Have a Wonderful Friday Night

Happy Friday night, lovers!!

What are you up to this weekend? We spent the week staying around the house and the farm. Ever since we got back from our trip, I’ve not really wanted to go anywhere or do anything but get our house in order and spend as much time with the kids as possible.

And guess what?

That’s exactly what we’ve done. We’ve always been homebodies and I fear it’s only getting worse with age. If I didn’t absolutely have to, I don’t think I would leave the house for days at a time. But alas, life goes on.

Today was the hottest of the year so far, or at least it felt like it. We’re getting a little taste of Tennessee summers, which, despite having lived here my entire life, still takes me by surprise every year with just hot damn hot it gets. I told PJ today we need to spend the majority of the summer at a pool or the beach. Either one will do.

Tonight for dinner I made this pasta and this salad and both were absolutely delicious. I loved them so much that I may have eaten a little too much and now I feel full, which I hate. Content and happy, but full.

Also, we had three or four extremely ripe bananas, so I made banana bread for dessert which should be ready in about 20 minutes, which means I’m off for the weekend. Have a good one, y’all!! xoxo

Bon Voyage!

My friends, we will be traveling through a few cities in Europe over the next week as we set sail with Celebrity Cruises!! We haven’t sailed with them in four years, which is hard for me to believe.

It’s weird, being back on The Edge, because it feels like no time has passed at all. Everything looks and smells and feels just as amazing and wonderful as it did when we last sailed with them in the summer of 2019, before our world changed forever (our kids came to live with us the week after we got back!).

It feels like a homecoming of sorts, and we can’t wait to explore parts of the world we’ve never been to before. We won’t be updating the blog for a week, but you can follow along on our adventures on Instagram and TikTok!!

xoxoxoxo

Have a Restful Friday Night

Happy Friday, loves. What are you up to this weekend?

We’re all home today, since school is out for the next three Fridays in a row. Though, I think we’d be home from school anyway. Three out of five of us are sick, so we’ve all been lazily moping around the house all day, with the kids in bed watching TV in between bowls of chicken noodle soup.

PJ and I have been cleaning the entire house, spraying down every surface, washing every blanket, sweeping the floors, and folding approximately 2,349 articles of clothing. We’re trying to get the house (and the farm, and the kids, and the animals) ready for when we go out of town here soon. There’s always so much to do leading up to a trip, isn’t there?

I am writing this from our bed, where I can barely keep my eyes open. I took some medicine, so I am hoping that kicks in and helps me get over this little sickness. Being sick with kids might be the absolute worst feeling in the world. Nobody wins.

We’re ending the day cuddled up on the couch watching Sweet Tooth on Netflix. Have you ever seen it? It might just be the cutest, most wholesome show ever. Perfect for a lazy day like this.

Have a good weekend, friends!!

The Best Smelling Hand Soap in the World

We go through a lot of soap in our house, so we’ve become scent experts in a sense throughout the years, and we know which ones we like and which ones we don’t.

Our favorite soaps are always by Mrs. Meyers Clean Day (we have this one in the kids’ bathroom upstairs and this one in our kitchen), and the scent that pretty much everyone in our house loves, especially PJ, is Birchwood. It’s so good, y’all. It smells like the best kind of men’s cologne. It’s rich and musky and woodsy but sophisticated and delicious.

In fact, today PJ loves it so much that he asked me if they make it as a cologne, too, and a quick Google search a few minutes later led me to zero results, so I’m thinking they don’t. Womp womp.

But, we did just order the body wash and lotion!!!

Have an Amazing Friday Night!

Hello dear friends, what are you up to this weekend?

We are heading to Nashville with Matt and Beau tonight to go see Taylor Swift!! I can’t believe it’s already here. Matt bought the tickets back in November and it took two entire days of sitting at the computer refreshing the page before he was able to get in and grab any tickets he could. How wild is that? We’re so grateful for his determination, though, because Taylor Swift is my favorite artist of all time and I have never been more excited about a concert in my life.

We’re also excited because this will be an adults-only trip, meaning we’re dropping the kids off at my mom’s house and at PJ’s mom’s house to make it a little easier on each of them. We’ll only be gone one night, so it’s a nice little quick break for everyone.

Are you going tonight? Have you already been to the Eras Tour? We’re hoping the rain holds off as long as it can tonight (it’s calling for rain on and off all day and night in Nashville). The last time we saw her was on the Reputation Tour back in 2018 (the above photo), but that was in a covered stadium. Keep us in your thoughts with the rain tonight, okay?

Have a great night, loves, and maybe we’ll see you tonight at the concert!!!

The Most Beautiful Morning

We woke up to sunshine and birds chirping. It was a gorgeous morning, and I woke up with a renewed sense of purpose: to be the best person I can be every single day until I die.

Yes, I am being dramatic, but I was on a high this morning where I really did feel like the best version of myself. You know those days when you just wake up in a good mood and you feel like you can do anything? That’s how this morning was. I drank my coffee in the quiet living room and then immediately began cleaning the kitchen from the night before while listening to smooth jazz before the rest of the house woke up. I felt productive and content, and found myself wanting to feel like this every morning when I first wake up.

Don’t you wish feelings like this would last forever?

Have a Whimsical Friday Night

Happy Friday, loves.

What are you up to this weekend? We are spending it cooking (a spring pasta tonight with chicken and asparagus in a lemon and garlic white wine sauce) and hanging with friends (popcorn and movie night tomorrow with Matt and Beau).

It’s finally supposed to be pretty after raining all week, which I am obviously loving for all our plants and grass, but not being able to do anything without getting muddy and wet has gotten old. I am all for cozy rainy weather, but I am ready for some green and sunshine.

Meanwhile, I am excited about the posts coming up next week on the blog! We’ll be sharing the new curtains we put up in our living room, what one of our children said a few weeks ago about having two dads, and the cutest kids pajamas.

Also, make sure your are subscribed to our Weekender Newsletter!! The next one goes out tonight. And we hope to see you this Sunday night for Vino & Vent! You can watch on Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok.

Have a good one! xoxoxo