Kaitlyn changed up the format of Cara Box this time and it is now a three month format instead of every month! If you would like to join in the fun next time head over to her blog to check it out!

Anyways, this time I was paired with two of the most awesome ladies! Carly from The Pinot Project and Jamie from You Gotta Have Hart! These two have been so much fun to get to know and I can’t wait to get to know them even better outside of Cara Box! I will totally be blog stalking both of you!

I sent to Carly and we talked about everything from what we like about fall to what the weather is like in our different parts of the country! She blogs about anything and everything! She has a bit of a potty mouth on her, but I looked past that since she is so funny! I had such a blast getting to know Carly and shopping for her!

Jamie was such a blast to get to know! We exchanged emails throughout the entire two months and are still exchanging them right now! You can check out what I sent Carly by going to her blog!

I wasn’t able to get pictures this time because I have been a little under the weather the past few days and I apologize for this being a little late .

Anyways, Jamie sent me a jar of candy corn salt scrub that smells so good! Also some nail polishes, kitchen towels, an oven mitt, a solar clock thing that is so cute. She collects them and sent a hula girl one to me! There are a bunch of other things that I know I am forgetting right now and I totally blame this illness for that! Please forgive me for this really bad Cara Box link up post!

I promise this is the last Happy Birthday post this week!  Today is my husband’s birthday! It makes me so happy that I get to spend every day with him and that he works so hard at his job!  He always takes time to spoil me in whatever way he can!

I could go on and on about what I love about him, but that would make a really, really, really long post! So, I will just say that I love Mr. RCGG more and more every day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! I LOVE YOU!!

Today is my daddy’s birthday!

This is Daddy and me smelling a rose when I was a baby! It is one of my favorite pictures of us!

Daddy and me at my wedding

Random facts about Daddy:

1. He hates peanut butter because he is afraid of it sticking to the roof of his mouth.
2. He enters money on Where’s George to see where it goes after he spends it!
3. He wears a size 18 shoe.
4. His favorite movie is Dead Poets’ Society.
5. He is 6’8″
6. He loves presidential trivia.
7. Especially Lincoln trivia since he grew up in the Springfield IL area.
8. He has gone to Costa Rica on a mission trip.
9. His favorite color is blue.

Some of his favorite sayings:

1. If it isn’t gushing you don’t need a band-aid.
2. And squeezing it to make it bleed more doesn’t count as gushing.
3. Jose, You’re cruising! (He always said this when I would back talk)
4. Jose (He calls me Jose because every other daughter is Princess or Kitten)

Today would have been my dad’s mother’s 93rd birthday! I remember going up to visit her a few months before she died. She was sitting in her wheelchair in her nursing home room watching the agility dog shows on animal planet! She had an orange butterfly clip in her hair and looked so happy!

After she passed we went to stay with my aunt and uncle for her funeral. We were going through her stuff and my uncle came across a little orange butterfly clip. He was going to put it in the throw away pile, but I said NO!!! I saved it from being thrown away and I still have it somewhere! (Also when I see dog agility shows on animal planet I think of her!)

She had great grandchildren that were older than me, but I was the youngest grandchild! (And the favorite, but don’t tell the other grandchildren that!!  Haha! Kidding! I really have no idea if I was her favorite or not!)  My grandma a Texas girl so I always think of her when I see yellow roses! Happy birthday Grandma Emily! I love you and miss you!

Mr. RCGG and I have been talking about where we want to travel next year!

Of course, my suggestions are always anywhere that has beaches!

Here’s where we are talking about MAYBE going sometime in the future!

Philadelphia, PA

Boston MA

New York City

Gettysburg PA

We have already been to Gettysburg, but there is so much to see that we didn’t have a chance to see everything!

What are some of your favorite places to travel? Do you like to go to places where there is a lot of history or things to do or do you go somewhere just to get away and relax?

When we go somewhere we usually like to do both! We will go out and do something during the day, but then when we get back to our hotel we like to relax! If we go to the beach we like to go down to the ocean and watch the waves or ships that have anchored.