Today is Friday!  Yeah!!  We are  so sick of the snow and winter we could just die.  Or something.  It really needs to warm up and this snow needs to go away SOON.  The good news is, only 3 more days till the Bachelor Finale!  I (Katie) know who he picks.  Jen doesn’t.  I like to read Reality Steve’s commentary on the show.  SO FUNNY.

So just for fun, today we thought we’d share our celebrity crushes.  Believe it or not, we actually have one celebrity that we BOTH like.  So weird.  Let us introduce you to Ricky Rubio:

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Ricky is a point guard for the Timberwolves and is from Spain.  But that doesn’t really matter too much to us, because we think he’s cute and he just looks so NICE!    I mean, he even looks like he’s smiling while playing ball!

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Too bad for Ricky, the Wolves have been ridden with injuries this year so their record is horrible.  Maybe next year….

My other boyfriend is Peyton Manning.  I don’t think he’s necessarily GORGEOUS or anything, I just decided a few years ago that I wanted to be his friend.  And then that turned into he is my boyfriend.  So much so that Aaron even bought me a Peyton Manning Christmas ornament a few years back.

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Peyton also just seems so NICE and funny.   Is he?  I have no idea.  But he is much cuter in his Colts jersey since I don’t like that he took over for Tebow in Denver.  Not that it was his fault or anything, I just REALLY REALLY liked Tebow.  He might be my other crush??

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Jen’s other celebrity crush is none other than the amazing Denard Span.  What?  You don’t know who he is?  Let us introduce you to him:

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Denard played outfield for the Minnesota Twins…until they decided to trade him to the Washington Nationals.  (I actually forgot about that until writing this.)  Jen is trying to not be bitter. No longer do we get to see Denard in his Twins uniform.

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The Twins obviously made a huge mistake in getting rid of Denard, because as Jen says about him, “He’s nice. Other players like him.  He likes his mom and grandma.  He’s cute. He’s athletic.  And HE LOVES JESUS.” [don't you love how we assume all these people are nice?] I mean, what more could a girl, I mean, team, want in a player?!

So there you have it.  Our celebrity crushes.  Who is yours?

Have a fun weekend, everyone!

Happy Thursday!  Katie and I are so happy it is March.  Not so happy that we got a ton of snow in the last few days.  Seriously Minnesota…pull it together.

This is how we feel right now.

BUT we are thinking that March is going to be way better than February.  We trying hard to stay positive and live in the Spirit despite winter continuing on for what seems like forever.

Katie is on a roll with getting new opportunities for our blog (like Disney on Ice, the Home and Garden show and Macy’s fashion shows).  She’s a big fan of number two on this list.

I am getting back on the Paisley Print Shoes trunk show train and have some fabulous new stuff ordered.

We’re believing this.

Sometimes it’s easy to feel like you can’t make a difference in the world but you can!  There’s so many people that you can inspire and encourage each and every day.  Just wanted you all to remember that.  Have a fantastic day.  Tomorrow we are sharing our celebrity crushes.  Just for fun.  I bet you can’t wait.

Hey Everybody!!  Happy Tuesday.  Today we are looking at some fashion.  Are you with us?  Good.

Katie pinned this recently and I like mostly all of it.  I also have a vest very similar to this except mine is grey…it’s always helpful to get other ideas of how to wear things!

Source: merricksart.com via

On a side note, this week I pre-planned all of my outfits for the week.  I’m pretty pumped about that.  Just a little bit of effort on Sunday night goes a long way.

Moving on.

Neither one of us have a white dress.  Well ok that’s a lie.  Katie has one.  It’s her wedding dress.  She’s really not one to go out for dinner with the kids wearing her wedding dress though. (I’d love to see someone do that though!)  We both like this one.

Source: us.burberry.com via Katie on Pinterest

 

Especially with that belt.  We also think the model looks like she needs a sandwich.

Here’s the winterized version of a white dress.

Source: shopbop.com via Katie on Pinterest

 

I was actually surprised Katie pinned this because it’s a little out there.  I think I would prefer printed tights over grey ones or a funky scarf over the top or the belt from the first dress on it but you know, this is someone else’s picture so I can’t really modify it.

Does anyone out there actually where white dresses in the winter?  We are a little afraid of looking like Casper the ghost with our pale skin and white dresses.  Anyone else? 

Happy Monday everybody!

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend.  We were pretty busy this weekend – Jen and I actually hung out Friday night and Saturday night, so that was fun!  On Friday we headed to the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show and had a LOT of fun!  If you have ever considered going to a home and garden show, GO!!  There was so much there, we probably only saw half of it.  We wanted to show you a few of our favorite things.

Get ready for a lot of photos.  Here we go.

Here we are at the start…and yes, it is pretty kid friendly.  Not the BEST place for kids, but you can totally bring them.

It was so nice to see and smell so many fresh flowers!!

I loved this furniture set up – the variety of pillows was great, and the rivets(?) on the green chair.  And man, these were COMFORTABLE.

This patio umbrella had an ipod dock attached to it!!  Brilliant.  I told Aaron we should get one.    Its hard to see where the docking station is so I put an arrow on the picture.

There was even exercise equipment there!!  We found a booth that had things you stand on, it shakes, you, and you supposedly get a good work out.

Here is Jen trying an “advanced” move.  (She had just come from working out, FYI.)

Then we found these really cool pillows that massage you when you put pressure on them.  We loved them, but unfortunately they were a little too expensive – $40.  Check out Jen’s expression!  Our mom looks skeptical, but our dad thought these were great!

We came across this awesome thing at one of the landscaping areas.  We thought it would make a great DIY project!  I love the brass, surprisingly!

And again, lots of flowers.  (We’re supposed to get 7-12 inches of snow today.  I NEED SPRING!)

Towards the end we hit up the wine tasting booths.  That was really fun!

We actually didn’t get any Barefoot wine, but we did find a local winery and really enjoyed it!!

All in all it was a great time.  Thanks to the Home and Garden Show for hosting us!  We will definitely be back next year.  The Home and Garden Show is great for anyone!  Jen lives in an apartment and there were plenty of decorating and home ideas for apartment dwellers and house dwellers!  If you have any thoughts of going to a Home and Garden Show in your area, GO!

Last night Jen, Aaron, Matea and I headed out to the Target Center to see Disney on Ice!  It was a lot of fun.  Here we are (sorry for the blurry picture, it is what it is, right?!)

Jen and I thought about taking Matea and Adlee, but then we decided that Adlee would be able to sit for about 20 minutes and then one of us would be up wandering the hallway with her.  So we took Aaron instead. 

There is one terrible, awful thing that happened last night.

I forgot my camera.

I can’t even believe it.  So, unfortunately I don’t have any photos from the even besides the one above.  However, our friend Kelly over at Muddy Flowers was also in attendance last night and she has some FABULOUS photos over on her blog.  If you want to see some great pictures of Disney on Ice, go check it out.

The show started out with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy.  How can you go wrong with Mickey Mouse?  He is awesome.  The Cars gang came on next, and I must say, I was surprised that they maneuvered 7 real cars around on the ice without crashing!  As a Cars fan myself, it was fun to see Mater, Lightning and the gang in real life!

The Little Mermaid was next and that was great.  Jen and I were singing along with all the songs!  The visuals during this segment were awesome.

There was a big part with Tinkerbell and all the Disney fairies.  This was by far Matea’s favorite part!!  They had some of the fairies “fly” which was super fun – and of course they threw pixie dust!!  All of the characters really interacted with the audience when they weren’t directly “acting” which was fun to see.

After this there was an intermission.  We all thought that the Tinkerbell part was the end – it had a very “grand finale” feeling to it.

We sent Aaron up to get popcorn and water.

Then Toy Story started!  I think as adults this was our favorite part.  We loved the army men and the interaction between Barbie and Ken.  The songs they chose for this whole segment were great.  Once again, Jen and I were singing along!  It was pretty fun.  I kept thinking how hard it must have been for those skaters to dance in some of those elaborate costumes!!

All in all, it was a fun night.  We are thankful to Feld Entertainment for allowing us to be there.  I am glad we didn’t bring our 2 year old!  I think Disney on Ice would be great for ages 4 and up – although we did see quite a few little tykes there!  If you are thinking of going and have kids who love Ariel, Tinkerbell, or Toy Story I would recommend it!!  Disney on Ice is being shown all around the United States – you can find more information here!

What. A. Week.

This has been just an “off” week.  As you know, I got the flu on Monday.  Knocked me off my feet for 24 straight hours.  Tuesday I was still a little out of it.  Yesterday and today I’ve been trying to (unsuccessfully) get back in the groove of life.  (on the plus side I am almost done with season 2 of Downton Abbey AND I lost 2.5 pounds!  YES!)

Jen’s last few days haven’t been the greatest either.  Work stress, career questions, and stomach pains all add up to not very good days either.  Blah.

We thought maybe we needed vacations, but we both just went on them.

So I guess we need to do a DIY project, right?  Good thing spring is just around the corner which means we can start spray painting garage sale finds whenever we want.  Oh garage sales, how we miss you.

Anyway, we do have a few exciting things coming up that we thought we’d share with you, because if we put it out here publicly we are more likely to actually do it, right?!  Ok, so here’s our list of upcoming blog post ideas:
1.  Jen’s bedroom update (she picked out a bed!  and we got her fun curtains!)
2. Macy’s spring fashion show!  We are so excited!  (there might be one near you…. if you are a blogger interested in this email us for some extra info)
3. Some organization ideas we’ve done lately
4. Jen is taking some high school girls she mentors to a Macy’s prom fashion show!  It should be awesome- plus a picture of her in her prom dress!)
5. DIY projects to get us out of these winter doldrums
6. We are determined to try some new, healthy recipes off pinterest and let you know if they taste good
7. We have some fun new Etsy stores we found!  Yeah for supporting small business!!
8.  Jen’s store updates….we have to keep that up!
9. another vlog

 this comic has nothing to do with anything, we just think it is funny

Ok, that’s a good start.  We just want you to know that we actually DO have things to blog about, this time of year our motivation just runs really, really low.

Oh guess what?  I joined instagram!  I’m kflaverson.  Who are you?  (I know there are lots of my blog friends I should follow).  WE are headed to Disney on Ice tonight!  We’ll try to post a picture on facebook.  In the meantime, stay classy, San Diego.  See you soon.

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Poor Katie got the flu yesterday and was pretty miserable (I got the play by play via text message the entire day so I was well aware of how awful she felt).

I, being the perfect sister I am, went over and helped her hubs with the kids and cleaned up while she slept (I’m actually not perfect – I wanted to stay far far away and let Katie fend for herself).  I bought her some essentials like Gatorade, saltines and flowers.  A sick girl needs her flowers.

I also bought myself some flowers.  A few years ago I started buying myself new bras or underwear when buying it for brides-to-be for their bachelorette parties because just because I wasn’t getting married didn’t mean that I could buy myself some cute new underwear. (TMI?)  I feel the same when it comes to flowers. 

I also got myself some new running shoes over the weekend.  They’re pretty flashy.  I’m pretty much obsessed.  Thoughts?

They made my run yesterday morning so much more exciting.  Who else out there runs?  Anyone?  I’m training for another marathon.   I think I’m crazy.  I’ve been printing out picture of Kara Goucher to keep me motivated.  One look at those abs and I can put down the Girl Scout cookies and want to go out for my next run.

I saw this the other day and thought it was perfect for Katie.

She’s not a huge fan of running.  This is more her style.

Although she does do a mean workout video.

With that, I’ll leave you with this.  It gives us some perspective for the day.  Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone!

I’M BACK!!!

Aaron and I took off for 4 days to Dallas with some friends and without kids.  It was SO GREAT!!!!  I have never been to Dallas before (except for driving through it on our way to get Elias) and I seriously loved it.  I would definitely go back.  Texans seem to have such state pride….it was really cool to experience.  The Texas state flag was almost ALWAYS flying right next to the American flag.  Every single person we encountered was nice and had gracious.

Does anyone care to see a few pics?  I have no idea if people like these things or not.  I didn’t take a ton of photos..so here are a couple.

Our hotel had a kitchenette so we went to the farmers market!  Please remember there is a foot of snow outside my window right now, and up to 12 more inches are supposed to fall by the end of the day Friday.  This was the most beautiful sight:

We went to see competitive bull riding!!  It was awesome.  One guy got really hurt and had to be carried off on a backboard.  That was not so awesome.  Here is my friend Anna and me.  We have been friends for 12ish years.

People in Dallas wore cowboy boots.  We tried to find some but they were waaaaaaaay out of our price range.  Sadness.  We wondered if we would wear boots at home in MN anyway.  Thoughts?

I think my favorite thing that we did was go to the site where JFK was assasinated.  It was pretty eerie.  They have two marks in the road that show exactly where he was when the shots hit him:

I didn’t realize that the government admitted that there had to be more than one shooter.  I am going to check a book or two out of the library and learn more about the conspiracy theories.  I am almost convinced.  After watching all the 24 seasons I believe pretty much anything government related!

All in all it was a great trip.  The flights home were pretty disastrous, but, we made it.  I had no motivation to do ANYTHING yesterday, so all unpacking/laundry/etc. will all be done today.  Coming back from time away is tough.  But it is worth it to be gone!

I am dying for spring though…the tulips were starting to bloom at the arboretum.  I have never seen tulips like these before.  I think they are beautiful!

Melt snow, melt!!!