Bachelorette Weekend-Part 2

Y'all, there is nothing worse than going hungry on vacation.

It just ruins the whole experience. You can't focus on the fun because all you can think about is what you're not eating at any given time.

I had that happen, once. At Disney World. 

One Word:

HANGRY

It won't happen again...if I can help it. 

I can assure you that we didn't go hungry during my sister's bachelorette weekend getaway. 

If anything, we were full as ticks the whole time. 

Saturday morning, I prepared a big ole country breakfast so we could have plenty of fuel to tackle the day's activities.

I saw on Pinterest where people are serving Biscuit Bars at weddings, and I thought that was such a cute idea.

A super easy breakfast, that will fill anyone up.

Now, I am a gluten free girl, and it kind of hurt my feelings to know that I wouldn't be eating any biscuits. I love me a biscuit, especially with gravy.

Biscuit and gravy makes this country girl's heart sing...along with a side of grits.

Lip smackin' deliciousness. 

There are days when I crave a good biscuit, and will cave in and eat it,

but friends, I wasn't willing to deal with all of the issues I encounter after indulging.

So, I watched my sister and her friends eat the biscuits.

I felt like Captain Barbossa offering Miss Swan the apple. 

 :-)

Hopefully I didn't look this creepy offering them their food. HA!

 On the menu:

Buttermilk Biscuits

Assorted Jams

Bacon

Sausage

Country Ham

Smoked Gouda Cheese Grits (per request of the Bride)

Fruit

Orange Juice

Coffee

 

I think everyone's favorite dish was the Smoked Gouda Cheese Grits.

I will share the recipe in another post.

They were truly divine.

Once we were full, we went for pedicures.

That was an experience I won't soon forget.

I made sure to find a place that had excellent ratings. The place I picked had a 4.9 star rating out of 5, and there were hundreds of awesome reviews.

I thought we were set.

We must have gone on an off day...

One girl had her legs slapped numerous times with steaming hot towels wrapped around them. Imagine 6 girls all turning, leaning forward and looking to see what the commotion was all about..at the same time. It's not every day you hear somebody being slapped while getting their pedicure. My little guy told me hated me, then tried to flirt with me, and then didn't give me a massage. Booooo! Another girl sat in her chair for what seemed like days because her person was new, and was slower than molasses. She was the first to sit down and the last of the 7 to get up.

It was an adventure, and something to laugh about for years to come. 

We hit the outlet mall in Pigeon Forge, and later that evening, we went to the Dixie Stampede.

When it first started, the spoiled part of me thought, "this doesn't hold a candle to Disney."  Once the show started rolling, it turned out to be really fun.

My favorite part was when a man came out in a chicken suit dancing, and I laughed so hard I thought my food was going to hit reverse.

I had tears rolling out of my eyes.

It was truly a good time.

These girls made this weekend a blast!

I have one more post to share about this weekend. I'll share the welcome bags I made for the girls, and all the loot that was inside.

Stay Tuned!

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North Pole Breakfast with Our Elf on the Shelf

It's December 1st y'all! Where has this year gone?!?

It's a rainy, dreary day, but we're not letting that dampen our Christmas spirits. We have started this Holiday season off with a bang with our Christmas countdown...starting off with the arrival of our elf, Snarf. 

 I am totally not a fan of the Elf on the Shelf tradition. It's exhausting, and you have to be on your A-Game all of December. However, my children love it, and love their elf. They have been talking about him for several weeks now, so I knew I would have to get over myself, and run with it.

We had a North Pole Breakfast waiting on the kids this morning. They think that Snarf the Elf put this spread together...well at least S.R. does. E is in that in-between stage of analyzing whether this actually makes sense, but I can say that he was up at 5:55 a.m. this morning excited to see Snarf at the kitchen table. ;-)

This year we are really focusing on others, instead of ourselves. I have several service projects and "random acts of kindness" activities planned(does that still make it random if I plan it??) Anyway, I found this cute little printable and loved the idea of it. The kids immediately ran to their playroom and started bringing down toys to fill the box. I just wrapped a box with coordinating wrapping paper to make it look a little more festive. The intent is to fill this box and donate it.

 Decorations were either things we had on hand, or purchased from Walmart.

 Hubs made the reindeer donuts. He was quite proud of his contribution. I love that we were able to make this a team effort.

I completely forgot about getting noses for the reindeer. They looked pretty ridiculous without them. Thankfully we had some leftover Whoppers from Halloween. Crisis averted!

On the menu:

Elf Hats(strawberries sitting on banana slices)

Reindeer Donuts(pretzels, candy eyes, Whoppers, and icing to glue it all in place)

Powdered White Donuts

Fruit Cups

Scrambled Eggs

Bacon

Almond Chocolate Milk(soooo delicious dangerous ;-) )

Snarf also brought little gifts for the kiddos.

This was S.R.'s gift.

 And E's gift. All items were purchased from Walmart.

Even though putting this together was a tiny bit exhausting, it was well worth it to see the big smiles when they woke up.

Christmas Magic is in full swing here at the Waggoner home!

Make sure to check back frequently to see what sort of mischief Snarf will be into!

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Engagement Party

This past weekend, I had the honor of helping put together an engagement party for a very sweet friend's nephew. It wasn't supposed to be at her house originally, so when I got the call, we had to put all crafty gears into over drive.

I had her email me a few pictures of things she wanted to see at the party and ran with it.

I'll provide some of the details, but I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking.

This little sign was at the base of the stairs as you walked up to the front porch. It's made of balsa wood. The sign was stained and hand painted with their names and the date of their wedding.

 In the front entrance, there was an heirloom Bible for guests to sign or highlight their favorite verse along with photos of the bride and groom when they were children.

The gift table

Aren't the flower arrangements beautiful? I love hydrangeas and blue mason jars...you can never go wrong with either of those:o)

There was additional seating outside.

 Here are the center pieces for the tables. Battery operated votives and tea lights were life savers for this outdoor affair.

This was the drink station. I thought it was pretty lucky that we share the same last initial...The mother of the groom made the little flags for the paper straws. I wish I had taken a closer shot of them. They were adorable. 

I had a lot of helpers in putting this together, and it wouldn't have happened without all of their help. 

I was so grateful to be apart of making this sweet little couple feel extra special and I wish them great joy and happiness in the years ahead! 

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