Saturday Morning Scene

Trying to fill Daddy's shoes are we?

 Notice the newly cut hair....

It was getting very hard to manage so we had it trimmed a bit.  I'm glad the curlies are still there :-)  Thank goodness for blue suckers! Ha ha!

Ya'll have a good weekend!

Starbucks Winners!

The winners of the Starbucks cards are......

BETH

&

JESSICA

Congrats gals!

Tune in next week and you can try and win again :-)

Favorite Products

I'm joining up with Aly + Tiffanie for the Product of the week linkup.

If you want to join in hit the button above!

1.  Polka Dot Dish Towels from Zulily for $9.99

2.  Mango Body Butter from The Body Shop

3.  Dill Popcorn (See yesterdays post!)

4.  Valentine Day frames from Target

5.  Getting FREE Godiva in the mail for tweeting!
6.  The beautiful peacock dress I saw in a shop window this morning
7.  Fine point Sharpies
8.  Starbucks hot cocoa

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCTS???

GO LINK UP HERE!

This & That

It's raining cats and dogs today.  We need it like Whoa. 

I'm not complaining!

I'm not the best person.

I'm not the best wife.

I'm not the best mom.

I'm not the best Christian.

I'm not the best daughter.

I'm not the best sister.

I'm not the best friend.

I'm not the best cook.

I'm not the best blogger.

I'm not the best at a lot of things...

But I sure try the best I can.

I'm probably one of the most random people you'll ever meet.  I'm a bit OCD and slightly obsessed with coffee.  (Which probably doesn't help the OCD?)  I mean if Connor drops a crumb on the ground I'm leaping across the kitchen for a paper towel and cleaner.  What's wrong with this picture?

I need to slow down and let the cookie crumble.  Literally. 

On my floor into a million pieces.

Now for the RANDOM :

Loving all the chevron at Target....

They must have caught on after that Missoni craziness this past summer???

Last night Connor and I went shopping at Super Target.  I got him a car to play with and opened a bag of cookies while shopping....because I couldn't handle him whining anymore.  I need to just learn to deal.

As Connor is getting older he's more fun.  His communication skills are growing and it's so fun to watch him try to say something.  He tries to talk in complete sentences and it's the cutest thing ever.  He loves his "Mater" car right now....and just to hear him say "Mater" is precious.  I tried to count the amount of times he says the word "CARS" a day....I'm sure it's over 100.  Positive.  Obsessed child.

Moretti's Gourmet Popcorn = HEAVEN

I'm not normally a popcorn fan at all, but there is something about their dill pickle popcorn that just trips my trigger and I can't get enough of it.  It's SO good!

So how's your week going???



Valentines Day Cards

It's almost Valentine's day. 

Time to show those you love just how special you think they are!

I remember growing up and making Valentines day card holders out of shoe boxes to take to school.  Back then most of my cards were hand written or colored with crayons.  My Mom saved some of them and they are so funny to look at now and read.

Valentine cards sure have come a long way....I was browsing the other day and saw these adorable cards from Tiny Prints.  They have so many cards to choose from.  One of my favorites are the classroom cards.  These are such a great price and they have so many different layouts and sayings.

Classroom cards

We love to send Valentines Day Greeting Cards to our Grandparents and friends. 

I love this one

FIND TINY PRINTS ON:

TWITTER

 FACEBOOK

PINTEREST

Green with Envy

You are aren't ya???

My sweet friend Michelle sent me the most amazing scarf!  It's the perfect shade of Starbucks green and it means so much she thought enough to make it for me.  She's a special gal yes she is! If you want her to knit you a pretty scarf you can contact her through her blog HERE  

I realize I look like a total doof in these pics...but I was having fun with my scarf yo!

 Terence was telling me to work it....mmmhhmmmmmm.....

 We gave Connor a Girl Scout cookie last night....

Do you think he enjoyed it??? I have major rug burn on my knees today from chasing this dude around on the floor in the living room.  We were crawling around the ottoman....my knees are to old for that! LOL! But we had a blast!



Weekend Randoms

We had a great weekend.  It was unseasonably warm with a high of 75 yesterday!  I like cold weather...where is my winter mother nature???  Please come back to us soon!

 

Terence and I worked the Fort Worth stock show for a bit on Saturday with our buddies. 

 

I did NOT get a red velvet funnel cake this time....my butt thanks me very much.

 

In other weekend randoms.....

 

I found these airplane goodies for Connor's room at Hobby Lobby.  It has been forever since I visited the HobLob.  They have the greatest stuff in there.  I could spend hours if I had the time.

 

The picture frame was 50% off for $12.50, but I didn't get that.

 

The "FLY" letters were also 50% off and I got them for around $9 = SCORE!

 

 I printed this Valentines Day subway art off of Pinterest.  I particularly like the shiny paper...extra sparkle!

 Cute huh?

We went hiking yesterday after church.  I had a chance to try out my new hiking poles....they made all the difference...I HIGHLY recommend them :-)

 My lil sugar boog

 Love the way my Erin Condren labels look with this wrapping paper.....

Juicing Juicing Juicing!!!!

We also had Mr. Kylon's birthday party! 

It was at the cutest place called the tree house.  It was in a church.  The tree had slides and all sorts of things coming out of it.  Happy birthday Kylon!!!!!

Happy Monday Ya'll!

Have a cup o coffee for me would ya???

 



Valentines Day Shirt Winner!

The winner of the Valentines Day shirt giveaway is...........

Aishlea !!!!!

Yay!

Email me at beckylbranch@gmail.com with what size you need :-)

Starbucks for Toddlers

No not really...

But we are throwing a little mini barista party for Connor :-)

Today the stickers came in for the cups I ordered and I think they turned out fab!

 Connor loves coffee.

I only let him have a few sips.  I promise I'm not a crazy Momma!

I wouldn't want him to be over stimulated or anything???

 I asked him who was on the cup and he proudly said : " It's CONNOR!"

 I ordered the plain white coffee cups from EBay (including lids)

 This actual Starbucks logo with Connor in it I made it myself in Photoshop.

I then ordered round glossy stickers from Sticker You and they turned out GREAT!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Naaa-sty! NOT. Juicing Advice

So as I mentioned in previous posts we've started juicing.

We've gotten most of our recipes from HERE

We chose the Omega juicer for various reasons.  I'm SO happy we chose this juicer.  It works wonderfully and we've been nothing but amazed at how great it works.  The pulp is almost completely dry, which means our fruits and veggies have been squeezed to the max!  If you are looking to start juicing I would highly recommend it :-)

My lil guy before our hike last night

Ignore all the food on his shirt

Okay here I'm trying the green juice: kale, apples, pineapple, carrots

It was actually pretty good!  I don't like a lot of pulp, and this drink was really smooth.

You can see how much fruit and veggies are extracted on the left hand side of the juicer....crazy huh?

And we had this BEET-u-TIFUL drink last night

Red drink: spinach, carrots, pear, apples, & beets

(This one had a little more pulp because of the spinach)

I'm glad we started this.  At least I know I am getting the most from my fruits and veggies and it's probably the healthiest thing I put in my body all day.  The juice is not NEAR as bad as I expected and trust me....I have a high gag reflex.  It in fact is not NASTY at all!!!

Do any of you juice???

What's in Your Bag Link Up

I was inspired by Aly the other day when she dumped her purse out and showed us the goodies inside. I'm always curious what women think they need to carry with them at all times!  There is also a feature in one of my favorite magazines that showcases celebrity purses and what they keep inside :

So this is my bag

It's my favorite color GREEN

1. Hobo Lauren wallet

2. Cuticle trimmer

3. Lens wipes and Tide to Go (Lens wipes are great for cleaning your phone)

4. My new Google Galaxy phone

5. Tum Tum Tum Tum Tuuuuums!

6. Concealer

7. Tweezers

8. Alieve meds

9. Mirror

10. A ton of ponytail holders

11. Lip gloss

12. My Starbucks gold card

13. Lipstick

14. Minted cards

15. Sunglasses case

16. Tide to go (I spill a lot!)

17. Nail files

18. My pill keeper

19. Spank Stick (For Connor)

20. Chapstick

21. Cinnamon gum

22. Clippies

23. My massive keys with 1,000 discount shopper cards :-)

So tell me.....

"What's in your bag???"

Link up and share below....

 

What did you do?

This weekend.....

Love three day weekends!

How was yours???

Also-

I have blogged several times about Birchbox.  Apparently they have a waiting list now.

There are a couple other companies similar to Birchbox if you were wanting to check them out.

(This is not a referral link, just wanted ya'll to know!)

MY GLAM BAG - $10 monthly subscription fee and you get FULL size samples!

GO GO GIRLFRIEND - They have a couple different subscriptions you can choose from.