Thankful Thursday!

Good morning lovelies!

I hope you are all having lovely week so far.  It's about that time again for us to be thankful.

I know this is only the second time I've done this post, but it's so great for me to have to sit down and think about all of the blessings in my life, it's a nice reset moment in the week!

Here's this weeks list.

I am thankful to have the ability to share my baking with my friends and family.

I am thankful to have a home that I love.

I am thankful that I have been blessed with such a wonderful community.

I am thankful for the moments, even the small ones, that remind me how lovely life is.

I am thankful that my friends and family are safe and that the fires in Colorado appear to be more under control.

So there we have it, my brief list.

I hope that you compile your own list and that you think about all the blessings in your life!

Love,

Keely

P.S. don't forget to check out A Complete Waste of Makeup for a link up!

Weekly wrap up

So we're back and I'm sure you're sick of me saying this but this was a wonderful, beautiful week!  Nothing helps to teach you how loved you are better than a birthday!  People band together to celebrate with you and love on you.

I had a great week of outings, great food and drink and fabulous community!

I am so blessed!



Check out the beautiful flowers for sale at Whole Foods.  I didn't buy anything, but like any devoted Instagramer I did stop for a photo :)



After work on Friday I went out for a coffee, I loved the flower on the table :)



Birthday party prep (I'm the nerd who bakes my own cupcakes).  That right there my friends is a lot of cream cheese, butter and sour cream, I'm making about 60 cupcakes for the weekend!



My niece and nephew stayed at my parents house on Saturday night, what a cute moment they had on Sunday morning.  They're kind of my favorite.



I love when I get to snuggle a bit with my niece.  She's such a sweetie!



I did some gluten free baking and what a smashing success!  They actually rose!  (Recipe coming in June :))



Here are those same gluten free cupcakes nice and frosted.



Working Closet challenged us to a 30 day "get dressed" challenge.  This was day one (conveniently my birthday, so I totally wanted to look adorable anyway!  Can you believe that dress is from a thrift store, love!)



My sister took me out to lunch and grabbed me this finger tattoos from a vending machine.  So much fun to be had!



Look at how crafty my co-worker is!  She made this bouquet for me out of duct tape for my birthday!



All the wonderful treats I got on my birthday :)



The wonderful people who went out for birthday drinks with me.



Get dressed day 2



Get dressed day 3 (playing with stripes, I think it works).



I got to do some shopping!  I'm moving out, hooray!  Check out all those towels (I bought everything for my bathroom this week at Ross and TJ Maxx, score!)



A delicious birthday treat with my wonderful friend.  Thank you Keegan Gerhard!



Get dressed day 4



My sister and I out at my birthday dinner, I posted this picture a bit late.

Ah what a week!  It's been so busy but so wonderful, I wouldn't trade it for the world.  There is so much more to come!

I hope you had a beautiful week as well, and if not then I hope that next week you can find joy even in just the small things. Enjoy!

Love,

Keely

 

 

 

 

 

 

May Book Club Wrap Up

Hello beautiful people!

A friend of mine from church recently started a book club with a bunch of wonderful women (most of whom also attend my church).  I am so lucky to be a part of this wonderful group.  I love the first Thursday of the month when we get together and talk about the book that we read and how that book relates to life.

This past Thursday was one of the best nights we've had thus far.  We read a book called 29: A Novel by Adena Halpern.  The beginning of the book I found to be uninteresting and whinny, but by the end I was in love with the characters and greatly enjoyed their character growth!

It didn't really occur to me how much this book had to teach us about life until I got to book club and was asked if the book inspired me to make any changes to my life.  It was a interesting question that quickly led us into discussions about relationships with parents, each other and males.



In addition to the wonderful conversation we had we also had some wonderful food!  I brought blackberry-lime sangria



and mocha cupcakes (that you saw pictures of in my Instagram Wrap Up).



We also had spinach and artichoke dip, hummus, stuffed grape leaves, shrimp with a delicious homemade salsa/cocktail sauce, a veggie platter and of course plenty of wine!

It was a wonderful time with wonderful women.  If you aren't invested in a group of women in your community I would highly encourage it!

Love,

Keely