{My Life} This and That.

Hello blog friends!  I haven't been a very good blogger lately, but I have missed you all dearly.  Here is a visual of what I've been up to lately.  

Every year we have a bunch of friends in town to watch college hockey (WCHA Final Five).  This year it happen to fall on St Patty's Day weekend, so it was lots of fun.  

Just a few days after our company left we headed to Weisbaden, Germany to visit some friends who moved there last year.  They live in the most adorable town, city really, but it feels small.  The adorable little boy in the top photo is their little boy.  He was such a cutie!  

Since we had the time, we decided to do a couple little trips while we were there.  The first stop was Brussels, Belgium.  I've always wanted to go, so I was super excited.  It was beautiful!  A couple notables  from Brussels (beside the awesome architecture) were the delish cherry beer and of course the yummy chocolate.  

After Brussels, we headed to Amsterdam.  We didn't have a ton of time, so the only touristy thing we did was go to the Anne Frank house, which I would recommend to anybody.  I'm very glad I got to see it.  We spent the rest of the time just walking around and taking in the city.  I've been to a fair amount of European cities at this point, but I've never seen one like Amsterdam.  It was gorgeous.  Amsterdam notables, teeny tiny roads and oh so many bikes.    

When we got back from our wonderful trip, it was time to celebrate my last birthday in my twenties.  Almost twenty of my closest (in town) friends were able to come out, and it was the perfect little laid back night.  I had a blast.  

I host Easter every year, and just like years past, I ran out of time to take pictures of everything.  The only pictures I got were the floral arrangements I put together a few days before. 

Well I think that should be it for now.  Sorry to bombard you all with such a long post, but I had so much to cover!  Have an awesome week!

{Lovely Pins} Easter Inspiration

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Happy Tuesday everybody!  I hope you all have been well.  I have been extremely busy these last few weeks between company and traveling (and turning 29).  It was all a blast, but I'm excited for things to go back to normal for a while.  

This week's Lovely Pins was inspired by this upcoming weekend, Easter.  I always get really excited for Easter because it is the holiday I host.  I've been gathering lots of inspiration as to what I should do this year, and Pinterest is by far the best place to find it.  I like how it's becoming "acceptable" to mix pastels and brights together.  I can't wait to show you all pictures of the finished result.  

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!  

{Lovely Pins} A Little Green And Gold

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Happy Thursday everybody!  I hope you all are having a wonderful week.  I know I've been a little off the grid for a while, but life has been a little crazy.  It's not slowing down any time soon either.  I have loads to catch you all up on, but it might happen slowly.  Today we have loads of friends coming to town to watch college hockey (Go Sioux!) for the weekend.  Then we are off to Germany.  I'm going to try to make a post or two while I'm over there, but I don't want to promise anything.  

Now onto this week's Lovely Pins.  The color green has always been one of my favorite colors.  It's the color I associate with spring because of all the green popping up.  I love seeing those little blades of perfect green poking through in our yard.  Gold and I however have a different story.  I've only began warming up to gold about a year ago, and now I'm starting to love it.  Jewelry, shoes, clothes, you name it, I probably have something in gold now.  Another reason I found Green and Gold perfect for this week, is because this weekend is St Patrick's Day!  I'm only a wee bit Irish, but I've always had fun celebrating!  

Well that's it for this week's Lovely Pins.  I hope you all have a splendid weekend!