Five on Friday

Hi lovely ladies.

Today we're linking up with Christina and the rest of the regular Five on Friday gals.

ONE

This was a pretty odd week - work wise.

I expected to head back to work on Monday for our teacher workday, plan for the week ahead, and get my kiddos back on Tuesday. You know, get back in a routine. [Which I was kinda ready for surprisingly.] But instead, Antarctica decided to expand it's borders and take over the country. So due to the negative degree wind chills, and single digit temps - school was canceled Tuesday. Throwing me completely off my motivated game.

I was way more motivated and mentally prepared to go back Monday and start kickin' some butt. But the extra random day off reminded me of how good it felt to sleep in instead of my normal 4:30 wake-up call. So my kids have been a little off the chain this week, but I was glad to get them back and see what Santa brought them for Christmas.

TWO

I celebrated my birthday this week [on our day off actually] with my future hubby and friends! 

Cody surprised me with a completely unexpected gift and flowers.

[Even though I put it on the blog on my wishlist, I totally wasn't expecting him to get it.]

Ashley @ A Thousand Words and her husband invited Cody & I over for a birthday dinner. We ended going out to eat Mexican instead, and they were kind enough [EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T NEED TO] buy us dinner, and surprise me with a sweet gift and strawberry cupcake. :) And we'll ignore the fact that they made them sing to me and wear a 50lb sombrero.

THREE

In wedding news - we have our yummy cake tasting on Sunday & we're ordering the last bridesmaid dress. If you remember from last week, these are what I'm thinking about. I can't say I've picked one out yet. Oops.

via pinterest

And we FINALLY found somebody that could produce the invitations of my dreams.

I won't show them to y'all until we get them out to everybody in March, but these are the inspiration.

Wedding Paper Divas

 FOUR

I've been going a little soup crazy recently.

But this time of year makes me crave something warm and comforting.

We made a southwest chicken soup from my mom this week, which we both loved.

And this weekend I'm dying to try this:

Chicken Bacon Wild Rice Soup

 Bacon may not be diet friendly, but hey. Neither is wedding cake. :)

I will let y'all know how it turns out. Only if it's good.

FIVE

And because I have nothing better to share, why not post a cozy picture of Maci. :)

Happy Friday y'all!