It's Friday!

Happy Friday, y'all!  & what a wonderful Friday it is!  besides my washer breaking last night & my car smelling like rotten eggs and not having the money to fix/replace either of those... but that's another story for another day.  I don't have a typical H54F post... I can't think of 5 awesome things that happened this week.  But what I do have more than makes up for my lack of happyness.  ;-)  So, once again, I'm linking up with the adorable Lauren From My Grey Desk for another High Five for Friday post!

I OFFICIALLY HAVE A NEW SISTER!!  She was "born" at 10am this morning in a courthouse downtown Kansas City.  A beautiful, bouncing, blue-eyed, blonde-haired, teenage GIRL!  Her name is Victoria.  Say "Hiiii Victoria!!"  She's been living with my parents since February.  She's had a rough life - being adopted from Russia when she was 4 - that didn't work out - been a ward of the state for the past few years - and now she's MY sister!  God works in amazing ways.  Truly.

It was a beautiful "ceremony."  Just a normal court proceeding - but tears were shed by nearly everyone.  The judge shed a few, which he said hasn't happened in nearly 18 years.  My mom wrote a letter to Vic, & Vic wrote her "vows" to my parents and my sister, Dyan, & I.

The top right picture is us.  My sisters and me.  From the left it's me, Dyan & Victoria.  Bottom left is Victoria - taken by my mom on the way to the courthouse this morning.  Isn't she adorable??  So, now I'm getting ready to head to my parent's house to help get food ready for the "Gotcha" shower that we're having tomorrow.  Instead of a baby shower.  Cause she's not a baby - technically.  In reality, she very much is... she's experiencing life like she's never had the opportunity to do so before.  It's so cool to watch.  :-)

Aside from all my awesome, mushy family stuffs, I got my Birchbox this week!  I'll write up my review of the products later for you.  But here's a sneak peak of the polish I got.  It's called "Insta-this."  I LOOOOVE it!

That's it for now... I'll be sure to take pics of the party tomorrow!  Have a wonderful day!



xoxo

high five for friday

Happy Friday!  I don't know about you, but my week feels like it went by super fast!  Wasn't yesterday just Monday??  I'm linking up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk for another H54F post!  So let's do it to it!  Here are my top 5 things from this past week in no particular order ;-)


1. I made an amazing cake... and gushed about it here.  Yes, that was just last night.  And it's more than halfway gone... what?  shhhh

2. I put up more decorations this week!  I haven't taken pics, but I will do that when the apartment is a bit more tidy and give you a tour on another post.

3. I made a yarn garland like Kate & Lauren's!  I'm uber excited (and that's one of the pieces of decor that is currently making my office area look freaking adorable!)  I'm thinking of making several more, with more color schemes, and putting them up for sale in my mom's holiday boutique she's getting ready to host.  Primitive Chic Boutique!  I'm looking into some other craft ideas also.... I'm not crafty, but I feel a bit better now!  Thanks, Kate & Lauren!

4. Mackenzie and I started dance classes this week!  Mackenzie is in a "Tiny 2s" class for 2 and 3 year olds - it is basically to get the kiddos used to not having mom and/or dad around and helping them learn to follow directions, etc.  I am in an adult beginners tap class... however, I somehow ended up in the intermediate class... so I'm dropping down and my class begins 30 min later.

That's not Mackenzie, but the kid on far right makes me think of her!

5. Took a lengthy nice walk to a friend's house for a play date for our girls - then walked to the park with her and our kiddos to let them run off some steam.  It was wonderful to get some adult chit chat in and let the kid play with a friend!

Hope you enjoyed this week's highlights... kind of lame tonight... kind of felt like a lame week.  But oh well, you win some, you lose some!

How was your week??




xoxo

high five for friday!

Woo!  It's Friday!!  Time for another link up with Lauren from From My Grey Desk!  This past week was a bit of a whirlwind, and frankly, it doesn't feel like Friday.  But anywhoodles, here goes!

1.  We took our last minute trip to Ohio (roughly 10 to 12 hr drive) to see my sister-in-law and pick up a CUTE puppy!  Mackenzie handled the trip really well.  We watched lots of movies and she took a couple decent naps.

2.  I bought some fun pretties from Hobby Lobby yesterday... I'm thinking a little diy yarn garland is in order - along with some words for the wall above my desk & a really cool metal tree for my gallery wall!  Pics of the finished projects will come soon...

3.  I got a new nail polish from Ulta, called Island Hopper.  I love it!  I was wanting a mint polish, but found this one instead.  

4.  Our freezer is PACKED.  And I mean that... it's packed.  Like, if you don't fit everything in there perfectly, it keeps popping open.  Seriously.  Needless to say, we had a very successful Costco trip the other evening.  :-)  Megs loves her some foods!

5.  My cousin is getting married tomorrow.  I'm not looking forward to the drive (about 2 hrs), but it will be nice to see family that I rarely see.  Let's just hope Mackenzie is well-behaved!


So, that's it!  I'll leave you with one more picture to fill up your "cuteness" meter till I can post more.  Here's my girl sleeping the morning we headed back home.  She kept turning her music on (see upper right) and finally passed out.  Check out that belly button!  :::dies:::

xoxo

high five for friday

Hey!  This is my first time linking up with Lauren From My Grey Desk to take part in her fun series called High Five for Friday!  If you're interested in knowing what it's all about or how to do it, click on the button on the right side of the screen.

Here are my 5 things from this week (& they are totally out of order, but who cares??):

 1. Went to 5 Guys with my dad for lunch yesterday - first time I've ever seen one of these!  I felt like I was blasted into the future with these soda machines!
 2. Mackenzie got to celebrate her 3rd birthday a couple days early with some of her favorite people, Aunt D & her cousins C & L.  She got (as you can see) a dress up outfit - Cinderella with a matching doll & all the accessories.  Needless to say, she LOVED it.  & had to sleep in the dress that night...
 3. My new sister got a new puppy - supposedly a beagle/lab mix.  She's so stinking adorable - her name is Bella - and they visited me in the office.  :-)
 4. Went to the pool during the early b-day celebration with cousins and aunt.  Fun times - until we had to get out of the pool!
 5. Monday afternoon, I got a "mom-n-meg" day - lunch + HP = f. u. n.  I made her promise to watch the movies with me (she always refused thinking they are evil lol) when she went to Orlando and got to experience the Harry Potter area before me.  She didn't even like Harry & she rubbed it in.  We're almost even now.  Just need to watch the last movie.  :-)

How was your week?

xoxo