Weekend Recap

Sorry for the picture overload, but here's a little recap of our weekend in pictures. I hope y'all have a great week!

 

Winner Winner....

Barbeque chicken pizza dinner! I found this recipe on another blog and I've made it several times since.  It was great and takes no time to make. See the recipe below and enjoy!

 recipe and picture via 

Directions:

Heat oven to 450

Drizzle a teaspoon of olive oil over a pre-made crust (I used thin and crsipy) 

Spread three to four teaspoons of barbeque sauce over crust 

Sprinkle a layer of shredded Italian blend cheese 

Top with cooked shredded barbeque chicken (I used rotisserie chicken) 

Add a layer of sharp cheddar cheese (I also added more Italian blend)  

Add a thinly sliced purple onion 

Top with cilantro 

Place pizza directly on oven rack and bake for 8-11 minutes 

Sharing Some Love

I hope your day is filled with lots of love! My wonderful mother-in-law is babysitting for us tonight so Ryan and I can go to dinner a movie. Going to the movies is one my favorite things to do, so I am really excited becuase I don't get to go that often anymore. Ryan is going to pick where we eat dinner and I'm picking the movie-Silver Linings Playbook. I've heard it's great!

I was running so late this morning that I didn't even wish Ryan a Happy Valentine's Day. Ryan, if you're reading this, Happy Valentine's Day! I love you so much and I can't wait to spend many more with you!

If you follow me on Instagram you may have already seen the treats that I made for Eliza's class. They were really easy to put togther, so I thought I'd share the link where I got the free printable with y'all just in case you're interested. The second picture is the cards that I made for Eliza's teachers. Those are also free printables, and I attached a Starbucks gift card to each one.


printable found here

 

printable found here

 

You Like Me

You really really like me! Well, at least someone does! My friend Chane over at What the Harts Like gave me a blogging award called the Leibster Award. Of course, she gave me the award a couple of weeks ago, and as usual, it has taken me several weeks to respond. I had never heard of the award, but Chane had the following description of it on her blog:

"The Liebster Award's origins are pretty much a mystery. Bloggers nominate other bloggers that have 200 or less followers. "Leibster" is German for "favorite," so this is kind of like the "favorite blog award." It's basically a "Hey, that's a sweet little blog you've got there. Here's an award!" You can't just accept the award. You to play by the (ever changing) rules and pay it forward. Then you can put the award on your blog for all to see. 

The blogger who gave Chane the award had ten questions for her to answer. Here are Chane's questions for me.

1. What was your college major? AND-looking back now, would still have majored in the same thing?
My major was Secondary Education-English. Looking back now, I'm not sure if I would have majored in something different or not. I can't see myself doing any other job than teaching, but sometimes I think I would have enjoyed nursing or something in the field of sports medicine.
2. What's your dream car?
 This weeks it's a BMW X5 or  a Volvo XC90, but if you ask me next week it might be something different. 
3. Were you named after anyone?
Tolly is my mom's maiden name.
4. If you could go anywhere on vacation in the world, where would you go and who would you go with?
I would love to travel all over Europe with my husband. If I had to pick on place, I think it'd be Greece.
5. What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the mornings?
I go straight to the kitchen, turn on the coffee, and drink a propel.
6. What is your dream job?
Being a mom. If only I could get paid for it! :)
7. If you could hang out with a famous person for a day, who would it be?
Well, after watching the Super Bowl a few weeks ago I'd have to say Beyonce. I want to know her secret. How does she do it?! She was amazing! Plus, if I got to hang out with B, maybe I'd get to see Jay Z and Blue Ivy too!
8.If you were a kitchen utensil, what would you be?
I have no idea! Chane, how did you come up with this question?! :)
9. Fruit or vegetables?
Definitely fruit!
10. If you could hire someone to do a daily task for you, what would it be? 
Oh my gosh, this is such a hard question. There are so many things I wish I could hire someone to do for me. I know this technically counts as two things, but I could find someone to cook dinner and clean it up for me every night that would be awesome. Do you know of anybody that's willing to do that for me free of charge?

Now I would like to pass this little award on to a few of my favorite blogs. All they have to do is answer the questions below and pass it on!

Wrapped in Raffia 

o.m.Gee 

Keeping up with the Kimseys

1. If you had to move next month, where would you go?
2. Do you exercise? Love it or hate it?
3. Ice cream or cake?
4. Which season is your favorite and why?
5. Which album/artist are you listening to today?
6. What can you live without right now?
7.  What's the most adventurous thing you've ever done?
8. Who would play you in a movie about your life?
9. What are you currently reading?
10. East Coast or West Coast?

....And just for fun, here's a little of what we've been up to this weekend. I hope you all have a great week!

Fun with Cousins

Hi friends! I hope everyone's week is off to a great start! Last weekend my sister-in-law and her family came to stay with us because we were throwing a surprise birthday party for my mother-in-law, so Eliza got to spend a few days with her cousins. They moved to Charleston a couple of years ago and we don't get to see them as often as we'd like, but we had such a good time with them. It was so much fun to watch Eliza play and interact with the boys.