Friday Favorites: April Week 1

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 Hello,

It’s been quite the roller coaster week back from spring break with a lot of wonderful highs and a scare or two from tornado sirens as we got back. I am finally cleared to go back to regular activity so I’m able to help out at the Y again. 🥰

Thank you to Andrea from Momfessionals and Erika from A Little Bit of Everything for hosting this sweet link party every Friday! 💛 This has really helped me on my gratitude goal and also on taking pictures of all these wonderful things to remember and love!


Here are some favorites from this week:

1. Cuddles with my guys… and astrobot. Arnis and Jamie were super cuddly this week and the best helpers. They got all their homework done, played with their toys to make the coolest dinosaur hotels complete with room service from their play kitchen, put away their own dishes in the dishwasher without being asked!!!, and just wanted to snuggle a lot. Definitely a favorite this week and I am treasuring these moments for as long as I get them. 


2. Creating new outfits. I really love my pixie cut, though I need to figure out how to photograph better because I feel like it looks better than pictured (Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday meets Alaska hiking 😉). It’s been really fun to play around with clothes that I was considering decluttering and forming new outfits that work better with this new style as I’m enjoying the creative outlet and challenge. 

3. My dad. It’s his birthday on Monday and he’s one of the people “I call”. I had something come up this week and needed someone to pick up the kids from school for me last minute and so he offered to take care of it, clearing his work schedule, grabbing some snacks at the store for them for the ride, and sending me updates so I wouldn’t feel stressed. The boys LOVED spending the extra time with Grandpa this week. It was a pretty good feeling while I was handling what I needed to do to get this photo to reassure me that everything was under control and my focus could be where it needed to be at that moment. I love you Dad.

4. Kangaroos… for a little levity to end the post, one of my friends at the zoo, Lindsey, is doing a research project with our kangaroos and got this photo… just keep looking and you’ll see it. 😂 This guy has a future in horror films I think. 


That’s all for today, I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!

💛Jess

Comments

  1. Kim CarberryApril 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM

    Aww! Your guys sound adorable. What a great help they have been.
    Happy birthday to your dad! He sounds like an amazing man.

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  2. R's RueApril 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM

    This post just made me smile. Glad you’re better. Happy birthday to your dad.
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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