Five Loves on Friday // New Appliance Appreciation, Snail Mail Goodies, Blog Parties, and Family Fun in the Sun!

Happy Friday, friends!  Hope this week has been a fabulous one for you!  If not, as the saying goes, better days are coming ... they're called Saturday & Sunday! ;)  Before then, I'd love to share a handful of loves from the week!  Five Loves time!

One  //  Family Fun in the Sun

This week has truly felt like springtime.  Oh, how wonderful the warm temps, bright sunshine, and lovely days have been! So thankful to have taken advantage of it with one of my favorite activities, evening family walk and talks!  Love these three with my whole heart and the time spent together is more cherished than I could begin to express!

Two  //  New Dishwasher

Over the past week or so my dishwasher has been acting up.  My sweet and incredibly handy husband tried taking some things apart and did all he could to get it working properly.  It was sadly beyond repair.  When dishes started coming out looking more dirty than I put them in it was clearly time for a new one!  While unexpected expenses are never fun, washing dishes by hand is one of my least favorite things to do which makes a functioning dishwasher basically my appliance BFF. (Well, that and my convection oven tie!)

Three  //  Happy Mail

My grab bag also included adorable chalk art stickers to seal this cuteness up with! LOVE!

Lily & Val (my favorite shop to order cards from) had an amazing sale offering a grab bag of 20 cards for $20!  Their cards typically run $4.50 each or 8/$20, so I was all over that!  Plus, with it being a grab bag it felt like Christmas opening the box with great anticipation to see which cards I'd find inside!  I must admit that a couple may find their way into frames around my home, but most will be sent out in hopes of brightening the days of those dear to my heart!  

{via Lily & Val // 3 Tips for Writing More Letters}

We still have a few days left in National Letter Writing Month.  Get out that cute stationery and your favorite pen and make someone's day! 

Four  //  The Perfect Date

That's right, this week included the perfect date, April 25th!  Jason and I celebrated with a drive and dessert date after picking up the aforementioned new dishwasher and while awaiting the time to pick up our girls from youth group.  It was an evening very well spent!

I love that Miss Congeniality movie quote too much not to include it this week, and we clearly love the "cherry on top" of Chick-Fil-A milkshakes too much to resist eating them before snapping a photo too!

Speaking of dates, my parents invited the girls over to spend the night tonight and then join them for a fun Saturday morning event.  This allows my sweet hubby and I both a date night and morning!  I always look forward to precious one on one time with my man.  I have been counting down to Friday all week, and now it's here, friends!  Care to join me in a happy dance? 

Five   //  Link Partying

When I first began blogging I found a different link up to join in on nearly every day of the week.  However, for the past few years I've only consistently joined in on the Friday fun.  Lately it has been such a delight to take advantage of link party opportunities as a means to connect with blogging friends, old and new alike!  If you've come across my blog through these link ups recently, welcome!  I'm so happy to have you here!

If you've missed any of the fun link party prompted posts I've shared throughout this month, you can check out the fun by clicking through the links below!

Direct Link:  TBB Asks: Spring Q & A

Direct Link:  10 on the 10th // 10 Things We Won't Leave Without: NEW Car Must-Haves

Direct Link:  Girl Chat: {Not So} Guilty Pleasures

Direct Link:  What's Up Wednesday

Whatever the weekend holds for you, I hope you enjoy every bit of it!  Thanks so much for popping by today!  Before you go, please say, "Hello!" in the comment section below!

Join me in the adventures to come!

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