While we were at Home Depot checking out paint for the new house,
I couldn't resist grabbing a buttload of brightly colored paint chips for all the great ideas I've seen floating around on
Pinterest.
I most definitely will be wrapping presents with them and I'm pretty sure I'll make a cute garland or two for friend's babies' nurserys.
Which ones would you do?
flashcards for learning words and sounds:
I don't ktnow if I'd put this art up in my house, but I can't stop staring at it:
party utensil holder:
business card holder:
calendar:
(better yet, I would actually leave the squares blank and put it behind glass in a frame
so it's more like a white board and you would only need to make one!)
adorable little garland:
wrapping:
(another use for my circle punch!)
bookmarks:
love this geometric art idea:
mosaic mural:
egg garland for Easter:
via
Have you seen any great ideas that I missed?
I ordered something this weekend that I am anxiously awaiting the delivery of today...
soap!
You probably think I'm a total dork (and I'm okay with it) but living in 700 square feet, we don't exactly have space to buy (and store) things in bulk...and I LOVE to stockpile things we always need.
(there is nothing worse than getting to the end of the roll of toilet paper, only to remember it was THE last roll!)
The new house has a ton of storage and I got the green light to slowly start building up our stockpile of necessities!
I found an awesome deal on my favorite soap at none other than
soap.com. So I ordered 3 refill packs
(which you can't find in the stores) of the only scent I ever use, Basil (
have you smelled it?!).
I won't think it's weird if you bring a Costco-sized pack of toilet paper as a house warming gift, I will love you all the more!
Don't judge...I know I'm crazy.
Anyways, onto the weekend...
B loves stickers and the checker at Trader Joes gave him a bunch of stickers, all of which he proceded to put on his shirt at once. He was so proud of himself!
(check out the bruises on his forehead...new shoes + trying to perfect running = not a good idea.)
It was our first time (we had to put our 'meat pants' on) and it was amazing!
Here is me in my new dress:
(that you can only see the top of)
and I ordered the burger.
It was simply amazing.
Seriously one of the best burgers I've ever had.
and here is the handsome hubby:
Neither of us are steak eaters, but he ordered the Steak Frites since
Lauren raved about them.
She was right, they were amazing!
We are one of those annoying couples who trades meals halfway.
Best of both worlds.
Saturday morning B and I took Chris out for an early Father's Day breakfast at Tasty 'n Sons.
It was super good, as always.
After breakfast we went to
Andy and Bax which is a quirky little army surplus store.
It was kind of funny seeing all of the weird things they had, and Bennett loved trying on the hats:
On Sunday, we went over to Chris' parent's house to celebrate Father's day.
They just got two adorable kittens, Dixie and Bert.
B loved to chase them when they weren't sleeping.
I wish all animals could stay cute and small!
Happy first day of summer!
It was a long-awaited and much needed break.
(we hadn't even been away for as much as a day since last September,
The weather was great the first day and a half.
We played bocci ball and went to the tidepools.
The guys went to a movie while the girls (plus B) went shopping at the outlet mall.
We also had an awesome campfire where we roasted smores and starbursts.
The 2nd day and a half were pretty rainy.
Craig was excited to go surfing and we really wanted Bennett to play with his shiny new sand toys at least once...so we embraced our inner Oregonian and went to the beach when it was raining.
(though we might have been regretting spending part of the previous sunny day inside!)
B playing on the front porch:
Bennett loves Craig and Lauren!
hangin out:
I love it when Bennett puts his hat on by himself...
He wears it around like this too!
our house was the one on the right:
a little bocci ball:
my boys at the tidepools:
I also love it when B puts his hand in his pocket:
family photo:
headed home:
so excited to play:
rainy beach day:
ready for a warm bath:
This probably won't be our last time to OB this year.
We love it there!
On another note, Chris passed his very important, gigantic and scary engineering test.
He's legit now!
Also, we are two sets of paperwork away from calling this our living room!
(we close July 18th)
yay!
Kind of a random post
but fun nonetheless.
Last time I was at Trader Joe's I picked up this:
it's pretty much amazing.
(only to be made better by keeping it in the fridge so when you take a bite, the chocolate crunches!)
We are going to the beach this weekend, so we decided Bennett
needed some flops. We found some baby Havianas at
Zappos, but weren't sure what size to order so we ordered two sizes, knowing that they have free shipping both ways (yay!).
We ordered one pair on Saturday and one pair on Sunday. On Monday I got an email saying both orders were upgraded to next-day air(I think they might do this with every order though)!
The flops arrived Tuesday afternoon and the return of the pair that didn't fit couldn't have been easier.
Can I just say how awesome Zappos is and I will totally be buying more shoes from them!
His feet are pretty wide (and fat) but thanks to the strap in the back they stay on pretty well.
He likes to take them off (and acts like it was an accident) so we still need to practice walking around in them.
Also,
Lauren posted her pretty picture from
Elle's Global Street Style yesterday.
I have one too!
(I'm #703 in the Portland section)
I wasn't planning on posting it. I'm not sure why but I always feel really awkward when I get my picture taken, but I just wanted to post it to prove how amazing
Lisa Warninger is. I'm awkward and certainly not the most stylish person I know BY FAR (I don't own anything vintage. gasp!)
I'm just dorky me and Lisa made me look non-awkward!
Yay!
Oh and last night we went to our friend's baby gender reveal party.
It was super cute.
Apparently all the cool kids are throwing them these days.
We found out at the same time they did, by biting into cupcakes to see if our filling was pink or blue.
It was BLUE!
Congrats Marvins!
:)
I'm off to start packing for the beach...
Happy Weekend!
Soo it's really hard to keep up the blogging when the weather get's nice.
Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up throughout our busy summer!
Anyways, on to our weekend!
Bennett met the goats at our friend's house.
He meowed at them and gave them all hugs.
He made sure to give each one lots of pets so no one would feel left out.
We might have a farmer on our hands.
Friday night for date night, Chris and I went to
Toro Bravo for a dinner full of different tapas.
We were too hungry to remember to take pictures but we got one of our last plate, Oxtail Croquettes.
(I didn't want to ask if it was actual oxtail, but they were good!)
we also split two different desserts...
house made churros with chocolate dipping sauce:
and chocolate lava cake with vanilla bean ice cream:
Toro Bravo was so good and was our favorite kind of meal...tasting a little bit of a lot of different things!
Yum!
Saturday we woke up and walked up to the farmer's market.
I have been on the lookout for fava beans since last summer and I finally got my hands on some!
I was so excited!
Now I can finally make
this.
Saturday afternoon, we attempted to go to our nephew's T-ball game but got stuck in backed-up traffic from the stinkin bridge lifts. Go away high water!
We made it for litteraly the last minute of the game.
My neice(his big sister) was at a birthday party at a lake not too far from his game so we decided to head over there since it was super nice out.
Bennett loved running around in the field:
(matching boys!)
Sunday we dropped Bennett off at Chris' parent's house and joined the Hartmann's for some frisbee golf.
This was our first time and let's just say I'm not so good and my arm hurts from throwing the frisbee.
Lauren and I narrowly escaped a giant swarm of bees that the guys thought was all in our heads.
Even though I didn't do so well, it was still lots of fun!
House update:
(in case you were wondering)
the house and sewer inspections went well and if they agree to the fixes we want them to do,
we will close mid July!
Praise the Lord!
Can't wait to share picture!
You can't go wrong with Martha recipes.
Especially when they include peanut butter.
(Chris may just turn into a peanut one day)
here are some delicious recipes using peanut butter that I want in my stomach right now:
chocolate peanut butter pie
lettuce bundles with spicy peanut noodles
peanut butter swirl brownies
(everytime I make these they disappear in no time flat!)
peanut chicken with cabbage slaw
milk chocolate and peanut butter hot cocoa
chicken satay skewers
asian style pasta
peanut butter surprises
Get these and even more peanutty goodness
here.
