Weekend Recap

Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to over the past week or so.

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Home Projects & Updates

We didn’t spend much time at the house this past week since our friends were in town. But they painted up some larger samples for us to look at. We’ve been trying to drive by at different times of day and in different lighting conditions. These were just a darker option (BM Coastal Fog and BM French Canvas) with SW Pure White on the trim. The Coastal Fog is similar to the raw siding color but you can see where it starts with the blue tape line on the left.

And here we were trying to sample the miniature shingle colors. We had already picked one based on another home in our neighborhood (since we could see it full-size) but wanted to compare all the other offerings to be safe! We’re likely going with the color on the bottom right (in the center panel) which is called Weathered Wood.

Today I need to schedule a follow-up appointment with the flooring and tile company because they’re ready to go in and measure and get everything ordered! We also received cabinet drawings and we need to make some decisions there, as well. We’re about to hit the point where I need all my selections wrapped up ASAP!

Around Town & For Fun

Early one morning, we both heard a loud thud outside. A bear had tipped over our next door neighbor’s garbage can and was enjoying some takeout. Kurtis scared him away, but the bear kept looking back at him, like “are you really serious or not”. Ha! Definitely heeding some of y’alls advice though and getting some bear whistles and horns for the golf cart and to have at the house.

On Wednesday morning, our besties and goddaughters arrived from Omaha! This is their fourth annual trip since we moved here and we always look forward to it! The girls are at such great ages now (Elle will be five this week and Zoe is seven). They play so well together and are total water babies. They probably would have swam 10 hours a day if we had let them!

The first day, we took the golf cart from Hola Beaches (where they were staying) over to the beach club. They swam for a few hours, we ate dinner, and then we headed down to the beach for sunset.

They were both so happy to be back in Florida! They told us they’re both going to move here with their husbands when they grow up 😉

Nick surprised Jill with family photos with our friend Guillaume with Family Photography 30A on the night of their first full day. They had us join them for a few of the photos. This one below is just from my iPhone! The shots G captured from this angle are absolutely breathtaking!

We got the images back this morning and they are all so so so good! Absolutely stunning! Guillaume’s photos are always so incredible and he made the process so smooth (and quick so the girls didn’t lose patience). Highly recommended! It’s such a great mix of posed and candid and they really capture each every person’s personality. I don’t want to give away all their final photos since I think they’ll use some for Christmas cards, etc. but I had to share two! Kurtis and I came home and laughed at how awkward we both were doing the couples pics (reminded us of our engagement pics 21+ years ago), but G still worked his magic! My favorites are all so darling and I think they call for another gallery wall! Can’t wait to share more soon.

They only gave us a few days notice we’d be in the pics so we had to shop our closets for outfit. I just wore this sweater and shorts since it was some of the few items I had in the color scheme!

After pictures wrapped up, we went to Citizen for dinner, since they had never been before!

The girls love the pools at Camp Creek so we spent two full days there, as well. They loved the mix of regular pools, lazy river, and the waterslide!

Friday after a day at the pools, we brought the crew to meet all of our Florida friends at Amigos! It was the first time they had all met and it was so wonderful to have them all get to meet each other since we talk so much about the one set to the other set and vice versa! We had also planned to celebrate Elle’s birthday afterwards, and go to a Taylor Swift dance party so it was a busy night!

Elle is in a baby loving phase, so Marissa was sweet enough to bring her family to the dinner chaos so that Elle could meet Kennedy. She was in heaven. She even got to help change her diaper!

Zoe made friends with Guillaume and Louise’s girls and they all had so much fun playing in the green for a bit!

When we asked Elle what type of birthday cake she wanted, she made it very clear we weren’t allowed to buy a real cake because it wasn’t her real birthday. Ha! She agreed that cupcakes were acceptable so we pre-celebrated with those!

After opening a few gifts, we then crossed the street to the Big Chill for a kids Taylor Swift dance party they were hosting. They also shared their first cotton candy of their lives and it certainly re-energized them!

These two dance hard for about 45 minutes or so! The DJ announced it was Elle’s birthday (Zoe filled him in) and she kept going back to tell him she’s still four and not five yet and it’s not her birthday. She’s a ham!

Saturday we hit the beach and pool again! The wind was making it rather rough, so our time on the beach was spent collecting seashells.

That night, we had bought tickets to the Pirates Voyage dinner and show in Panama City Beach. It’s a Dolly Parton production and we had heard so many great things about it. The girls, who love mermaids, got their faces painted and we had gifted them these mermaid tail skirts to complete their look. I’m pretty sure they would have had a blast with the pre-show entertainment alone!

When they saw the auditorium, they were blown away. The adults were too! The show was filled with pirate stories, aerialists, divers, animals (macaws, sea lions, dogs), and was very entertaining. The show was excellent and we all really enjoyed the food (you won’t leave hungry!). The drinks were total sugar bombs and not quite as enjoyable 😉 But if you’re ever visiting 30A, this show was so well-done and such a fun night!

Sunday was the guys’ annual dedicated football day. First we showed the whole crew our new house and then we went to Scout to have lunch together. Nick has been a lifelong Lions fan, so he got us all some gear to wear for a group photo.

The two Iowa boys that grew up about 20 minutes away from each other and didn’t know each other until Jill and I introduced them in 2012 and we moved onto the same street in Omaha!

We then parted ways so the guys could go watch football for a few hours, and Jill and I took the girls back to our house for some swimming. The weather forecast wasn’t great so we didn’t want to get stuck at the beach in a downpour. But the girls couldn’t care less if the sun was out or not and swam their little hearts out for a few hours. They got hit with the expected downpour and it only added to their fun!

We met back up with the guys for dinner. We had planned to go to Amici for Italian, but the wait was too long (I think another round of fall breakers arrived over the weekend). So we had Amigos again and then headed back to Hola Beaches to hang a bit longer before saying our goodbyes.

It’s always hard to say goodbyes but we’ll see them all again in two months! It was such a great week and we all had so much fun spending time together!

Kurtis and I each have travel work weeks coming up, and then my brother and sister-in-law will be visiting us the last week of October (followed immediately by Kurtis’ sister and brother-in-law). I can’t believe how quickly this year is flying by!

Recent Buys & Sales

Following are some sales from the weekend that have carried over and are still going strong!

• AMAZON has a number of daily deals. You can shop their site here.
• ANN TAYLOR is offering 40% off fresh fall styles and an extra 50% off sale styles. You can shop their site here.
• ANTHROPOLOGIE has added a number of new items to their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• BODEN is offering 10% off new styles with code WXVK. You can shop their site here.
• CRATE & BARREL is offering up to 20% off dining tables and chairs and has added a number of new items to their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• ETU HOME has offered a code to my readers, LOVS20, for 20% off sitewide! You can shop their site here.
• FRANK & EILEEN has added a number of new items to their sale section with items marked up to 50% off. You can shop their site here.
• GAP is offering 50% off your purchase, including sale. You can shop their sale here.
• J CREW is offering up to 40% off sitewide and an extra 40% off sale styles with code SHOPFALL. Plus, cardmembers can get an extra 20% off with code CARDLOVE. You can shop their site here.
• J CREW FACTORY is offering 40-70% off everything and an extra 50% off clearance. Plus, cardmembers can save an extra 20% off with code CARDLOVE. You can shop their sale here.
• LOFT is offering 40% off your purchase. You can shop their sale here.
• LULULEMON has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• MARK & GRAHAM is offering up to 50% off during their Fall Sale and free shipping on orders $150+ with code SHIPFREE. You can shop their site here.
• MARSHALLS is offering free shipping on orders of $89+ with code SHIP89. You can shop their site here.
• MCGEE & CO. is offering 30% off Halloween & Harvest and has added a number of new items to their clearance section, which are also an extra 20% off. You can shop their site here.
• NORDSTROM has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• OLD NAVY is offering 40% off everything when you spend $100+! You can shop their sale here.
• POTTERY BARN is offering up to 60% off furniture, outdoor, bedding and more and up to 50% off items in their Halloween shop. You can shop their sale here.
• REJUVENATION is offering up to 40% off furniture, lighting and more. You can shop their site here.
• SALT & STONE is offering 15% of your purchase with my custom code SARAHS15. I have really been loving their clean deodorant! You can shop their site here.
• SERENA & LILY is hosting their fall design event with 20% off everything or 25% off and free shipping on $2500+! You can shop their sale here.
• TARGET is offering multiple home deals for Circle Week like up to 60% off indoor furniture, up to 40% off storage and organization items, up to 50% off rugs, and more. You can shop their site here.
• TJ MAXX is offering free shipping on orders $89+ with code SHIP89! You can shop their site here.
• TORY BURCH has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• TUCKERNUCK has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• WAYFAIR is offering up to 60% off during their Holiday Deal week. You can shop their sale here.
• WEEZIE is offering 15% off sitewide for my readers with code LIFEONVIRGINIASTREET15! You can shop their site here.
• WEST ELM is offering up to 50% off sale styles. You can shop their site here.
• WILLIAMS SONOMA is offering an additional 20% off clearance styles that are already marked up to 75% off. You can shop their site here.

I hope you all have a great week!

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