Happy Monday friends!! Hopefully everyone has a fun week of events planned leading up to Thanksgiving. I always love Thanksgiving because I feel like everyone gets more time off for Thanksgiving than they even do Christmas. I always hate when Christmas falls in the middle of the week. Anyway, we had a fun weekend at home and started getting into the Thanksgiving spirit.
Friday night Matt and I went to a friends birthday party downtown and then met up with my best friend since the 1st grade to celebrate her ENGAGEMENT!!!
Isn’t she the cutest?? Quick story: She met her fiancé on my bachelorette party in Last Vegas two and a half years ago. Best part? He’s Australian and was living (lives) in Perth, Australia. Pretty nuts, right? They are seriously the most adorable couple ever and it was true fate!
Yikes! End of the night photo 🙂
Saturday, we ran a few errands and Brody got to play on a trampoline for the first time. It was built in the ground which was pretty rad. If I wasn’t feeling a bit light-headed sluggish already (from the night before), I definitely would have showed off my mad trampoline skills.
Saturday night, we headed to my Mom’s house for dinner with my two brothers. We are all going to be in different places for Thanksgiving this year, so we decided to have a fun family dinner to celebrate together.
My Mom made Shrimp and Crabmeat Mirliton Casserole. I don’t have the recipe, but she will certainly give it to me! It’s so good. If you haven’t heard of mirliton, you might know it as Chayote Squash or Vegtable Pear. Here’s a recipe from a relative of ours, Chef John Folse, who makes a Crabmeat and Shrimp Stuffed Mirliton. That’s a delicious way to eat them too!
Sunday was a rainy, yucky day that was mostly spent inside with me prepping and cooking for Thanksgiving. My Mom came to help too which made it a lot more fun. Brody seemed a bit under-the-weather most of the weekend, so I had to snap this rare snuggly moment at the end of the weekend. He laid like this for over an hour while we had football on in the background. This never happens unless he’s sick or drinking a bottle and it just melted my heart <3
Lastly, I wanted to thank everyone who entered the Sephora gift card giveaway last week for my 2-year blogiversary!!! I love each and everyone of you for supporting me!! Thank you again.
Congratulations to Haley Haydon for winning! I’ve sent you an email with details 🙂
Have a fun-festive week and check back later this afternoon for my first gift list of the season!!!
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Looks like you had a great weekend! I love your Friday night dress almost as much as I love the story of your BFF's engagement story!
-Claire
http://www.fashionandfeathers.com
Looks like a great weekend, lady! Love that outfit and that story about your best friend is so wonderful. Random meetings are some of the greatest love stories of all :)!
Your mom sets a beautiful table, those plates are darling. As is sweet lil Brody!
Have a great week!
Wow! Your friend's love story is incredible!! That's an amazing story–congrats to her (them)!
Love that you guys got together for an early Thanksgiving since you'll all be apart. Family time is family time no matter when it happens 🙂
congrats to your friend! so exciting 🙂 i love your leopard dress. xo jillian – cornflake dreams
What a great weekend! Your leopard dress is amazing! And so sweet how your friend met her fiance, they are too cute!
<3, Pamela
sequinsandseabreezes.blogspot.com
Looks like you had a great weekend! Love your leopard print Equipment dress 🙂
LOVE your dress! Such a sweet story of how they met too!! Your mom knows how to set a mean table (not that I am surprised at all!) and that casserole looks and sounds divine!
Love your dress! Brody is too cute! I'm impressed that you've already got prep work done for Thanksgiving!
The trampoline looks so crazy fun!! I love a big day of cooking – Brody looks so sweet all snuggly. I hope he was just tired and not sick!
That snuggle picture is too precious!
What a great weekend and that first picture of your outfit – LOVE IT!!! I love your mom's table setting – so beautiful!! Hope you have a great Monday!!
What a nice weekend! sounds like lots of fun!
Obsessed with your leopard print dress! So pretty and congratulations to your friend on her engagement!! Hope Brody is feeling better soon 🙂
Loving that dress! That is so cool how she met her fiance, definitely fate! xo
What a sweet picture of Brody and your husband!
Loving your leopard dress… so pretty! And yay for your friend's engagement, love how they met 🙂
That leopard dress is amazing, you look beautiful! Yay for a super cute engagement too!
~Elise @ Highheelsglitteringeyes.blogspot.com
Looks like such a great weekend! What an incredible love story for your bestie and I can't wait for that recipe!