Exploring Our City & An iPhone Photo Shoot

I love it when we have a chance to spend time exploring (newer) places in our city.

The other weekend, my mom, Cruz and I hit up Dundee, a cute little section in midtown with big, historic houses, fun restaurants, cute shops and, of course, eCreamery, the yummiest little ice cream shop that just so happened to be featured on my fave show Shark Tank!

When we pulled up to the restaurant we saw this great alley which I thought would be perfect for pictures, so after stuffing ourselves with pizza and wine from Pitch and ice cream from eCreamery, we stopped and snapped some of this little guy.

I love that he is such a little ham and loves posing for pictures. I can't get enough of him. It really is the little things that make this mama happy and everything about this boy, does just that.

And I'm loving his new plaid Tom's. Aren't they the cutest?

Speaking of photo shoots, my sister and I were just talking about getting our plans together for our fall photo shoots - we've done each others the past couple of years and I think I already have a place in mind for ours.

I took their pics at one of my favorite places in our city - Lake Zorinsky - and love how they turned out. It doesn't hurt when you the most gorgeous family in the world on the other side of the camera, though. Seriously, could they be any more perfect?!

Linking up with Ashley and Jess for It's the Little Things.

Weekending

After traveling for work this week, I was looking forward to spending a low key weekend with my guys. Here's a quick recap of what we were up to.

Friday night-

Low key with just the Nut Job movie, our teepee, skittles and lots of pillows. 

Saturday-

TRX class {I'm still sore}, major decluttering around the house, lunch at DJ's Dugout to start off football Saturdays for Nick the right way, a $150 keno win {seriously our #s came in on the last game, two of the last #s}, errands while Cruz napped, more decluttering, a little paint project, some red wine, the Devil Wears Prada {don't hate} while Cruz slept next to me and then catching up with mom & dad when they got to our house from the Husker game.

Sunday-
Lounging around the house, coffee & breakfast {ok, all I had around the house was bananas, toast & oatmeal}, a Starbucks stop, Farmer's Market, cupcakes, getting rained on while running to our car from the Farmer's Market, lunch at Pitch & a little sauvignon blanc, eCreamery for dessert {Shark Tank fans, anyone?}, a little photo shoot in Dundee {ok just an iPhone, a cute boy and some brick walls}, shopping for a new comforter, visiting family, then home to relax while my parents were out on the town yet another night in a row while we lounged at home...me on my computer, Cruz fast asleep under the teepee and Nick doing a fantasy draft. =)

Does anyone else have similar Farmer's Market experiences as mine? I go with all of these ideas of fresh veggies and fruits I'm going to pick up for us to enjoy for the week and when I go through my purchases they include breads, cheeses, jerky, hot sauce, flowers and on this particular trip a giant balloon sword?

No? Me neither.

So, about my parents. They went to the Husker game on Saturday in Lincoln and left at halftime to hit up a new area downtown to watch the game. Mom, at one point, text me a pic of a bride-to-be having a guy do a belly shot off her and my dad brings home a shirt he picked up that says, 'if you don't bleed red, take your b*tch *ss home."  Exactly why I love them. =)

Leaving you with this little face. I kept asking Cruz to just smile like a normal person...and finally figured out that I had my head cocked to the side with my finger on my cheek while I was asking him to just smile and be normal....doh.

Linking up with B.