My favorite new shampoo

Hey friends!  I recently tried a new shampoo and LOVE it!
Have you seen the gorg Jennifer Aniston in the promotional ads for Living Proof shampoo?
It's my new BFF.  I have long been with Kerastase but was ready for a change.  I read lots of reviews and they are all true.

I got mine at Sephora but it's sold in lots of stores.  It's $25 for the medium size bottle but I use just a tiny bit compared to what I used to.  It suds up so nicely.  One of the biggest raves is how clean it makes your hair and it's legit.  I have to wash my hair daily and last week I skipped a day and didn't feel the least bit greasy.  I had some product in the day before and that seemed to help it last through day two.  My hair isn't like Dolly Parton volume but it is full and soft.  

They have a full line of different products and if they are half as good as the full, give them a shot.  

Have a super week! 

Family Photos - 2015 in Review

Although taking pictures drives my husband crazy, it's so fun to put them together and remember all the fun moments from the year. Here are some of our favorites from 2015.


 

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Hey 2K16!

Hi friends.  Anyone else still running behind from the holidays?  I feel like I haven't fully caught up from Thanksgiving yet but I am close.  We had a great Christmas and I was gone the entire next week.  Last week was my first "normal" week and I was super busy at work so I am still a touch behind but should be back on track this week.
We hosted our annual Christmas Eve dinner and had a great evening with family.  We get the kids new Christmas jammies to change into after dinner and they get to open a few gifts before heading home to wait on Santa.

The day after Christmas I played in my high school alumni soccer game.  I was the oldest by alot of years but managed to hang in there to play with the youngins.  I even had a small fan section to cheer me on. :)

The next day, my Dad and I left for six straight days of racing.  We raced Daytona which is the biggest race of the year for go-karting and had some days of good luck and some tough luck. I finally got home on January 2nd and have some time off before we are rolling again.

I hope you are off to a great new year.  Talk to you again soon, friends!  

 

Family Fun Weekend

Hey friends!  can you believe it's Christmas week?  I haven't quite caught up to the date yet but I got some stuff knocked out this weekend.  My MIL comes in town Wednesday, we are hosting Christmas Eve dinner and then a full day of Christmas fun.  

For the five little kiddos, we opted to treat them to Disney World for the night for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas.  It was great!  We went Thursday night and they had the time of their life.

They finally crashed at 10:30 before we headed back.  Luckily, the next day at school they had a pretty relaxed day planned so Auntie wasn't in trouble for keeping them out late.  If you ever have the chance to attend this event, I highly recommend it.  I am not typically the big theme park junkie but this is an exception.  It's really a great way to see Disney without the hot Florida heat and gigantic crowds.  

Friday after work, we went to Port Canaveral for their annual boat parade.  Boats decorate with lights and pass thru where all the restaurants are along the water.  My sis has a pontoon boat so we all loaded up and cruised thru.  It was chilly Friday night and a little windy but we had a great time.

Sunday we had a family luncheon at my sister's house.  The kids were all dressed but they talked the parents into letting them swim after we ate.  You couldn't pay me to hop in the chilly water but they lasted about 20 minutes before their lips were chattering and they hopped out.  

I was busy busy wrapping gifts last night.  Unfortunately, it's going to be warm here this week so we'll miss a little of the extra touch the chill brings but will have a great week, nonetheless. 

Hope you have a super week!  Merry Christmas. 

Kids Christmas Crafts

Hey friends...it's Friday! My annual Christmas Eve dinner is right around the corner and I have been online looking for ways to keep all the kiddos occupied.  Last year we did this snow globe project and they loved it.  We also had this fun hot cocoa bar and they went bonkers after dinner digging in.

This year, I wanted to skip the hot glue guns and look for something a touch more kid-friendly so they could hang without direct supervision.  Anything with paint is definitely out.  Thank goodness for Pinterest.  :) Here are some of what I have found so far.....

Weekend of Christmas Parties

Hey friends!  After a crazy few weeks, I found a few minutes to hop online.  I had a party Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night.  Sadly, I only got a couple pics from Saturday at our company party.  

Meanwhile, my soccer team was in a tournament while I was out of town and we WON!  They were so excited.  I hated to miss it but cheered them along from the text messages I got from our parents keeping me updated.

I got back home Sunday and crashed.  My suitcase is in the laundry room and all I managed to unpack were my cosmetics.  I am off and running this week and was just chatting my husband last night about Christmas.  We are committed to getting in the spirit this week and enjoy these last few weeks of the holiday season.  

Hope you are off to a super week! xoxo

Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken & Rice

Get ready...this is easy and delicious.  FOUR ingredients.  Yep, yep!

Ready?  Here goes: < This recipe serves two >

1 block of cream cheese - softened/thawed so it can be mixed with other ingredients
1 packet of dry Italian dressing seasoning
1 can of Cream of Chicken soup
2-3 Chicken breasts (I used what you see below since I don't like to handle the chicken raw)
2-4 servings of rice

Add everything except chicken.  Mix well.  If your cream cheese isn't sofe enough, put slow cooker on low for 15-20 minutes and then mix everything together.

Add chicken on top.  Cook high 4-6 hours or low 6-8 hours

Prepare rice just before serving.  We used white rice.  You can flavor your rice to your taste.