Farewells, Family & Fresh Perspective.

10pm on Sunday night seems like a perfect time to update life in the Robinson household. Our life has been all over the place for the past couple of months. I guess I should start back in March, it was the week of my husband's birthday when my grandpa got really sick. He'd had issues here and there but he's a fighter. He fought hard, despite what ailments hit him but he w as tired of being sick and not feeling good. 

One of my last memories I (Jess) have with him was holding his hand after he had just woken up, I had taken a sick day to be with family at the hospital because we weren't sure if this was the end. He was with us a few more days but what my Mom and I had hoped would be a fun day over with family, celebrating Pie Day (3/14) was spent in tears, hugging each other and grieving the loss of my grandfather who had passed away that morning. I was so blessed to go to Ohio to see my family after a decade to honor his legacy. {He was in the Marines so while I am glad to have off for Memorial Day, I am thankful for his & many others who fought for our freedom.}

                                                    

                                               

Besides my husband & my cousin's fiance, this is a collective group shot of all the grand-kids with our Grandma after the funeral. We haven't been together in over a decade and I don't often see them except when it's a funeral, sadly. 

Jumping onward + upward, friends. 

My husband celebrated his last birthday in his twenties the day after my grandfather went to be with Jesus. His parents arrived in town that afternoon but I was able to celebrate the early hours with him in the morning/early afternoon. We had our Wawa coffee, and then spent time at Typhoon Lagoon. Here's us together in front of Magic Kingdom, we essentially live there. 

                                          

A month after this, we celebrated our annual Disney cruise - sailing out of Miami which was a first for us. We went to Castaway Cay which I could live here year round if Disney offered me a spot but I couldn't live without our pups. We also went to Key West which I've never been there and it was fun to enjoy authentic Key Lime Pie in the Keys. 

                                                  

                                   

Consider yourself caught up, friends :) Chris and I are continuing our trek of working out and looking good. My 30th is a few short months away and I want to feel my best for a new chapter beginning. The unofficial summer months of Florida have begun unfortunately due to the everyday killer heat, no breeze and 100 daily temps... A/C is my best friend. 

In a couple weeks we're celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary with a nice dinner out and most likely at the parks that weekend. A couple weeks after this, we get to spend time with my in-love's at Disney for a few days. Summer months are birthday central - my MIL's, both my sister's, one of my good friend's -- so this girl will be gettin her shopping fix :) 

In the effort to not bore you with the details - here's hoping my next update next month will not take as long and be as if not more eventful. As always, thank you for stopping by. 

~ The Robinson's 

Dessange Review//Influenster

Hello. All week I've been meaning to pop back in and not be on my unofficial blogging hiatus. I am working on an update post but it just hasn't been finished. Until then, enjoy this review of a Parisian shampoo/conditioner/hair treatment called Dessange that I kind of fell in love with.

Weird, right? How do you fall in love with your shampoo? 

Well. it happens. & it happened to me.

Enter in Influenster. I received the Dessange Oleo Miracle set of shampoo/conditioner/leave in treatment a month ago. This shampoo works on thick hair, y'all. That's a miracle in itself.

I usually didn't have to do much to style it. Sometimes I used my flat iron to make it look even better. & it did. Each time I used it - I got a swarm of compliments and it made my hair, which kind of resembles DeeDee Pickles with the humidity of FL - but it gave me confidence and made me feel like a model.

What is perfect about this shampoo is that it is premium, it's Parisian but while I received it for FREE - you can find it at Target for $10. Compared to other brands I've used like Tea Tree shampoo, Biolage by Matrix- that's a smaller fraction of the cost.

I used to just buy cheapy shampoo but my husband also loves it and supports this indulgence for me.

Try this out!! :)