24 Carat GOLD

Happy Fat Tuesday!

We celebrated this past weekend, not really for Mardi Gras but for Wade's birthday. 

We started with dinner at Eclipse di Luna and then headed to the Gold Room.

Kate got a table for our group and we danced all night long.

Wade and his friends 

Kate, me, and whitney 

 Wade and Sarah the other birthday guest

At the end of the night guess who were the last ones dancing?

The oldest of the bunch...wesley, whitney and myself had more fun than any of the young bucks!

We still got it!

Playing like Kids, Working like.....

A couple weekends ago my whole family came to visit us in Atlanta to see our new house. We were so excited to have everyone here and finally get to exchange christmas with my nephews. 

We got the boys McDonalds food and cash register. They loved it; took our orders all weekend!

 

Jack was thrilled to hug Poppi

We went to dinner at our favorite pizza place Fucco di Napoli and watched them making the pizzas.

Me and Gigi reading them books before bed.

Saturday we got up and went for a long walk around our new neighborhood. We stopped at the park and all played like little kids.

Wesley and Russ jumping off the swings

Russ doing a flip

 

Look who came to play....Reese!

We continued the playtime at home...maybe we like playing with these two guys a little too much.

Playing a little game of jump over my head!

Cornhole winner!

 

Swinging with Jack and Russ

 

So much playtime we needed to check Jack out to make sure he was okay

 

 We celebrated Russ' birthday Saturday with ribs and cake!

 I am loving my chalkboard wall

 And the best part was all of the help with so many projects!

 All the boys helped Dad put together my built-in for my laundry room.

Mom and I tried to tackle the yard

 Krissie and the boys washing my awning

 Chris making me a picnic table!

 Wesley & Dad repairing my wall

 Whew! I had a lot of hardworkers and I am so grateful!

Here we are on Sunday enjoying my new picnic table before everyone headed home.

LOVE is in the air

Love can start at any age. Just remember that we should all love like little kids.

                    --- Meghan Welch

This sweet picture of Reese and Jack was taken a couple weekends ago when my family came to visit. 

I will share more on that weekend this week. Happy Valentines Day!

Wishing you lots of LOVE!

I heart Elfa

I just fell in love with the Elfa system from The Container Store! I am serious....in love!
I had this little nook in my closet that needed some customized attention and the people at The Container Store hooked me up.



I told them how many pairs of shoes I had, heels, wedges and flats (not many of those)
and what other type of storage I was needing...like this jewelry drawer.
All of the shoe racks pull out to hold nine pairs of heels!

 And for the other bracelets in my collection I added this paper towel holder to my other wall.

 

with the rest of my necklaces and earrings.

 I have three extra shelves of storage above the jewelry for all of my other things.

 I hung the Cinderella quote my mom gave me a while back...so appropriate!

 And now with all the shoe boxes gone, I have a place to store my tall boots.
Thanks to my sister for helping me cut out cardboard inserts for all my boots so they will stand straight and keep their shape!

Ahhhhhhh! The Container Store changed my life!
PS. They are having their annual Elfa sale right now thru Feb 13th.

Thanks Tom

Sometimes good things do come from all that spam mail. Today I checked my inbox to find this

TOMS has come out with the cutest ballet flats. I have got to get a pair of these! 

Check them out here.