Catching Up: Moving In & Holiday

Forgive me, Reader, I have sinned. Its been a month and a half since my last post. {Whoops}


What's been going on? Well one crazy appraisal story, a few hotels, and my parents' guest-room later... we are finally. home. 


And though we've been home for about four weeks now, we are just getting somewhat settled. 


The day we moved in my husband and sister-in-love were both sick. Nick recovered quickly; Rachel was sick all weekend. Then the baby and I got it. Hadley was sick on and off for about a week. Just about when we felt she was "all better" we would take her out and she'd start throwing up again; like a load of pancakes all over the carpet of my father's office. {Sorry Dad} Needless to say... we did a lot of lying around.

Once we were feeling healthy again it was the holiday week! I unpacked about half my kitchen for the 4th of July and we baked, diced, and grilled. 


Like these yummy Honey-Lime Chicken Skewers 

Rachel's Tomato-Basil Salad

 And some Corn-Avocado Salsa {I tripled the batch to make it a salad}

Watermelon of course

Here's what my plate looked like {oh yes, and my honey grilled some brisket}

IS YOUR MOUTH WATERING YET? Yum!


I had been waiting for just the right occasion to try these Watermelon Cake Pops. I let me tell you, they do not disappoint!

And it wouldn't be a celebration in this house without some red velvet. Rachel's Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Butter-cream Frosting. OH. YAH.

 

 Okay, okay.... I'll stop with the food pictures now.




After prancing around the house for days showing every one her new Independence Day dress, Hadley was thrilled to finally be able to wear it.

Hadley with her favorite girls

And after the fourth, well.... 


I'll tell you the rest tomorrow. :) 


And soon to come are my "Room by Room" posts. Follow me as I make our new house a home one room {or project} at a time.

Happy Wednesday!
Kaylee

Sweatin' in the Spirit

Yes, you read that correctly.  Now brace yourself...

My mother-in-law {Donna} and sis-in-law {Kim} were in town for a few days, and so Hadley and I  met up with them for a little 'shopping' fix.

Now I love shopping with Kim, for many reasons - two of which are:
a) she has great taste and
b) we both enjoy picking out ridiculous and over-the-top items to challenge and mock.
It's great fun.

Well, yesterday our stop into the local Book & Bible Store did not disappoint. That's where we picked up  this little number.

Oh yeah. And for the frugal price of only $6.97... can you believe that?! I couldn't leave it. I thought about it, but just couldn't. No, Nick would get a kick out of this.  Kim cackled; I purchased.
I am a work-out in your living room kind of gal. What is the harm in one more cardio DVD?

*My Review:
As much as it pains me to say it, this actually turned out to be quite a good work-out. And by good I mean there were moments I found myself huffing and puffing as though I were running a marathon. The heart rate is up, and stays up.

I chose the 20 min walk with the 10 min stretch. The walk is basically Zumba meets Walk Away the Lbs. Lots of steps and quick feet moving to the music of a high energy live band, including live performances from Byron Cage and Martha Munizzi. The music was my favorite part.

Mostly I felt ridiculous and found myself laughing at {not with} the instructor's sincere one-liners such as,
"Do like David did, and dance before the Lord" and "He deserves a cha cha."

Hadley was laughing too, but only because she was completely confused. She wasn't sure if we were in church and she should be worshiping or "marching it out"... so she tried both.

That 30 mins felt like 5... so I guess we're keeping it. ;)

"Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously. " -John 7:24