Pinspired!

Welcome to the first ever fashion-related post from yours truly ~  Normally I just talk about the little projects I do around the house, and once in a while throw in some stuff about my kids - but when I saw this fun post here at Pinterest Told Me To I knew I had to join in the fun!

I mean I love Pinterest just as much as anybody - maybe too much!  I am always finding time to hop over there and scroll through to find outfits, furniture, recipes - obviously the list goes on and on!  But like I have confessed before - I do a LOT of looking and just a little bit of DOING - so when I saw this pin, I knew I could re-create it!

(All Things Katie Marie)

This is a fun, relaxed, weekend-kind of outfit!  I wish I had her awesome selfie picture skills!  Check out her blog - lots of fun outfits!

See, I just couldn't get the pic to look like hers..  When my son saw this he said "Mom, I didn't know there was a place to post pictures of a mom trying to look like a 20-year old.".. Really?  yeah.

Okay so side-by-side.. not too bad, eh??

Yeay for Pinterest!!  What have you been inspired to create?  Did you find it on Pinterest?  I'm going to share more soon and I would love to hear about you!

Love, Kelli

Happy Valentine's Day

It's a fun day, isn't it?  Full of pretty hearts and lots of love!  Since I didn't do any wonderfully sweet craft/dinner/breakfast/card or anything else like that for my family to show you - I thought it would be nice to share some things that OTHER bloggers did..  Here are some of the blogs I follow and the cool & crafty stuff they are up to.  Yes, I have blog envy :/

{Hi Sugarplum!}

{Angie in the Thick of It}

{For the Love of Cooking}

{Young House Love}

Hope you all have a beautiful Valentine's Day!

Love, Kelli

Just a quicky Halloween decoration

Hey just a quick little post - I am working on one about my daughter's wedding, but wanted to share some photos of my mantel decorated for Halloween.

I don't do much, but I love what I do :-)  I don't have a lot of energy to change the mantel completely, so I add a few little things to make it a little spookier.  The candle holders come out of storage for this occasion.  I have looked high and low for black candles but could not find any, so I took some cheap white ones and sprayed them with flat black paint.  Sprayed the branches also which I got out of the back yard.  I bought the black feather wreath at Kirkland's this year (on sale!), and the little sign hanging on the brick I got at the Country Living Fair last year.  I think I got the skeleton head at WalMart or Target for $3.

I think I might grab a few more branches - I like that look!

That's it!  Not much, but it sure makes me happy!!!


Love, Kelli

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End of Summer Weekend

Summer is my most favorite season of all - it always make me a little sad as the kids go back to school and the hum drum routine starts back.  Then as the air starts to cool I suddenly remember all the fun fall things we get to do!  Football games, backyard fires, and drives through the Georgia mountains to look at the turning leaves - then I don't feel so sad :o)

We had our last of summer who-rah this weekend up in Blue Ridge with our best friends: eating out, watching football, shopping, boating, and plenty of adult beverages!  We had a great time, and as always, it flies by so fast and then it's over.  Came home to clean the house and get ready for the week (albeit a short one!).

And guess what?  I forgot to bring my camera along, so I only took like 3 pictures with my phone!  Bummer!  Actually we all forgot to bring our cameras so I can't even steal some!  Here is my husband and one of the other guys on the thing they pull behind the boat..  what's it called??

And here are the girls..  hehe!  I did ride it but no one took my picture!  yeay!  On the upper right side of my blog page you can see another picture of my besties on Instagram with their funny "tickle monster" gloves on - oh the jokes we made about those things... 

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend!

Love, Kelli

Who's ready for some FOOTBALL??

We are!!  And Ken had a great idea a couple of weekends ago - Falcons Football training camp!

The Falcons Training camp is about 45 minutes from where we live.  The facility was so big and pretty!  Three football fields side by side.  The players were so close.  We had very good seats right next to the field. We just walked up with our soccer chairs and plopped them down in an open spot - turned out to be the best seats in the house. Everything was happening right in front of us!

After the practice several of the players stayed behind to sign autographs - the kids were loving it (as well as the adults).

We had a great time, but I was ready to get in the car with air conditioning (it was crazy hot out that day)!  Here I am all hot and sweaty, just lovely, I know..crazy hair and all.

We are really looking forward to all the college and pro games. Go Dawgs! Go Jackets! (sorry, we love both teams!) Go Falcons! Go Brownies (Ken is a huge Cleveland Browns fan)!

How about you?  You likey some football too?

Love, Kelli

PS:  Photo credits go to the hubby except the 2nd and 3rd pics I took :o)

Family Time

We headed to the beach a couple weeks ago for a little R&R with some of the kids.. Rachael had to work and Wes was not home yet from New Zealand so we just had Chelsea, Tyler, and Robbie (and it was VERY humid so please do not focus on my hair..  !!)

We found (at the last minute) this place to stay.. it looked great on the website, but when we got there it wasn't as nice in person.  It wasn't awful, but it wasn't what I was used to; we made it work.  If you ever go to Panama City Beach, don't stay at the Cabana Cay unless you talk to me first ;o)

We made the most of our short trip and hit the beach, did some fishing, shopping, eating out, and of course some pool time.  My favorite thing is sitting on the beach!  I could do just that the entire time!

Ken likes to be a little more active so he took Tyler and they did the fishing thing.  How'd ya like them big o'fish??  They didn't care - they just loved being there!  The rest of us went to Pier Park, a big shopping complex with lots of fun stores and restaurants.  We had fun and bought some cool stuff! 

So what have you been up to this summer?  Been on any trips?

Love, Kelli

summer

I absolutely love summer the best of all the seasons.  I really love them all, but summer is definitely my favorite.  I work 5 days a week in an office doing mundane things, and summer has a way to even make that better.

When I get off it's still daylight outside.  I can go home and make dinner and STILL go up to the pool and have an adult beverage with friends!  Summertime brings people out of their houses.  Summer seems to make people more social.  There are lake parties, boat parties, pool parties and beach parties..  There's going to the water park or just even pulling out the ol' slip n' slide and making a day of it.

We had all the kids over yesterday for some fun at our neighborhood pool (and that "kid" with the beer is actually 32 years old, but he's a kid to me). Then we grilled some burgers and brats, had potato salad and fresh fruit - yum!  Ahhh summertime - love it!

Can't wait til we head to the beach in a few weeks!  Then it's really summertime!  How about you?  What have you been up to this summer?

Love, Kelli

A Blue Ridge Weekend

Last month I had the pleasure of going on a girls weekend trip to Blue Ridge, GA.  As most girls know, it's all about shopping, eating out, and talk talk talk!  We  always love to stop at this one place - Smith Station Antiques - on our way up.  If you love scavenging through junk like we do, then this place is heaven.

Mary Kay made friends with a donkey, Joanne talked to the owner, and I just kept asking myself "now why did I wear white pants today??"

We shopped lots, bought a few precious things for ourselves, and even met another friend for dinner (& drinks).  Thanks girls for a great weekend!  Can't wait to go back :o)

Can I get an AMEN for girls weekends!!!

Love ya,

Kelli

Happy New Year!

I thought it would be fun to look back at some photos of New Year's Eves of the past~~
I Googled vintage new years photos and here are only a few of the many

Mae West

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Everyone be safe tonight!

Love, Kelli

New Year's Eve eve

Ken and me last New Year's Eve..  What a great year it has been. We'll be with many friends tomorrow night.  Some that we don't get to see very often and some that we see in our neighborhood quite a bit - they are all special to us.  We feel very fortunate to call them all friends.  Hope you have a very happy and safe New Year's!  Cheers!

Love, Kelli