Sunday Morning Breakfast

Enjoy something extra special today.

 Like these Brown Sugar & Bacon Waffles! 

 

 

My Week in Instagrams

I hope you have a fun filled summer weekend!

I have a big day today. I'm throwing a baby shower for my good friend Ruthie!

Expect to see pictures soon.

Mount Rushmore

 

I have a bucket list of places I want to visit during my life.

It's an ever growing list because I always find something new that I just HAVE to go see.

Just yesterday, for example, I was watching the Dicovery Channel

and they had a special on Yosimite National Park.

I've been there numerous times, but I have never taken the trail to the top of Half Dome.

Well... after watching the special, I now HAVE to go to the top.

All that to say, I have a travel/sigh-seeing bucket list.

And on Monday I was able to cross one off my list.

Mount Rushmore

Both Micah and I loved it!

We also took some time to enjoy the view of the Midwestern Prairie Land...

which totally reminded me of Little House on the Prairie.

We even took a short detour to see a local artist's version of Stone Henge.

The artist called their adaptation "Carhenge".

It was quite a hoot! 

I'm Back

I'm back from vacation... and what a wonderful time Micah and I had.

I promised that I would post today, but due to some major work catch-up that I had on my plate,

I am going post about our camping experience tomorrow. 

But don't worry, I'm not leaving you with nothing!

I wanted to share with you this lovely quote by Audry Hepburn

that I found on 3 Lambs Illustration.

Isn't that statement so true?

I think so.

Farmhouse Dinner

Happy Father's Day Weekend!

We kicked off the festivities with a family dinner last night.

My sis-in-law, Whitney and I decorated this beautiful Farmhouse Table

with flowers and ferns from the garden, vintage jadeite bowls and depression glass.

And Micah, along with his mother and brother, cooked up a delicious meal

of smoked BBQ ribs, dill potato salad, fresh greens and garlic bread.

  

Our vacation on the Farm has been wonderful

and we were able to spend some much needed time with family.

But sadly, this leg of the vacation must come to an end.

Tomorrow Micah and I are headed to The Black Hills for some camping time!

I'm so excited!! So be expecting to see tons of pictures on my Instagram 

and a blog post about it when we return.

See you on Thursday.

My Week in Instagrams

One week of vacation down... 3 more days to go!

These pictures pretty much sums up our week...

 

Cooking, Tanning, & Shopping

Late Night Drinks,

a day trip to Omaha (Anthro!!!!)...

 and Micah just being himself on the farm again.

Current Crush - Summer Sun Tea

This vacation has really made me feel like summer is finally here.

Lounging in the sun or as I like to call it, "getting my tan on".

Tanning is so bad, I know... but I was born and raised in California.

It's in my blood to see the sun and immediately lay under it with a cool glass of sun tea in my hand.

You can take the girl out of California, but you can't take the California out of the girl.

So my current crush this week has been summer
and the endless amounts of sun tea

I will be consuming over the next 3 months.


Go check out Danielle over at Framed Frosting
who is the host of this blog link ups every week!

Alice Ferrow

 

Happy Wednesday.

I have some lovely art to share with you today.
I stumbled upon the artist Alice Ferrow yesterday...
as I lounged around with family after an amazing "Hanson Dinner";
a glass of wine in my hand, computer in my lap,
browsing the internet while chatting with everyone.
That's how we roll around here.

Hope you have a great day!

A-Thread

Micah and I love Montana. The beauty is breathtaking. But there is one big problem...

the shopping is somewhat lacking. Okay, maybe "somewhat" is an understatement.

Literally we have Target and TJ Max... that's is. Sigh.

Because of "my predicament" (as I like to call it),

I am ferocious at trying to find good online clothing stores.

My favorite use to be Ruche. But ever since Ruche crossed over to the dark side,

aka drastically raising their prices for no apparent reason

other than the fact that they got wildly popular,

I have been on the hunt for another favorite shopping site. 

And I found one!!!

A-Thread

I hope you like it as much as I do!

Flower Infused Chocolates

I'm a pretty adventurous person when it come to food.
I'll try anything once and there are few food that I dislike
(unfortunately Salmon is one of them... it reminds me of cat food). 

But back to my adventurous food eating.
I would love love love to try these flower infused chocolates created by Sucre!

My Week in Instagrams

We made it to Nebraska!

Isn't the first day of vacation the best!

Sleeping in way past the norm,

lounging around after breakfast,

soaking up some sun.

Ahhhh. 

I hope you enjoyed you week.

Here are some pictures of my week

via Instagram...

On The Road

One leg of the journey down... One more to go.

One more 9 hour leg of the drive to go! I forget how far it is.

But at least the view was beautiful.

And thanks to modern technology, I am able to spend the time...

1. Instagraming

2. Playing "Words with Friends" 

3. Listening to the audio book "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest"

Current Crush - Vacation

Micah and I are FINALLY going on a vacation.

(I am physically jumping up and down with excitement)

Today we are making the long 20 hour drive to Nebraska

to have some much needed vacation and family time... and I'm so excited.

I very literally plan on lounging around, relaxing and having fun with family,

and most importantly, doing absolutely no work. 

I'm so ready for this.

So keep an eye out on my blog for some

Nebraska Farm Vacation updates!

Margarita

One of my favorite things about summer-time here in Montana,
is all the warm afternoons spend on our sailboat...
sipping margaritas and flowing with the breeze.

Ahhhh,  I'm dreaming of it right now.

Here is my simple Margarita recipe
that's not too sweet and not too sour, but just perfect.

Margarita

1 1/2 oz. tequila

1/2 oz. triple sec

juice of 1/2 fresh lime

1. Simply mix together and pour over ice.

2. No blending necessary... it's perfect just the way it is.