Independence Day

I'm out and about having fun with friends and family today, and I hope you've been enjoying your holiday as much as I have! Take a moment today to remember those who have served our country, are serving our country, and have given up their lives for our country. God bless America!

xoxo

America, America

The 4th of July is tomorrow! It's kind of crazy to believe it's already July already, but I'm not complaining. I love the 4th of July, mostly just because of the fireworks and the fact that I get to spend the day hanging out with friends! The fireworks in my town are crazy; they put on the show right on the waterfront every 3rd of July. I've never known why they do it on the 3rd rather than the 4th but I suspect it's because all the towns in my state are relatively close together, and many have their own shows that they do on the fourth. But who knows?

Dressing for the fourth is always such fun! The red, white, and blue color scheme never gets old. Truth be told, I love it year round (who doesn't?), but wearing it in the middle of the winter seems a little extreme. Also, it makes it so much more fun when you get to wear it for special occasions like Memorial Day, Labor Day, and of course, the Fourth of July!

 photo from cryskay

Sundays In Bed

Sorry for the little hiatus! The past week has been all sorts of overwhelming for one reason or another and the blog took a hit for it. Remember how when you were a kid summer meant freedom and playing outside all day and fun? Well now it means work, work, and more work. Got to make the money for when I move into my apartment (in just about a week now!!).

I've been slowly making my way through The Fault in Our Stars during my downtime, and last night when I was struggling with insomnia, I was up reading until 3pm. The book just turned extremely sad so take a moment today to be thankful for your health and happiness!

Sundays in Bed

Hello everybody and Happy Mother's Day to all the fantastic moms out there! I'm in an especially good mood today following my run this morning and the gorgeous weather we're having this weekend. It was supposed to rain for five days straight after Friday, so thank goodness that whoever is in charge of the weather had a change of heart!

So maybe I'm just unbelievably excited that I don't have classes again until August, or just excited that this summer is going to be one of the best yet! I move into my first apartment in three weeks, I'm living with two of my best friends, and all three of my jobs rock. Life's pretty good!

I hope that whether or not you just wrapped up exams, or are wrapping up in the next few weeks you take a minute each day to be grateful. There's so much to be happy about. Today? I'm grateful for my mama.

Best Wishes!

I can't believe how fast yesterday blew by! This is going to be yet another quick post; crazy how I still feel like I have so much to do and the holidays are more or less considered over. 

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday spent with family and friends, good food, and beautiful gifts! One of the kids I nanny told me that her favorite part of Christmas wasn't the presents, that it was spending time with her family... And she was correct (per usual).

Since our family is kind of all over, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are spent with the closest thing we have to family here-- our best friends. I've always enjoyed our holiday get togethers, they've made a world of difference in the celebration of my favorite holiday!

I spent a bit more time than usual this week on Instagram, so I thought it'd be fun to do a holiday round-up of pictures from this week!

The start of my gold Alex and Ani collection...

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

I made these for the holiday cookie baskets I gave to my friends this season! Definitely a recipe to try.

Relaxed and cozied up by the fire with a cup of tea!

My brother and I!

Girls night in with my best :)

And, for those of you who didn't already know it's 25% off sale items at Kate Spade! Now through January 5th with code DECEMBER25.

Yes, I'm well aware I have an obsession.

Happy Holidays!