{Five on Friday // Swim Lessons // New Jam // Beards // an announcement}

Happy Friday friends!! I don't know about y'all, but I am ready for the weekend. I can't get enough of these sweet, sweet summer weekends. They simply are the best! Tonight we are going to our pastor's farm for wine tasting and an art exhibit {benefit for a member of the church}. Saturday we have some really good friends coming in from Houston to visit. Brittany and I actually met through Instagram {years ago} and have become the best of friends. She is so dear to me. You may remember Brittany from the adults only trip we took to the beach together.  And Sunday is church and church camp. Brittany's sweet family is joining us for church on Sunday morning and I couldn't be more excited. And of course, we like to see what adventures we can come up with in between.

 But first, time for Five on Friday...

{O N E} // Posts from this week, in case you missed them. I actually have more this week because I blogged on Saturday and Sunday for once! It's been a while since I have blogged on a weekend.

May In Numbers // Happy Father's Day // Weekending // Our sweet Diesel Boy //
A REEL good time // #boymom box swap

{T W O} // Mason had his refresher swim lessons this week. Due to a double booking we had to change his lesson time and I was only able to go to one of his sessions {major bummer}.  My mother in law so graciously took him on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. She couldn't take him on Tuesday because she had another appointment, so I took off an hour early to take him. I was so anxious because he came home on Monday so excited and so proud of himself. He couldn't wait to show me what he does in lessons! He did so good and even jumped off the diving board a few times. I love how much confidence he has built in the water. Nate is off on Fridays, so he is taking him this afternoon.

  {T H R E E} // We heard this song, This Little Light of Mine {by Steve Fee} at our church summer sports camp this past Sunday and now Mason and I can't get enough of it. We listen to it every single day! It's our new jam. It's so different from the version I grew up on. :)



{F O U R} // Nate shaved his beard! Surprised the heck out of me. He loved that thing! As soon as he did it he said he regretted it. But, look how handsome he looks...and it should be cooler for this Texas summer!

{F I V E} // Several of my blog friends have started sharing their favorite blog posts from the week and I love it. I decided to copy them! These are some of my favorite posts from my blog friends this week.

5 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE A BETTER MOM, TODAY - by Our Pretty Little Girls
Amazing post! I'm sure we can all agree that being a mom is hard, but Beth shares some simple ways that we can all become better moms! I want to be a more of a "yes" mom and save those "no's" for when they really matter.

FAVORITE FONTS - SUMMER EDITION - by Wife Mommy Me
A girl after my own font-loving heart! I can't tell you how many fonts I have downloaded to my computer. I love to find new ones to use on graphics and such.

VROOM! VROOM! TRANSPORTATION CRAFTS - by The Adventure Starts Here
Meghan and Noah are some of the craftiest people that I know! I love to follow along their crafting adventures. In this post Meghan shares some really fun transportation crafts that includes an adorable stoplight!

IT'S A....- by Seeing All Sides
I don't want to ruin it in case you haven't seen the post, but sweet Sarah shared with us what baby Sides #3 is going to be! So excited for her sweet family. Babies are such a blessing.

DIY WOODEN PUZZLE BLOCKS - by Sweet Turtle Soup
Love this DIY and can't wait to try it out! It would be great for so many different occasions! Courtney also shared some very exciting news on the blog this week so be sure to check out her other posts.

SUMMER BUCKETLIST - by Peachy Keen
If you know me then you know bucketlists are my jam! I love to see what others plan to do for the summer!

THIS FOR THAT - HEALTHY PANTRY SWAPS - by Work It Mommy
This list of healthy items you can swap out for other items is genius! I need to start incorporating some of these into our lives!

I'm just going to leave this here. {I've seen many versions of it, but wanted to create my own.}

Also, today I wanted to join in with some of my favorite bloggers {Stephanie, Meghan, Beth, and Whitney} for rewind Friday and share our Texas Bucketlist again. It's a never-ending/always growing type of list.

I also have an announcement for ya. I'm co-hosting with some of my favorite ladies for a 4th of July link-up called #StarSpangledKids!! All you have to do is snap some pictures of your sweet littles in their red, white and blue, blog it and link-up with us! The link-up will go live on July 1st and will be opened until July 7th. Can't wait to see all of the festiveness!

That's all I've got for today! Any plans for the weekend? I hope it's a good one!

{#Boymom box swap}

When Stephanie, Liz and Sarah announced that they were doing the #boymom box swap I couldn't sign up fast enough! We had so much fun with it last year and couldn't wait to do it again. Mason loves to receive mail and I love to send mail. Perfect!

We were paired with sweet Liz from Ellie and Addie. I just adore her sweet family and couldn't wait to shop for her sweet littles. She has a two year old and a two month old little boy. I haven't shopped for a toddler or a baby in a while so it was fun to do so! Head on over to Liz' blog to see what we sent them.

We actually received our box just as we were walking out the door on Saturday. I knew that I wouldn't be able to hold Mason off from opening the box, so I put everything down and grabbed my camera. He opened the box and I snapped pictures while Nate waited in the car for us.

            Mason got a Batman Lego set and some glow necklaces! This was absolutely perfect for him. Mason's favorite things right now are all things Batman and Legos! And the glow necklaces will be perfect for our annual 4th of July camping trip!! Liz sent me the cutest collection of stationary and crafting supplies! She also sent me a Mama Bear keychain {that I am obsessed with} and a Starbucks giftcard.

Thank you so much Liz. We absolutely love and adore everything. And thank you to Stephanie, Liz and Sarah for hosting this fun boxswap.

{A REEL good time // Summer bucketlist update}

One of the items on our summer bucketlist was to take Mason fishing! We've gone a few times, but it was nothing more than Mason dropping a little kiddie fishing pole line into the water a few times and then calling it quits. We wanted to take him again now that he's older and his attention span is {a little bit} longer.

So we gathered up our stuff; fishing gear, hat and poles for Nate, camera, picnic basket & blanket and an ice cold drink in my Yeti for me, and a drink & hat for Mason. We stopped by Academy and grabbed some worms for bait. That might have been the coolest part to Mason. He was all about playing with those slimy worms and even wanted to keep 2 as a pet. Um, no dude! We went to a local church that keeps a stocked pond and allows the public to use it. It was the perfect place to fish with a six year old.

We had the best time! Mason learned how to cast on his own, how to bait a hook, and the patience of fishing. I enjoyed sitting back and watching them and taking pictures!

We've also checked off  'have a water-balloon fight', go on a hike, and annual Memorial Day trip to the hill country which you can find in this post. Technically, we've already crossed off 'go camping', but we still have a few more camping adventures planned this summer. So I will wait until those have been done before I cross it off of our list.

Have you taken your little(s) fishing? Do you have a summer bucketlist?