Happy Monday everyone! It's back to another full week of school & I am having the HARDEST time getting back into the swing of a new semester...pretty sure that #senioritis is here to stay until May. Anyways, I had a pretty relaxing and low key weekend that I wanted to share with you all.
Friday night I surprised Ben with a stay at home date night! After our first week back from holiday breaks I felt like we needed a fun night & something out of the ordinary. His favorite meal is breakfast, so I did a breakfast for dinner theme complete with PJs, mimosas, and a movie!
I made eggs, sausage, biscuits, roasted potatoes, and a fruit salad. I set up a "picnic style" table setting by putting a blanket on the floor and eating off of our coffee table..only after sitting on the floor for a few minutes we realized that the couch was a much better option, though ;) We finished the night off by watching White House Down, starring Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx. It was an entertaining movie, but I felt that many of the special effects were unrealistic and ultimately looked fake.
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| most of the spread..'scuse my lack of garnishes. My food teachers would be ashamed of my lack of plating skills, but this is real life over here.. |
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| roasted potatoes |
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| Blueberry, banana, & pineapple fruit salad. Originally I wanted strawberries instead of blueberries, but the grocery store did not have any strawberries that looked good. I actually ended up liking this mix of fruit better though..it was a new combination for me! |
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Saturday, Lana and I got up early and headed off to the gym. We are really trying to push each other this semester & be each others accountability partner. We took an hour long weight lifting class & followed that up with a spin class. We were dripping sweat when we finished and I am still sore today! I headed home and whipped up a huge breakfast of grape nuts, boiled eggs, and a grapefruit because I was starving after the long workout. I then kept my friend Jessica's new dog, Izzy, for the day while she was at work. Izzy is the cutest little shih tzu with such a big personality!! Her and Ben really bonded (and I think Ben actually liked her a little bit), but sadly I don't have any pictures of them together.
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| meet Izzy! |
Sunday started off with some homework on the couch & helping Lana critique her resumé. We realized that we did not want to be stuck inside all day when it was so pretty outside so we decided to pick up my brother, Landon, & go out to my grandparents farm to shoot guns!
We have been talking about going to shoot skeet for a while now, but every day that we have tried to go it has been raining. We realized on the way out that we had forgotten a skeet thrower, so we opted for wildlife shooting instead. Ben also wanted to teach me how to load, unload, & shoot his pistol just for safety and educational purposes. Honestly, I feel scared around guns a lot of the time, and I hate it. I want to feel confident in my ability to load a gun as well as hold it properly and fire it. We are planning to go to the shooting range soon to work on my aim- #36 on my 101 list! We then had dinner with my grandparents & headed back home to finish some school work--always my favorite way of ending the weekend.
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| Lana & I |
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| Ben with his kill of the day |
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| the Hunters were actually much muddier than they appear in this picture..the ground was so wet from all of the rain we have been having! |
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| Lana killed a squirrel too! I was actually the only one who didn't shoot one & I am a-okay with that |
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| we ended with 3 squirrels & 1 bird for the day |
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The breakfast looks so yummy!!!! And thanks again for watching little izz wiz :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great weekend!
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Lauren Elizabeth
Petite in Pearls
Date nights in are my fav!!
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