This Week #8

Top to bottom, L to R: Strawberries picked from our CSA//Winnie & I enjoying snap peas//A Friday treat//Hubby manning the parade candy

Happy Sunday! Hope your week was wonderful! This week flew by for me - I can't hardly believe it's already almost over!

We started the week off with Puppy II class, Winnie's favorite thing. She has become so agile and loves to run around on the agility equipment -- faster than I can even keep up with her at times! Makes me think that Agility and Flyball classes are likely in her future. It's so fun to watch her grow and learn. (Bonified crazy dog lady here... watch out!)

On Wednesdays we get to pick up our CSA box, and this week brought two types of kale, strawberries, sugar snap peas, basil and zucchini. I fully expected the zucchini to be the best  thing in the box (because I absolutely LOVE zucchini) but I think my favorite thing was chowing down the sugar snap peas with lunch. Winnie also loved them, as you can see above. She also loved the kale, and was jumping up on the counter to try to get the full head for herself! Like mama, like puppy. ;)

This week was my city's annual week-long celebration - there's food vendors downtown all week, various entertainment like street dances and kareoke competitions, and a parade to cap it all off. I spent Thursday evening volunteering at a booth selling pops and newspapers which was fun - I saw lots of familiar faces! And then Friday, the company I work for led off the parade and you can see my husband above, who stayed in the van and refilled the candy buckets for all the kids walking with us. It was lots of fun!

We've had a rather lazy weekend so far, which is totally fine by me. We got great walks in both Saturday morning and this morning, and we spent Saturday getting things done around the house and having dinner with Jake's family. Today we'll be running lots of errands and then hosting a friend for dinner. And the best part about this Sunday? Knowing we're heading in to a short work week for the Independence Day holiday! YAY!

Hope the rest of your Sunday is fabulous! See you all tomorrow! :)

This Week #6

L to R: A quick trip to the park with my favorites//Fancy nails for a fun occasion//Winnie started teething//Fun makeup

Happy Sunday, everyone! How was your week? I had a simply wonderful one, and a short work week at that! (wahoo!) 

Monday was Memorial Day here in the States which meant no work. We took full advantage of the rather hot, sunny weather and had a grill out with family. As we moved in to our house in September, we haven't been able to truly enjoy our wooded backyard and porch until just now. I find it so recharging to relax with family and enjoy each other's company. It felt like the weekend, yet it was a great way to start the week.

On Tuesday Winnie graduated from Puppy 1 class. Jake and I had a good laugh, as they played the graduation song and everything! She starts Puppy 2 this coming Tuesday which should be really fun. On Wednesday, we noticed Winnie lost her first tooth! One of her front teeth. I'm so glad she's finally teething - I can't wait for her super sharp little baby teeth to be a thing of the past. As of today, she's already lost 4 and I can tell some others are loose!

Thursday brought a final dress fitting for my best friend. I won't spill a single detail, but I will say she looked absolutely STUNNING. I can't wait to share pictures from her wedding day because she is going to be such a beautiful bride. We celebrated with dinner at one of our favorite places, dining out on the patio to soak up the gorgeous weather. 

Friday..... Friday was my favorite day of the week. I don't want to give too much away yet (there's going to be a post dedicated to this coming soon!) but Jake and I were asked by a local photographer and friend to be part of a styled wedding photo shoot. I've seen a couple pictures already, but let's just say I have a huge girl crush on Amy, the photographer, because she somehow worked a miracle and captured some amazingness. The photo on the bottom right (above) is the makeup I did on myself for the shoot. Stay tuned for even more on this coming soon. 

I've been all over the place this weekend doing random things here and there - getting my wedding ring cleaned, taking Winnie to my favorite park in the city I where I went to college, random house chores and overall - spending quality time with my husband and pup.

What have you been up to? Let me know!

Catch ya'll on Monday! Have a great Sunday! 

This Week #2

(top to bottom, left to right)  Blackberry Thyme Mojito to celebrate a new product launch at work// Paris, Las Vegas//Pinkberry with fruity pebbles and fruity cheerios//Bachelorette party at Chippendales//The beautiful bachelorette//Las Vegas airport//Winnie at week #2 of puppy class//My look for the bachelorette party//The girls in Vegas

To be totally honest, this last week was exhausting as I came down from the high of spending a long weekend in Vegas (which you might remember me mentioning here). The exhaustion was totally worth it, though, because what could be more fun than celebrating the last of your  best friend's "singledom" in Las Vegas, NV with a great group of girls? You can see snippets of our stay sprinkled in the collage above - a snapshot of the Las Vegas airport, the amazing Paris hotel with a massive recreation of the Eiffel Tower, an evening on the town to see Chippendales, walking the Strip to see the sights, a quick stop at Pinkberry, and the gorgeous bachelorette beaming from ear to ear. 

From Monday on, however, I was a tired thang as I tried to catch up on missed sleep and relaxation. But the show must go on, and the week had some other fun things in store for me - a new product launch at work celebrated with a happy hour cocktail, Winnie's second puppy class where she learned the "Come" command and has started to pick it up quickly, a final dress fitting for my bachelorette bestie, and a relaxing dinner with my parents, husband and Winnie to cap off the week (not pictured). 

I hope you had a great week, too! Cheers to a bit of weekend R&R and we'll see you back here on Monday!