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What We Wore: Easter 2013

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. It combines the remembrance of resurrection with the joy of rebirth and celebration of spring. It is also time to get dressed up in our fanciest frocks, fellowship with loved ones, and blossom in our own lives.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ~Mahatma Gandhi

About those fancy frocks…..here are ours (in case you haven’t seen me in awhile, I got new hair).

dress c/o Langford Market | necklace – Charming Charlie | sandals c/o fibi & clo | moonstone bracelet – Rock Barrell

I forgot to ask my husband exactly what he’s wearing, but it’s likely Charles Tyrwhitt and Brooks Brothers.

Baby boy is wearing a handed down Carter’s button down shirt with Janie and Jack shorts, a Target bow-tie, and burlap tiny TOMS* in the bimini style {New TOMS Coupon Code $5 Off $25 purchase TOMSSPRING5*}.

Oldest boy is wearing Target tie/shirt/pants, Gap belt, and H&M sneakers.

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date night with my guys

Thank you to BJ’s Restaurants for sponsoring this post and feeding me fresh food (that I didn’t have to cook) on dishes (that I didn’t have to watch) in a swanky, fun-filled environment (that I didn’t have to clean up)! You can connect with them on twitter, facebook, pinterest, and google+.

Last week before I headed out of town on a girl’s weekend, I took my boys out for dinner at BJ’s Restaurants. I needed a break from cooking dinner and washing dishes so that I could really be present and savor my moments with my dudes (along with some really, really yummy food).

Mediterranean pizza

Party for Two at BJ's Restaurants

Scrumptious. Who wouldn’t want to savor that???

Everyone knows that the best things in life can be shared. My husband and I shared BJ’s Restaurants latest Party For Two offer.

Party For Two is a promotion that is available at all neighborhood BJ’s Restaurants from 3/18/13-4/29/13 and includes the following for $19.95:

Choice of two soups OR salads
Any MEDIUM BJ’s Restaurants Signature Pizza
BJ’s Restaurants Famous Pizookie dessert

Here’s what we got…

Mediterranean Pizza, Caesar Salad, red velvet pizookie dessert

That’s a Caesar Salad (for him), Tuscan Tomato Bisque (for me–it was off the chain and my favorite part of the whole meal…which is saying a. lot.), a Mediterranean Pizza, and a Red Velvet Pizookie.

While I never normally order tomato bisque (because it usually tastes too much like acid reflux to me), I had hunch about this one–and I SO GLAD I DID. It was deliciously tomato-y, flavorful, savory, and I had to restrain myself from licking the bowl. The pizza had all my favorite stuff–grilled chicken, basil pesto, roasted garlic, Kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese and sliced peperoncinis. And, the Red Velvet Pizookie was exquisite–it’s a miracle that I even managed to photograph it before devouring it.

When I saw that they brew their own handcrafted soda in-house, I had to try them. I rarely drink soda because of gnarly ingredients but BJ’s Restaurants soda is made with beet sugar instead of HFCS.

cream soda

I tried the Black Cherry and Cream Soda.

Cheers!

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