Mothers Day

For memories sake I wanted to share a few Mother's Day pics with y'all. 

Mother's Day is always something I look forward to.

Usually I go out to dinner with my mom and sister.

And go to church with my bestie and her girls.

I think this will be one of my favorite pics of all time. So much Lilly with Hanky in the middle!

This year Carsyn took me to the ballet for an extra treat.

Hank always has kisses for momma.

Both of the babes had special Mother's Day programs at their school.

The made presents, filled out cute questionnaires and performed songs for us.

 

"Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. Proverbs 31

Thoughts and Happenings

Hey hey friends! I keep telling myself I'll get back to writing more regularly, but it just doesn't seem to be happening.

Truth is life is just busy.  Beautifully busy, but busy nonetheless.  The babes are finishing up their first year of preschool and gosh I wish time would slow down.

I have been trying to take a picture of them on their favorite stump to play on at school to have for memories sake. 

Speaking of memories sake, the kids got to see the Lilly jeep at the Peppermint Palm recently and Carsyn became obsessed.  I think girlfriend thinks Santa is going to bring her one this year.

My husband walked by my closet one day and said "Jen, you've got too much Lilly...how basic can you be?"  But when you find something you love you stick with it right?  And can we all agree the prints and style keep getting better and better? I mean how fun is this print?

And the cute little jumpsuits they make for girls?

And this dress is my favorite EVER. Its called the Alanna and sold out online but word is Lilly is doing another in June...The countdown is ON.

Have you tried their luxletic line? 

I LOVE the skirts.  When I ran long distances I used to only wear skirts #becausethighchaffingaintnobodysfriend but somewhere along the way I sort of traded them in for capris.  I've gotten two of these this season and wear them a lot.  They are short but they have shorts underneath so no worries.  

I snapped this pic to remind myself the Whole Foods sunshine smoothie is my favorite.  I thought I'd change into a breakfast eater once I started getting up earlier to get the babes to school but no such luck.  On days they both go I like to go for a run as soon as I get home, but don't like to run on an entirely empty stomach.  I usually drink one of these in the car and its a perfect balance of not too much sitting on my stomach and not running with a growling belly.

I'm slowly getting back into my running groove.  And did my first 3 miles under 30 minutes since the broke foot.  I attribute that to Sturgill's new album which is all sorts of amazing.  If you live local and saw him last night please don't rub it in.

After breaking my foot and getting cleared to work out again in Spring I started doing Barre.  I had only been a few times last fall, but fell in love.  Well, its sort of a love/hate relationship.

I think its the hardest workout I've ever done, but its also the most rewarding.  People always asked me why I liked running and it was just so many things...after that first mile when you hit your stride ...the energy boost you get afterward...the ability to clear your mind and just focus on putting one foot in front of the other.  With barre its the way you can actually feel your body getting stronger.  I really hope to continue doing it and I'll let you know what kind of results I see.

Any of y'all barre addicts?

Back to the babes......We went to see The Jungle Book and they loved it so much.  If you haven't been you need to go..its amazingly awesome.

I love how they are BFFs.

Speaking of BFFs, we've been having play dates with a friend and her 3 kids weekly.  We load up on the golf cart and head to her house and the kids have a blast.

I look forward to play dates as much as the kids I think because we actually get to indulge in a little adult conversation over a glass of wine.

Are they not adorable?

Hope your week is off to a great start!

A Wintry Weekend Recap

Hey! Hey!  Happy Monday friends!  

Unless you live under a rock or somewhere West, you likely know much of the East coast was attacked by a little storm named Jonas this weekend.

The babes were so excited when they woke up and saw a blanket of snow outside.

I was afraid Hanky wouldn't like it this year, but to my surprise he LOVED it.

The kids frolicked and played until I had to beg them to come inside.

Speaking of inside, I have to admit I sort of love being snowed in at times.  Luckily I hit up the grocery store for the last 2 gallons of chocolate milk and plenty of supplies.

I embraced my inner Ina Garten and whipped up a few favorites...

The babes helped me make some Rice Krispie treats.

Then they slumbered..

I walked and caught up on Downton Abby.

Annndddd...We played a lot of Monopoly. Carsyn's strategy was to buy everything she lands on and Hank's was to save his money and not buy anything.

So, where all y'all at? Are you still snowed in?

Weekend Recap…Also Known as Too Many Pics at the AG Store

Woohoo!! Carsyn's birthday weekend finally arrived and we headed to Nashville to check out their new American Girl Store.

First, we celebrated at school with ice cream and sprinkles and I got to read a book favorite to Carsyn's class.  We chose Camila the Cupcake Fairy because Camilla turns five just like Carsyn.

We were in the car that week discussing what book we would read and she said "Mom, can you do me a favor?  When you come to class can you not wear your workout clothes?  And maybe wear cute shoes and makeup?"  Guess we are entering the phase where mommy's appearance matters too.

Poor kid.  I obliged that day, but am proud to say I rocked the "mom uniform" yoga pants this morning. 

Rosie and I picked the kids up from school Thursday and headed straight to Nashville.

We had dinner at The Factory, our favorite place and took our pics on the big rocking chair.

(We missed you May family!)

We got into our PJs and got some sleep before the big day.

We went to the store first thing and had such a wonderful experience.

Rosie hooked Carsyn up with some Grace goodies.

And I sat with Hank a little while he blatantly ignored everything in the store and played manly games on the iPad.

We had lunch at the cafe.

And had a quick wardrobe change before leaving.

Exhausting!

Saturday afternoon we met some friends for froyo.

Couldn't leave home without our sisters.

Finally, on Sunday we headed to EKY for Kyria's glammed up spa party birthday.  

Love these littles so much.

And this gorgeous momma too.

And to think, we still have Carsyn's birthday party this weekend!