The Bright Eyed Brunette

 Hey friends! Today I am linking up with  Shay  and  Sheaffer  for another What's Up Wednesday! What We're Eating This Week... I have been pretty lax when it comes to my cooking lately, and as hot as it has been, I've been trying to use the grill and crockpot as much as possible. But Makena has been making these amazing overnight oats for our breakfast lately. She usually drizzles honey on hers, but I tried them plain today and they were still tasty! What I'm Reminiscing About... This week I find myself reminiscing about this tiny baby that will celebrate her fourth birthday on Saturday! Four years has flown by just as fast as it did with my own kids.  The sweet little girl who made me a BeBe And now she is almost 4!  Happy Birthday Week, Princess!! What I'm Loving... I recently found these vintage chairs (there are two) from a duck club that was getting rid of some furniture. The bottom is leather and the back is upholstered western print. It goes per...

Some weekends are packed with plans, places to be, and plenty to talk about. And there are weekends like this one! We didn't go anywhere exciting, there were no big projects or celebrations, and I'm pretty sure no one would be lining up to make a movie about it.  So, there may not be a whole lot to recap this Monday but grab your coffee anyway. Here's a little look at our perfectly ordinary weekend... Carl started rice harvest on Thursday of this week, so his weekend was pretty much spent at the farm or at the rice mill taking the crops in, oh and changing bean water. It' literally never ending this time of year! Headed to the field! Waiting in line to get dumped. Storm clouds rolling in I kept Wesley here at home on Friday. We had a great day. Just hanging out and getting all the baby love I could get💙 He is literally the sweetest baby in the world. This made me laugh out loud.  He looks like a little man just laid back in his easy chair watching Elmo 😊 On Saturday I...

Happy Friday, friends! Today I am linking up with  Andrea  and Erika  for Friday Favorites! It has been a long week here on the homestead. We have just been busy working, babysitting, and dog sitting :) I feel like I am next-level-tired. And this heat, ya'll. The Natural State has had 9 consecutive days of temperatures meeting or exceeding 100 degrees. That makes anything outdoors miserable. But this is a Friday Favorites post, so let's get to it! Evening Walks With My Girl One of my favorite things lately has been taking evening walks with my youngest daughter. There's just something about walking together at the end of the day that makes conversation come a little easier. We talk about whatever comes to mind-- sometimes important things, sometimes absolutely nothing important at all.  When your kids are little, you spend so much time with them that it's hard to imagine what your relationship will look like when they're grown. And them one day, they're adults, ...

I read something the other day that stated, "You can't fake fruit" And immediately, I thought, Well, there's a blog post.                                                                                                                                            Because isn't that the truth?                                                                                                      ...

 Happy Monday, friends! I'm actually getting around to posting a weekend recap before Tuesday...write that down! We had a really good weekend on the homestead. It started on Friday afternoon when my parents took us all out to eat dinner at Larry's Pizza. Wrenley really wanted us all to go. She loves to play the arcade games and pizza! And Nanny came with a ton of quarters specifically for that sweet girl. Pappy stopped by at lunch and took a nap with Wesley. He's a little snuggle bug! She was a little upset because she wanted a pink toy. Trey got the pink one for her and wanted a hug, but she said, "no way!" We even saw my aunt and a cousin while we were eating. It was really a good time. On Saturday Makena had to work and Carl and I were alone, so after dinner we made a quick trip to the houseboat at the river. It was nice to spend time with him. 💓💓💓💓 Goofball! These are the good days From our porch💞 Makena stayed Saturday night at Carlie's for a sleepov...

 Apparently, I've decided that relaxing with a good book means reading about murder, missing people, suspicious husbands, family secrets, and small towns where absolutely everyone is hiding something.  Very Soothing. I don't know what it is about true crime and thrillers, but once I get on a kick, I'm all in. Give me a suspicious death, an unreliable narrator, a detective who refuses to let something go, or a family with way too many secrets, and suddenly the laundry can wait.  So if your idea of a cozy evening also involves curling up under a blanket and reading something that makes you double-check that the doors are locked, here's what I've been reading lately. Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for Truth Behind the Idaho Murders by Christopher Whitcomb This book questions what really happened in the house on King Road--and the results of that investigation, still unfolding in real time, will astound you. Was there more than one killer? Had the crime scene been cl...