Photo A Day | Week 23

This week was a fairly quiet one filled with vacation prep for Ashley and Shelby coming to terms with the fact that her time in London is almost over.

 Day 154: Was in the mood for a little Thai food for dinner. Do you think this is enough food for one person? ha ha

 

Day 155: One of my favorite things about NYC is that in the summer some of the streets become outdoor seating. Get there early enough and you can have your pick of spots. Good luck trying to find a seat during lunch though. 

 Day 156: Shelby went to the One Direction concert in London tonight. Because apparently seeing them countless times in the US isn't enough. This is her imaginary boyfriend, Harry Styles

 Day 157: Ashley spent the morning at Barnes & Noble flipping though travel books for last minute vacation planning.

 Day 158: Shelby and Allix got to pretend to be BBC news anchors. Read more about their adventures here.

 Day 159: Stocked up on some snacks for Europe. Have you heard of Nature Box? If you're a snack person you should check it out.

 Day 160: I've come to the conclusion that the majority of Shelby's internship consists of her sending me pictures of whatever English snack she's eating at the moment. This one is like if Oreos and M&M's had a baby apparently.

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley & Shelby

Photo A Day | Week 22

This week was a lot of trips to the park, a day in Paris, catching up on some reading, and for one of us seeing our name in print!

 

Day 147: Quick weekday lunch break in the park enjoying the gorgeous weather

Day 148: Shelby and friends enjoying an after work drink. Fun Fact: in London you are allowed to take you drink outside the pub and drink/hang out on the sidewalk/street adjacent to the bar

 Day 149: Pixie asking "Is it the weekend yet?! Take me to the park!" Spoiler Alert- we went to the park

 Day 150: Shelby spent the day in Paris. Here she is at the Louvre. She didn't actually walk through the museum. She just went to take this picture, ha ha

  Day 151: Relaxing Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and a good book. I'm currently reading The Goldfinch. Has anyone else read it? I love it so far

 Day 152: Evening in London hanging out at Trafalgar Square

 Day 153: One of Shelby's first tasks as an intern at The Daily Mirror was this fashion editorial on flip flops. It was published in the paper today under her name!

Until Next Time

XOXO 

Ashley & Shelby

Photo A Day | Week 21

This week was filled with sightseeing, haircuts, and many trips to the park.

 

Day 140: Shelby's in London less than 24 hours and she's already managed to buy a t-shirt with her imaginary boyfriend's face on it. 

 Day 141: Shelby's flatmates in London. They are all students at FIT and are each interning in London this summer

Day 142: Pixie finally got a haircut! Now she's all ready for summer

 Day 143: Shelby and some pigeons sitting by the Thames River in London

Day 144: Sitting on a bench overlooking the East River reading a book and people watching. Perfect Sunday.

Day 145: Taking advantage of the beautiful spring weather I've been trying to take a walk by the river every day. This was early morning on Memorial Day where I stop and took a moment to reflect on the day.

 Day 146: We recently discovered our favorite neighborhood pizza place, Gotham Pizza, delivers slices. I need to forget I know this information.

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley & Shelby

Photo A Day | Week 20

This week was pizza, packing, some more pizza, and some more packing. 

 Day 133: Got my tall wellies in the mail today. Prepping for my summer vacation in the rainiest countries ever

 Day 134: Made homemade pizza from Blue Apron. It was SO good but took FOREVER to make. 

 Day 135: TGIF

 Day 136: Helping Shelby pack for her European adventure. You can see what she's up to by following along here. 

 Day 137: Pix got in on the packing fun by using Shelby's neck pillow as what looks like a fuzzy pool float. She sat like this for awhile. It was hysterical. 

 Day 138: Pizza party, last minute Europe planning, and The Bachelorette. Perfect Monday night.

Day 139: The packing is complete! Shelby is off to London bright and early Wednesday morning. 

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley & Shelby

Photo A Day | Week 19

This week was filled with lots of sickness, a concert, and some surprises in the mail

Day 126: Ashley's intern caught sleeping on the job again. 

Day 127: Shelby attended a concert by one of her favorite bands- The 1975

Day 128: Sick Selfie #1. Both of us seemed to have come down with some sort of virus that must be terribly contagious because everyone we have come in contact with over the past few days is experiencing the same symptoms. Good times. 

Day 129: Sick Selfie #2. We drug ourselves out of bed to go see a movie which we thought would be a relaxing activity. Turns out both of us had trouble making it back home without passing out from exhaustion. Deciding that anything but our beds was to taxing of an experience we spent the rest of the day sleeping in hopes of this terrible sickness going away. 

Day 130: It was a BEAUTIFUL day so we drug ourselves out of bed long enough to go enjoy brunch outside at Bocca down the street from us. Turns out sunglasses and lipstick are great tools to hide the fact you feel like crap. After brunch it was back to bed. Ugh, whatever this flu like thing is needs to go away, like now. 

Day 131: Ashley's Birchbox came in the mail today which is always a happy day. If you're interested in learning more about Birchbox click here. 

Day 132: The coffee fairy delivered lots of coffee today. Just in time to as we finished the last of our supply off this morning. (Thanks Dad!!)

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley & Shelby

Photo A Day | Week 16, 17, 18

So, we're behind a little again.....oops. 

Prepare yourself for 3 weeks worth of photos!

Day 105: We tried Blue Apron for the first time. Our first box arrived today

 Day 106: Scandal finale day! All ready with my popcorn and wine aka the Oliva Pope dinner

 Day 107: Got a surprise Easter package in the mail from our Aunt including the world's largest bag of kettle corn. It didn't take long for that bag to disappear....

 Day 108: Spring Cleaning Day. Since Spring has finally decided to come out for good in NYC it's time to put the coats and sweaters away and pull out the dresses and tank tops. Pixie thought the giant pile of clothes was for another purpose. 

 Day 109: Easter Sunday

 Day 110: Shelby returned from TX and brought me a fun surprise- kolaches from Czech stop in West, TX

Day 111: I had to make a quick trip to DC for work. The trash cans at JFK are automatic. The idea is that when you walk up to throw something away the door swings open so you can drop your trash in. What the automatic trash can designer didn't seem to consider is the fact that when you place an automatic trash can in a very busy airport every time someone walks by the door is going to open. Seems like a giant waste of energy to me....

Day 112: Another surprise from TX- our Aunt's delicious chocolate pie. This has to be the world's most traveled pie. It went from Austin to Waco to Dallas to NYC all with the goal of ending in my stomach :)

Day 113: Pixie's eye's in this picture say it all. "Get. Her. Away. From. Me"

 Day 114: Friday. Enough said. 

Day 115: Went to see this amazing ballet production of Snow White. John Paul Gaultier designed the costumes. Seriously, look it up on YouTube. So good!

 Day 116: It's a running joke in our family that my childhood artwork was never displayed by our parents while Shelby and Ethan's was framed! and hung up. Shelby made up for it by hanging up my proudly completed artwork from my Frozen coloring book. Yes, we have a Frozen coloring book. Jealous? 

 Day 117: Selfie with my new bangs. Woke up on Saturday morning and decided to chop them off. Loving it so far!

 Day 118: Loving these Jalapeno Cheddar tortilla chips! Kind of healthier version of nacho cheese doritos. 

 Day 119: Lunch

 Day 120: Had to make an emergency AM run to Duane Reade for toilet paper. Never go to Duane Reade before 8AM hungry or you come home with this. 

 Day 121: It's Friday!!! Party time!

 Day 122: We didn't even get out of bed today. Sister snuggle time!

 Day 123: Brunch with Ethan at The Smile in NoHo with the world's best latte

Day 124: Our Cinco de Mayo feast!

 Day 125: Finally caught Pixie's extremely strange first piece of food eating ritual on video. She picks out one piece of food from her bowl and stalks it like prey for a good 20 minutes before she eats it. 

If you made it through all that Congratulations!

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley & Shelby