Catch up!

Hello friends.... Last week flew by!  I had big plans to blog every day.  I have so much to share but last week life got in the way.  The first few weeks of May are always so hard we have end of the year events and parties for work at the College.  It's SO fun but SO tiring.

Last week I had Bunco!  It's always fun to get together with these ladies :)

I teach a cardio/weight lifting class on Monday mornings and Tuesday's at lunch. This is my group from last Tuesday.  We are working on increasing our weights in class and these ladies have been working SO hard.  I am so proud of them!

 

One day last week I worked at graduation headquarters.  Students picked up graduation tickets and their caps and gowns in one central location.  We had snacks for them and a photo booth.  It was a fun way to spend a work day!

 

I invited these three students over for lunch on Thursday to celebrate the end of the year  I worked with them this year on the Greek Council.  I am so happy for them but I'm so sad to see them leave.

 

Graduation day was Saturday it was FREEZING cold.  I went to one of the ceremonies to see a few of my favorite students graduate.  Jessie was the President of the Greek Council for two years and she worked in my office this year.  I am going to miss her SO much next year.  I am glad I got to see her and meet her parents on graduation day.

 

G worked 16 hours on graduation day because he coordinated all of the volunteers for the three graduation ceremonies.  He was exhausted when he got home and took a nap on the couch with the three puppies.

 

Yesterday Ava had basketball so I drove her to Albany for her two games. I love watching our girl play basketball.

 

Sunday night G and I went to see The Zookeepers Wife.  It was such a great movie.  It was a moving story about a couple who helped 300 Jewish people escape from the ghetto of Warsaw during World War II.

I am reading this book about Whole 30 and I decided to start Whole 30 today. My friend Rachael is doing it too and G pretty much eats Whole 30 all the time so I am hoping it won't be too difficult for me.  I made this egg bake for breakfasts this week. 

 

That's a look at our {busy} life lately.  I hope you had a great weekend and a very happy Mother's Day!

Xoxo

February Bunco!

February FLEW by!!  I had this post in my drafts and I though I would finally share it today.  I an in a bunco group and each month we take a turn hosting the bunco party.  February was my month and I did a valentine theme.

Here is the little bar set up in our kitchen.  When we have parties I always set the bar up on our stove. It just seems to work.  I always make everyone's first drink and then they can help themselves after that.

I got this new book about winter cocktails and I am in love.  There are so many good recipes and ideas in this book. For Bunco I made the sweet and sour mix recipe that was in the book.  It was delicious.  I used it to make margaritas and amaretto sours.  Both were amazing and my friends loved them!!

 

Here is a close up of the homemade sour mix. I the juice and zest from 10 limes and 5 lemons to make the mix.

I also finally got to use my Lilly juicer too which was fun! :)

 

I put the snacks on a little table in our living room.  I kept the snacks to a minimum because EVERYONE was on a diet in February-ha ha!




















Each month we take a Bunco picture. So here is our Feb. pic :)

I love getting together with these girls every month!

Xoxo

Bunco selfies!

Each month at Bunco we take a selfie to mark  the occasion.  Here's our collection from this year so far. We skipped January and had our first Bunco night in February. I love these girls and it's great to catch up with them every month!   

February 

 

March 

 

April 

 

May

  

 

June 

 

July

 

August 

 

We still have 4 more Bunco nights left this year

Xoxo

Bunco night {watermelon margarita}

Last night was our monthly Bunco night!!   Our friend M and her husband own a campground and they live there full time in the summer.  We had Bunco outside on her deck.  It was a perfect night!

Here is a picture of the pavilion and fire pit at the campground.  It is beautiful!  

 

 

Here's our monthly picture with the selfie stick

 

We even saw the fireworks from the baseball camp next door.  I.love.fireworks!!!

 

I made a fun watermelon margarita to drink

 

Watermelon margarita

1/2 cup watermelon cubed

1 lime

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 cup Tito's vodka

Poland watermelon margarita seltzer 

Muddle one cut up lime with 1/2 cup of watermelon  chunks and a 1/4 teaspoon sea salt.  Stir in the vodka. Add watermelon margarita seltzer and enjoy!  

Watermelon margarita is a summer flavor from Polar seltzer.  All of their special summer flavors are delicious but watermelon margarita is my favorite!! 

Before Bunco Ava and I stopped at our neighbor's house for N's 6th birthday party!  

Here is Ava and her friends with the birthday boy :-)

 

 

Today Ava and I are headed to a waterpark with friends.  We are trying to enjoy every single day of summer!!

Xoxo 

Bunco night!

On Wednesday my friend Lisa hosted our monthly Bunco party.  It was Cinco de Mayo themed and she did a fabulous job with all the food and drinks.

Lisa is from New Jersey where everyone celebrates Cinco De Mayo. So she bought everyone fake moustaches for the occasion. 

My friend Debbie and I

The hostess with the mostess and me.

It was a fun night!

Xoxo

Bunco!!

 Rachael and I decided to organize a monthly bunco night for our gal pals. It's on my 40x41 list so I can check this off the list!  We are going to start playing monthly.    Our first Bunco night was tonight! We took a selfie before we started.

Bunco is fun, easy  game and everyone rotates tables so you get to talk with everyone at the party. We all had a great time!!

Rachael and I made a few delicious snacks for our party guests.  Feta dip, homemade hummus and pita chips, veggies and dip and mini cheesecakes.

Here are some pictures of our drinks.

I also made sugar cookies as party favors.  Which sadly I did not get a picture of :-(. I really want to learn how to make good sugar cookies so I'm going start making them more.  

To make it fun everyone paid $5 and the winner took the pot. I put it on a chalkboard to keep us organized. 

Tomorrow Ava has her last basketball game of the season.  She's had a great time playing this year and she loves her team so much.  They had a team dinner last night at our neighbor's house which was so fun for the girls. 

I hope you had a great Wednesday!  Two days til the weekend-yay!!

Xoxo