tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27311202179062666282024-03-13T13:44:10.023-05:00pretty little victoriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-49635386118696523992016-06-09T21:46:00.000-05:002016-06-09T21:46:15.832-05:00Life Recently<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Summer is here and that means we are busier than ever! Here's what we've been up to lately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every other week we try to do Taco Tuesday, which also includes the pups! So glad I had enough throw pillows for each of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We attended the Arkansas Derby Race in Hot Springs. One of my favorite events every year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We saw Mumford & Sons and it was easily the second best concert I have seen ever. Second only to Garth Brooks, who has held my heart since I was a little girl in Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our sweet niece Ella turned 2! How cute is her ice cream cake? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our kickball team made it to the Championship! We won our first two games before losing the third. It was a great season and I can't wait to pick it back up in the fall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Memorial Day Weekend was spent in Hot Springs at the lake house. There were a few thunderstorms but otherwise the weather was perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We played the Watermelon Bust game. All you need is a watermelon, 500+ rubber bands, and a little patience and quick hands. Ours managed 740 rubber bands before exploding everywhere! Super super fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S'mores don't hurt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've enjoyed some patio day drinking in between big weekends. Our newest favorite has been <a href="http://www.rebelkettle.com/over21.html" target="_blank">Rebel Kettle</a>. If you're local I definitely recommend it! The patio is great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My little sister graduated high school! Hard to believe! So excited to see where she heads to next. And how fun is her graduation hat? I reminisced how we couldn't wear anything other than a black dress and heels, no way could we have decorated our caps. It's changed a lot in 10 years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also my nickname growing up has always been Midge. I bet you can't imagine why. I was even wearing heels in this picture while some of them wore flats! I hate being so far away where we don't see each other that often, so this visit meant a lot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone is growing up too fast!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So all in all it's been a busy it's been a busy couple of months, but great memories have been made! Looking forward to the rest of summer. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-38249862625086092832016-05-08T20:04:00.000-05:002016-05-08T20:04:03.148-05:004th Anniversary Memphis Trip<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a whirlwind of a month! With the beautiful Spring weather comes lots of activities. I'll back track a little here - March 31st was our 4th Anniversary (crazy!) and so we decided to steal away and visit Memphis, TN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The drive to Memphis should be pretty straight forward but the traffic from all of the trucks makes it a somewhat stressful drive. But before we knew it we were in the Volunteer State ready to celebrate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course the first thing EH wanted to do was check out the giant <a href="http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&appID=94&storeID=61&tab=3&cm_sp=Store061Feb2015_RD&cm_ven=redirect&cm_cat=mktg&cm_pla=bps&cm_ite=memphispyramid" target="_blank">Bass Pro Shop</a> at the Pyramid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a Bass Pro Shop here in Little Rock, but the Pyramid is really impressive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best part are the live animals everywhere. I could spend hours just watching them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Bass Pro we headed to our hotel to freshen up and get ready for dinner. We picked <a href="http://www.flightmemphis.com/" target="_blank">Flight</a> and it was perfection from start to finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Similar to a brewery where you can order a flight of various beers in smaller sizes, Flight offers everything from their appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts in flight form. Even the wine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The food was delicious and it was so fun getting to try several different types of wine. EH finished off the night with a flight of three different scotches. How fun is that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was fun walking in and out of the different bars, and we were lucky our hotel right off Beale Street. The only Uber we had to take the entire weekend was to and from the restaurant the first night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two in the shop were my favorite. I love the birds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately for us they don't allow pictures back in the factory but if you get an opportunity, make sure you visit this museum! We got to see each part of the guitar making process and even got to see some limited edition guitars - one designed for Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there it was more patio sitting, bar hopping, and just enjoying a weekend away with each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was so nice to get away, even if only two hours from home! Best way to celebrate our anniversary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might recognize EH and our friend's outfits from the <a href="http://prettylittlevictories.blogspot.com/2015/08/conquering-four-ball-2015.html" target="_blank">Four Ball golf tournament</a> last year - the love any excuse to wear golf knickers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were 9 bars participating that each set up their own hole. Some much harder than others!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The skeeball style hole was my favorite! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We didn't win, unsurprisingly, but it was a great time and hopefully a lot of money and awareness was raised for Cerebral Palsy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday was another gorgeous day, perfect for our first day of kickball! Moose enjoyed the weather too, and making new friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't Bear cute? I love any dog who is named after another animal, like Moose!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm grateful the weekend was so nice and sunny and that we took full advantage of it. This week is rain, rain, and more rain for the unforeseeable future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Wednesday!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-44727608847010792122016-02-29T22:00:00.000-06:002016-02-29T22:00:12.877-06:00My Favorite Kitchen Essentials<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far 2016 has been the year of me returning to the kitchen. We've been trying to curb eating out during the work week so it's back to meal planning. After years of being able to cook basic pasta dishes and microwaves meals exclusively, it's nice feeling confident in the kitchen!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the main reasons I do feel so confident in the kitchen is because I'm equipped with the right products! Here are just a few of my favorites that I use all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cravings by Chrissy Teigen: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cravings-Recipes-All-Food-Want-ebook/dp/B012KJXFNW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456804261&sr=1-1&keywords=chrissy+teigen+cookbook" target="_blank">Amazon</a> / Salt Grinder: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000TLT6A/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1456804342&sr=1&keywords=salt+grinder" target="_blank">Amazon</a> / Taco Plates: <a href="http://www.eggshellskitchencompany.com/products/the-taco-plate" target="_blank">Eggshells Kitchen Co.</a> / Garlic Zoom: <a href="http://www.eggshellskitchencompany.com/products/garlic-zoom" target="_blank">Eggshells Kitchen Co.</a> / Lodge 6.5" Cast Iron Skillet: <a href="http://www.eggshellskitchencompany.com/collections/skillets/products/lodge-6-5-skillet" target="_blank">Eggshells Kitchen Co. </a> / Zak! Confetti Mixing Bowls: <a href="http://www.zak.com/confetti_assorted_red_recycled_melamine_mixing_bowl_set_1678-7005" target="_blank">Zak!</a> / RSVP Culinary Torch: <a href="http://www.eggshellskitchencompany.com/products/culinary-torch" target="_blank">Eggshells Kitchen Co.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the interest of full disclosure, I do own those mini skillets but have not put them to use yet. But if they are anything like my regular cast iron skillet, I know they will be perfect. I have lots of breakfast scrambles planned for our immediate future!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-15615752322764967772016-02-03T21:37:00.001-06:002016-02-03T21:37:34.835-06:00Valentine's Gift Guide for Her<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't help but love Valentine's Day - maybe it's all the heart shaped items? Love is in the air? Who knows, but I dig it. We usually celebrate ours on a different day than the 14th but it's still fun having a dedicated day to spoil eachother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that's what I like about Valentine's Day - I like gifting EH something that spoils him that he wouldn't normally buy for himself. And same for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are a few items if you need some inspiration for yourself. A gift guide for the Mister in your life coming soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Druzy Earrings: <a href="http://www.kendrascott.com/danay-gold-earrings-in-iridescent-crystallized-drusy.html" target="_blank">Kendra Scott</a> / Acrylic Photo Block: </span><a href="https://www.tinyprints.com/product/59939/acrylic_photo_blocks_favorite_memory.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">tinyprints</a> / <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfume: <a href="http://www.toryburch.com/absolu-eau-de-parfum-spray---3.4-oz-%2F-100-ml/5H3P01.html?dwvar_5H3P01_color=000&cgid=beauty-fragrance&start=7" target="_blank">Tory Burch</a> /</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lock Pendant: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/the-giving-keys-petite-heart-16-inch-lock-pendant-necklace/4290203?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Gold&resultback=4160" target="_blank">The Giving Keys via Nordstrom</a> / Oval Signet Ring: <a href="http://www.baublebar.com/oval-signet-ring-1.html" target="_blank">Bauble Bar</a> / </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love all of these items but my favorite is that sweet custom plush dog. Not only is it a sweet reminder of your own furbaby, but they donate money back to your local shelter to help shelter animals in need. I can't think of a greater gift than that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Super cheesy, perfectly cooked fried eggs and bacon. I want to try and recreate these at home, so good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have to take advantage of snow while we have it - we got a good six inches this year but it already started to melt by early afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The snow was from a few weeks ago and I think it's safe to say that Moose enjoyed it! Poor pup is under the weather at the moment, so this post is all about him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For now, here's a photo recap of a few things we've been up to these past two months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In early December we traveled to St. Louis for one of our dear friend's weddings. St. Louis was fun but COLD compared to temperatures in Little Rock at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also if you want to follow me on Snap Chat, it's username rachers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My most Favorite! We hosted our first annual Friendsmas/Tacky Sweater Party. It was a blast! I haven't really cooked since but the food that night was great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There have been ton of other fun things in between but needless to say it's been a very busy couple of months for us! Looking forward to even more in 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you are off to a great start to the New Year - and we're only 13 days in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />That's how this weekend was. On Friday night we had some pizza and met friends for the new Bond movie. Which, while not my favorite, was still pretty great. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday it was cold and overcast which I don't hate. A quick glance at Facebook reminded me Little Rock had a <a href="http://www.arkansascornbreadfestival.com/" target="_blank">Cornbread Festival</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Located in the popular SoMa district, we found parking in a random field and made our way in. $5 per person got you a wristband in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The event started at 11am but we didn't show up until closer to 12:45. Next time, we'll make sure to get there closer to when it starts. There were still plenty of food options and booths to explore but even at 12:45 some people had already ran out of food and packed up to leave.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The live music was awesome - the lead singer went from singing to playing the trumpet to a clarinet. And they were hilarious too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But for all of the deliciousness of the cornbread, EH and I had our sights set on something completely different from the beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EH had done all his homework - apparently this guy mastered his burger and set out on the road to share it with the world. Too many repairs on his food truck put him out of commission for awhile but now they are back and Little Rock rejoices because of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't even like pickles on my cheeseburger but on this burger they were perfection. If you're local, make sure to add the bacon for $1.00 more. Bacon makes everything better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thesoutherngourmasian.com/" target="_blank">Southern Gourmasian</a> was also in attendance, which I hate to admit I still have not tried. But I've heard amazing things!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This group won several awards including Best All Around! I wish we would had arrived sooner so we could have tried their food. Now we know for next time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of our weekend included watching our Razorbacks win against Ole Miss, fires in the fireplace, and sleeping in on Sunday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, the perfect weekend. Hope you had a great weekend as well!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-34217771577531438942015-10-06T20:36:00.000-05:002015-10-06T20:36:23.323-05:00Our Life Lately<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judging by my recent hours logged watching Netflix, I think it's safe to say our lives have slowed down. Somewhat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Friday we headed to EH's hometown for their Octoberfest! My SIL helps plan this shindig and it was so much fun. There was great food, a whiskey tasting bar, wine tasting bar, beer tasting bar and live music!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Word to the wise, it's probably best to stick with one beverage option. Two, at most. Eep!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day we came home and got ready to watch our Razorbacks against Texas A&M. We've been needing all the luck we can get so I decided to outfit the Mooser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For every touchdown he had to high five but he got a half of a Scooby Snack. And his good luck jersey worked, we won!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other than that, it's been business as usual around here. The weather has cooled slightly which has made me crave soups and stews. Potato Soup was a huge hit last night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And still found time to dress Moose in cozy animal print infinity scarves. Because Fall Y'all. Sometime's he is so basic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things are picking up over the next few weeks but it's all pretty fun. What plans have you had breaking into Fall?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-77898062960498682672015-09-23T21:13:00.001-05:002015-09-23T21:13:42.758-05:00Fall Neutrals<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love fashion in the fall. The colors are warm and cozy, plaid is everywhere, and it's all about layering textures and patterns. It's easily my favorite season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been on a bit of a fall shopping binge lately but it's tough not to shop when there are so many cute options out there! What have you picked up for the fall season?</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-80109695289418868072015-09-22T20:40:00.000-05:002015-09-22T20:40:45.802-05:00Kitty's Wedding!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in July you may remember I helped host a <a href="http://prettylittlevictories.blogspot.com/2015/08/kiss-girl-bridal-shower.html" target="_blank">Kiss the Girl Bridal Shower</a> for my very best friend, Kitty. Last month was finally got together again to celebrate her and her Fiance's Big Day!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting out with a Rehearsal dinner at the restaurant K used to work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After dinner, K smartly went back to her suite and took it easy the rest of the night, leaving the rest of us to go out. The wedding was in our college town so it's always fun to hit up our old stomping grounds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love Uber. And Fayetteville had some of the best Uber drivers. At one point I remember one of the cars having disco lights!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hair notoriously refuses to stay teased so I got a bit of a redo. N is the best at teasing hair. We debated just leaving it like this, K would have loved that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AHH, isn't she gorgeous?! I am still obsessed with her gown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sisters! A is my little sis from our sorority days - aren't they both pretty? Pretty girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We danced our little hearts out in celebration of K and A! I couldn't be happier for them both and I loved standing up with her for their big day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure love you, K! Cheers to all the happy years with A!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a lazy Friday night, I woke up Saturday and checked Facebook only to see it was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LittleRockBaconFest" target="_blank">Bacon Fest</a> at the State Fair Grounds! Bacon. Fest. Who wouldn't want to check that out?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The food lines were all incredibly long, and it is still stupid hot here, so we picked one to wait it out, Pat's Kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which had more traditional bacon wrapped items, sure, but we were starving at this point and bacon wrapped potato skins sounded divine. Spoiler: they were.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With some of our favorite beers from <a href="http://diamondbear.com/?age-verified=2833e35316" target="_blank">Diamond Bear Brewery</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lost40beer" target="_blank">Lost Forty Brewing</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we devoured everything, we took another lap to see if any of the lines had shrank and to snap pics of all of the menus. Some of the items were outrageous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The funnel cakes sounded awesome and if I wasn't already full I would have been all over the bacon topped batter fried cheesecake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't see anyone walking around with a bacon armadillo egg but that's not to say people didn't try it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last stop had a short line and a few things we really wanted to try so we jumped in for a bacon wrapped fried oreo and a jalapeno bacon lemonade. Jalapeno. Bacon. Lemonade. Whaaa?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which we completely expected to hate. But it was delicious. It felt really wrong. We finished it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which got us thinking.. would this be good turned into a cocktail? Add some vodka, serve in a moscow mule mug with a piece of bacon for garnish? Weird? We may just have to try it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part of the day were the action shots of EH trying the bacon fried oreo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if this isn't the look of satisfaction, I'm not sure what is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it was good! Though not as crispy or warm as we thought it would be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday we met EH's Dad and his Wife to watch what we were sure would be a Razorback victory. Judging by our faces you can tell how the game went. Still love our Hogs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While EH went for their cinnamon apple pancakes. Their pancakes alone are delicious but with big slices of fresh apples...just decadent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were stuffing our faces all weekend, Moose got a haircut! A very much needed haircut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which he still is super fluffy but it's stuffed animal fluffy and not overgrown alpaca fluffy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm very grateful for this no plans weekend - lots of good food and good company. It doesn't get any better than that.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-84897775544767546202015-08-26T20:13:00.000-05:002015-08-26T20:13:38.051-05:00Happy National Dog Day!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sure who declared today National Dog Day, but I never want to miss an opportunity to show off my main squish, Moose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He still looks like a puppy to me, even though his once black face has long turned white.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I especially love when it's bath time version of Moose. He gets a mean case of crazy eyes but then once he's done he runs around the house and goes wild. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I could do without the occasions where we (or..EH) has to break out the rubber gloves. That we could definitely skip!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moose can be a little stereotypical - he barks at the doorbell, barks when my iPad dings, barks at strangers. But most of the time he's cuddled up like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or on the back of the couch, which has a permanent indention in the cushion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's the little fluffy light of my life and I'm so happy I'm his Human. I love hearing DH make up songs for him (Whose Bed Has the Moose Been Under and Fluff in the Wind are my favorites), love his midnight howling sessions where I can only figure he's dreaming of his wolf ancestors, and love coming home to this little squish face every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy National Dog Day to you and your fluffy ones!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her Kiss the Girl Bridal shower was so much fun to participate in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">K has always loved The Little Mermaid so it made perfect sense to style her shower after that. No clam bikini tops were involved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These happy starfish treats were waiting for us by the front door. Almost too cute to eat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dining room table was filled with underwater themed snacks paired with more subtle underwater references. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can't tell in the pictures, but even the forks were reminiscent of dinglehoppers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then all too soon it was time to group hug and depart! Not without taking some group photos first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves these girls and cannot wait to continue the celebrations this weekend with K!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-33386177276334461712015-08-10T20:44:00.000-05:002015-09-22T20:46:16.809-05:00Conquering Four Ball 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every summer near the end of August and after several months of practice and outfit planning, we head down to EH's hometown for the Four Ball Golf Tournament. It's a great time - three full days and four nights of golf and debauchery.<a href="http://prettylittlevictories.blogspot.com/2014/08/we-survived-four-ball.html" target="_blank"> Last year</a> I felt we barely survived. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year obviously involved tequila shots, which I am very grateful I only sipped before handing it off to whoever happened to be sitting next to me at the time. Terrible enabler!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year somebody brings something to try and completely distract the golfers - I'm going to let this picture paint the story. And for reference, last year a..similar item was attached to a fishing pole and strung up through the trees and conveniently dropped down at the right time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't turn down Boo Fries - french fries drenched in roast beef gravy and shredded cheese.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Followed by several orders of Char-grilled Oysters, none of which EH actually ate but he did enjoy the bread dipped in the sauce. SO good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A case in the corner held nothing but vintage Chanel - my heart could burst!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what I really coveted was this - a signed record from The Blues Brothers! My absolute favorite movie of all time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly I didn't have enough pocket money for this one. Maybe one day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On we kept walking, passing fences filled with artwork. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People kept stopping to check out this piece, but it still it remained. Wonder why!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We popped into a few different shops - this one was fun! So many ties, bowties and pocket squares. Very Southern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which was REALLY cool - we found a couple of pub tables in the dark back corner and enjoyed the coolness of the room. If I had to find something to complain about, it would be the smell. I don't even know how to describe it but we all noticed it. But still fun, I would definitely give it a shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The man in gold was my favorite - he really did look like a statue until he started dancing. So fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's still so much but this was one of my favorite days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first hour was a build your own cocktail bar - you chose the tequila, the mixer, juices and garnishes. So fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went with a little agave nectar, grapefruit and lime wedges. EH chose strawberry with jalapenos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EH always ends up with pink drinks, it's crazy. These were both delicious but our favorite margarita out of the group had cucumber and jalapeno. So refreshing and delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First drink was a shot of the Tres Agave tequila followed by a chaser of Chef Miles Sangrita. Delicious when you took a sip of the tequila then sipped the sangrita. Not so great mixed together. Weird! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little reminiscent of bang bang shrimp, but infinitely fresher and more delicious. I'm not usually a huge fan of shrimp but spoiler alert, this was my favorite dish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a wonderful night - LOTS of tequila (we all swore it off for..a day), lots of great good, and most importantly, wonderful company to share it with. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-82450643565102853492015-06-29T22:01:00.000-05:002015-06-29T22:01:11.750-05:00Dirt & Corn in Arkansas<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past Saturday we had a break in the 100 degree weather - still abundant sunshine but with a nice cool breeze to break up the heat. So when my IL's asked if we wanted to check out their new land on four-wheelers, it felt like a wonderful idea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forewarning, there are a lot of pictures. But since it's our families newest venture, it definitely seemed worth documenting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Off to a remote stretch of land near the White River.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where we found rows and rows of corn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And dirt. Lots of dirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But set up under bright blue skies and perfect clouds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EH was eager to finally let his fourhweeler spin it's wheels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EH being the perfect navigator like always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rows and rows of corn. Each field had different heights - these were probably me sized - so 5'5" give or take a few inches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything was going great until we tried to start the IL's set of wheels - luckily EH always carries jumper cables! After a little while we were all up and running!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, up and running right after my FIL accidentally popped a wheelie that spilled my MIL's drink all over her head. Woops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was my MIL's attempt to see a beaver that had just crossed our path. Don't worry - the four wheeler wasn't moving!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The views here were spectacular - amazingly quiet - just the sound of corn stalks in the wind, frogs in the water and the hum of four wheeler engines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where we ran into a little trouble. A whole section of land that looked impossible to get to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we made it! Into a huge field with grass as tall as our vehicle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which led to more dirt - we were covered after trailing behind these two! But this portion of the land was special - little fingers tucked back making hidden coves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which may not look like much but it is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun still high but later in the day, we packed up and headed home. Covered in dust but happy and content.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, a perfect day. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-5182260289036116802015-06-23T21:25:00.002-05:002015-06-23T21:25:12.489-05:00Trinity Groves in Dallas, Texas<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last day of our <a href="http://prettylittlevictories.blogspot.com/2015/06/walnut-family-reunion-2015.html" target="_blank">Walnut Family Reunion</a>, our group headed to the <a href="http://www.trinitygroves.com/" target="_blank">Trinity Groves</a> in Dallas, Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trinity Groves is a 15-acre space that hosts exciting restaurants and shops - each one more unique than the last.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For brunch, we settled into a (large) corner booth at <a href="http://www.luckdallas.com/" target="_blank">L U C K Dallas.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting the day off with Beermosa's for good measure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EH and I both decided on Eggs Benedict - piled high with pastrami. Delicious! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't leave without stopping into a few shops - first <a href="http://kateweiserchocolate.com/" target="_blank">Kate Weiser Chocolate</a>. Their truffles were beautiful works of art. And delicious too! Even their packaging was beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up next was the <a href="http://cakebardallas.com/" target="_blank">Cake Bar</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cake Bar was everything a cake shop should be - beautiful menu, beautiful cakes, and friendly staff. We took home a slice of German Chocolate Cake for our friend S who picked up Moose from the boarder and it received rave reviews!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So whether day or night, Trinity Groves has something for everyone. I really hope we can go back next time and have a cocktail! Or just another visit back with these two cuties. :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06740615348346616429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2731120217906266628.post-20522491869977453312015-06-17T22:20:00.000-05:002015-06-17T22:20:55.721-05:00Walnut Family Reunion 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last weekend we journeyed to Dallas for our 2015 Walnut Family Reunion. Walnut is the endearing term EH's Dad's side of the Family has given themselves - the original story varies but the overall idea is we're all nuts! In the best way, of course. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started out the weekend with Moscow Mules - but made with grapefruit vodka instead of the usual vodka. So crisp and refreshing! I plan on recreating this soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started out the long weekend just dipping our feet into the pool. I love these sweet moments with our Nieces! Temporary aquatic tattoos were <i>the</i> accessory of the weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because EH and I both were terribly sunburnt, we were grateful that our adventure to the food truck was overcast the majority of the time. We all ended the day with sno-cones and ice-cream (Guiness Chip for us - something we want to try and recreate!) and then headed back shortly before some rain showers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wasn't sure what to expect since I had never been to Heber Springs, but EH and I both were pleasantly surprised by the Inn! So much that I only snapped a few pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The interior was rustic with the exposed stone and apples everywhere for you to snag while you walked around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The interior leading to the rooms was bright and airy with modern artwork everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So a couple of weekends ago when I was craving pizza but still wanted to try something new and local, we decided to hit up <a href="http://www.pirolr.com/" target="_blank">Piro Brick Oven & Barroom</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been once before and ordered the Burrata - a large sphere of mozarella with balsamic reduction, olive oil and sourdough bread - heavenly! This visit we opted for the meatballs, also served with sourdough.</span></div>
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The weekend wasn't all about the dog - our Nieces enjoyed the lake too! </div>
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How sweet is this picture - I love the reflection of E in my SIL's sunglasses.</div>
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Moose took over again at this point - just a quick dip!</div>
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All of us with the wind in our hair!</div>
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Always ending with the two Captains of our Ship.</div>
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Hope your Memorial Day Weekend was memorable as well - and though I'm late per usual, always a huge gratitude to the men and women who have lost their lives defending this great country. </div>
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