Weekend Recap - The One with Taylor Swift

Happy Happy Monday! I am coming off a super fun weekend so the momentum is still high! Let's hope this continues because I have lots to do today!!

So this weekend was our girls trip to Indy to see Miss Taylor Swift! I saw her in Chicago 3 years ago but that time I went alone with my nieces, SIL and cousin - this time was a little more special because I got to bring Ella with me!! There was 8 of us total and when I say it was so much fun, I mean it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!

We got to our hotel a little after 4 and once we were settled in we all got ready. We curled the girls hair and most of us were doing the knot with our tees but Ella wanted no part in that, so I didn't push it. I just wanted her to feel comfortable since I knew it was going to be a long night.

We got to the stadium around 6:30 - snapped some pics then got some drinks/food and got settled in. Ella wasn't really into the opening acts so she must have asked 50 times when Taylor was coming on. After more food breaks and one last potty break it was time for her to come out!!!

My gosh she puts on an AMAZING show! I remember how good it was last time but this time I think was even better! We all got bracelets when we walked in which I remembered also from last time so when Taylor came on stage it was sooo cool to see them all light up throughout the entire stadium! Ella really loved that!!






Our seats were really good but for a petite 6yr old kind of hard to see so Ella spent the entire time standing but since she's so light I had to hold down her seat with my knee - I think it went numb half way through but it was worth it to make sure she could see everything. We had so much fun dancing and singing together and to see it through her eyes was purely magical!! These are the memories I will never forget!

Until her next show!!!

*linking up with BLovedBoston & The Sirois Family

weekend {re} cap - Kohler SPA edition

Happy Tuesday friends! I got back yesterday from an amazing little girlfriends getaway at Kohler Spa.  Everything about the town Kohler is amazing and everything is beautiful!

I missed my kiddos so much though and was soooo happy to see their smiley, happy faces as soon as I got home.  Ella was jumping up and down and squealing with delight when she saw me, I almost cried!

Anywho - to recap my wonderful weekend, we'll start with Saturday.  The girls all met at my house and I drove us.  We stopped at a huge outlet mall along the way to do some shopping (something I haven't been able to do without 3 littles in a looooong time) It was so nice to just walk around and not worry about what snack to get out next or who needs a potty break.

First though, I had to do a little pumping in the parking lot #gottadowhatyougottado

We got to our hotel around 5:30ish and hung out in the room for a while, had some drinks and got ready to go to the bar/pub that was downstairs of the hotel.  No pictures from this night except this late night one back in our room.  Drinking wine in our pjs :) I actually managed to stay up until 12:30am! (this is so not like me)

The next morning, 3 of us went down to the hotel's greenhouse which has the cutest little coffee shop/food.

Then it was time to head to the spa! The spa is right across the parking lot basically of our hotel, everything is right on the grounds where we were which made it so nice and convenient. 

My first service was a bamboo contouring drizzle and it was ahhhmazing!! It was a body service mixed with water and lots of heat.  I was in heaven!

We took a break and had lunch together then spent some time hopping back and forth from pool to hot tub to sauna.

I had my next service at 2 and it was a body exfoliating treatment with a mini facial and the facial was probably my favorite part! I've never had one and wow, now I know what I'm missing.

We spent more time in the pool and just lounging around the spa after our services were done

We all got ready and headed to dinner at a really nice restaurant that was also in our hotel.

We all took it easy this night since we overindulged the night before in adult beverages :) We knew we had to get up early and head home so bedtime came pretty early.

The last picture before we left - we had such a great time and I hope this becomes a yearly tradition!!