Easter in OIB

Well, it wasn't the perfect Easter weekend and that is fine. Honestly it was a mess but we made the best of it. Molly Anne woke up on her first day of Spring Break with fever. We were supposed to go to Ocean Isle on Friday but we couldn't travel with her like that. So we went Saturday when she was a bit better. Then Mills had two seizures within 10 minutes of being in the car.

We made it to our favorite place. Both kids were on the dock within minutes "fishing."

She felt good enough to go to the beach that afternoon so we did for a couple of hours.

We got Sharky's carry out for dinner and chilled.

Easter morning when your Mom forgets your baskets! I truly thought they were here at the beach from last year but I couldn't find them anywhere. Ahhhh! They still had fun!

Bunny cinnamon rolls and scrapple!

And Hilary gave me the ingredients for empty tomb rolls which were fun to make!

Grady and I went to church on the beach while Kevin stayed with Molly Anne.

Painting eggs

Our friends Steve and Ariel hosted Easter and we enjoyed taking shifts to go over there. Thankfully they live super close to us so we could zip back and forth!

It was a beautiful day and nice to be with friends. I just wish Molly Anne could have been with us! This pesky fever!

Also, our air conditioning upstairs wasn't working so that was inconvenient when a child had a fever. She slept downstairs! Grady ended up needing Decadron last night too after some bad croup. Can't win them all yall!! Moving along!

Chat soon friends!

Coral Coral

Loving some coral this week. Happened accidentally but I don't hate it!

ONE - had to order this pretty blouse.

TWO - need to sip something tasty out of these acrylic glasses!

THREE - I have two of this style blouse but then they added this lace one!

FOUR - my friend had these wedges on last weekend and they are prettier in person

FIVE - a staple for your closet 40% off

Meals this week

My brain is basically a bowl of spaghetti this week for a multitude of reasons. We got a lot going on in our little world. Taking it one day at a time.

This week's menu plan - all very fast things.

Christina's Crunch Wrap Supreme - these were so good and Grady loved them. MA went to bed hungry. Did these Sunday since I had a bit more time.

Ashley's Bacon, Leek and Bacon Quiche - made this on Monday night for Tuesday.

Air fryer bang bang shrimp with fruit

Make your own pizzas

Leftovers

Field Hockey, Party and Egg Hunt

We had a nice weekend and hope you did too! Friday night we ended up hanging next door since baseball was canceled due to rain. It was fun! I made this French onion dip and it was delish. We ordered Duckworths on door dash and checked off the dinner box

Saturday morning was Molly Anne's first field hockey game of the season. This is her third season she has played but is getting a lot of instruction this year. It's great and she loves it. She scored two goals on Saturday and had a huge block as well!

Saturday afternoon I took her shopping at Southpark mall. She needed a few things that she feels good in! The mall was sooooo busy, felt like Black Friday!

Saturday night we got to celebrate my friend Margot's 40th birthday at Old Meck Brewery in the bowl! It was so much fun!

Later in the evening we snuck over to Roosters for dinner. Saw some friends from our club over there too which was fun.

Sunday was the egg hunt at the club. My kids are borderline too old, well Molly Anne is, but we are believers over here in all of the things! So we will keep on keeping on. They had an ages 8-11 section! We got to have brunch with good friends of ours which was an unexpected treat!

And Grady got his face painted!

The rest of the weekend it was a revolving door of children in and out of our house from the neighborhood. I love that they come knock on our door then they play here for a bit then they are onto the next house! It's so great. The more scooters or mobiles in our driveway the better!

My brain has 18,00000000 things to do and remember this week. Writing it all down and trying to take it a day at a time! Chat soon.

Cutie Finds

Loving these easy finds this week!

ONE - cute top with a skirt, pants or shorts!

TWO - feel like I need this one

THREE - swing popover top - swing and popover in a description, count me in!

FOUR - my fav sweatshirt but add some ribbing to jazz is up!

FIVE - this is a great sweater to drape over your shoulders or throw over a dress!

SIX - scalloped pocket pants. In white too!

Doc Appointments

At the beginning of the year, I feel like I have all of my annual doctor appointments. Do you guys? I have had my physical, dermatology (get your skin checked!!), mammogram, OB and ophthalmology. Dentist is coming up soon.

This year I added a cardiology appointment. I've heard of too many people in their 40's dropping dead that were D1 athletes. The least I can do it be proactive right?! I do believe there is a healthy balance of being paranoid about your health and LIVING! There has to be an in between. 

I had that cardiology appointment last Friday. First thing he asked was why was I there? I said I want to be alive for my kids!!! He was super interested in lifestyle more than anything. I didn't have any tests because he said it's not necessary assuming my LDL levels are less than 100, ideally less than 80, and if I exercised and ate things mostly right etc. He really liked me having my apple watch and seeing how my heart rate gets up with exercise and if I can sustain that. He said the stress test on a treadmill would be silly for me. 

Anyway, point is - being proactive is my motto these days. Eating right, exercising, doing all of the right things to the best of my ability while still living is the name of my game. 

Weekend

Hello! It was a fun weekend. On Friday night we went to my bosses house to pick crabs on his back porch. Gorgeous setting right? Everything was gorgeous and delicious! So much fun.

Saturday morning came exceptionally early after a late night but we were excited to be out there cheering our Grady on!

He went 4/4 and his team beat one of the best teams in the league 13-11. It was awesome to watch!

Kevin met a friend to watch basketball and Molly Anne had a birthday party so Grady and I played taxi and went out for Mexican food and ice cream! We love our little dates together. Let me always remember that he wanted to sit on the same side of the booth as me. And hold my hand throughout Lowe's as we bought spray paint for his rock at school!

Sunday he and I walked 3 miles then headed to the batting cage to practice! He got his bat on some 50mph balls which was awesome. The lowest level speed is 37mph and those are no problem. I think in their games it's 30 or 35mph.

Then he had swim practice and we picked up Thai food because it was Kevin's and my anniversary! We always have Thai food for our anniversary. 12 years!

Also, a big happy birthday to my Dad today!