Friday favorites: warm weather at last!

Friday favorites: warm weather at last!

Finally a full week of warm weather! It’s so much easier to feel grateful when the sun is shining. And it didn’t hurt that we had several family events this week. First was a barbecue at the elementary school, where I got to see three of my granddaughters.       Then, of course, another…

Friday favorites: a week of celebrating

Friday favorites: a week of celebrating

Happy Friday! I hope your week has been full of moments to celebrate. I know mine was. It started out of the gate, with a belated birthday celebration for these two cousins, Tessa and Kanyen. After dinner and shopping, we came back to the house for a sleepover at Grandma and Papa’s. Even when they…

Friday favorites: a picture a day (plus one!)

Friday favorites: a picture a day (plus one!)

Happy Friday everyone! This week’s Friday Favorites was meant to be a picture a day, but there was one day that I just couldn’t choose, so you may get a bonus pic. Friday: Don’t you just love it when your new manicure matches your new water glass–and you didn’t even plan it? Saturday: A beautiful day…

Friday favorites: look on the bright side

Friday favorites: look on the bright side

Happy Friday friends! I hope you are smiling today. It wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns around here this week, but I was able to find plenty to smile about. I just had to remind myself to look on the bright side! Old Man Winter made a late arrival in Utah this year, but now that…

Friday favorites: something old, something new

Friday favorites: something old, something new

Happy Friday everyone! This week’s Friday Favorites is a mix of the old–nearly forgotten winter–and the new–a new experience and a new gadget. So let’s start with the old. It’s been so long since we’ve seen any snow, I’d almost forgotten what it’s like. Of course, there’s the cold and the mess (walks to be…

Friday favorites: thank you notes

Friday favorites: thank you notes

Happy Friday all! I hope your week was full of little things that made you smile. I’m using this Friday Favorites to say thank you to a few of the people and things that brought a smile to my face this week. (Of course, I’d start with food.) Thank you EMI Health for offering three…

Friday favorites: fancy fun

Friday favorites: fancy fun

Doesn’t having afternoon tea sound so sophisticated? Add “at the Grand America Hotel” and it’s downright fancy. We may not normally be a fancy bunch, but that’s exactly what the daughters, granddaughters, and I did this past Sunday–afternoon tea at the Grand America Hotel and it was just as lovely as it sounds. There were…

Friday favorites: feelin’ the love

Friday favorites: feelin’ the love

Happy Friday! This week I’m feelin’ the love. I hope you are too. But first thing’s first–remember to enter my blogiversary drawing! You could win a prize selected especially for you. Now back to Friday Favorites… I love it when my daughter is awed by the beauty of the clouds and wants to make sure…

Friday favorites: football, family, food, fun

Friday favorites: football, family, food, fun

Another fun-filled week has flown by. It started with the local college football rivalry game: Utah Utes versus BYU Cougars, commonly referred to in these parts as the Holy War! Guess which team I was rooting for! And guess who won…again…that’s eight years running! Another reason to celebrate: a Ute win means Jenny’s traditional celebratory…

Friday favorites: fall preview

Friday favorites: fall preview

With temperatures hovering near the century mark, summer is still going strong in Utah, but there are some definite signs that fall is not too far away. This week’s Friday Favorites is a preview of my favorite season. The leaves they are a changing! If it’s still too warm for a pumpkin spice latte, the…