Friday Favorites: Valentine’s, Trader J’s, etc…🥗❤️🍪

First favorite: Valentine’s Day…it’s cheesy, sweet, pink, candy and cookie related, what’s not to love?! Late nite cookie making session.. We had our friends over to help decorate. I promise to share the royal icing recipe! It’s a good one… Dave and I didn’t get a picture on Valentine’s Day …so here’s an old one…

💗Birthday Weekend 🌸

I turned 46 on Saturday! It was a really nice weekend, which started on Friday when Skye, Sheeza, and I went out for brunch… And while we were out, Skye brought up the subject we had been talking about for awhile…which was getting our ears pierced for the second time. We thought it would be…

Dave’s big day: Sullivan’s + Carrot Cake= happy husband

His day started with me making his absolute favorite carrot cake recipe …he has requested this cake for years now, it’s the best. Our dear friend, Charlotte, made this for her husband to take on a men’s retreat….and the rest is history. I got the recipe and treasure it. It’s originally from Southern Living. See…

Library Post No.Two

In my First (very nerdy) Post about library memories we took a journey from my early library memories up until we moved to our current location. So we come to the Raleigh area where we live now. Our first library is the closest – the Clayton library is 10 minutes away. The kids grew up…

Best Food 2020🥝🥗🍡

Let’s start with smoothies and smoothie bowls. The absolute best was Green Brothers Juice Co in Charlotte. That almond, coconut, honey topping was amazing. A close second was Juice Keys in Raleigh. Suuuuper good berry bowl that kept me full for the whole day! And Lauren got the gingerbread which was good as well. We…

Quick snapshots in December 🌲❄️

Snowflakes on the door Cozy panorama Getting ready to go out for lunch with Wes…tree reflected in glasses Our fave; Morgan street food hall Sun in the eyes, cute tree Beautiful trees and great views from the Dillon House lit up at night It’s the most wonderful time of the year! ♥️🌲

Raleigh Sticker!! 🌿🧡🍂

I’m so excited about my new Raleigh sticker! I was running errands in Raleigh and snapped a few pictures. Extra points if you know where I was to take the photos! Anyone know? I’d never seen that colorful fountain before! It was such a beautiful surprise. You can see the sticker Here in my Etsy…