Little Things...

I'm linking up with Lindsay's Little Things:

1. Sunday morning, my daughter and I made signs and cheered my husband on while he ran a local 5k race.  It is my goal to join him in a race sometime this year.
2. Kitty cat snuggles
3. I made the sweet and spicy caramelized onion BBQ grilled cheese sandwiches that I saw floating around on Pinterest.  They are SOOOO good. I think next time I will have to add bacon.
4. My little one dancing around in the sunshine during our Valentine's photo shoot.

  

It's the Little Things: A New Year

1. Renewing our zoo membership for another year

2. Playing on the beach, last afternoon of the year...shorts, flip flops, big grins

3.  Ringing in the new year with my little family

4. Trying out new hairstyles

5.  Big Lilly Pulitzer sale!

I'm linking up with Lindsay and Lauren.  Please join us!

It's The Little Things: Bittersweet

1) Celebrating my mom's birthday with a family lunch, homemade cake (made by me), and bowling/playing in the video game arcade.

2) Taking a walk through the gorgeous gardens at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach.

3)  Shopping at Lilly Pulitzer with my girl:

4)  Visiting with my grandparents on Sunday morning.  My grandfather has been in ill health for the past month.  Tuesday 11/6/12 was their 71st wedding anniversary.  Such an amazing, beautiful accomplishment.  Here's the bittersweet:  my grandpa passed away that evening in his sleep.  I'm grateful I was able to visit him only a couple of days before and speak to him that evening.

5)  Browsing all the fun Christmas decor at Hobby Lobby today.  Also, Chick-Fil-A for lunch!

It's The Little Things

This has been such a crazy, busy, and fun week!   We kicked off the weekend with a visit to Downtown Disney to meet up with friends for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe.  We haven't seen these friends (visiting from Philly) in over ten years!  It was also the first time meeting their kids.

Our last after school visit to Epcot (dinner) and Magic Kingdom (rides) before our Disney passes expired:

Watching my daughter dance in a Halloween costume:

Receiving lots of compliments on the Hello Kitty pumpkin I carved:

Chaperoning my daughter's first Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch:

Five For Friday/Little Things: Father's Day

Happy Friday!  So happy the weekend has rolled around again to be able to spend some quality family time.

This past Sunday, for Father's Day, we spent the morning at Dubois in Jupiter, Fl.  This was one of my favorite places to spend the weekends as a kid.  I have so many fun memories and it was great to take my daughter there to play.

Jupiter Lighthouse:

 Jupiter Inlet:

Happy Father's Day J!!

Cousin time!

Monday, we went to a local pool that has a great splash pad/kiddie pool area.  We met up with my best friend and her kids and my sister-in-law and nephew.  It was four hours of fun in the sun.

On Wednesday, it was very rainy.  We decided to go visit and eat lunch with my Grandma.  

Mall time!  When I am in town visiting my family, I love to go to my favorite mall.  There were lots of good sales and I definitely did my share of shopping.  ;-)  I am a minimalist when I go out and about.  I usually just carry my iPhone, credit card and ID with me everywhere.  I found this wristlet at Lilly Pulitzer that is perfect for me to carry my essentials and allow me to be hands free when I am wearing a dress without pockets.

After a busy week away from home, I am happy to be home and back to our routine.  We'll probably take our daughter to see "Brave" over the weekend and hang out in our pool.  What do you have planned?

Linking up with Lindsay:

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and Lauren:

Little Things/Five For Friday: Sanibel Island

This past weekend, we made a quick trip over to the West coast to visit Sanibel Island.  We were celebrating my husband's birthday as well as kicking off our summer travel.  After almost a week of heavy rains:

1)  We were grateful the rain stopped for our arrival to Sanibel on Saturday afternoon.

2)  We had dinner plans with college friends who live in the area.  We also hung out on the beach after dinner to watch the beautiful sunset while our children played.

3)  Champagne on the beach Sunday morning:

4)  Tons of shells!  My daughter and I brought plenty home to use for future craft projects.

We stayed at the Island Inn

Sanibel Lighthouse

5)  The storms waited to roll in until we were crossing the causeway to head back to the mainland:

Make sure to link up your "little things" with Lindsay and your "five for Friday" with Lauren.

I'm also linking up with Project Alicia's Summer Daze series.

High Five For Friday/Little Things

 

I'm linking up with Lauren for her Friday Five series.

And also with Lindsay for It's the Little Things series.

1.  This past weekend, our daughter spent the night at her cousin's house for the weekend.  This allowed for some quality time with the hubby.  We decided to go check out the Tequesta Brewing Company.  We "shared" a flight of beers for only $6!!  What an awesome deal.

2.  My nephew's Cars-themed 2nd birthday party was on Sunday.  I had so much fun watching the kids run around on the playground while photographing them.  We had absolutely perfect weather.

3.  I spent Tuesday hanging out with a couple of friends and their daughters while my kid was in school.  We spent the morning at Chick fil A for breakfast and then onto the library for story time.  I renewed my library card so that I can start downloading e-books.  I am very excited about this.

4.  Our brand new Publix opened this week!  I may or may not have been 3 times already.  =)  This new store is a hybrid concept of a regular Publix and a Greenwise Publix.  It offers much more organic fare, along with more prepared foods and a cafe with free wi-fi.  There is even a gelato/sorbet stand to get a sweet treat as you walk in.

5.  And last but certainly not least, the Gators knocked off Marquette last night in the NCAA's Sweet Sixteen round!!!  Now we look forward to the Elite 8 round on Saturday vs Louisville.  GOOO Gators!!