Weekend Lovelies

 Laguna Beach

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I don’t know about you… but I’m about ready to skip Spring and move straight onto Summer! I’ve honestly had to pray each day this week that God would bless me with the simple ability to FOCUS! {I’ve sort of diagnosed myself with Adult ADD at this point because my brain seems scattered in all directions, running a million miles a minute!} Homeschooling my little ones hasn’t helped my self-diagnosed condition any.  {Ha!} Having the responsibility of teaching three different grade levels with a toddler running around, hasn’t been the easiest for me to juggle this year. Although the kids all are progressing and appear to be doing great with our homeschool journey… I’m feeling a bit checked out and ready for Summer to begin! Are any of you with me?!  [Read more…]

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Welcome Saturday! We are excited for this edition of weekend lovelies.  As always, we like to feature an eclectic mix of our favorite finds. With Thanksgiving this upcoming week, the holiday count down is on! The chilly weather that we have had this week made us start thinking of all things holiday including; the things in life that we are most thankful for.  Next week we plan to focus on some quality family time, as well as, feature some of our favorite last minute Thanksgiving recipes!  Sara and I hope that you have some wonderful upcoming plans for Thursday… or maybe you have a fun list to round up on Black Friday.  Whatever you have planned, we hope it is enjoyable!  We thank you so very much for stopping by and reading our little blog!  We wish you the most delightful week ahead!

Princess Machine // Goldieblox, Rube Goldberg, Beastie Boys

I love Good Morning America! One of my favorite segments on the show is their “Play of the Week.”  One of this weeks plays, was this lovely little video from Goldieblox.  They are a wonderful company that believes in engineering toys for girls in hopes of creating future inventors. This video features girls playing with more than dolls. They’re being scientist and inventors.  With the music of “Girls” by Beastie Boys, this is a fun treat!
 

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Chateau St. Jean

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Welcome readers to our {weekend} lovelies!  Sara and I look forward to this segment, as it gives us a chance to catch up on the things we love in life, slow down a bit, and take a little time out for ourselves. 

Last weekend, I was lucky enough to sneak away on a trip to Napa and Sonoma with my husband, Shane, for our 10-year wedding anniversary.  Not to brag… but it was truly amazing {hence the snap shot of Chateau St. Jean above}! Though not long enough, it gave me some time to think and actually take in and observe some of my favorite things {wine, food, music, and nature}.  It was our first trip in too many years to count, as like most of you, life moves forward too quickly to notice this thing called time. One year ends up turning into three…yikes! One of the things I learned on our trip was really how much I appreciate fall.  Though not terribly noticeable in Southern California {but we swear there are some seasonal changes}, the beauty of wine country really exudes the true meaning of fall and it’s “harvest.”

Thankfully, I captured a few pictures on our Simply Happenstance Instagram feed, as my new phone lost all of my pictures except the couple I uploaded.  Go ahead and check us out on Instagram! Sara and I love capturing our love of food and life over there, too!

With the inspiring weekend of food and wine still replaying in my mind, I can’t wait to share with you this {weekend} lovelies.  I hope you enjoy! [Read more…]

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Happy Weekend Lovelies!

Monday, April 22nd,  is Earth Day!

This weekend is a wonderful time to celebrate “Mother Earth!”

A great excuse to step outside and do something positive for the environment.

This weekend’s lovelies are an ode to the Earth and a bright and breezy spring.

 

  >>>>>> Simply Happenstance on Instagram <<<<<<

 

Sara and I love Instagram.

We have been enjoying the app for some time personally, but we thought it would

be wonderful to share with our readers our favorite finds in life!

A little mixture of people, places, and of course pictures of food!

Head on over to Instagram and follow our adventures!

Of course the week we headed back to school, it ended up being warm and sunny!

Sara was able to squeeze in a little beach time with her youngest kiddos, 

and I paid a wonderful visit to The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistano.

It is the perfect place to enjoy and spend Earth Day!

They have wonderful resources ranging from school programs,

to classes on sustainability gardening and recycling.

Here are some positive ways to celebrate and contribute towards the environment:

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Nicole and I hope that you and your loved ones have had a blessed & joyous Christmas!

We both spent some much needed time with our husby’s and sweet littles!

Although both of our families have members that are currently sick,

we are thankful for the family time we have had,

for pajama mornings…

fresh coffee…

board games…

lots of kisses & cuddles…

bike rides…

and time to catch up with good friends & our loving extended family.

We would love to hear from you!!

So, please post a comment and let us know how you’ve spent your Winter Break, so far!

We hope you enjoy some of our favorite finds from the web this week!

Have a lovely weekend!

{xo}

n & s

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Briohny Smyth has all three… my personal yoga inspiration

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