I'm Baaaack....High Five For Friday!!

It's been a while since my last High Five for Friday Post - but, with the incredible trip that we took to the St. Louis Zoo yesterday (compliments of my notsolittleanymore sister, Leslie) I couldn't resist.

So here we have - High Five For Friday (the St. Louis Zoo edition)

Today, I'm HIGH FIVIN'...

Vadyn's FIRST TRIP to the Zoo...



...being THISCLOSE to the hippopotomasus'...my favorite!!



For Safari Passes...I will never not do this...it's a great idea & a teriffic bargain!!!  In a nutshell, it's a one-day pass that includes admission to the Children's Zoo, Zooline Railroad, Conservation Carousel, Movie, 4-D Motion Simulator and Stingrays at Caribbean Cove.  INCREDIBLE.
(Thanks again, Leslie!!)

...for having pictures turn out of the three of us...

...for the amazing spread that Leslie provided and packed for our picnic lunch...

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Happy Fathers Day to all of the Dad's out there...especially you, Uncle Denis, I'm pretty sure you are the only DAD that reads my blog...

<3

High Five For Friday!!!!

A BIG HIGH FIVE to Merle and Patricia Butler.  They are the big winners of the Mega Millions Lotto a few weeks ago.  I was born and raised in Red Bud, Illinois - he was one of my Khoury League coaches, I practically grew up with their daughter - heck, I have even spent the night in the house that they show in this video...It could not have happened to nicer, more responsible people.  Congratulations to them!!

High Five for pictures like these from my cousin who lives out in Colorado...especially on rainy days like today.  These mountains are calling my name...



There's just something about the mountains...

High Five for the Draw Something app...It's my current favorite...let me know if you want to start a game!!

High Five for a boy so well behaved that I am complimented on his behavior!!

High Five for Vadyn while we are at it...she loves her  Momma's pancakes!!

I look forward to sharing the recipe with you all soon!!

What are you all High Fivin' this week???

Have a great weekend Everyone!

  After all, if I'm going to have one, you might as well, too!

High Five for Friday!!

Hi, Everyone!!!!

It's that time of the week again....time to link up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk for High Five for Friday!!!!!

High Five...

1.  ...for Blog Growth!!!  I'm psyched people.  Thanks to everyone who has joined my site recently...I am totally feeling the blog love!!!

It excites me that you are here!!

I've got BIG plans in store for When One + One = Four!!

2.  ...for AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Album

...best.lawnmowing.album.EVER!!!!!!!!!

3.  ...for SUNSHINE!!!  I can't seem to get enough of it these days...I just wish it would warm up a little bit again!!

4.  ...to my sister, Stephanie, who is running another 1/2 Marathon this weekend.  The girl is a machine!

5. ...to my hubby...'cause he's been REALLY SUPER AWESOME and INCREDIBLE lately (more so than usual)...and I wanted to be sure that I shared that with y'all - you don't hear enough about his incredibleness...

Gordon's the one of the roof in this picture
...he was rescuing the badminton birdie that was hit up there.
The roof was super steep - I couldn't even watch.

He was the hero of the day!!!

....but he's my hero EVERY DAY



High Five For Friday!!

Here we are again lovelies!!!!

I'm linking up (again) today with Lauren From My Grey Desk Blog...

What's tickling my fancy this week, you ask???  Ok...maybe you didn't ask those words exactly...but...I'm going to show you anyway.

1)  I finally learned how to take a screen shot (yes, I know, waaaay behind) on my iPhone thanks to this secret iPhone Features and Shortcuts article...most of the tips I already knew, but there were a couple that I was VERY excited to discover!!

2)  The Little Gym class this week - we missed two weeks ago because GT was sick and then last week was Spring Break at The Little Gym, so GT was ready & raring to go this week!!



My child is the blurry one.  ; )

3) High Five for our days being spent OUTSIDE!!

4)  High Five for all of the Easter Fun I have up my sleeve!!

5)  and last, but DEFINITELY NOT LEAST...High Five for Gordon's dad finally getting some relief...We love to see him SMILE!!!

(picture hopefully coming later today...you'll have to check back here)

High Five for Friday!!

Today I'm linking up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk for some more High Five for Friday Fun!!

Here is what's rocking my world this week:

1.  The weather 'round these parts...it's been unreal.

Spring is springing.  Holla.

2.  GT's Book Review - I love the positive feedback I've been getting!!

3.  My warm lemon water regime.  It is seriously paying off.

4.  Once Upon A Time - the episode this week kicked some serious butt. 

Just when I didn't think the show could get any better!!!

5.  A new blog challenge for April

You know this is right up my alley!!

High Five for Friday!!

I'm linking up again today with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk...for a little High Five for Friday FUN!!

Here is what I'm loving this week:

1.  Getting together with my cousin, Lisa, and her babies last Friday...it was a lot of fun & long overdue...




Walker was pretending to be a platypus...



2)  Walks in 70 degree weather...

...for, oh...sooooo many reasons...

3)  crocheting...I'm working on a sun hat for Vadyn...don't worry...I'll share the finished product.

Hopefully it will be done later today!!

4) My blogging buddy LaTosha...for introducing me to Cream of

_________ Soup.  Don't knock it 'til you try it, people.  Seriously - AMAZING.




Use it anytime a recipe calls for a can of condensed "Cream of" soup.

 

...and last, but definitely not least...

5)  and a BIG HIGH FIVE and a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my BEST friend Robyn and her husband, Brandon!!  I love you guys and am so thankful to have you in my life!!

High Five For Friday!!!!...and Other Randomness...

Today I'm linking up with Lauren over From My Grey Desk Blog...for a little High Five For Friday Fun!!!

...because let's face it...this week RoCkEd!!!

Here we go:

1)  High Five to my friend, Georgette, for coming to visit this week...

Thanks, George!!

2) High Five to Bessie the Cow for always brightening my days when I'm on my way to work!!

Meet Bessie.

Check back soon for a series featuring Bessie!!
Her owners dress her up every once in a while for holidays and certain occasions...I'm going to start sharing the pictures on my blog.  To read more about Bessie, click here.



3)  High Five for pictures like this:

Be still my heart

4)  High Five for seeing the sunrise and the moonset this morning....AT THE SAME TIME.
That was really something...talk about feeling God's hand.  WoW.

5)  High Five to my hubby...when I didn't have a shot glass handy, he eyeballed an ounce for me.
Damn.  He's good.



I mean seriously, who couldn't done that??? 
Can you see his mark? ----> It's PERFECT.



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Also...Today is being brought to you by the Letter N...

 

I think maybe that part of the reason it's taking me so long to complete the ABC Blog Challenge, is because I think about the topic for a while...seriously, probably much longer than Heather intended for anyone to spend thinking about it...and then I post.

With that being said, today is about Notable Changes. 

When I saw this video - it took seconds for it to hit me that this was my post for today's letter.

See for yourself.  The video takes only a minute & a half of your time...and it's INCREDIBLE...

I'd say THAT's a pretty notable change.

...as a follow up to this video...here is her visit on Ellen.

As Cassie would say, Ellen is AMAZEBALLS.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

I plan to continue on the SpEcTaCuLaRiTy!!!

High Five for Friday!!

Happy Friday, everyone!!  I'm linking up with Lauren for a little High Five for Friday Fun...

Here are the highlights from my week...

1.  High Five for Friday - because let's face it...there have been two PRETTY loooooong weeks in a row and I'm excited for the weekend!!!

2.  High Five for Sally Hansen.  I love their nail products.

My new color:  Right Said Red "Complete Salon Manicure" by Sally Hansen

 

3.  High Five to ABC because...This show rocks.  I watch it online at abc.com and let me just tell you...I cannot wait for the next episode - EVERY WEEK!!!

4.  High Five to myself for finally vacuuming out my car.  I finally got all of our New Years decor cleaned up...LOL.

5.  High Five to my friend, Robyn, for asking me to take a crochet class with her.  I've been wanting to learn for soooo many years & I finally know how!!  Granted...I am very green...but I finally know how!!!

I've had this yarn for 12 years...at least...

Have a great weekend, everyone!! 

Hopefully later today I'll have another ABC Blog Challenge post done.



High Five for Friday

I decided to mix it up a little bit.

I came across From My Grey Desk.  It's a 'lifestyle' blog...today was my first day reading it.  Actually, I found the site through her sister's blog The Small Things Blog.  (I found some AWESOME tutorials on this site that will hopefully help me to conquer not being able to style my own hair.)  I am so sick of the mommy ponytail/bun thingy that is on top of my head EVERY day...

So....High Five For Friday!!

"High Five for Friday is a weekly post about your five favorite things recently. it's a chance to stop and reflect on the things that you've enjoyed over the past week, which is something we should all do."

 

Here goes:

 

1.  High Five for the progress that I am making at home...I have made two large donations to the veterans, made one trip to Once Upon A Child and am continuing to conquer the clutter that is my house.  BOOYAH!!!

 

 

 

2.  High Five for GT kicking major butt again yesterday at The Little Gym.  It is so neat to see his brain at work.  So neat...not to mention he is one heck of an acrobat.

 

 

Who doesn't love the huge parachute??
I was trying to figure out how to ask if I could participate...

 

My child is monkey!!

As I was saying...

 

3.  High five to Heather for creating the ABC Blog Challenge - I've been working on my Day C - Credit a Friend & I've already got ideas for days D, F, & G....notice I left out E.  I'm sure I'll think of something.  I've been having a lot of fun with it & it's got my creative juices flowing

 

4.  High five to my husband...because he is always "one of my favorite things".  We make a great team.  I do not want to ever have to imagine life without him.

 

Not the best picture of me....but WOWZA!!  Look at that hottie next to me!!!

5.  High five to me for 20 days off of Facebook.  I've never not missed something so much.  What a mental drain that site was...I am sooooo glad to be rid of it.  Now...if the rest of the world would just catch on.

 

Happy Friday!!