Friday Favorites

Yay, it's Friday!

I'm excited for the weekend, so this Friday Favorite is:

Our Five Favorite Weekend Activities

Going to the Lake- My whole family is addicted to the lake. It started several years back when my mom’s cousin moved to the lake and then a few years later purchased a marina and several cabins on lake property. My parents rent a cabin from him and it may be small, but we pack people in there! My dad has always been a fan of the water, all the way back from his skiing in his teens. But now me and my brother are all about wakeboarding. Even my younger siblings kneeboard and wakeboard, and my nieces and nephews love to ride the tubes.

Staying at home- It is a wonderful Saturday if we can sleep in, fix breakfast together and just hang out at home, and it’s especially peaceful when we have the apartment nice and neat.

Eating out with friends- During the week we pretty much cook dinner at home. It’s a special treat on the weekends if we go out for dinner on Friday or Saturday night, and it’s even better when we have friends join us!

Going to Church- We really love our church family! They are a special group of people who have really impacted our lives. We love sharing times of worship with them and listening to the preached word together.

Watching Football- Ok, I know I’m mixing seasons with my “going to the lake” favorite, but I LOVE football season! Most every Saturday schedule from the end of August to December is built around what time the game is being played. War Eagle!!

What’s your favorite weekend activity? (And since I already mixed it up, it can be for any season)

Friday Favorites

Ok, so I know it's Saturday and I'm posting my Friday post...but when I update later on my Friday you will see why!

This weekend is Harrison's Birthday! And we are celebrating all weekend! In honor of that, this weeks Friday Favorite is....

My Five Favorite Things about Birthdays!

1- Cake. Now, I'm not really a huge sweets kind of person, and I don't even really do dessert very much, but when it comes to cake I am all about it. Harrison loves cheesecake and for his grooms cake my mom (who owns a bakery) made him a very special cake that was layers of cheesecake, chocolate cake and brownie all covered in chocolate ganache....YUM!! Everybody liked it so much that my mom decided to name it after Harrison (since he designed it himself), we officially call it "HA HA Cheesecake" because HA is both of our initials:-) So for his birthday I called mom and ordered one!

2- Surprises. Harrison is about the hardest person I know to surprise. He always figures things out before. So I wanted to surprise him really badly! I had to sneak around a bit, "borrow" his iPhone and call all his friends, and it kind of worked...more later.

3- Food. For our family, every get together focuses around the eating time. "Birthday Weekend" is including lots of different food events, but I'll update you on that later.

4- Good times with friends and family. Enough said.

5- Looking back and Looking forward. Birthdays are a marking of time, time to look back at where you have come from and to look forward to where you still have to go. I love taking time to think about birthdays past and what was happening in my life and then to the present for how life has changed and how I have grown.

What is your favorite thing about birthdays?

And look for a full update soon on Harrison's Birthday Weekend!