Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello blog friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to each of you!

I am off to run a Turkey Trot this morning with my sister-in-law and then come back to my house and spend the day hanging out with my family and cooking up a storm.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed day.

Happy Thursday y'all!

Goals for 35!

I turned 35 last week and decided to look back at my old blog post regarding my goals for my 34th year.  I like to set a few goals every year because I fully believe you should never stop learning and always be willing to try new things.
 

 Here were my goals for 34:


1. Continue to maintain a healthy weight
2. Increase our emergency savings by 10%
3. Update the flooring on the main floor
4. Take a family vacation
5. Continue to read more often (2-3 books/month)
6. Take the girls to more monuments and museums
7. Try more recipes
8. Continue to have date nights (every 4-6 weeks)
9. Add more clothes to my wardrobe
10. Relax and enjoy where I am and who I am with

The goals that are crossed off are the ones I completed.

I was able to maintain a healthy weight all year and stay within five pounds.  We updated our main floor a few months ago and we are loving our new carpet!  We took a family vacation to the Outer Banks of North Caroline in August/September and we had a blast!!  We also took family trips to Texas and West Virginia.  I have definitely read more books this year.  I am downloading books to my kindle all the time and even tried kindle unlimited this past month.  The girls have been to many monuments and museums this past year and I am hoping we try several more new ones this upcoming year.  I tried probably 20-30 new recipes this year.  Not a ton, but we enjoyed most of them.  I also added more clothes to my wardrobe and enjoying all of them. :)

We didn't increase our emergency savings by 10% by we did increase is by 5%, so better than nothing.  We didn't have date nights every 4-6 weeks, but we have had several, hopefully we can make them more frequently next year. :)  I am also still working on relaxing and enjoying where I am.  

Here are my goals for 35:

1. Continue to maintain a healthy weight
2. Print more photos
3. Travel to a new state or country
4. Take a family vacation
5. Continue to read more often
6. Take the girls to more (new) monuments and museums
7. Run two - three races
8. Have date nights more frequently
9. Drink more good wine

Happy Tuesday y'all!

Weekend Review

We had a fun and busy weekend getting our house in order and getting ready for all of my family that is coming to visit for Thanksgiving.  Since I have been sick, a lot of stuff did not get taken care of around the house (mail, dusting, toys, etc) so we spent a lot of time getting organized AND then cleaning.  :)

Friday morning, this is how Caroline decided to watch Little Einsteins ;)

(she is all two!)

We ran over to Nalls Produce on Friday afternoon to pick-up our crop share produce.

We had to stop and say hi to Penny to Pig. :)

And we had to check out the photo wall again :)

Elizabeth took this picture of me

And this picture of Caroline

I picked up the mail Friday night and my Gilmore Girls t-shirt was in the mail!

I am so excited for the reboot on Netflix and cannot wait to watch it!!

The girls were a little excited before bed

And at bed time...

Saturday errands can really make you tired

Not sleeping, but totally in a daze ;)

Sunday morning/afternoon we discovered the high winds had blown off part of our roof :(

Another view

Fortunately, no one was hurt and our roof was repaired this morning!

Happy Monday y'all!

35!

Hello blog readers!  I'm back from my 15-day-sickness and I am so glad to be back! 

Last weekend was my 35th birthday and I celebrated with my family all weekend.  Ben took us out to lunch on Friday and then we did a mini-trip on Saturday to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.  I had never been to West Virginia and was excited to add another state to the list.  On Sunday we relaxed at home and then enjoyed a date night to end the weekend.

There are about 39032 photos, so please enjoy. :)

Friday, November 11th, we enjoyed lunch out to start my birthday weekend :)

Saturday, we drove to Harpers Ferry, WV and enjoyed the day at the beautiful historic park

Elizabeth and Caroline loved running everywhere

It was a tad chilly :)

Putting some gloves on because it was cold

Checking out one of the museum exhibits

We love all the history!

An old rifle

The Shenandoah River

Ben tried to get a picture of the three Novak ladies

We had lunch in Harpers Ferry and Caroline spent the entire lunch screaming her head off.  We hurried through lunch and then headed off for ice cream and more sight seeing.

ice cream while it's cold, yum!

We walked along the river, such a beautiful trail

Thanks Harpers Ferry for a great visit!

After Harpers Ferry, we drove through West Virginia for a bit and then headed back into Virginia.  We had passed a ton of wineries on our way to Harpers Ferry and stopped to enjoy an afternoon wine tasting on our way home.

We stopped at The Barns and all of their wines are so good!

The winery is so beautiful!

We had a blast at the winery and then grabbed some Hibachi to go for dinner on Saturday night.  Sunday was my actual birthday and we enjoyed a relaxing brunch at home with mimosas and bacon and lots of yummy food.  Sunday night Ben and I enjoyed a date night out with some Mexican food and a movie.

Tacos!

And my sangria margarita!  Yum!

Ben getting my picture (and my birthday meal)

Selfie at the movie :)

Thank you for a wonderful birthday Ben and thank you for playing photographer all weekend. 

I love you!!

Happy Friday y'all!