All of the Sales

Thought it'd make things easy to round up all of the sales going on! I'm knocking out a bunch of gifts today!

Minted - 20% off and free shipping with code BF2024

Sephora - up to 30% off select items 

Tecovas - 20% off. Add the Dakotas to your list!

Serena and Lily - many savings 

Target - so many things are on sale

Oliphant Design - 30% off with code CYBER30

Lilly Pulitzer - 30% off site wide 

Anthropologie - 30% off

Athleta - 30% off

Prodoh - 30% off, the best clothes for girls and boys 

J.Crew - up to 50% off most everything 

Properly Tied - 30% off site wide, cutest boy clothing 

American Stationery - 20% off with promo code 94064. A great gift for anyone and a good time to refill your own stationery. 

Tuckernuck - 20%-30% off depending on how much you spend. Code is MERRY

Loft - 50% off

J. Crew Factory - 50%-70% off site wide plus $10 for every $50 you spend!

Hill House Home - 30% off 

Randoms

Order your stamps to send your Christmas cards with!

Take your kids to Dollar Tree and tell them they have a $5 limit. Teaches them to prioritize and budget etc. 

I'm working on wearing less number of outfits each day to limit my laundry. 

I'm also working on my kids to make them put their clothes right side out when they take them off!!!!

Working mighty hard at work right now. A lot going on as I'm wrapping up 4 projects at the same time. We have 4 certificate of occupancy's though so getting there. 

Molly Anne needs some new dresses and shirts. 

We got our family pictures back and I'm soooo glad I have these. 

That's about all I have today. Talk soon friends. I'll be back Thursday with all of my favorite sales!

Sad News

I have sad news to share. My mother in law passed away last Wednesday due to heart issues. We are sad, upset, devastated. She was getting better after her heart attack on October 13th so this was a shock when we got the phone call early that morning. 

She was such a gem of a lady. Quiet but you always knew what she was thinking. She LOVED Kevin with all of her heart. One of the biggest blessings of the previous five weeks of her being in the hospital was that Kevin and I (and his brother and dad) got so much one on one time to talk with her. She always had such good advice. She knew what it was like to be married to Kevin in a mother in law way. He is her son after all so she always had the right thing to say but was my fan a lot too. 

And she was probably my biggest blog reader after my Dad! She told me a couple of weeks ago that she had been keeping up with my blog while she was in the hospital. She hadn't turned the TV on once in there though and had talked to really only family and close friends. Still was reading this blog. Silly but meant a lot that she wanted to know all of the things!

Her service was this past Saturday. It was nice. As you can imagine it's been a rough week around here. Explaining it all to our kids while trying to keep them innocent has been interesting. They understand the circle of life but I don't want them consumed by it. They were at the funeral and burial though. 

We have had dear friends helping us by keeping the kids, bringing them to the funeral so they didn't have to be there during the visitation, taking care of Mills when we were gone all day, dropping off food, coming to the funeral events, all of the things. We are sooo thankful for our friends.

Hold your people closely. Treasure each moment. 

Thursday Finds

ONE - a cozy mock neck in many colors would make any outfit look put together. 

TWO - the cutest glasses to give or receive. 

THREE - love this sweater

FOUR - gold silver hoops 

FIVE - cropped cords in their most popular fit.  

Zion

I headed out to southern Utah in the middle of October. I went with a few others from my office and we went to visit two of our projects. You may remember if you've been around awhile that I've done a ton of Utah work. Back in years 2015-2018, I went to the Salt Lake area about every three weeks. It was great to be back, this time down south in the St George area. 

We got our work knocked out the first day and before we flew home the next day, we hiked Watchman Trail at Zion Canyon. It was stunning. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Springdale and it was perfect. We walked to Switchback Grille for dinner and that was nice. Nothing wild but fine. 

Springdale was a cool little town. I'd say you can probably do it for a night or maybe two but that's about all of the time you need. I'm not the most experienced hiker (I never hike) so I probably would be too nervous to take my kids but there were a ton of kids there. But they've all probably grown up hiking. There's just not much room for error and that makes me nervous!

Pretty view at the top. 


It wasn't a rough ride to get out there. We bounced around a few airports to look at some sites. It was good. Our pilots even hiked Zion with us. But one of them is like family to our company. 


It was an amazing one night trip and great time with my coworkers. 

Big Weekend

Well, I doubled the legal drinking age yesterday and I feel it today! 

Kids wore their camp sweatshirts for National Camp Tshirt day on Friday!

Last Friday my friends Hilary and Kellie took me to lunch at Postino. Soooo good if you're in Charlotte. 


Fancy bruschetta and roasted cauliflower. 

Friday night my friend Jen had a crockpot party where you bring a crockpot recipe to share with everyone. It was a good time. Maybe too fun?! Haha. 


Saturday morning tennis. The kids played with Coach Joe while the moms played with Coach Wade!


Saturday afternoon we had family pictures taken by Karen Morneau who is a neighbor and friend. I cannot wait to share more!

Saturday evening was pickleball potluck in the neighborhood! Played pickleball then we took a dish to the clubhouse and hung out. For a long time with fun friends and loud music!










While we were at the party, Molly Anne had a babysitter and Grady went to a birthday party for his friend Nolan. Brittany took him so he was super excited!


Sunday morning Molly Anne arrived downstairs with this box filled with adorable crafts she had made for me. Best part of my day. 


We hung out most of the day then Hilary and crew came over and brought dinner and cake. It was the perfect evening with my people. 

And the most fantastic card from Hilary. Because I do not like cats and this is just funny if you really know us!

Inside it said, "Choose wisely!"

Talk soon friends. Back to the grind today! 

This Week's Finds

ONE - I'm a real wreath girl but this year I ordered two of these and I'm going fake! You can use this link for referral and get $50 off and also I get $50. Zero pressure obviously but thought I'd share. 

TWO - I know a few friends on here like seeing some Molly Anne things - this headband and this velour magenta skirt are big winners for this time of year! 

THREE - this skirt with a black top for a festive night out. 

FOUR - this textured sleeve top in 4 colors including ivory and black. 

FIVE - how about this stunner?!

Napa Day 3

Saturday in St. Helena started at Gillwoods for breakfast! California Benedict of course! 

Our driver Travis picked us up and we headed to AXR. Wow this was an incredible experience. Ritchie who hosted us was an absolute HOOT! The interior design of all of the buildings was on point. 

And pics in the redwoods! 




The wine was amazing. The simple kettle chips with sheep Gouda from Whole Foods finely grated over it was so good. 


Next up was lunch at farmstead. It was delicious. It's also the place to see and be seen. Such a vibe. 

I'll dream about the deviled eggs forever. 

Second winery of the day was Taylor Family Vineyards with Danielle and Nana! Such a special place right at their home. 

Saturday night we had a quick turnaround and had cocktail hour with Walt and Katherine, with her famous guac. She mixes sour cream and salsa with avocado and done! Isn't she beautiful? Inside and out!


This night we had dinner at their favorite restaurant called The Market in downtown St. Helena. It was wonderful and such a locals spot. Loved it!

Their amazing property. 





Sunday morning we were up super early for our ride back to San Fran. We got to watch the sun rise while going over the Golden Gate Bridge. Our driver showed us some amazing neighborhoods on our way to the airport. 

Overall the trip was amazing. We have 37 bottles of wine heading our way from 5 wineries. Those will be awesome to receive. It was great time away with Kevin and our next door peeps that we do a lot of life with. It was truly a once in a lifetime trip!

Don't worry, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine. There was a lot of stress and worry leading up to leaving town. Childcare is very tough for us with no family that can keep them nearby. My Saturday/Sunday babysitter canceled on me the afternoon before we left. That threw me for a HUGE loop. Got it figured out thanks to an amazing gal but whewwwww. Mills is also a whole situation to leave/board right now. Thankful for his golden retriever camp that love him so much. And basically my life does not exist without Julie, my kid's other Mom, who made all of the things happen so we could go!

No more Kevin and I trips for awhile! Soooo hard to leave right now and that's okay!

Napa Days 1 and 2

We got back last night from the Napa area. Kevin and I went out there with Drew and Hilary for a trip that Drew bid on at a Make A Wish event. It was incredible. Super special and one that we can't ever replicate. We stayed at the Denali Estate winery with their owners Katherine and Walt. Talk about outstanding people. Wow, it is an honor to know them!

The first night we had dinner at their home with their winemaker and his wife. The winemaker is a pretty big deal in Napa so this was super cool. 

Their backyard. Can you even?!




Katherine served us caviar as an appetizer. 


Their winemaker Jean Hoefliger. 


And his wife Chelsea. 

Friday morning we were up super early due to being on East coast time zone which we actually never got out of. Headed into St Helena and grabbed breakfast at Model Bakery. 

This trip we only did two winery tastings a day plus lunch. When we were out there a few years ago, we did 3 tastings a day and that's too much. First stop was Fraiche group wine on Caldwell Winery land. They gave us a tour of the property on a golf cart and it was stunning. 







The lab where the science of wine making takes place! 







Lunch was at Norman Rose Tavern in downtown Napa. Kept it causal. 

Next stop was Boyd Family which was interesting but nice! These smaller vineyards are a very different vibe from the big names like Caymus. There are 1,110 vineyards in the Napa Valley. You could go out there a zillion times and have a totally different experience every time. Super cool!




That night the four of us went to Goose and Gander in downtown St Helena. It was good but nothing crazy and we were pretty zapped from drinking all day ha. 

I'll be back with the third day soon!