HIGHLIGHTS:

Shopping and spending time with my grandma and mom over the weekend! It was nice to check off a lot from my Christmas shopping list for so many special people and make some new memories with these women. At one point during the weekend, the three of us were walking down a side walk - me, my grandma, then my mom - when a man said, "three generations??" with a smile. It made me super thankful that I get to spend time with my mom and grandma. It is a blessing, that's for sure! 

Eating breakfast at the amazing, Flying Biscuit, yesterday morning!!

WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED LAST WEEK:

fun facts about me.

life lately.

sweater weather.

GREAT FINDS:
- Christmas wrapping inspiration!

- I can't wait to try these Baked Mozzarella Chicken Rolls soon.

- Crazy about these pretty plants for my kitchen!

- I need this.

Linking up with Oak + Oats Week's End link-up!

Check it out and share your favorite post from last week :)

Sweater Weather.

I've been told I have a polkadot addiction, but I think there are much worse things to be addicted to. Something about a polkadot print makes me happy, it's just fun. Ya know? So when I saw this sweater at a Banana Republic outlet I wanted it BAD. I was strong, I didn't give in, the price was still a little high. Then my second trip to a Banana Republic outlet was a much happier experience since the sweater was 50% off!! I snatched this baby up so quickly. Now I only wish I would have bought two since they had so many color combinations... it is so comfortable!!

sweater // Banana Outlet

shirt // Old Navy

jeans // Old Navy

glasses // Kate Spade

necklace // Forever21

earrings // Old Navy,

bracelets // Forever21 

& BTB Jewelry

shoes // Off Broadway (similar)

lips // Revlon Just Bitten, Crush

nails // Sally Hansen, Plum's the Word

Linking up with Living in Color Style & Stylin in St. Louis 
for the weekly trend, sweaters.

Also linking up with Perfectly Coutured & White Coat Wardrobe
for their Three-fer Thursday.
& lastly linking up with Sincerely Jenna Marie!
Thanks Ladies :)

Lately.

Busy. That is the one word I would use to describe the past few weeks. Naturally, a lately post is needed....

We were so happy to have some sweet friends over with their little boy for a pizza night.

I have to say, it is super fun to have friends with babies. It might not help out on the "baby fever"

but I will give all the cheek kisses I can.

Speaking of that wonderful fever, one of my best friends just announced she is pregnant.

I am so stinkin excited for her and Cody. It was also a lot of fun to surprise her with a Birthday lunch
and then watch Katie and Cody surprise everyone with their announcement in return!

& I loved designing the chalkboard for their big reveal to the whole world!

Some more celebrations happened for another friend that is getting married!
My mom and I were so excited to surprise Jen with a little get together with some girlfriends.
(I'm a big fan of surprises... in case you weren't sure about that)

My grandma's 80th birthday party went so well and everything turned out beautiful!

It was so much fun to see her excitement with every thing and spoil her a little bit.

Busy, but wonderful weeks!! I'm excited to see how the rest of 2014 will finish up.

Fun Facts.

A few months ago I answered 25 Questions about myself and I loved doing it and now that it has been a little while, I thought I'd try another set of questions. I'm a HUGE fan of Emily from Cupcakes & Cashmere (if you haven't checked her blog, do it NOW!) and after taking a look at her Fun Facts I thought I'd like to answer the same questions about myself! So, here we go…..

Nicknames people call me//

I get Cas sometimes... and the hubs calls me babe.

Favorite thing in my house//

my dining room table. It was the best find ever and I love it.

Pet peeves//

when people are late.

Worst habit//

procrastonation.

Go-to drink//

spicy margarita, Mmmmmmm!!!

First celebrity crush//

Christian Bale as Laurie in the 1994 version of Little Women.

My guilty pleasure//

Netflix Binge when Peter is out of town for work.

Three all time favorite TV shows//

Parenthood, Breaking Bad & House of Cards

Fictional character you would want as your best friend//

Hermione Granger... that would be pretty awesome, right?

If you could take only one candy to a desert island//

Sour Patch Kids.

What are your answers??

a date night at home.

And here we are with the last set of pictures.... I didn't intend for this week to turn into a "look at me and my hubby, every single day" kind of thing but it happened. Ooopps, hope you all can forgive me. I just couldn't wait to share all of these and heaven knows I couldn't share them all in one post. That would be over kill for sure!

Anyways... One of my favorite things about marriage is having date nights at home. Before we were married we didn't really have a chance to cook dinner together and sit down at a table alone for a date. I love nothing more than cooking dinner while sipping on a glass of wine with my hubby. Getting a little dressed up, throw on some jewelry and spritz some perfume. (then run upstairs and wash your face and put on your PJs before turing on Netflix, duh.) I knew that I wanted Red Apple Tree Photography to capture this, because this is "us". Minus the PJ part, of course. ;)

{Photos are property of Living on Cloud Nine blog, 

& are artistic property of Red Apple Tree Photography} 

So thankful for this man, our house and the love that we get to share in it.

The wine, pasta and couch snuggles are pretty awesome, too!

Also check out our Backyard Photos & our Eating Cake Photos!!