Meet the Shaneyfelts

family

Weekend Recap (…on a Tuesday)

We had the BEST Memorial Day weekend we could have had!  Dustin’s family planned a family beach vacation, and I’m so glad that Dustin’s work schedule worked out so he was able to go.  Our long weekend started on Thursday as soon I got home from school (we didn’t have any students on Thursday, so I spent the day doing paperwork and tying up loose ends).  I had packed all of my clothes and beach things on Wednesday night, and all I had left to do Thursday after school was packing my toiletry items–which I think is the easiest since everything is pretty much together.  We left Hartselle around 4:00 P.M. and headed south for Gulf Shores!  We hit Birmingham during rush hour and it pretty much took us an hour to make it through Birmingham.  But after we made it through the city, we had good traffic flow the rest of the time.

We got to the beach house a little after 11:00 P.M. that night and unpacked and went to bed.  We spent the next 3 days on the beach during the day and then eating out that night–which is my kind of beach vacation!

 We left a little later than we had planned on Thursday afternoon, but it was not my fault this time!  I sent Dustin to pick up a beach chair from my sister on his way to pick up his insulin supplies and he completely forgot to stop and get his insulin supplies.  He got home with the chair and had to leave to go back to the pharmacy.

 The beach felt pretty empty on Friday, but that’s only because everyone was probably traveling to the beach for the holiday weekend.  Saturday the beach was PACKED and Sunday met us with 50 mph winds (or what felt like it) and a red flag 🙁

 We took the boys out to eat Thursday night.  (Wearing this romper makes me motivated to lose the last few pounds to get back to honeymoon weight because it looked way better on me on our honeymoon.  I love having motivation since I’ve been lacking there lately.)

 Waiting at Sea-N-Suds Thursday night.  I love this restaurant because of its location right on the beach.  The restaurants at the beach have lots of fried food which I don’t eat (but had a few bites Sunday night), so I got a grilled chicken sandwich.  I’m not the biggest fan of seafood and Dustin is.  Marriage = compromise 🙂

 We took a few beach pictures Saturday night after we ate at Live Bait as a family.  I love him!

 My sister-in-law and I

The whole Shaneyfelt family–David and Jackie and their two boys: Wes (with Brandi, Stoney, and Austen) and Dustin (and me)

 I was very adamant that my purse not touch the sand when we had a big group family photo.  I arranged a few pairs of shoes to sit my purse on and this shows how careful I was with my purse haha!

 We had a lot of fun on this trip!

Me with the boys–this shows their personalities so well!  This is getting ready to go out to eat Sunday night at The Original Oyster House.  And I need my roots done stat.
We left Sunday night after eating with his family to head back to north Alabama.  Dustin had to go back to work on Monday night and it was better for his sleeping patter to stay up late Sunday night-Mondan morning so he could sleep more on Monday.  We left the restaurant at 8:00 P.M. and got back to Hartselle at 1:15 A.M.  I stayed awake the whole time to keep Dustin company as he drove.  For anyone who knows me, this is a HUGE deal!  And I did this without caffeine since I don’t drink anything caffeinated.  We unpacked a few things and went to sleep around 2 A.M. and Monday morning was ROUGH for me.  Thank goodness it’s my summer break!  We had such a great time at the beach and we go back by ourselves for 5 days in 2 weeks!

Friday Favorites!

Today’s post is going to be short and sweet because I am writing this while I watch Scandal….and Scandal takes precedent!  By the way, who watched Scandal last night because the first 15 minutes were CRAY!!

ONE

This is my FAVORITE color combination!  I was really excited to see it done this Tuesday afternoon.  The only thing missing is the posts, and they will match the light trim.  This is one thing (out of just a few ha) that Dustin and I disagreed on but I went with what he wanted and I’m glad.  I didn’t think I wanted contrasting cedar shake and trim, but it looks great!  Way to go, D!  Now you’ll get to love all of the paint colors I pick out 🙂

TWO

This is my FAVORITE picture this week!  Someone who I’m not going to name hit a massive pot hole and bent my wheel (two years ago).  Well, that person just now got around to ordering me a replacement.  He was doing a little dance showing me my new wheel when I got home from school this week.  I might have to upload that dance some other time haha!

THREE

This guy is my FAVORITE 4-wheeler driver!  As in, I might prefer riding with him over my own husband.  And this is probably because I know how accident-prone and crazy my husband is, and I threatened my nephew with his life if he drove recklessly with me on it.  We went out to Dustin’s parents one night this week and Stoney drove me around….dressed like that while I had on Nike running shorts.  One of us cares more about looks than the other 🙂

FOUR

We had Twin Day at school this week and this lady is my FAVORITE!!!  I only WISH I looked like her!  Seriously, I am so lucky to get to work along side Mrs. Roden and I really hope I look like her when I am her age.  P.S.  We have on the same shoes, jeans, and earrings 🙂  And I should have let her do my hair that morning!

Life Lately

Today’s post is a little iPhone dump from this week.  I’m glad I actually remembered to take pictures of things I did this week because I have been doing a horrible job of that lately.  I think if I can just make it to this summer, then I’ll be good!

I borrowed my dad’s Nutribullet Saturday in order to try making smoothies for breakfast.  I feel like smoothies would be a lot healthier than other options and way more filling.  But be careful, you can make smoothies fattening too!

This one below had a little too much spinach in it for a Monday morning.  It was my first one to make though.  I put in spinach leaves, pineapple, papaya, strawberries, a spoonful of nonfat Greek yogurt, a tiny spoonful of honey (to counter the yogurt), and water.

We also started state testing on Monday and I was giving the test ALL DAY.  I was in the laptop lab so I dressed comfy! 
 And my outfit for Tuesday’s testing.  Apparently I have a thing for blue tops and purply pants 🙂  They are comfy!
 Tuesday I was also craving chocolate like no other!!!!  For my break during testing, my sister dropped off some of her dessert that she had made the night before.  It was so good!  It had oatmeal, peanut butter, raisins, and chocolate chips.  Way to go, Rachel!
 We also went and looked at the house progress this week after walking at the park.  I love that our new house isn’t far from the park at all!  I’ll be doing a house post within the next two weeks. 🙂
 This was my favorite breakfast smoothie!!!  I actually bought different fruit and it added a nice taste.  I used strawberries, red raspberries, and blueberries…..so yummy!

I tried this new quinoa recipe last night that my friend Sarah had sent me.  It was wonderful and super easy to make.  I accidentally messed it up and I think I liked the way I cooked it better than what the recipe called for.  If you’ve never had quinoa, you need it!  It’s a little expensive, but it’s a plant food that has tons of fiber and protein along with lots of vitamins like iron and vitamin B.  I’ll post this recipe later, too!