I know it is a year late, but here are Melody’s Santa pictures from last year! She wore the cutest heels that you can barely see!
Fall Break 2023 Destin
Last October during Fall Break, we went to Destin. It is our usual go-to beach spot. It was just the three of us in our condo, but our best friends, The Owens, were also there. So we did things together when it worked out! It was a super relaxing beach trip, and we had a lot of fun!
Summer Music Camp 2023
So last summer we stumbled across a Facebook post where someone was advertising a summer music camp. The children would get to learn a variety of instruments and there would be a showcase at the end of the week. We have always been interested in getting Melody involved in music, so we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to experience it without a huge commitment.
Kiddie Carnival 2023
With summer approaching, I thought I would share about our experience at the Kiddie Carnival last summer. I have a more detailed post about all that the carnival has to offer from 2022. So this post is more about the pictures.
Hot Air Balloon Festival
Since the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival is coming up, I thought I would share our experience from last year. Unfortunately the weather doesn’t look great this year, but hopefully some of the activities will still happen!
I'm Back!
Well I never went away, but I have been busy, and blogging has been on the low priority list for me. Between school, extracurriculars, and my Etsy shop, I just have not had the time I would like to write all about our lives and all the things going on in it.
Pink Glitter Designs Highlight - Valentine's Exchange
I have started releasing digital Valentine’s Day Classroom Exchange cards in my Etsy shop this week! I have plenty more that I plan to release in the next few weeks, but I started out with more general ones that can be used with any treat or item that you want to pair with it. There are 6 different options. Each option comes with 6 designs. You can see them below. Click here to start shopping! Oh, and don’t forget the exclusive discount code to my blog readers - PGP15DISCOUNT!
Thanksgiving 2023
For Thanksgiving this year, we stayed home and celebrated with my side of the family. Brad was lucky enough to come home from his work trip just for the week of Thanksgiving. His hours were all messed up, but it was really nice having him here to celebrate. Since he was home for only a short period of time, I hosted my family. We had lots of fun, and we enjoyed the time with the family!
Pumpkin Patch 2023
Brad was lucky enough to make it to our Pumpkin Patch visit this year! He has missed the last few years, and he literally left for two months a few weeks after this. We had a lot of fun this year. And each year does get easier since Melody is getting older and can do more things by herself and has the freedom to do so. We go to Lyons Pumpkin Patch, and they also seem to also add things every year. And the weather was perfect this year too! And peep the picture of Melody on her first visit to the pumpkin patch! She has grown SOOOOO much!
Halloween 2023
Halloween this year was a bit different since Brad was traveling for work and missed it. He did carve pumpkins right before leaving as well as going to the pumpkin patch with us. But this year Melody picked Princess Leia as her costume of choice making it extra hard not having her Star Wars loving daddy there.
Life Lately
The last two and a half months have been busy, hectic, and full on chaos. Brad was actually out of town for two months himself. So for a good part of time, it was just Melody and me. We have been in full on survival mode. But I wanted to share some of our life lately. I still plan to go into all the details of all the things later too!
New Orleans 2023
Back in June, we went to New Orleans to celebrate Brad’s cousin’s wedding. We got there on a Friday and drove home on Sunday. It was a really quick trip, but the celebrations were lots of fun. However, New Orleans is not a place I am necessarily looking to go back to without a purpose, ha!
Pumpkin Baby Shower Invitation
Now that it has been almost one year, I am finally wrapping up all the posts to my Pumpkin Baby Shower that I had for my best friend, Emily. She had her third baby back in November of last year. So we hosted a diapers and wipes shower for her the month before. Seeing that it was fall, and my house was decorated as such, we opted for a pumpkin theme. Today I am sharing all about the invitation I made.
August 2023 Fun
August was a full and fun month filled with lots of milestones too.
The Resort at Governor's Crossing
During our fall break trip last year to Dollywood, we stayed at a resort instead of a cabin. We actually had seen this resort on our trip last summer when we would drive to the outlets or certain parts of Pigeon Forge. Melody was obsessed with the slides coming out of the building. Well after doing some research, I discovered the resort was called “The Resort at Governor’s Crossing”. The rates were exceptionally reasonable, and all of the amenities were tough to beat. So we decided to give it a try for our short trip.
Brad is 40!
We celebrated Brad turning 40 back in August! We celebrated him over a few weeks, but this post is all about his special day!
Silhouette Cameo Part Six
I can’t believe I haven’t posted about my Silhouette projects since 2020! Of course these aren’t all the things I have completed in that time. But this are most of the ones I likely haven’t posted much about!
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2023
You may this post a little backwards than my usual trip report posts. Normally I post about what we did each day, THEN I get into all the details on individual posts about all the specific things we did on our trip. Well I am starting with a very specific thing we did on our early September trip because it is the Halloween party! It ends on November 1st, so I wanted to share our experience as soon as I could!
July 2023 Fun
Hello! Should I reintroduce myself? Ha. Well August was fun but crazy and blogging was not high on my to do list. Here we are almost a month later, and I am finally updating you on all the fun we had in July! A lot has happened, and I can’t wait to share it all. But let’s talk about July. It was our last month of summer before school started. School started back so soon it felt like! Summer just flew by. But we had lots of fun, and we made the most of what time we had left before Melody went back to school!
Disney World Coloring Sheet Countdown
Leading up to our Disney World trip in March 2023, we had tons of countdowns going. I love getting everyone excited, and sometimes I even overdo it. One countdown I made was a coloring sheet. I also did this for Brad’s parents as a easy way for them to participated 3 hours away!