Mother-Daughter Dinner

Last night Sister and I had dinner with our mom at Luciano's. We had the best time just chatting, scheming and laughing. This happens too far and few between, so we agreed to make this a monthly happening.

I think this may be the last time we had a Mother-Daughter Dinner moment...2011

This woman is and always has been a great teacher, idol, travel companion, and friend! We love you so much Mom!!

xo

What To Do With the Christmas Cards???

What to do...what to do...with those Christmas cards now that it is January...??? I decided this year I was going to use them as the contact photo in my phone.

One of the things I hate the most about putting Christmas away come January is figuring out what to do with all the beautiful cards from all our friends and family. I am never able to throw them out so I generally toss them into my card box, but this year I decided to tie them all together properly on a binder clip. Every year when we pull out our decor I look back at the cards from Christmases past and enjoy the stories they tell of the years past...weddings, pregnancies, fun trips; more weddings and more and more babies!

For the lucky few I will get to enjoy your Christmas cards all year round...each time you call me!

xo

Girls Grey's Anatomy Night

Michaela and I have a tradition of watching Grey's Anatomy. This is something that we have always done and before we both were having babies. Every week we'd watch it, discuss it and spend time together. This season has been a little tough because we both have babies and the demands of their crazy little schedules, so we watch when we can! Tonight we were finally able to sit back and enjoy the winter finale of our beloved show!

I can't wait for the season to pick back up! And while on the topic of shows picking back up...I can't wait for How To Get Away With Murder, Scandal, and Nashville to get going again!!!

I love my girls TV nights with my cousin/BFF...and her little pipsqueak!!!

xo

A Breath of Fresh Air

It has been so cold this past week that we barely stepped foot outside. We spent all day yesterday inside enjoying a lazy pj day. Today the sun was shining and it appearing to be a "nice" winter day, so we bundled up and braved the cold for a breath of fresh air! Our nice little walk made for one splendid afternoon, if I do say so myself!

I just love nice winter days when the sun is shining and the wind isn't blowing!! Happy January!

xo

J-E-L-L-O

I think I've said it a few times over the past few days, but in 2015 Trevor and I really want to focus on our daily family time so since Carter is still the "oldest" child at home and it's freezing outside today was a pj and jello jiggler kind of day here in The Nook!

I let him pick the flavors, much to my chagrin he chose Berry Blue and Lime. I don't mind the Berry Blue, but Lime Jello has never been my favorite. I let him do everything except handle the hot water, he stirred each for 3 minutes and couldn't have had a better time. The three hour wait while they set was a bit of a struggle, but in the end we had so much fun with our wiggley treat!

The recipe/how to is on the side of the box! Who knew so much fun could be had with a little box of
J-E-L-L-O!

xo

New Year's Style Dinner

Along with my sister and mom, we cooked up a dinner for my grandparents to ring in 2015. Last night we fested on black-eyed peas for luck and greens for wealth! It was a fun dinner that I hope will be our newest Bradshaw Nook tradition

Along with the peas and greens we had roast beef, salad and corn bread. The roast was a little too done and a little too dry for me, but that's what I get for working all day and trying to manage cooking too!

Mom and Lee brought some friends along, Valina and Brent. They came from Utah to celebrate the new year with them, and had an unintentional extended stay when Brent had a major asthma attack and ended up in the hospital for two days. It was so fun to meet them and have dinner with them! I think Nonna really enjoyed the company and the sense of entertaining.

We ended the night with Valina pouring wine down Trevor's throat while he held a sleeping Daxton! All in all a good time was had by all.

xo

Buon Anno

After working the majority of the day we had some friends over to ring in the new year. While we waited for our friends to arrive Carter and Trevor enjoyed a little Youtube!

We set out some snacks, pizza and of course some sweets for everyone to enjoy while we played games. I'm not a game person per se but I do have fun playing trivia games! Literally the only picture I managed to snap was of the clock cookies...I was too busy trying to beat everyone at movie trivia and juggling kids!

As midnight drew near we cued up Auld Lang Syne, counted down with Carson Daly, clinked our glasses and kissed our sweets and welcomed all the possibilities of 2015!!

Sadly this is the only other "people" picture I took...

Buon Anno...Happy New Year...To 2015!!

xo