weekend fun

Hadley, Harper, and McKinley came to visit this weekend. I was very excited because it had been almost two months since the last time I saw them. I will go ahead and apologize for so many pictures!

 The girls love their Papa Ronald and Granny Janet

I had to work on Friday (last day for kids at school). While I was at school Jennifer and the crew went to the mall. They sent me pictures of McKinley and Hadley getting their ears pierced! They got pearls and look so cute. They were so proud of them.

On Saturday we stumbled upon a festival going on in town. There was music, crafts, and homemade ice cream. I think everyone enjoyed walking around.

 Myles loved the music.

Harper waiting for lunch.

 Hadley said it was too bright and she needed some sunglasses to wear. Jennifer gave Hadley hers to wear. I wanted to snap a picture and Hadley had to pose. 

 Myles enjoyed his homemade ice cream. 

 We had to stop and take a picture of the day! Day 165.

 The girls saw a clogger walking on the street and wanted to stay and watch them dance. They clapped and cheered the cloggers on. They thought the skirts were so pretty!

 After all the fun at the festival, the group wanted to go to the river to catch some fish. I think it was a just excuse to get wet.

Mister Myles showing us how to fish.

We went to the Pisgah Inn on Sunday to celebrate Father's Day. Pisgah Inn is on the parkway near my house and we enjoy going up there to eat. The views are incredible and the food is pretty good too.

 

It was such a fun weekend and I hated it had to end. School is finally out for summer and I couldn't be more excited. I have some exciting things happening this summer. Stay tuned!

xoxo

#moeeveryday2014 week 22

Day 155

It was EOG testing week and the staff at my school wanted to show our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders how much we love them! Testing week is so stressful for the kids and teachers.  

Day 156

I started working on my flower arrangement for my table for my tea party at my church. Flower arranging is not one of my talents! 

Day 157

A Friday afternoon selfie with my co-workers Lisa. She was my assistant when I taught 1st grade and  I absolutely adore her! 

Day 158

Let the tea party begin! 

Day 159

I renewed my Biltmore annual pass so I can start my running again! I love running on the Biltmore Estate grounds. They are so pretty. 

Day 160

My Erin Condren life planner helps keep me organized with my picture of the day and so much more! 

Day 161

My school had 5th grade graduation at my high school. It is always feels odd for me to go back to high school! 

xoxo

Lilly Inspired Tea Party

On Saturday morning the women's ministry at my church hosted a tea party.  About a month ago they asked for people to sign up to host a table. I knew immediately that I wanted to be a hostess. I became very excited about planning out my table. Of course I wanted to do a pink and green Lilly Pulitzer theme. My inspiration came from an article I saw last year Southern Living. I looked it up and began planning.

 Me with my completed table!

When looking at the Southern Living pictures I knew I wanted to have the pink flamingo as my centerpiece. My friend Cynthia mentioned that she had a cabbage soup tureen that I could use to hold my flowers and flamingo. I think it help make my arrangement look even better! 

I had Lilly napkins that I received as a gift with purchase last year in the Chin Chin print that I knew I wanted to use. I asked my friends at Palm Village if I could borrow the Chin Chin table cloth to complete the look.I also had cups in the Chin Chin print that I used as water cups and I added pink and white paper straws for fun!

I added pink tulle bows on the chairs for a little extra touch. I also made pink tissue flowers to hang above the table.

A picture of the whole table.

Since the tablecloth was so busy with print I knew I needed to break it up so there wasn't too much print. I bought gold chargers at Micheal's to help with this. My sweet co-worker and friend Lori let me borrow her white dishes with a gold trim. The tea cups I used were from a bridesmaid's tea party I hosted a few years  ago for my cousin Lauren. Mom and I collected them from an antique shop. 

I had a blast planning and putting together my table for the tea party. The other tables at the tea party were nicely decorated too. All the women did an outstanding job putting together their tables.  I liked how they showed each of our personalities.

After we ate our tea party food we had listen to one of the women at my church speak. She shared how we need to be compassionate with people. She said we needed to love on people and let them know they would be okay because God says so in the bible. I enjoyed listening to her speak and thought she did a nice job.

The tea party was a fun event and I look forward to doing more things like this in the future with the women of my church!

xoxo

#moeeveryday2014 week 21

 Day 148

My Lilly friend Jamie

(I think of all the Lilly girls as my friends and I just adore them.)

I think I spend too much time at the Lilly store...maybe I should work there! I think my dreams of working at Lilly will be coming true this summer! 

 Day 149 

I'm not sure if you can see my dad with all the camo he is wearing!

 Day 150

My room has a great view of the playground at school. It is always fun to hear the kids having fun at school!

 Day 151

I sort of crashed the sweetest wedding on Saturday evening. I was invited at church but never put my name down. So maybe I didn't crash it?

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 Day 152

Sunday selfie with a bestie!

 Day 153

My classroom was ready for EOG testing. 

Day 154

Pink flamingos in your shopping cart always lead to fun times! 

xoxo

some favorites on friday

Here are some things I have been loving lately...

I love, love, love the new Lobstah Roll print from Lilly for summer. I can't wait to wear this print all summer! 

Delia dress

I can't wait to see Hadley and Harper in these cute shifts. 

My favorite summer show started Wednesday.

I saw these tassel necklaces on Instagram last week and I have been thinking about them ever since. I think they are adorable.  I'm trying to decided if I need one of them in my life. I'm not sure if I can pull this look off! It's from a place called Furbish Studio and they are in Raleigh.

This picture was my throwback Thursday yesterday. It cracks me up! I have a fear of  water and this picture proves that I have always been a little scared. And am I wearing white flats in red clay mud?!?!  

xoxo

#moeeveryday2014 week 20

 Day 141
On Wednesdays we wear pink

 Day 142
We celebrated my mom's retirement from pre-school. You can read about her sweet party here!

 Day 143
I went to a church cookout and hung out with some of my banking friends. 

Day 144

I went to visit Eleanor at Palm Village so I could splash into summer!

Day 145

I wrote thank you cards on my Erin Condren note cards. 

Day 146

I had to work on Memorial Day but these cuties got to celebrate. This was a repost from Jennifer. 

Day 147

my country road

How cool is it to have a road named after your family? 

xoxo

Weekend fun.

Jennifer said she took the girls into a shoe store in her town to look for shoes and the girls found some shoes just like Moe's! So Hadley and Harper now have some sandals just like me! Hadley and Harper are always putting on my shoes and walking around when I visit. 

I looked for pictures of the girls wearing my jack Rogers sandals but I didn't find it.  I found these instead

Wearing all kinds of treasures from Aunt Moe's suitcase. 

Friday night I went with my friend Angie to her Sunday school class cookout. I was hanging out with my banking friends. 

Saturday was Lilly's Splash into Summer event. They had super fun gifts with purchase.  They had Chapstick, beach speakers for phones, beach towels in Lobstah Roll, water bottle, and a cooler. The gifts were so adorable and very tempting. 

This happened at church on Sunday morning.  My pastor was preaching about Faith and thinking outside the boat! Pastor Steve wanted to keep our attention! 

My sweet friend Kyndal plays with my iPad during the church service and this wild picture was on my camera roll. This is quite a look! 

Sunday was also National Tap Dance day. I found my first Tap dance recital picture and my last dance picture to post on Instagram and Facebook. Tap was always my favorite dance! 

I had school all day on Memorial Day so Jennifer sent this cute picture to me! Sweet smiles. 

What did you do for Memorial Day weekend? 

xoxo