Cupcakes, Cornhole & Celebrations

I can't believe May is almost over!

It has been such a busy & fun month! 

If I could sum up this month in 3 words, it would be:

 Cupcakes, Cornhole & Celebrations

We ate a lot of Cupcakes this month.

We played a lot of Cornhole.

We had a lot to Celebrate!

Here are some highlights of our May via my phone!

The first weekend of May started off with the Kentucky Derby.

Our family is BIG into horse racing. 

My inlaws were at this year's Kentucky Derby and of course, being from California, we were rooting for California Chrome.

Kate was REALLY excited with California Chrome won, she went up & kissed the TV.

 When you watch the derby, you must have a Mint Julep!

Mother's Day weekend was also full of celebrations.

I took the kids out for Fro Yo Friday because of all the craziness that was going on in our schools & we were thankful that the week was over!

That Friday night, we had a Mom's Night Out that was put on by our church.

There was an awesome speaker, named Jennie Allen. She was great and so sweet.

The next night was our neighbor's 40th Birthday party with a hummer limo to San Francisco. So much fun! Love my neighbors!

 I only had 2 requests for Mother's Day. I wanted to sleep in & I wanted Eggs Benedict for breakfast.

Done and Done. Kevin made that happen.

My loot of gifts from my kids :)

We had the Book Fair at my girls school. Love my little book worms.

A house in our neighborhood had termites. Now, whever I see a tented house I think of Breaking Bad. Which, I finished this month. Yes, I watched all 5 seasons within a 5 week period. SO good!

 One of the biggest highlights of our May was my niece being born! So fun hanging out at the hospital on the big day!

Lots of celebrating for the arrival of a healthy baby girl.

 Friday Night Pizza Night when the weather is warm means having dinner poolside.

My favorite pizza combo...pepperoni, pineapple & jalapeno. SO good!

We had swim team Time Trials. I think we are going to have a fun year of swim team!

Kevin's Birthday was 2 weekends ago and for his birthday, we had a cornhole tournament our neighbors and I made a ton of cupcakes!

I made my Cookies & Cream Oreo Cupcakes {Recipe HERE}

I also made Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupackes {Recipe HERE}

 

Celebrating the birthday boy!

My neighbor Steph and I dominated at Corn Hole that night. So much fun!

Kate had her final Softball game of the season. Such a fun year. She cried when the season was over because she was going to miss her team so much. After her last game, we had a mother daughter game. It was so fun!

 

We had Open House celebrations at school. Love the Shape Town that Kate's class made!

Lukey & Boulder waiting for Kevin at the door. So cute!

 For Memorial Day weekend there was tons of swimming and tons of yard work.

 

We also celebrated my birthday and Kevin's birthday.

Since Kevin's birthday is the 18th & mine is the 30th, we celebrate with our families the weekend in between.

My family was on Saturday. My parents have the best view!

Sunday afternoon we went to pool party with friends

And, then another corn hole tournament with our court! Here is our neighbor on their balcony summoning the court with a horn alerting us that it is time for cornhole. Hysterical.

The neighbors begged for more cupcakes, so this time I made my Reeces Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Butter Cream Frosting {Recipe HERE}

Our court has a cupcake & cornhole addiction.  Ha!  I was not playing good cornole this weekend. Me & my partner got beat way too many times to count. It was still fun!

Monday night we celebrated our birthdays with Kevin's family! We had Ice Cream Cake {Recipe HERE}

 Yesterday I had a mini photo shoot for Olivia's birth announcements. I can't believe she has strawberry blonde hair! Such a cutie!

 So, there you have it. Our May in a nutshell.

We had a very fun and busy month and it's not over yet! 

More celebrating this weekend since my birthday is on Friday!

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 A few reminders!

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and my Rodan + Fields SPF & Sunless Tanner Sale ends on Saturday!

Buy 1 item with SPF , get 1 at 50% off!

*Includes the Sunless Tanner which is BACK in stock!!!

 Details of the sale on THIS post!

 And, this Friday is Pin-Spired!

Link up your Pinterest inpsired outfits with me, Sheaffer & Shay!

Hope you have a happy Wednesday...it's almost the weekend again and 2 weeks until school is out!!!!

Insta April

I can't believe April is over!
It was a busy, busy month. 

Here are some highlights from my iPhone.

Softball Season is in full swing.  Love my little lefty. Kate is doing so well this year. 

It is fun to watch.

Lazy Saturday mornings are far & in between since we are in Softball season, but I do cherish the mornings when we have cinammon rolls.

As you know, I love party planning. I am always on the look out for party stuff.

I have been known to buy things for parties months, even years ahead of the party.

For example, before Claire's 1st birthday party (Ice Cream theme) , I had the theme for her 2nd birthday party already planned (Ladybug theme) and I even bought a lady bug pinata before she was even 1 so that I would have it for when she is 2.

And, when I was pregnant with Luke, we didn't find out what we were having. But, the Target dollar spot had the cutest Nautical items, so I bought them because if I had a boy, I knew I wanted to do a Nautical 1st Birthday Party.But, it was a boy and I did throw a Nautical 1st Birthday Party!

My nephew Jack was born on September 19th, which is national talk like a Pirate Day, so my sister is going to throw him a Pirate birthday party for his 3rd birthday (in 2 years) because the 19th falls on a Saturday in 2015. I saw this Pirate stuff at Target a few weeks ago sent her a picture text and told her she better go buy it.   It's never too early to plan a party. LOL! Yes, I know I am crazy :)

Speaking of parties, a highlight of my month was throwing my sister a Cookies & Milk Baby Shower.

 Shower post {HERE}

Right before Easter, I saw these eggs at the grocery store. 

Pre-dyed Easter Eggs?!?!

Easter Eve....it's fun being the Easter Bunny!

For Easter dessert, I made Pam's cheesecake. So good!

Swim team started the day after Easter. The girls love riding their scooters to swim practice each afternoon.

One of the local country clubs has Bingo once a month, so me & 2 of my friends went to play last week. Oh my gosh...it was so fun. It was us and all the old people.

There were some serious Bingo players. We played 10 rounds and we had 2 cards each. We didn't win, but it was SO much fun. We are going to go every month now!

 Last weekend was a busy weekend, but so much fun.
We headed to Napa to celebrate my friend Jackie's 35th Birthday.

Napa is gorgeous in the Spring. So green & poppies everywhere.

 If you have never been to Napa, I highly recommend it!

 The whole crew at V.Sattui

 Me & the Birthday Girl:

 Sunday was my nephew's 6th Birthday Party.
How cute is the Lego Theme?!?!

I think Luke needs a Lego theme party one of these years. How cute is the cake my mother in law made? She is the best!

Snacky Lunches are my go to during the school year. 

Apples, aged white cheddar cheese, mixed nuts & pretzel thins. Yum!

Kate lost 2 teeth in 24 hours on Sunday & Monday. The tooth fairy was busy! 

 I love making these Tooth Fairy Recipets. Tutorial {HERE}

It was exactly a year ago today that she lost her first tooth. Now she has lost 6!

It is hot here this week...in the 90's. We rode our bikes downtown for Taco Tuesday. Love family bike rides!

 My In-laws are in Kentucky this week & going to the Kentucky Derby this Sunday.
If you know me, you know I LOVE Cracker Barrel. We don't have them in California, but whenever I go to the South, I try and go to Cracker Barrel as much as I can. My mother in law had never been, but they went the other day in Kentucky & sent me this text:

 She has also been texting us some photos or all the tours they have been going on this week.
Here is Churchill Downs:

They have also gone on tours of horse ranches. Here are some previous Derby winners:

They are having a great time...I want to go to the Kentucky Derby. It is totally on my Bucket List. 

I took Claire & Luke to lunch yesterday, Luke insists on doing "cheers" whenever he has a cup. 

So cute.

So, there you have it....a sneak peek of our busy April through the eyes of my iPhone!

Don't forget....Pin-Spired with me, Shay and Sheaffer is tomorrow!

Can't wait to see what Pinterest Inspired Outfits you link up!

Can't believe May is here.....that means it is Kevin's birthday month, my birthday month, my nephew's birthday month and it also means that my niece will be born this month!
It's a good month to be born :)

May also means that summer is almost here...I can't wait!!!!
Happy May Day!