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

Crafty Wednesday {Valentine Decorations}

This week I decorated for ❤Valentine's Day ❤.  I always love pulling out my decorations every year to see what I have.  I always like to ydecorate the hutch in our dining room. I like decorating it because it's easy and you can see our dining room from all the others rooms on our main floor.

This year I used some woodsy, earthy elements along with my usual red and pink.

 

I got this picture at Hobby Lobby and I absolutely love it.  I'm thinking about leaving it out all year long when we move to the tiny house.

 

I got the felt banner from Etsy.  I love getting it out every year.

 

My apothecary jars filled with wine corks and pods from a sweet gum tree.

 

 

I also have this festive wreath that I hung on the mirror in our dining room.

 

I love decorating for all the holidays throughout the year!  I still have a little decorating to do but mostly I'm done. Next month it's my turn to host Book Club and Bunco so I like for our house to look cute and festive.

Happy Wednesday!

Xoxo

Lovely Saturday

I went to my friend Sabrina's to see her previous daughter Eliza all dressed up for the Father/Daughter dance.

  Ava and Graig went every year when she was younger. here is a picture of them from a few years ago.

This week my friend Rachael and I put this basket together for the father/daughter dance.  It was so fun picking out all the treasures for the basket.

After seeing Eliza off Sabrina and I went to a fundraising dinner at the high school.  One of the teachers and Brock's modified baseballl coach has cancer so they had a dinner fundraiser for him.  I'm glad we went and I hope the organizers raise a ton of money for him!  

After dinner I came home and read my books while Graig watched TV. It was a very relaxing Saturday.

Xoxo