Friday favorites: celebrate good times!
Happy Friday! I hope your week was a good one. Mine brought several opportunities for celebration, so this week’s Friday Favorites is all about celebrating good times–large and small.
Larry and I had planned on going to the Ice Castles in Midway last weekend. (Some of you may recall that was one of my Winter Bucket List items.) As it turns out, the unseasonably warm weather reeked havoc on the ice castles, and they closed early this year. In the spirit of going with the flow, we decided to take advantage of said warm weather and see if we couldn’t get to the cabin. (It is typically not accessible by car this time of year.) And guess what? We were able to get all the way to the top of the driveway!
We walked down the driveway and went inside. It was COLD, but all was well. If the weather holds, we’ll spend President’s Day weekend there–with a fire to keep us warm. That would be our earliest stay for any year since we’ve owned Hawkes Landing.
Also, this past weekend, our Tessa celebrated her 12th birthday. We got to share part of it with her with a cake Papa made (homemade just for his B-Girl).
And watching her open a present from Mom. Tessa picked it out herself and “accidentally” sent the link for the large mat. I’m pretty sure she is slowly turning her family home into a personal gym.
I’m all prepped to celebrate Valentine’s Day with this simple, yet so pretty, Valentine’s nail art, courtesy of Meghan. She’s the best!
And now I’m relaxing with some inspirational tea…
While watching the first of the Olympic games.
Those are some of the highlights from my week (the ones I remembered to photograph). I’d love it if you’d share something that made you smile this week.
What made me smile? Looking at the calendar this morning and see it was actually Friday!! My Monday was Wednesday , my Wednesday was Friday and my Thursday was Monday…..the past Monday!
See while I’m smiling!!??
Ah yes, that explains my Happy Friday! note on Wednesday. 🙂 This time it truly is Friday. Enjoy!
Love that nail art!
This week, one of the things that made me smile was the aftermath of the ice storm. The trees were encased in ice, glittering in the sunlight. Absolutely breathtaking. And then, we had the prettiest pink sunset. I don’t usually like winter days here – they tend to be gray. The past 2 days have been beautiful. Frigid still, but beautiful!
That sounds lovely, Pat. Winter can be beautiful. Right now, we’re in that kind of drab state, where the grass is dead and the trees are bare, but there’s no snow or ice to pretty things up. On the plus side, we haven’t had the horrible inversions we sometimes get in Utah during the cold winters. Thanks for sharing your smile for the week!
Hi, Christie. What a lovely blessing — warm weather and early holidays.
Happy day for your daughter and BIG is great.
This week what made me smile is seeing my little dog get bashful around a friend’s medium size dog. He’s such a cutie.
Ah, what kind of dog do you have? We love our Charlie Dog. He makes us smile daily.
Christie, I love watching the Olympics. I confess, I stayed up way too late last night watching the different events.
Jude
Me too, Jude. It’s so amazing to see what they can do and hear the many inspirational stories.