four friday faves.

Our Destin outlet shopping was super successful in the way of shoes ... and the top pair are my absolute faves. How are little kid shoes SO adorable?!

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four friday faves.

This weekend we are heading to one of my very favorite places - the outlets in Destin, so here are a few things on my shopping list ...

four friday faves.

Since we are traveling, here are my favorite things about a road trip ...
[1] really good conversation with Gus while the kids are zoned in on movies. 
[2] being able to catch up on email & text responses. 
[3] the joy of just sitting and riding after being non-stop all day preparing to leave. 
[4] planning our route around a pit stop @ Starbucks :)

four friday faves.

[1] Fixer Upper on HGTV ... I've had 3 friends tell me about this show over the past few months, and I finally caught a marathon of it this week. Looovve it. Totally solidified my desire for acreage + a farmhouse.
[2] Tone It Up website ... I discovered these trainers about a year ago, and love their effective [and free!] workouts, as well as nutrition tips. I especially love how they post a weekly workout schedule every Sunday to keep things interesting + fun.
[3] It's All Good cookbook by Gwyneth Paltrow ... Gus gave me this for Christmas last year, and I love how it educated me on "clean eating." It's a good time of year to pull this one out again. Plus, every recipe I've tried has been delicious.
[4] Henderson Park Inn in Destin, Fla. ... sooo hope we will go back for our 13th anniversary next month :)

end of the year re-cap.

I never got around to posting about our November, and now it's the last day of 2014! So here's the end of our year, mainly in photos.

Last soccer game of the season ... and it was freezing!

We had such a great time at the Centennial Homecoming celebration at Gus' parents' church, First Presbyterian Church in Havana. The last picture of Gus was in one of the photo albums on display ... looks a lot like one of our boys :)

The dreaded stomach bug invaded our home in November [very thankful Gus was spared], and this sweet guy would not leave my side. I think I had him worried :(

Baking cookies with Nana & enjoying an art afternoon with Mama Anne ...

Studying Anatomy @ CC ... learning about pig organs from Dr. Franz + tracing bodies and pasting organs!

End of the semester field trip to Mission San Luis with all of the Tallahassee CC locations ...

 

Annual tradition ... Getting our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving @ Lowes.

We headed to Disney for a week the Sunday after Thanksgiving [i posted about it here and here] ... we were packed down!

We participated in Havana's annual lawnmower parade ... and won first place! Gus' parents & neighbors always come up with a great theme and float each year. This year's Frozen theme was a huge hit with everyone. We had the perfect Elsas, Annas, Sven, Olaf & Kristoff to participate.

We had our Sunday School class over for an "Ugly Christmas Sweater" party, which included a wrapping game ... it was hilarious!

Making ornaments + cookies :)

Ice cream party with Matthew & Hudson's CC classes @ Winthrop Park ...

Christmas Eve @ Aunt Susie & Uncle Dave's!

 

Christmas day :)

Random photos the past two months ...