#shayeveryday2013 Week 36

Day 246: Their first day of school!  I love my sweet kids :).

Day 247: I want her to stay four forever.  I love my napping girl (who will be five on Sunday!).

Day 248: He's trying to convince me that this is an appropriate outfit for school.  And yes, those are cow printed Belgian-shoe inspired slippers.

  

Day 249: Just a typical day at the mall for Sheaffer and me.

Day 250: I just love this face!

Day 251: Kensington was so proud that she made her bed all by herself!  She even stood the front pillows up on their ends :).  I love my big girl!

Day 252: Do you think they'll hold hands and walk through parking lots together when they're 13?  Probably not.  Such sweet friends.

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And dinner tonight is super simple...Salsa Chicken and Shells!

Who needs boring old spaghetti with meat sauce when you can have something fun like this?!?!  Your family will love this pasta supper!

I hope everyone is having a great week!  Happy Thursday!

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#shayeveryday2013 Week 35

I hope everyone had a great week!  Week 35 was our official end of summer/beginning of fall...

Day 239: On this day, I put out all of our fall decorations.  Tuesday's Fifty Two Shades of Shay will be a peek inside our house this fall (our one and only fall in the rent house!) along with my tips and suggestions for decorating your house during the fall.

Day 240: Kensington got her fall trim...we trimmed off the "swimmy" ends.  That's what I call the chlorinated ends of hair that look pretty rough after all of that swimming!

Day 241: My first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season.  Love. Love. Love.

Day 242: Our first full day in Missouri for Labor Day weekend included going to watch Andrew's high school play football.  We had so much fun!

Day 243: I love this guy.  He gets me.

Day 244: We left the farm and headed home.  Andrew's parents live on a gorgeous farm north of Joplin.  It's beautiful!

Day 245: Our 2nd Annual Scarf Exchange!  Calm down people!  I have received so many emails about our little tradition.  I will blog all about it on Monday!

I hope you had a fabulous week too!

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One more thing...do you know who Doxahlogy is????
You should click here and find out.

I bet you love them as much as I do!

And for your weekend...

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting.

You're welcome.

Don't forget, my You Knew Me When book giveaway ends Monday!

And if you're grocery shopping this weekend, don't forget to check out my Meal Planning Monday for your suggested weekly menu!

Happy Friday!

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#shayeveryday2013 Week 34

Day 232: I had dinner with some of my very favorite people!  I just love these ladies!

Day 233: Off to dance...when did she get so big?

Day 234: I say it every year...the day my September issue of Southern Living arrives is my second favorite day of the year (Christmas Eve being my favorite day).  Look at that cover?!?!  Don't you feel warm and cozy inside just looking at it???

Day 235: The day we announced to the world that we're adopting a baby girl!

Day 236: Happy Saturday to you!!

Day 237: We headed off to promotion Sunday at church (this means that both kids moved up "a grade" in their Sunday school classes).  I love my big kids!

Day 238: Exactly one year from this day, Kensington will start kindergarten.  We are going to make the most out of the next 12 months!  I asked them what they wanted to do on this day to make it special and they said...listen to Christmas music.  So we did :).  I just love my days with these two!

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Don't forget to check out my friend the Workout Mama's online boot camp!  Registration ends next week!  I'm going to participate, are you????

And my Labor Day Menu is up on my foodie blog!!  Make sure you check it out!

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#shayeveryday2013 Week 33

Day 225: I love my boy.  One of these days, I'm going to so wish he would still sit in my lap in his Iron Man costume and let me hug on him.  (And yes, apple-eating Kensington is photo bombing in the background!)

Day 226: We had the best day by the pool with Erika and her kids!  It was really overcast and no one else was out there.  It was so nice and relaxing!

Day 227: We pulled up to our doctors' office to pick up some records and all of a sudden Smith realized what our doctors' names were by reading the front sign.  (Since the hubby is our doctor and his wife in the kids' pediatrician, we refer to them by their first names without ever really saying their last name.)

Day 228: Friday night of Mexican food and Planes!

Day 229: Kensington and I took down the pumpkin scent at Bath and Body Works!  We loaded up on candles, lotions, sprays, anti-bacterial...pretty much everything they had with the word pumpkin written on the front.  I just love my sweet girl!

Day 230: It's never too early to learn how to walk in platform heels.

Day 231: We multi-tasked on this Monday!  I let them eat McDonald's in the Target shopping cart.  That's called killing two birds with one nugget.

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My friend The Workout Mama is offering an online boot camp this fall to help ladies get into shape before the holiday season.  I've signed up to participate and you should too!  You can find all of the details here.

And for dinner tonight...

My easy Tortellini Taco Bake!  

Today is the last day to enter a chance to win some great Stella & Dot prizes!  Click here for all of the details and click here to shop Stella & Dot!!

Have a great Thursday...come back tomorrow for a really exciting post!!! 

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#shayeveryday2013 Week 32

Day 218: I have nothing happy to say on days like this.  Texas can be brutal.

Day 219: A birthday lunch with my sweet friend Jeni!  I love her!

Day 220: Watching Kensington do gymnastics is one of the highlights of my week!

Day 221: These are the best days of my life.

Day 222: We both were dressed and ready for the pool...Papa Jay would have been proud to see us on this day!

Day 223: At our Back to School dinner, Kensington loved on sweet Griffin.  These girls are so sweet!!  (And to see other pics from our fun dinner, check out Andrea's blog here and her design business here!)

Day 224: I looked in the backseat and realized both kids were wearing orange on this day (Smith's very favorite color!).  I love these two!

It was a fun week!  We celebrated a lot of birthdays this week (Casey, Ken, Erika, Tab, Jeni and Olivia's!).  That is a lot of birthday cake I ate in seven days!

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Dinner tonight was a huge hit in my house!  We had BBQ Joes...

Such a fun twist on a classic Sloppy Joe!

And I really hope none of you head to Sheaffer's for a chance to win a $365 Nordstrom gift card...because I really want to win it myself ;)!

Happy Thursday!

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#shayeveryday2013 Week 31 plus I'm at Blue Eyed Bride's

First and foremost, I am guest posting today over at Blue Eyed Bride!  Click here to check it out!!

Day 211: Holy moly!  Sheaffer and I were causing a scene getting ready for our next edition of Shopping with Sheaffer and Shay (this Friday!).  And yes, I'm wearing flat shoes...it was a crazy experience.  I bought these super cute sandals and wore them to the mall...no wedges for Shay at the mall is pretty significant!

Day 212: Smith was in his happy place...Nixon's house, by the pool, with a water gun. :)

Day 213: My day started off finding Smith "reading" a book to his "kid".  Such a sweet boy.

Day 214: We spent the evening swimming with the birthday girl Erika!!  

Day 215: It was hot, the sun was bright, but we still had a fabulous Saturday!!

Day 216: My sweet friend Narci knows how much I love Cider Donuts from Michigan, so after driving all the way home from there on Sunday (over 20 hours!), she stopped by my house to deliver me two.  This is true friendship.

Day 217: We spent the morning swimming, swimming, swimming, so I let them have a popsicle picnic inside the house that afternoon.

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And this morning, you will find me blogging over at Blue Eyed Bride!  Come check me out!!

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