Memorial Day Weekend

We took a trip to Dallas to see my family this past weekend and we got to attend an old friend's wedding while we were in town. The wedding was on Saturday and we got to leave the kid at home with her grandparents and get some alone time.

I had been eyeing this navy BB Dakota dress from revolve.com for a couple of weeks and I'm so glad that I talked myself into it. The quality is surprisingly good given the price point and the color makes it very versatile. I kept the accessorizing to a minimum with a double strand of Chanel pearls, a brown Tory Burch purse and nude heels.

The rest of our weekend was spent relaxing with family and running errands. 

Memorial Day itself was really rainy so we were unable to swim or be outside very much. We smoked an enormous brisket and made s'mores under the covered patio.

Our little campfire s'mores set up was pretty hilarious. 

The peanut butter & Biscoff s'mores were the bomb. 

Charlotte had a blast stuffing as many marshmallows into her mouth as possible.

It was an immensely fun weekend and I enjoyed getting to see so many of my old friends and my family. Hopefully the next couple of weeks brings a little less rain and way more sunshine! - SV

A Cinco De Mayo Party on Mother's Day Weekend

Matthew and I were never big Cinco De Mayo fans until we were gifted a margarita machine for our wedding. Since then, we've basically found any excuse we could to pull that sucker out and celebrate. This year, we decided to throw a small Cinco De Mayo party for his work colleagues at our apartment. We ended up holding it the weekend after the holiday so it was fondly dubbed our "Nuevo De Mayo" party.

We made green chile chicken enchiladas (recipe), queso (recipe), yellow rice (recipe), beans, and an absolutely delicious Citrus Tres Leches cake (recipe). We were so busy getting everything together that I only managed to get a few photos...

[Chalkboard inspired by garvinandco.com]

The Citrus Tres Leches cake recipe can be found [here]. The photo is badly lit and it makes the cake look slightly burnt when it actually wasn't. It was pretty easy to make. However, tres leches is not a cake that is meant to be served free standing (since it's soaked in liquid), so it was fairly messy to both frost and cut. 

The easiest (and best!) mango margarita recipe can be found [here].

Little Charlotte was so excited.

Charlotte normally refuses all hair accessories but she made an exception for this little clip from Joyfolie that she has named "my pretty." She spent most of the evening stealing strawberries from the margarita bar and shoving them into her mouth, stem and all.

We had a grand time! And lots of leftover enchiladas, which are the best kind of leftovers.

The next day was Mother's Day, and when Matthew asked me what I wanted earlier this month, I had told him that all I wanted was to relax and not have clean for an entire day (very romantic, I know). The absolute best day to ask for something like this is the day after you throw a party at your home. (: Luckily we used paper plates.

 He was very sweet and the day started off with breakfast in bed.

And then he told me to take a nap and watch Netflix while he cleaned up. He took Charlotte to the park for most of the day, and I just relaxed at home. And then he brought home burgers for dinner! 

It had been a long time since I got to chill out all day, hang out in a clean house, and eat a meal that I didn't prepare myself and I enjoyed it thoroughly! It was a completely untraditional Mother's Day weekend, but I don't think I could have had a better time.

- SV