What's In My (Tote) Bag

I LOVE A TOTE BAG!!! LOVE!!! I have a few FAVES at the moment and I thought it would be fun to share them, share WHY they're my favorites and share what I've been toting around ;) 

I kept seeing ads for this Alex Mill tote bag before Christmas and fell in LOVE with the painted monograms. I decided to treat myself and then (gasp) realized that the monogram was an extra (almost) $100 and would take something crazy like 8 weeks so I nixed the monogram and excitedly waited for the tote. It came in and it was love at first sight!

Salsa Verde Crockpot Chicken

It's already 95+ degrees here in TExas which means the LAST thing I want to do is turn on my oven and bake something for dinner. OR use my stove. It's just too dang hot. The crockpot is my bestie in the summer because it helps keep the temps down in our house AND I'm not spending a bunch of time cooking dinner ;) THE BEST!  

I started making this salsa verde chicken a couple of summers ago and it never disappoints. I actually threw it in the crockpot on Saturday with completely frozen chicken breasts and it turned out perfectly be dinnertime.  Use it to make quesadillas, top nachos, build tacos, or use in a rice bowl. 

Friday Favorites

 Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Luke and G are back from church camp and hearing all about it and going through pics and hearing more has been my FAVORITE!!!  So grateful for our church and youth program and all of the volunteers who make this week happen!

What's Up Wednesday (on a Thursday) ;)

  Today I'm linking up with  Shay and  Sheaffer to talk a little bit about what's been going on around here! I started this post Tuesday afternoon and then was IN BED AND ASLEEP by 8:30 Tuesday night and never finished! So here we are ;)

Pasta salad! I keep things super simple... a pound of pasta, a cucumber, one container of cherry tomatoes, a container of mozzarella balls and some salami. Chop and prep everything, mix in some Italian dressing and chill.  Couldn't be easier!

SunDAY in the Life

We were up bright and early on Sunday morning to get Luke and G dropped off at church camp and I thought it would be fun to document the day! Someone was super excited ;) 

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

 Recital photos are IN which is one of my FAVORITE parts of the season!  They do these during class time a few weeks before recital and I love having these as a memento. Parents don't get to go in while they're doing pics so it's a true surprise getting the email which is so fun! Here are a few of my FAVES!

BBQ Pulled Pork

  This recipe has been one of my favorites for probably 15 years.  It couldn't be easier and produces THE BEST BBQ every single time.  I'm resharing it this week because this week is CRAZY BUSY and this is the perfect recipe to have on hand for weeks just like this.  It's also great for summer when you don't want to have your oven going but want something great for sliders after a day in the pool.  

If you make this I'd love to hear what you think!

Freckle Heart Tattoos ;)

On Mother's Day I shared this story slide to IG....

Recital 2026

 This past weekend was recital weekend which is always one of my favorite weekends of the year. Since G is older and in multiple classes I don't go in with her during the week so recital is really the first time I see any of her pieces which is so special.

Saturday started off super early with a 8:30 call time for her ballet dress rehearsal. So fun that her recital is at the school where Dave and I met - even though this whole part of the school is new since we were there ;) 

Back Tomorrow

Welllll.... my plan was to do a weekend post and share about G's recital BUT exams and all things last week of school took over and I'm here in the bed helping someone prep for their Math exam (their teacher is REALLY hard - hahahaha) sooooo I'll be back here tomorrow with the recital recap you've been waiting for ;) ha! 

HAPPY Monday and happy (almost) end of school, y'all!!!

 

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

YOU GUYS! This time next week I'll be on summer VACATION!!! Can you believe it? I can't. This week has been Whirlwind 2.0 and I'm kind of hanging on by a thread. hahahaha It's recital weekend (OMG!) so if you need me I'll be at the theater. CONVENIENT! ;) 

Short and sweet this week because YOUR GIRL HAS BEEN BUSY! First up on my list of FAVES is this pic that I came across while looking for pics for a mother's day post. CAN YOU EVEN?!?! I can not.

House Games: Heads and Tails

This is one of my absolute favorite games to pull out in a pinch because it's zero prep and involves an unlimited number of players.  It couldn't be easier and if you have time to play multiple rounds you can have multiple winners and/or have a winners round at the end for bonus points.  This week I needed a quick game before our devotional time and G and her bestie ended up coming in first and second ;)

Essentially, everyone stands up and puts their hands on their head or their tail (their back/hiney/etc) ;) You flip a coin (or use a coin flipper app - super handy!) and call out either heads or tails and if your hands aren't in the right spot you sit down and you just continue going until you have a winner. Couldn't be easier!  Once we get down to 3-4 players I make them face away from each other and it's as easy as that. I started with 150+ kids and it took 7 coin flips to get a winner - so it's quick as well.  

If you've missed out - make sure you check out my other House Game posts by clicking HERE.