We have a WINNER!!! :)

First of all, I wanted to say a special THANK YOU to everyone who entered my $50 dollar Shutterfly giveaway!! 

If you didn't win please don't give up... stay tuned because I am hosting another awesome giveaway in a few weeks!! :) 

.......Without further ado... The winner of the $50 Shutterfly giveaway is....

Kelly from The Happy Dash!!! 

(please email for details on how to claim the prize)

Congratulations, Kelly! I hope that you enjoy your Shutterfly credit!!

If yall don't read Kelly's blog already you should! She and I have been blogging friends for years, even before we were both married and I just love her! :)

*winner was chosen at random via rafflecopter giveaway*

Shutterfly $50 Giveaway!

I am so happy to have the opportunity to share my love of Shutterfly with you! They are one of those companies I just love working with!! For the past three years we have ordered our Christmas cards from them (in addition to prints, photo books, etc) and each time I am completely blown away with the amazing quality and beautiful designs.  Although I have had a difficult time choosing my favorite card this year  (because there are so many great ones!) we will definitely be using Shutterfly to make our Christmas cards again this year! 

Thanks to Shutterfly, one lucky reader will win $50 dollars to spend at Shutterfly!!

Be sure to check out their Special Offers page to see all of their great deals... here are a few of my favorite cards this year!  

this is the one we used last year... um LOVE it!

THE GIVEAWAY:

One lucky reader will win $50 off a purchase!

It can be used for anything on their site!

(off order of $50 or more- excluding tax and shipping and can not be combined with any other promo's expires 12.14.2012 no extensions)

To Enter: 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*This is a sponsored post by Shutterfly. All opinions are my own*

{Insta} Friday!

{Linking up with Life Rearranged for instafriday!}

I am so happy that it is officially FRIDAY!!! 
This is our last "free" weekend until november which makes me terribly sad and happy at the same time... I guess that means that summer is coming to an end {tear} and fall is quickly approaching {cheers}!  I love summer and usually love for fall to come but I have to admit it seems like this summer has FLOWN by and I am not quite ready for fall... I long for more days at the beach lounging on the porch drinking a cold one or laying out at the beach with my toes in the sand doing the same.  Speaking of beach... I think we will take a last minute trip this weekend! :) 

If you don't follow me on instagram you can: @alliemacfallie ... I am private but don't hesitate to send a request :)
Here are some pictures from this past week!

{1}Somthing in the mail for me!? Gasp! Thank you #Anthro! 

{2}So much fun at the pool!

{3}I love this cuddle bunny... Laying in bed with mamma

{4}This is how you know you are loved! ha!

 {1}She pushed the chair all around the room... Glad we didn't spend tons of money on a stand up "walking" toy. AND she let go and took a few STEPS ON HER OWN!

{2}Thats cheerio dust ha!

{3}Love that the pine needles kept her occupied and happy for almost 30 minutes

{4}I guess she wanted some yogurt

 {1}I would TOTALLY get a TON done if I had this space in my house... hint hint!

{2}Woah go check this out at Bible Gateway! Lamentations 3:22-29

{3}Someone is an animal lover already

{4}In TX we put up fences, in NC we build hills. #weirdbuttrue

{1}Ahh another reason I love target! They now have mobile BABY coupons via text!! 

{2}I knew there was a reason we hadn't packed up the swing yet... it still works wonders! 

{3}Hubby is home early and he brought me an afternoon snack!

{4}Snack time again, she cracks me up! (This was the first time she "reached in" a bag to get someting)

{1}This actually happened today! #proudofmyself ! Finally bed time!

{2}Such a sneaky little monkey!

{3}Look mom, I found a toy!! What is this? 

{4}And heaven and earth will sing! 

Oh, and two reminders:

1. don't forget to check out my giveaway!!!

2. There is still time to link up for Tasty Treat Thursdays if you didn't yesterday, we would love to have you! (if nothing else you should check out some of the delish recipes posted! mmm! ) 

I hope y'all have a great weekend!! :)

Digital Scrapbooking Review & GIVEAWAY!

I LOVE scrapbooking!! Are any of you avid scrapbookers too? I really wish I had more time to put into it but there honestly just aren't enough hours in the day for me to complete a scrapbook.  It takes way too much time, lots of supplies that take up lots of space (which we don't have), not to mention the money it costs for all the paper, stickers, books, etc.!  

When I received an email from My Memories to review their digital scrapbooking software I was intrigued!  I downloaded the software and within minutes I was ready to go... it was so nice to have everything I needed right at my fingertips and not have to wait to receive the scrapbooking software!  Oh and get this-- the software doesn't limit you to only scrapbooks, you can also make invites, photobooks, printables and much more! Once created you can save the documents straight to your computer and print them out or save them to your computer!

Here is a page I started that took less than 5 minutes!

you can also choose what photos you want to use and it will automatically upload them into different pages in different templates that match your scrapbook. greatness!

Be sure to check out their website www.MyMemories.com

How to win:

There are 7 different ways to enter, use the entry form below to enter, use the form below to enter.

(Mandatory)

1) You must be a follower of my blog

2)Leave a comment telling me why you love this giveaway

(additional entries:)

3) (2 entries) Follow me on twitter ( @alliemacfallie )

4) (2 entries) Like Living The Adventures on Facebook

5) (2 entries) Tweet about this giveaway- mention @alliemacfallie and @MyMemoriesSuite (can be done once per day)

6)Follow @MyMemoriesSuite on twitter 

7) Like My Memories on facebook

Also, My Memories is giving my readers a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for theMyMemories.com store - $20 value!
Use this code when checking out: STMMMS32970

This giveaway will end on September 2, 2012 at midnight, EST

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Featured Blogger!

I just wanted to give a shout-out to Jen over at A Girl in Pearls & A Boy with Toys and thank her for featuring me on her blog yesterday!! :)  She does a "Monday Mama's-To-Be" in which she features a different soon-to-be-mom each week and I was honored to be a part of it! 

If you missed her  post yesterday be sure to go check it out here!! Thank you so much for doing this awesome post, Jen!

If you haven't been to her blog you should definitely check it out- it is one of my daily reads :) 

She also has an adorable ETSY shop that you should check out-- she has a promotion going right now to get 10% off by entering BLOG10

Here are some of her adorable prints :)

baby :)

sunshine :)

Family History

OH and ONE last thing.... don't forget to enter your guess on when my little girl will be making her arrival... the person with the best guess might just get a special something!!! :) 
www.expectnet.com/games/RaleighGrace

What a Giveaway!!

Oh. my. goodness.!!! 

Let me first just tell you that you do not want to miss an awesome giveaway from a FABULOUS girl, Sarah, over at "We're Just Like You Only Prettier"... this is one of the BEST I have seen... 

check out what she is GIVING away!!!!

Head on over to her blog for your chance to enter!! :) Love it Sarah!!

Top 2 Tuesday... Blogging

Top 2 Things You Have Learned About Blogging...

1) Is commenting easy? 

I have learned that I have gotten more comments once I took the word verification off my blog... and now that I took it off I can't stand them lol :) I have had no problems with spam on my comments this far and I pray it stays that way :) 

Lets be honest... who really ENJOY'S seeing this??:

2) Layouts

Really matter to me.  I can not stand one that is all cluttered and looks like a huge mess... I admit mine is cheap free but its simple and until I can figure out something different it will have to work.  I also love it when my favorites have lots of links and a personal button on their blog (sorry I just combined like three things in number 2. oops. a.d.d. much? ha!)

so there yah have it!! happy blogging haha 

ps I LOVE GIVEAWAYS :) just saying...I WON THIS!!! YAAAY!! 

check out Sarah at We're Just Like You only Prettier! :) THANKS SO MUCH GIRL! :)

pps ... another snow day tomorrow? prayin so!

AWARDS & GIVEAWAYS!!

Okay yall I am so thrilled. For multiple reasons!!

1) I won this AMAZING "Your blog is BREATH-TAKING" award from Sarah @ We're just like you only prettier!  If you don't read her blog you need to!! We joke that we are twins because we have so much in common!! so... a BIG thank you, Sarah for the award!!

Here are the questions that go along with the award:

1. What inspires you?  The little babies that I teach everyday... they inspire me to love better and to teach better.  They also remind me that there is a little child in us all ... or some of us maybe a LOT ha :)

2. What is your favorite season and why?  Well... you can pretty much take Sarah's answer and copy and paste it here. Except I'm not as cool as her because I don't have a drop top, sad day.  ha!  But really, I LOOOVE summer! I love spending time with my family and now that I am a teacher I just am so excited that I will get to really enjoy this time again. I have grow up going to my families beach house every year during the summer... such great memories there such as K proposing to me... swoon!

the day after he proposed!

 3. What are you most looking forward to this year? A new life... new adventures... and spending it with the ones I love the most!! And right now- spring break (at the beach hopefully) and summer ha! {seriously though}

relaxing and enjoying the sunset maybe!?

 4. If you could write a book about anything, what would it be about? Honestly, I  could never!  I am so ADD that I can barely sit still long enough to write a blog entry without being distracted. ha! If I did though, maybe funny quotes of my daddy and the fun slangs that he used to create... or so we thought he created... "Riders on the Storm!" haha

5.What is your greatest passion? LOVING the Lord by far is my GREATEST!  Even though I do not deserve it at all he loves and forgives me a million times over and over and over! Other than Him... it would be loving kids. And loving others- I'm not great at it I will admit but I do genuinely love people and am a huge people person!

 6. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?  I would be less lazy and less self-conscious and less judgmental and critical of myself and others.  I have tons of room for growth here!

7.  Lastly, What is your favorite Novel? By far it has to be The Notebook and The Wedding.  Those books were sooo great and the Notebook was so way better than the movie its not even funny!! MMM romance!

okay I must admit just googling images for this I am now drooling over tons of photos and people who did engagement photos like this couple... maybe K & I can do this for our anniv or something... check this couple out at this post!  I am so jealous and will probably be watching this movie going to bed tonight. yup. :)

I am passing this lovely award on to


Kelly @ Happy Day World!
Sonja @ For the Love of Stilettos!
Danielle @ The Lenz Family!

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 2) Sarah is also hosting a wonnnderful giveaway!! Something I have been wanting to make for quite some time now!! I am reluctant to share this giveaway with you because honestly I'm selfish and want it all to myself but alas I will be nice ....you can click on the image below and it will take you directly to the giveaway! Handy huh?? Yes, she is giving away a BEAUTIFUL homemade jewelry frame... did I mention its personalized!? And yes! those gorgeous earrings come with it... I want it!! How amazing... okay you can go check it out for yourself now :)

 

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P.S. please pray for no school tomorrow-- weather calls for ice/rain/sleet/snow and i am sooo not excited about driving in this after totaling my car a couple of months ago due to a patch of ice.  not cool. {not to mention the fact I would LOVE a day off!}

again? YES!

WOW!! I am sooo thrilled I can not describe it!!! 

Up until this week I had never won a blog giveaway and today I won my second one this week!! I am so greatful and thankful!! 

You have GOT TO go check out Leigh Ashley's Blog and her AMAZING Etsy shop, Barberry and Lace!  She has some of the NEATEST items and I won one of her pieces of jewelry! There are so many beautiful things that I have spent a long time narrowing down to my favorite item.  Let me show you some of the runner ups :)

and the one I finally decided on.... {drum roll please...}


The Key to the Garden Necklace :) !!!!!!

I let hubby look at these and we BOTH picked this as our top choices without the other knowing!  I am sooo excited to be the new owner of the Key to Garden ;)

Thank you sooo much Leigh Ashley!!!!! :)

I win!

AHHHH I am just SO excited that I had to share!!
I just won my first giveaway EVER!!! Wahoooo :) Thanks so much to Houghtons Happenings for a wonderful giveaway!! I won some ADORABLE baby hair clips and headbands from "My Little Pixies!" 
Can't tell you exactly what I am going to be doing with them yet :) Maybe save them for our future baby girl? Maybe a gift to a sweeeet baby girl in my life! We shall see!

Thanks again, Stephanie! You might have just inspired me to do my first giveaway soon!

Free Christmas Cards!

I am sure many of you may have seen this on other blogs but I thought I would share again and remind you that its not to late to get your 50 free Christmas Cards from Shutterfly!
All you have to do is write a blog entry about Shutterfly :) Easy Enough!!

They have some super cute cards this year and hopefully K and I will be able to get them out before Christmas actually arrives!  We got our first card in the mail last week... I think people are rushing it a little more than necessary this year... We have neighbors (not directly) who have had their Christmas decor up since before Halloween.... this is a little much for me-- As I stated on my facebook they are being worse than the retail chains they complain about.

Okay my rant is done ha!

Go check out all the cute cards that Shutterfly is offering for FREE!!
Some cuties such as these.... love them!