This weekend was another awesome one. It was busy from start to finish and so much fun. One weekend the house will get cleaned and I’ll leisurely lounge around and catch up on some reading. This was not that weekend.
It started off with dinner with my girlfriends at Kitchen Table. Hannah, Joanna, Jordan, and I had so much fun catching up over delicious food. I had an egg sandwich with onion jam and cauliflower. It was so good!
Friday kicked off with Omaha Bloggers being featured on the front page of the Money section of the Omaha World Herald. It amazes me that a group I started a year ago simply to make friends has turned into what it has. I’m excited for more people to hopefully learn about bloggers and what we do.
Friday night Josh and I went to Barn Bash. Barn Bash is a Junior League event held in a barn out west that involves a chili cook-off, Bingo, and s’mores. Here I am with some of the other fabulous New Members.
It was such a fun night. The only bummer was there was no vegetarian chili so Josh was left making a dinner out of corn muffins and s’mores. He didn’t complain, but I wish I had thought to pack him something. I chowed down on the one chili that was made with ground turkey and thought it was delicious.
Saturday morning Hannah and I headed over to Joanna’s house for the next Three Cooks One Kitchen installment. We made homemade Runzas! I can’t wait to share the recipe with you on Thursday. And this may be one of my favorite 3C1K photos ever. 😀
After hanging out with the girls it was time for a date night with Josh! Fontanelle Forest was having a (free!) members’ appreciation event that I knew Josh would love as soon as I got the invite. It was a night of beer on the boardwalk! Nebraska has some incredible breweries that all came out to offer tastings of their beers. That plus food and live entertainment added up to one incredible evening.
The setup was so cute. And the weather was perfect for a night outside.
My hot date. 😀
There were stations set up throughout the forest. It was so much fun wandering to them all. The vendors were very generous with their samples and were allowing guests to stop back as much as they liked for more.
I’m not a beer drinker, so Josh made out like a king at this. I’d get a sample of whatever one he wanted and then just handed it off to him to double fist.
Don’t feel too bad for me though, I got to enjoy nachos from the nacho bar!
Me posing with a beer I wasn’t drinking.
The forest was so beautiful. Look at all those fall colors! It was a perfect night where my heart felt so full and happy. In the busy world we live in it was nice to have a chance to slow down and enjoy time with my favorite person. I love how much I love spending time with Josh, and how much fun we have together. I hope that never changes.
Sunday after a Zumba class that killed me (in the best possible way!), I met up with Hannah and Joanna at the Nebraska Crossing Outlets for some fall shopping.
I picked up this cute chambray shirt at Brooks Brothers. I’m still on a quest for the perfect black pants to wear with it, but at least I got one part of the outfit down.
An afternoon of shopping ended with dinner at Voodoo Taco. It was delicious and the guacamole rocked my world. After dinner I headed home and relaxed with Josh before getting ready for the week.
Questions of the Day: What was the highlight of your weekend? Are you a beer fan? Have you ever been featured on the news or in a newspaper?
Sounds like an awesome & jam-packed weekend!! I love the new top. It looks great on you, Erin!
Aw thanks Jessie! I love it! And am actually wearing it today! haha
looks like a great weekend and I am jealous that it really looks like fall there!
I love fall! It’s my favorite season!
What a fun fall weekend! And congrats on the success of your blogger group, that’s really neat.
Thanks Meredith! I can’t believe how much the group has grown and done in a year!
ahhhh ready ready for fall here too.
I love fall!!
I love the perfect fall date night. Although, I’m with ya on the beer. Just give me all the nachos please!
Yes! haha The taste of beer never grew on me.
What a lovely weekend! I guess the highlight of my weekend was finding an apartment (hopefully) in SF… and running Nike Women’s Half. And all the food I demolished lol.
Was the half marathon amazing? I’ve heard great things about it!
So amazing! I definitely recommend it… I’m recapping on the blog Thursday!
sounds like the perfect weekend! I have been wanting a chambray shirt.. CUTE!! Love that plaid scarf too. You are one fashionista friend!
Aw you are very sweet! I wouldn’t call myself a fashionista but I’m definitely trying to up my style game! haha
So cool that your group was featured in the paper. Impressive!
That forest looks so beautiful. I always loved Onaha, though my reason for going there doesn’t exist anymore (my son moved back to California).
You should come back for a vacation! I love how much there is to do here!
I happen to love that picture with Eleanor in it too!! It’s so funny 🙂 I saw that the outlets had VooDoo Taco and I was like.. what??? I need to actually eat there sometime finally!
It’s really good! We should go sometime! I think they also have an Omaha location too!
Of COURSE you put up the photo where it looks like Eleanor is picking her nose, haha! She was RUBBING it! 😉
I literally laughed out loud when I saw it! She still looks cute! 😀
what an amazing weekend! Nothing like perfect weather, friends and food.
It was such an awesome weekend!
Looks like a super-fun weekend! I love that Nate and I can still make a trip to Wal-Mart incredibly fun! lol! #truelove I would LOVE to know more about how you organized a local blogging community–that’s something I’d love to do!
That is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time! That and how I’m doing laser hair removal, the final recap of my wedding, and the final recap of my Hawaii trip! I need to get working on my to-do list! haha
Erin, you’re so cute in your Fontenelle Forest pics! 🙂 You look so perfectly Fall!
Aww thanks Jenny! I love fall!
I love seeing that blogger article on the business section!
Thanks girly! I was really excited! 😀
Wow looks awesome!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thanks Nancy! 😀
Looks like you had a great weekend! And it is so awesome your blogging group was featured in the newspaper!!
It was really exciting! I don’t think I’ve ever been in the newspaper before!
Weekends go too fast don’t they? Looks like a delicious and fun one!
It was such a fun weekend! I wish weekends were three or four days! haha
Looks like an amazing fall weekend! Anything that involves s’mores is a great time to me!
Marianne
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That sandwich looks amazing! I have a chambray shirt but haven’t worn it yet because I need to find the perfect jeans for it.
Voodoo taco looks amazing! Congrats on the big newspaper feature! I think it’s great when the word is spread about what bloggers actually do! I think the perception is somewhat skewed. You had a very busy weekend full of good food, family and friends, and lots of pictures to remember it by!
Thanks for joining in on the Celebrate Southern link up this week! I hope to see you again next Tuesday doll! xoxo
Sounds like you had a lovely weekend! {silly house chores… they will be there waiting for you another weekend!} I LOVE that you started that blog group and that they are being recognized! I would love to hear more about how you started and what you do with your group. I am just now getting involved with one near me!
Thank you so much for joining J and myself {www.2catsandchloe.com} for our third Celebrate Southern Linkup! I’m pinning your post to our official Celebrate Southern Pin Board now! 🙂 xxoo
The homemade runzas should be good.
They are!