scenes around the Cass Casa

I feel so redundant with my attitude of this weather. 

I am trying really hard to stay positive and count my blessings. 

I thought I would share with you some of my favorites around our house currently.

Spring is in our home. 

Just waiting "patiently" for it to arrive outside :)

I have been adding happy colors everywhere. 

I love April!

My 3 yo giving attitude. She is a hilarious one.

I love green on my girls! Love this jacket on Zakiyah, it is Zion's hand-me-down. 

Finding inspiration in my decorating books! Love looking through them from time to time. I also love my vintage runner underneath them. It makes me smile.

I picked up these purple flowers at Trader Joes. Do you know what they are called? Any care instructions for me? I put them in a pot from Anthropologie. I heart it.

I love my paper flowers from West Elm. So delicate and happy. I have 3 total.

I painted my mirror this past weekend cream and sanded it down. I used a gold sharpie on the stitching. 

My spring mantel! LOVE! 

Bunting- made with Fabric Shoppe fabric

Feather- Target

clear vases-random.

Paper flowers- West Elm

blue birdies- TJ Maxx

aqua/red vase- Anthro

bird cake stand- Macys

pot- Anthro

Mirror- Target

Yellow art- me

Everyday Zion gets her dolls dressed. very important. love the routines.

My baby is almost 8 months. She has been wearing her teething necklace for 5 days. and has slept 4 nights in a row- 11 hours. Is it a hoax? a gimmick? I am willing to try anything. She loves her rice cake num nums right now! 

We take off for Disney in a week! We made a count down and taped it on the wall with washi tape of course. It is sneaking up on us fast! I can not wait to see Zion's excitement when we get there. 

Eating cuties like no body's business.

I love bowls/trays to hold items in my home. I have them everywhere. They make me happy.

My spring nails make this mama happy. I am lovin' these colors this spring. 

What are you doing to fight the cold front? Do have any favs this spring? Happy Monday!

Wknd Recap: Tea party shower + hosting friends.

This past week some ladies and I gave a lovely bridal shower for our friend Brianna. She is marrying my husband's assistant Youth Pastor, Jorden. Jorden has been on staff at our church for 3.5 years now. Crazy. I has flown by. a lot. Brianna has been going to our church since her childhood. We wanted to have a tea party theme filled with florals/vintage linens/tea sandwiches/ cupcakes/ devonshire cream/ scones/ tea/ coffee/ Ella and Louie Armstrong playing. It was such a joy hosting this shower. I love how the beauty when women come together and spread the love. We have so many amazing people in our church. I am blessed. We had seed packets for party favors. (dreaming of spring in MN- currently raining/hailing here....yes it is April 14) Here are some pix of the shower. The linens are Kati's collection and the doilies are from my Grandma Cherie. 

We hung ribbon on fishing line for garland.

Seed packets hanging from ceiling for a whimsical feel.

I heart milk glass. We usually have a buffet line for these type of events....but we switched it up and had all the tables dressed so the ladies were served right where they were. 

I am obsessed with these dishes that our church has. I love them. So dainty. 

Used tissue paper to make poofs and cover bulletin boards.

The bride to be and I. Note my mickey sticker that I forgot to take off the whole night..... We had a mtg with our travel agent earlier in the day. 8 days in counting to Disney!!!! We have a excited 3 yo in our house.

I snapped this when people were starting to leave.

This weekend we hosted a lot. It is can make this mama tired but I am sooooo blessed with amazing friends. Seriously, so blessed. We had friends come down from Mnpls. Andres and Jesse came with their 3 month old son, Zadok. He is a model baby. Jesse used to be one of our youth leaders and she lived with us for a few months pre-kids. Her parents run the orphanage in Mexico that we have visited for missions trips in the past. Love her fam. We also had the Molins over for the fun. We ate all day----really good food. Cinnamon chip french toast with raspberry maple sauce, scrambled eggs with fresh veggies, cafe miéls, pineapple brats, cheesy potatoes etc. Oh my word. So much food.  The day was a blessing. 

  

Ike and Brie loving our girls as always.....

Zion, "Look, I am holding both babies."

As I am posting this.... Zion just said, "mom, I want that baby to come to my house again!" ha.

So many people in our lives that we are grateful. family. friends. church family. neighbors. blessed this Cass fam is. BLESSED. 

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Happy Friday everyone! For my non-Minnesota friends......it is currently snowing here and is under 30 degrees. I am so depressed. I really want SPRING! I know that all of us are complaining but it is time. Moving on.....

We had a great week here. Last weekend, I had a girls day with my mom and two sisters in Minneapolis. We hit up Anthropologie, West Elm and Mall of America. It was fun! We were bridesmaid dress shopping for my Sis, Chelsea! Let me tell you. it is hard to find a dress. I had fun being child free that day. Minus having to find random places to pump, like storage rooms in restaurants or a ladies lounge where there is 4 teenage girls looking over at me. I felt glorious. Ha. DEDICATION. I made sure to text my hus pix of my environments while he was back home with the lil ladies. 

I love ANTHRO knobs. The possibilities.....

Girls days require two things:  Coffee drive thru and Bubble Tea. YUM!

I gave an awesome bridal shower yesterday at my church for our friend Brianna. She is marrying my husband's assistant youth pastor, Jorden. We had a tea party theme. Scones. Tea Sandwiches. Fruit. Devonshire cream. cupcakes. Iced coffee and of course Tea! It was so cute. I will post pictures tomorrow! We used vintage linens. spray roses, tea pots, cake stands and seeds for decor!

I have been wanting Euro Pillow shams for a while now. Having memory form pillows are the not the best for sitting up in the bed. I scored these at West Elm for $9.99. PRAISE. I love how they are more southwestern/african. They fit right in. Do you like? 

Here are some favs from the girls this week. It is so fun having Kiyah sit up when we grocery shop. I love how she looks at her sister. 

Princess time all the time. She was asking me what kind of a princess I wanted to be. Zion lives on the stairs. She climbs up and down all day. She sits. Lays down. reads. plays. puts dollies on there. She is so funny. 

Happy Winter. Barf. ;) Hope to have some sunshine soon. 

Loves. 

(Linking up with Lauren and Jeanette)