Friday Favorites

Hello and welcome to my Friday Favorites! Today I am linking up with Andrea!

1. A couple of months ago I got these Lego flowers. I got the cherry blossoms and the daffodils which were fun to put together! 

2. I found this fun scratch-off map of the US at Target earlier this summer. I have a much larger scratch-off map my sister got for me but I thought this one was neat!

Unscratched | Full map | Just the states I've visited

3. Back in April we finally visited the BMW factory to go on the tour of the facility. We have lived so close to the factory and have talked about going on the tour the whole time we've lived in South Carolina but it just hadn't worked out to go. They only do a couple of tours a day and they sell out fast so we were glad to finally get some tickets and go!

You could take pictures in the museum but could not take pictures during the tour. We found the tour to be really interesting! They actually take you through the manufacturing facility where they are actually working and manufacturing the cars and it was like nothing we had ever seen before. There were so many robots and machines it was like something out of a futuristic movie!

The warehouse was like 3 or 4 stories high with cars all around and above you on convener belts. It was really interesting learning about car manufacturing, specifically in the Upstate. Definitely recommend if you are ever in Upstate South Carolina!

The price on this one!!!

Can you even imagine driving something this tiny???

4. I recently tried a new chocolate chip muffin recipe and it was pretty good! (I used this recipe.) Although I don't know that I would say it's my favorite recipe. I've tried so many chocolate chip muffin recipes but they never seem quite right. I typically always say homemade is better but for some reason there is just something special about bakery chocolate chip muffins. And I really don't know why, but they're just so good. Do you have a favorite chocolate chip muffin recipe? Or a double chocolate muffin recipe?

5. In case you missed it, this week I shared a Currently post and then on Wednesday I shared about our visit to the Tuckaleechee Caverns in Tennessee!

Hope you have a great weekend! Do you have any fun weekend plans?

Friday Favorites

Hello and welcome to my Friday Favorites! Today I am linking up with Andrea! 

It has been quite a while since I've done one of these but I'm looking forward to getting back into blogging regularly!

1. I uploaded all of my pictures from our trip to Europe to my computer so I can start going through them and that has been fun! Granted, there are over 1,000(!!!) so it's going to take me a while to sort through them all but it's been fun to look back and see all the things we were able to do!

We visited 9 countries and were able to see and do so much! It was definitely a whirlwind and we were so busy. Definitely not a relaxing vacation. We tried to make the most of our time in Europe while we were there (this is our second time visiting Europe.). 

We were able to visit Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France! I will definitely be sharing more as I go through my pictures but here are a few favorites! I have been sharing a lot in Instagram if you want to follow me there!

Ireland

The Giant's Causeway | The Dark Hedges

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)

2. I had to do some major grocery shopping after getting back from our 3 week trip to Europe and happened to find these at Trader Joe's! I think they could use more marshmallow but otherwise they're really good!

3. A Habit Burger finally opened where we live. (It opened last year) and that has been a favorite. I don't eat out very often but it's nice to be able to get a good burger at a decent price.

4. I don't go into Michael's very often but I happened to stop by and found some cute spring home decor items. Here are a few of the items I purchased! I got 2 of these cute scalloped wall shelves, this pink floral wall art, and this glass container with lid (I got the clear glass one). I also got this wall banner but it doesn't look like it's available anymore. Have you purchased any decor items lately? Do you have a favorite home decor store? I never really know where to consistently shop for home decor, I kind of just randomly come across things.

5. In case you missed it, on Monday I shared a little about What I've Currently Been Up To, and on Wednesday I shared some of my recent scrapbook pages!

How have you all been? Have you been up to anything fun or interesting lately?Hope you have a great weekend!

Friday Favorites

Hello and welcome to my Friday Favorites! Today I am linking up with Andrea!

1. Three weeks ago my favorite band, Shinedown, was in town so my mom and I went and saw them again! We had purchased tickets months ago and had been anxiously awaiting the day of the concert! They put on such an incredible show and we really enjoyed it! The crowd was really into it too which made for a fun experience! 

There was a mom with her son (he was maybe 10 or 11 years old) in front of us and I heard them talking to the people in front of them and it was either his first ever concert or first Shinedown concert, but it was fun to watch him enjoy the show. 

2. And then a week after the Shinedown show my mom decided she wanted to go to Charleston and see Switchfoot on their Beautiful Letdown tour so we drove to Charleston to see them. It had been quite a few years since we had seen Switchfoot but they put on a pretty good show.

3. We stayed in Mount Pleasant and the day after the concert we had a nice breakfast at First Watch before heading out to visit Boone Hall. My mom had purchased tickets beforehand so all we had to do was go into the visitor center to pick a time for the house tour. We wandered around the visitor center/museum until our house tour time.

The tour of the house was interesting, although no pictures were allowed inside. The house wasn't as old as we had thought (it was built in 1936 but made to look older.). And only the downstairs was open to visitors as the upstairs is still used by the family. 

The rest of the grounds were interesting. There were multiple exhibits and tours to go on that were all included in the admission price. There was a plantation tractor tour,  Black history in America and slave history exhibits, we listened to a talk on the Gullah culture, and walked through the gardens (which were very overgrown and not much was in bloom. But I bet it is very pretty in the spring!) We spent a good portion of the day exploring the grounds and thought the tour guides were all very personable and interesting.

4. After visiting Boone Hall we stopped by our hotel and then drove into Charleston to have an early dinner at Edmund's Oast. Since it was still early we drove down to the Battery and walked around the park and looked at some of the fancy homes there. It was surprisingly very windy so we didn't walk around for too long.

5. In case you missed it, I've recently shared Part 1 and Part 2 of our visit to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival from when we were in Washington.

And then this week I shared a Currently post on Monday and on Wednesday I shared my recent Old Navy haul!

Have you done anything fun or exciting lately?

Hope you have a great weekend!