Meet the Shaneyfelts

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Life Lately

Happy Tuesday, y’all!  I hope wherever you are that your weather is as beautiful as Alabama’s this week!  I seriously cannot get over the perfect temperatures and sunny days on tap for this week.  It makes this short week even better 😜

It’s been a while since I’ve done a life lately post, so that’s exactly what today is!

 I used to run A LOT and then I got really burnt out on it.  Now I’m back to running and I am loving it.  (IG: @saraheshaneyfelt)



 Got this cute top in the mail and I actually wore it yesterday with white jeans.  I love finding good deals!



 Last Thursday was my local Anthro’s spring fashion show, so I went with some teacher friends.  Because I’ve been to so many of their events before, I knew they would have some really good food, so I prepared myself to splurge that night on food.  This plate was my supper that night and it was so, so good!  The macron was amazing!



 And rose’ while shopping….perfect



 This dress was in the fashion show, so I just had to try it on.  It was really cute, but I felt like it made me look larger than I really am haha!



 Dustin is still hard at work redoing our front flower beds.  He’s extending the one on the right side of our house, moving plants around, and making room for new plants.  Landscaping = muy expensive!



We went and watched our nephew play soccer Saturday at our local soccer fields.  Neither Dustin nor I are soccer fans, but it was a really fun game to watch…and a really pretty day, too!


Linking up with Whitney and Lindsay

Triple Berry Lime Smoothie (aka the best smoothie in the world!)

In my quest to be healthier and watch my portion size, I have found that smoothies are great meal substitutions.  I’ve been doing lots of research about the perfect smoothie because even though most people may associate smoothie with being healthy, you can actually make a smoothie extremely fattening!  That’s definitely not ideal when you’re trying to lose weight.

Basically, the perfect smoothie ratio would be low sugar fruit, low sugar protein, fiber, and a good fat.  This smoothie has all of that minus the good fat, but it would be so easy to add 1/4 of an avocado if you have one on hand!  (I normally have my avocado in the morning for breakfast and I don’t want to over do it on the good fats.)

Y’all, I love this smoothie so much.  Strangely enough, I can’t drink it for breakfast because I feel like I need something I can chew for breakfast, BUT I love drinking one of these for lunch or even supper!  It’s very filling!

This would also be perfect for after a hard workout because of the high protein!


Triple Berry Lime Smoothie

1 cup of frozen triple berry fruit mixture
2 scoops protein powder (the healthiest I can find!)
1 tbs lime juice
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
cover mixture with water….add more to thin it out
optional: 1/4 of an avocado

Add all ingredients to your NutriBullet or blender and mix!  Enjoy

**You can click on the image to pin it!

#MeetTheShaneyfelts: Pre-Ceremony

I’m back with another wedding post!  These have been so fun to create because I’m enjoying going back through the pictures.  

To see our proposal, click here.
To see the rehearsal dinner, click here.

We were married on Saturday, July 26, 2014–so cliche but literally the most beautiful day.  I wasn’t too worried about the weather that day since both our ceremony and reception were inside.  All of our pictures were scheduled to be outside, but I knew we could always do pictures inside the sanctuary since it was really pretty, too.

What I was worried about was fitting into my dress!  I had so many nightmares about my dress not zipping up on wedding day to where I tried my dress on almost everyday before the wedding.  It also didn’t help that I ended up having so many fittings for my dress because they were also having a hard time fitting it to my body perfectly–in hindsight, if I had to do it all over again, I kind of wish I would have chosen a different dress–maybe something that wasn’t strapless.  I could go on and on about my dress, but I won’t for your sake 😜

The morning of the wedding, my bridesmaids, my mom, future mother-in-law, and I all met at the hair salon.  While everyone was getting their hair and make up done, my best friend’s mom (basically my 2nd mom) provided breakfast for us AND pimiento cheese which is my favorite!  I had the best morning hanging out with my girls before we had to be at the church at noon.

The following pictures were taken once we got to the church to start getting dressed for pictures.  Dustin and I chose to get pictures taken before the ceremony and I’m so glad we did!  I’ll share those in the next post.


 Lounging around waiting on someone to tell us it was time to get dressed



 My mom had a gift she wanted to give me before everything started.



 I know my mom looks super happy in this picture, but she’s really holding back tears 😊  She started crying right after I hugged her 😘😘 Love you, Mom!



 The guys had the tiniest room to get ready in, but they made do 😀



 My handsome groom trying to figure out the buttons on his top.  I was very particular about having the black buttons on the tuxes–Dustin probably could have cared less ha!



 My mom made sure we had plenty of food in our room before the wedding, and I’m not sure if even half of it was eaten.  Everyone did make me eat a piece of turkey before walking down the aisle to make sure I had some energy haha!



 Rachel took Dustin his gift



 And Dustin’s brother Wes brought me my gift…does the blue box look familiar?  😜😍



 And then I had to put on my glasses in order to read his letter to me–to have young eyes again ha!



 My mom pinned her mom’s (my grandmother who is now deceased) cameo to an under layer on my dress.  It served as my something old and something borrowed (which I got to keep!).  My something new was my dress and my something blue was my bridesmaids!  They wore blue gowns.



This was the first time I got to see myself!!  I’ll just go ahead and say, everything about my wedding day was perfect, and I cannot wait to share it with y’all!


Linking up with Jenn and Shelly