire riding her bike in a long maxi skirt? She is crazy :)

 

February means tulip season. I love tulips! I currently have pink ones on my kitchen table:

 Then it was time to go pick up Kate from school. Pretty much every day I have wake up Luke from his nap so we can pick up Kate. #3rdkidproblems 

He likes reading his books in the car.

After school we headed to Claire's gymnastics class. She has been begging to do gymnastics for over a year, so I finally enrolled her! This was her first official class.

 During gymnastics, we sat above and Kate did her homework while Luke played with the different toys up there. I think this will work out nicely each Tuesday.

After gymnastics we went back home for dinner.
This is also the witching hour....4 until 6 pm....Serenity now. 

Dinner was Baked Ravioli! So easy & so quick to make on busy weeknights!

After the kids were in bed Kevin & I watched New Girl and of course I had a little treat.

It's Girl Scout Cookie Season! Kate is a brownie, so we have lots of cookies at our house right now.

I always keep a box of Thin Mints in the freezer. 

I add a little scoop of vanilla ice cream in between 2 Thin Mints and Viola....a mini ice cream sandwich! 

It's the perfect little dessert when you feel like something sweet!

Stock up on those Thin Mints! :)

So, there you have it....a snapshot of our day. 

It was a pretty typical day of work, picking up the kids, doing homework and going to their activities!

I love doing 10 on 10 because I get to document ordinary things!

Hope you had a great 10th!