thankful thursday

{society 6}

• inspiration to actually map out my dreams
• feeling giddy and getting a case of the giggles
• beers with a friend
• fish tacos
• writing out my 4 month plan
• snuggling with Benjamin
• people who are realy listening when you talk
• peel & eat shrimp
• cheese tray & a glass of wine
• sleeping in
• sun salutation
• wearing sparkly shoes
• quiet mornings
• planning out craft projects
• getting a ton of stuff listed on ebay
• late night happy hour with my bff
• playing with friends from our homeschool group
• sending a horse snap chat
• trips to wally world
• new gloves
• vamps with my bff
• my bff vs. tinder

peace, love, and t. swift,

erica

thankful thursday

"If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining."

• the most delicious trout with gnocchi, mushrooms, spinach, walnuts, and tomatoes
• dinner with some of my favorite people
• sleepover at mom's
• waking up early & having an entire day o do as I please
• creating my first vision board
• taking pictures with Benjamin (see above!!!!!)
• super hilarious vine videos
• going to a night club and sitting on a white couch surrounded by flowy curtains - I felt just like Carrie Bradshaw
• a sleepover with my ladies & all our conversations
• hot coffee on a rainy morning
• wearing bright orange wedge boots
• fried mac & cheese, penne rustica, and salted caramel gelato
• a hot detox bath while listening to Abraham Hicks
• christmas music
• Benjamin giving me 100+ hugs and telling me he loves me
• beautiful, crunchy leaves under my feet
• watching with awe as my passions are pulled together by the same force
• watching Benjamin play & act out stories with other children at our children's theatre
• skype - because it helps me foster my long distance friendship
• planning my x-mas party

"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can."

peace, love, joy,

erica <3

thankful thursday

{northstory}

• hugs
• good books
• lovely dreams
• the vampire diaries
• free information at my fingertips
• new friends
• birthday shopping
• molina's for lunch
• happy hour with most of my family
• a theraputic glass of wine, or 3
• friends who text back at 1am
• advice on life and love from carrie bradshaw
• doterra essential oils
• gala darling and her radical self love
• tiny beautiful things: advice on love and life from dear sugar
• watching benjamin help a lady bug find her way outside safely
• watching a documentary that changes the entire game
• finding & (successfully) using a reusabe k-cup
• inspirational youtube videos
• yoga/meditation
• a warm cup of coffee in cold hands
• huge pinecones to decorate for fall/christmas
• all the beautiful orange and yellow leaves
• the option to choose joy
• looking at home decor on pinterest
• day dreaming
• a very happy birthday weekend
• catching up with old friends
• mexican food and a margarita
• catching up on one of my favorite vampire shows
• coming across a new book by my favorite blog at the library by accident - and loving it
• quiet mornings
• the warm spot on the floor where the sun shines through the window
• the feeling of happiness
• a night full of laughter

peace, love, and postive thoughts!

<3 Erica

happy halloween!

"Halloween, Halloween
Spooky, kooky Halloween
Kids in costumes, what a sight
On Halloween tonight

Big black cats
Vampire bats
Ghosts and goblins out tonight
Causing quite a fright"

i should confess. halloween is my favorite. it might have something to do with my complete vampire obsession but i just love it. the decor, the treats, the costumes.

wicked the musical is my newest obsession (hurry up january 30!) so it was a no brainer for me to dress up as elphaba. 

benjamin & i found this wolverine costume at goodwill & his love for Marvel was born. we're even having a super hero birthday party this month!

now when it comes to celebrating you have to do it right. so we made a table scape and a Jack Skellington cake. because, halloween.

the Jack cake was a simple DIY. I drew his body on card stock with a sharpie and his head is just a basic white cake decorated with cream cheese and chocolate frosting.

i hope your halloween was filled with many tricks and treats. 

and now let the christmas music begin!
<3 erica

thankful thursday

{comic con at the children's museum}

• being able to introduce Benjamin to the orchastra
• comic con at the children's museum. we got free comics & got to talk with batman, superman, and wonder woman
• playing soccer at nana & randy's
• Halloween - my favorite holiday appproaching at neck breaking speed
• dancing about he house to Broadway Pandora with Benjamin singing at the top of his lungs
• planning a super hero birthday party
• visiting the renaissance faire
• crashing dinner at my mom's
• friends who make me laugh
• grocery shopping with benjamin
• staying up late with benjamin eating popcorn & watching batman
• my morning cup of jo
• spilling my guts to my bff
• trips to the craft store
• edmame
• making paper bats
• nice people
• big fuzzy blankets
• bear hugs from benjamin
• glee sings the beatles

{source}

stay thankful my friends :)
<3 erica

Thankful Thursday

{from our trip to the goat farm}

• paying off some debt!!
• celebration dinner of surf & turf
• playing with the Christmas decoratins at Lowes
• going to bed early & sleeping almost 12 hours
• late night Waffle House date with Boo
• hot chocolate
• a trip to Denver Downs - pig race, hay ride, pumpkin picking
• a great big pumpkin sitting on my counter waiting to be carved
• being really excited to start our Halloween countdown!
• watching 5-6 large blue birds fly around my backyard
• day date with hubs
• a fresh mind set
• making pumpkin potions with Benjamin & hearing his "evil scientist" laugh
• dinner and a movie with my family - I work evening so we don't get to do that very often
• the goodreads app - I love it
• a new owl cup
• visiting a goat farm - cheese, milk, fudge, soap! My personal heaven.
• late night reading at the laundry mat
• buying the small pumpkin pie creamer - cause that junk is nasty
• taking Benjamin to chuck e cheese's for the first time (which by the way is giving away 50 free tickets to every child wearing a Halloween costume this month)
• Benjamin waiting up for me after work so we could watch Scooby Doo Halloween
• reading all about the Free to Be conference & making plans to go next year!!!

{modflowers}

Here's to another week of counting our blessings! <3 Erica

Thankful Thursday

{via Diamond in the Rough}

• white sauce
• conversating with hubs
• trips to the library
• an exerpt from Gena Showalter's new book
• deep, heart felt letters
• a cup of coffee in a quiet house
• Benjamin loving Glee & Wicked soundtracks
• spending time with my BFF
• seeing Dracula Untold & LOVING it!
• delicious pizza & beer sampleing
• late night sushi
• new inspiration & ideas
• food delivery
• scoring a Scooby Doo game with a happy meal
• and then discovering a Scooby Doo movie we haven't seen yet
• starting a new crochet project while watching Junk Gypsy
• making plans with Benjamin to watch the 13 days of Halloween
• having nice dreams
• being excited about an upcoming outing
• taking a painting class with Mom & Randy
• people at the laundry mat who let Benjamin turn on their wash
• the "in love" feeling

<3 Erica