Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to Friday Favorites (a link-up posting every 1st and 3rd Friday.) I’m glad you could join me! Here are this week’s favorites. 🙂

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This Week’s Fave Bathing Suit Company

Photo credit: Swim Ricki

Lime Ricki Swimwear

After weeks of grey, gloomy weather I am ecstatic that today I finally see blue skies! It was hilarious to walk around town and hear various people talking about today’s “heat wave,” which means we’ve hit 75 degrees. Now before you send me hateful death threats, know that to go from 55 degrees to 75 degrees in a day does make it seem like it is hot. Although, after spending a week in the high dessert of SoCal, I firmly believe that people who live in constant summer heat will not spend a moment in purgatory because they have suffered enough.

Anyway, my point is that the warm weather means we can also bring out the bathing suits and not have to wear a jacket over them. Getting trunks and swim tops for the boys is as easy and walking into Target but finding something for your teen daughter is a purgatory in itself. Everything is too low cut in the chest, too high cut in the leg or there’s just not enough material in the first place. Sigh. We wanted to find something that was cute and modern but still modest. (Although modest is a relative term since some families prefer totally covered up swimwear. We wanted a happy medium.)

Thankfully, we found Lime Ricki Swimwear.They have so many cute designs and cuts. Bella got the Blooms tankini (pictured above) and paired them with boy shorts similar to these The suits are pricey but we found them worth every penny.

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This Week’s Fave Toy

Tevelo Marble Coaster

When the boys are tired of playing outside and mom doesn’t let them have their iPads, they rediscover forgotten toys. One of this summer’s favorites has been the Trevelo Marble Coaster. Thankfully, my oldest was able to help his younger brothers put it together because I got a headache just looking at the directions. After that they had fun taking it apart and making their own creations.

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This Week’s Fave Reading Incentive

The Local Library Reading Rewards Program

Our local library participates in the iRead Summer Reading Program and it has been a great incentive for the boys to read over the summer. They have a log book and mark every 15 minutes of reading they complete. For every ten hours of reading completed, they get a prize. Today they went in and collected the prizes they earned so far – toys, puzzles, as well as free ice cream and pizza. The boys loved it and I love that it takes little pushing from me to make them pick up a book.

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This Week’s Fave Treat

Dolphin Cookies at Cafe Carmel

After a walk around town and our visit to the library, I let the boys stop at one of their favorite bakeries and get a dolphin cookie. (I may or may not have also picked up a slice of chocolate covered cheesecake to share with Bella.) 😉

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This Week’s Classic Kids’ Movie

PeeWee’s Big Adventure

With summer here we have been enjoying family movies nights after family prayer. We take turns picking out movies and on my days I’ve been choosing movies I remember watching with my younger brothers and sisters. Last week we watched Homeward Bound. This week I chose Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure since I just saw another mom on IG post that it was their summer movie pick. At first they were a little weirded out asking, “What’s wrong with this guy? Is he a kid or a man?” After explaining what a man-child was that it was all just for fun, they got into it and were belly laughing by the end. It brought back so many funny family memories. (Right now the movie is available free on Amazon Prime.)

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This Week’s Fave Goal Making Tool

Lara Casey’s Powersheets

Now that June is over and July is here, it was time for me to review my goals and change a few things for my mid-year goals. I was happy to see that a few of my smaller goals were accomplished and it gave me a chance to work on some other areas of my life. The whole reason I got into goals (which seemed totally foreign to my life at first) was the discovery of Lara Casey’s Powersheets a few years back. Her philosophy of doing what matters and working within the elements of your vocation and season of life, made goals not only feasible but desirable. I have since been a fan and love the changes it made in my life.

I won’t get more into it here because I wrote a separate post all about it that I’ll be posting on Monday morn. 🙂

Okay, that’s it for now!

Those are my favorites of the week! What have you been enjoying?

Have a great weekend!

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Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to Friday Favorites (a link-up posting every 1st and 3rd Friday.) I’m glad you could join us. 🙂

I love Instagram and often I’ll get a question about something I showed in my Instastories. So today I am going to answer some of the recent questions you’ve asked me about items you saw on my feed. Here are this week’s favorites…

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Where did you get that icon?

We have lots of icons in our house and this icon of the Sacred Heart in our entryway is from the Printery House.

You can’t see it fully in this photo, but we also have on the prayer table their Holy Family icon.

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Where did you get that dress?

As you know, I am not a dress person. I grudgingly wear dresses two days out of the year – Christmas and Easter – and that’s only to please my mother-in-law.

If you read my blog or follow me on social media, you know that I actually found a dress I liked for my brother’s wedding and it was a big deal that it was a bright floral pink and not a -blend-into-the-background black.

I loved the dress so much and got so many compliments, I thought I’d try another dress for Bella’s Confirmation. I chose this one.
That too was a hit and I purchased a third dress for my mother-in-law’s upcoming birthday party. (Three new dresses in less than 6 months, I think that will totally count as my present to her.)

There were a number of people asking where I bought the dresses. They all came from Target! Target is my happy place and they have always had cute clothes in regular sizes and so-so clothes for plus sizes. Well, not anymore. There are a lot of cute options, especially in dresses. I especially love that some of these dresses (such as the black one with white and pink stripes) goes from size small to plus. (Although sizes may be limited at the time of this post.)

So maybe it wasn’t that I wasn’t a dress person. I just hadn’t found a dress I really liked yet. 🙂

(One note to Target: The casual shoes don’t do justice to how much cuter the dresses looks with nicer shoes. If you want variety, show it dressed up and dressed down!)

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Did you make that chicken? Do you have a recipe?

Sadly, I cannot take credit for these delicious Grilled Mediterranean-Style Chicken Skewers.

Photo credit: Instacart.com

The brand is West End Cuisine and I purchased them from Costco. You just heat, serve and enjoy!

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Where did you get that rosary?

I got this (and a number of other beautiful rosaries) from Andrea’s shop GracePlusGlam.com. They are so gorgeous I want to pick them up and pray the rosary! 🙂

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Where did you get Brian’s beard balm? What are his favorites?

I purchased Brian’s beard balm from Catholic Balm Co. As soon as I convinced brian to try growing a beard, I purchased a bunch of these. He (and I) have been hooked ever since. His favorite smells are Chrism and Holy Smokes. If you get on their mailing list you’ll also find out about limited edition smells during certain holidays and feast days. As the one who gets to smell him, I am a big fan! 😉

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This Week’s Fave Question:

Where did you get that cute Star Wars backpack?

I love this bag! I use it for every trip to Disneyland (the frequency is increasing) and whenever I go to one of my kids’ field trips. It is called Loungefly Star Wars Tattoo Flash Print Backpack and I bought it at Amazon.

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This Week’s Fave Questions (Bonus Round)

What are your favorite pens to write with? 

This post answers that question – My Favorite Stationary, Pens, Stickers and Planner and Hand Lettering Supplies

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How do I set up a prayer table?

This post should help – A Sacred Space for Family Prayer

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Can I buy a copy of your Come Holy Spirit Prayer Card?

No, you can’t buy it but Yes, you may have it for free! I made this Prayer to the Holy Spirit card and put a copy in my Google Drive folder. Here is the PDF you can download. Enjoy!

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How do I find time to pray when I am so busy?

That one deserves more than a simple answer so I will write a post this month sharing my thoughts. 🙂

Okay, that’s it for now!

Those are my favorites of the week! What have you been enjoying?

I’m also linking up with Kelly for this week’s 7 Quick Takes.

Have a great weekend!

PS – You can follow RoL on Bloglovin, Feedly or another news feed. If you are a social media fan like me, we can stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, GoodReads, Letterboxd, or Spotify. 😉

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