1 – COZY KITCHEN
Happy Saturday! I’m so happy to be home! Spent a week in Texas and had the best time but there is nothing like coming home after a trip. Especially when home includes the best smelling pumpkin candle and a cozy fall kitchen. :)
This little candle lighter is my new BFF. It works great, is easy to use and is pretty if I leave it out next to my candles. Bring on ALL the holiday scents! I just saw this new candle came out for Christmas and that will happily be coming home with me in November. I love candle season!
The lights inside of my glass pumpkins are making this window so cozy!
I used my favorite fairy lights inside of these. Easy way to add some holiday ambiance!
2 – RECENT HOME FINDS
One last candle before we move on! (Keeping my candle warmer out during the holidays!)
This pumpkin candle (aside from smelling amazing) has such a pretty glam look! It will look beautiful through December. And in January too. :)
Top view.
3 – RECENT FASHION FINDS
{Floral Fall Dress/Butterfly Necklace/Similar Booties}
I shared this dress in a recent post but I’m sharing it quick again because it was just marked down and is almost gone! If you were debating it. ;)
Cutest sneakers that go with everything! This style comes in stock and is out of stock in a blink so don’t wait on these either!
This was my travel outfit home from Texas. I feel this shirt deeply! I’m always so sad for the losing team and especially feel sad and stressed for the kicker when the game is tied and it all comes down to him! I always say to Kenny “his poor mom right now!” He just shakes his head. Ha. Several guys in the airport stopped to tell me they loved my shirt so I’ll keep hoping both teams have fun and praying for the kickers.
And their moms.
Love these heels! Maroon is the “it” color for fall and aside from being cute these heels are so comfortable! They come in black and a pretty taupe color too.
4 – LTK CON DAY ONE
So fun being reunited with long time blog friends! I’ve been going to the LTK conference for years now and while I love the speakers and classes my favorite part is spending time with friends I don’t get to see as often as I’d like! This was day one of classes and I adore this
A friend was wearing the same dress but in the long version! It’s a popular dress and comes in several colors/patterns. 10/10!
Speaking of dresses that are a 10/10.. for the evening events I wore this in bronze. I couldn’t love this dress more! It’s flattering and comfortable and looks a lot more expensive than it is. It comes in black also but I love this color for fall!
I bought it a few weeks ago for an event I went to for Kenny’s office. Loved the dress! But I didn’t have shoes and a purse that I loved to go with it so I bought the accessories above to wear with it for the LTK conference. (Sidenote.. I spilled some food on it the first time I wore it so I washed it (delicate cycle) and hung it to dry and it looked brand new!)
I snapped this picture to show my girls the dress but wanted to share it here because you can see my cute earrings! These are my favorite “fancy” earrings that I wear whenever I dress up for something. I have the gold set and they are on sale at the moment. Perfect for holiday parties!
Aren’t these flowers gorgeous!?
So fun catching up with my HOME girls! There is something really special when on-line friends become real life friends.
My favorite part about this whole blogging/IG gig. :)
We ended the first night with dinner and this gorgeous view! Then we stayed up WAY too late chatting and woke up early to do it all over again..
5 – LTK CON DAY TWO
Dress for day two of speakers and classes! Another dress I’m loving and this one is especially comfortable. Aren’t the red shoes a fun pop of color!?
Our lunch table was so pretty!
So were the details in the hotel!
I always come back from this conference feeling grateful for good friends and grateful that I get to do what I love every day! Thank you again for being here. :)
6 – PARENT’S WEEKEND
Wrapping up today’s Saturday 6 with a few pics from parent’s weekend for Addison!
Puff Sleeve Ruffle Tee (on sale!)
We ate at Ad’s new favorite restaurant in Waco. She’s pretty tight with the owner already and she told us that Chip and Jo were in the night before! So cool. :)
Puff Sleeve Ruffle Tee (on sale!)
The best spending time with Ad! We have missed both of our girls so much but get to see Ellie more often having her close.
Ad and I were getting ready for a few events in her cute dorm and looked over to talk to the boys and Kenny was asleep on the floor! Ha ha.. Kole had his head in his iPad. These two are so fun to hang out with. ;) No wonder I miss my girls so much!
Ad and I used the curling iron I bought her to take to college to do our hair and I loved it so much I just ordered me one! If you need a good curling iron give this a try. Highly recommend! Ellie always jokes that we only have 4 people in our family because Addison and I are basically the same person and there is a lot of truth to that! We love all of the same things and have similar personalities and are pretty much inseparable when we’re together. I feel like my right arm is missing having her gone! Getting by ok because we FaceTime and talk several times a day.. ha.
Anessa High Waist Leg Jeans, TB Purse
Look who decided to come alive and join the party! Nice to see you boys. ;)
I snapped this pic after an event because I was chuckling that Kenny was toting my backpack around (carrying it for me!) and then fell in love with the pretty lighting I didn’t mean to capture! So happy I did.
So much fun tailgating and going to our first Baylor football game! It was a blackout game so I just wore a black dress I’ve had for years. We bought the boys some merch at the bookstore. The freshman have such a fun tradition of “running the line” at all of the home games. They all race out on to the field before the team does and it’s so cool! We loved watching it live! I told Ad the first time she did it to stay on the sides so she didn’t get clobbered! Shoes are flying and it’s pure madness while the kids are running. Ad said it’s pretty terrifying in the best way. The kids do it their freshman year and then one more time their senior year. Love that. :)
We got to meet so many of Addison’s new friends and their parents! By the end of the trip Kenny and I felt like we had a new group of fun friends ourselves.. bonus! I’m already excited for the next time we get to all hang out together. I have to say that I was so anxious, nervous, sad and honestly just depressed about my girls moving out but seeing them happy and thriving and knowing they are both exactly where they need to be has completely melted those feelings. I still have sad moments and I miss having them in our home every single day, but there is nothing better than watching your kids soar on their own. Kenny and I get misty eyed sometimes talking to them and look at each other and just smile so big. We’re both just so proud of all they are doing. There are a lot of ups and downs with parenting but the ups make the downs worth it don’t they!? Feeling grateful right now to be in an upswing. I’m going to appreciate and enjoy it while it lasts!
One of the parents snapped this while we were all walking and sent it to me. The best weekend!
Grateful for sure.
:)
Thanks for sharing all the goodness in your life! I appreciate you, Erin!
Thank you so much Jeanne! That means a lot. I appreciate you too! xo
I just ♥LOVED♥ this post! So glad you are having fun, Erin!
The conference looked exciting, but the best was reading about Parents weekend. That was the BEST!
PS. loved the Fall ideas too!
Thank you so much Sherri! You are the sweetest! xo
I’m glad you’ve never changed — you are so sweet Erin! 💛💛💛
Oh that means so much to me Margo! Thank you! xo
I love the peace that comes with knowing your kids are where they’re meant to be. And you look AMAZING in the bronze dress, so much better than the model:)
You are the sweetest Lynette! I totally agree about the peace that comes when your kids are happy! And what a sweet thing to say about the dress.. you are too kind and made my day! xo
What a fun update, you’ve sure been busy! So glad you got spend some time with Ad at Baylor, special times. Love those New Balance shoes, adding them to my list!
Thank you so much MaryJo! I hope you and your family are having good fall! xo
Erin I feel the EXACT same way about kickers including their moms. I always say I would hate to be a kicker’s mom. I know they make a lot of money but still…..!
Right!? Would be the worst feeling so much pressure! Thank you Nancy! xo
We just attended our daughter’s Family Weekend at Iowa State a week and a half ago. So much fun and really great to see her thriving! Oct. 5th Iowa State is hosting Baylor’s football team and my son and I are going to the game. Should be fun! It’ll be his first college level game to attend and we’ll get to see our daughter again.
Oh I love that Libbe! Iowa State looks like so much fun and definitely the best seeing them thriving and doing well! Have so much fun at the game this weekend.. wish I could be there with you! :)