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I hope you all had a great weekend! On Saturday, we went to a little carnival with bouncy houses, a petting zoo and Zoltar. It was a good time. We also went to our favorite restaurant with some good friends and we tried our hand at some homemade ice cream. The flavor was great, but I think something went wrong with the texture. I'll have to keep trying and let you know how it goes. This week is going to be full of everything! We have dinner parties, a soccer game, a few projects and of course some work. I hope your week is off to a great start!

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We had a great Father's day weekend, I hope you did too! As you can see our weekend consisted of a lot of food and playtime. We went out for sushi (Elliott's favorite!) on Friday and Saturday - we may have a problem. I made waffles on Sunday morning and chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches for dessert after a group effort dinner at my parent's house. It was a delicious weekend. Elliott is seriously lucky to have such an awesome dad. They have the best time together playing and learning. I love seeing them together and Elliott is always trying to be more like Preston in every way possible. I'm lucky to have such an amazing man. We had fun spoiling him over the past few days. Hope your weekend is off to a great start!

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The last few days were pretty packed. Not really any time for relaxing, but that's the way it goes sometimes! Saturday was filled with grocery stores, haircuts and various errands. Sunday we went on a nice walk and my boy picked me some flowers (weeds), and we saw one of our favorite houses in our neighborhood. It really is the best little neighborhood. The houses are all so unique and pretty. After our walk home from church, we drove up to help my parents move into their new home. They have the best backyard! Elliott and his cousins played outside happily for hours on end. It was glorious! This week will be fun too. Lots of mama's day DIYs coming up! Happy Monday!

Mother's day is on Sunday. Being a mom is a lot of work and a lot of responsibility  We are molding these little ones and setting an example of who they can be. Kind of scary at times. This clip is a good example of how moms can set a great example for their kids. Pretty touching stuff! This is a sponsored post. Thank you for supporting Ardor and our sponsors!

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The last few days were beautiful. I got all of my projects done a little early so we were able to play! Preston surprised me with a date night complete with a sitter. What? Yes. Saturday we did a bit of shopping and (drum roll please) we built our new grill! And we even had an excuse to use it on Sunday night with some friends that came over. But what we didn't realize was that our propane tank is more of a tank and not so much propane. Yep, it wasn't filled! Blerg. So we cooked our burgers on the stove one last time. Elliott sported a new tie to church and I absolutely love it. But more importantly so does he! So much so that he didn't want to take it off for hours afterward. I didn't complain. I mean, it's a great tie, right? But I did complain about the marker whiskers he made sure to draw on his face right before leaving. As you can imagine. You might be wondering what the little happy mountain is. Well I'll tell you. But not yet! It's part of a little DIY I am doing and wouldn't want to ruin the fun surprise. But isn't he cute? I thought so. Happy Monday!

P.S. For those wondering, I got the tie here on awesome sale. 

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What a great few days! I love weekends like this one. We did our best to get all of our work and errands done so all we had to do was what we wanted to do. We went for a couple of walks and I fell even more in love with our neighborhood. We went to the park, painted portraits of loved ones, hung out with a few of the said loved ones, Elliott decided the best way to eat a donut. That boy. I also tried a new to me recipe! I saw this video a few weeks ago and have been dying to try it ever since. My brother came over for dinner so I thought it was the perfect excuse to try it out. Let me just say, ricotta gnocchis are good. Real good. And they were oh so easy to make! I hope your weekend was a great one. Happy Monday!