Instagram week 12

1. Lots of smoothies this week.

2. Donuts last Saturday (that's a maple glazed, sprinkled with bacon in the front).

3. I've been working on a recipe for a "healthier" coffee cake.

4. No bake macaroons.

5. We've been cleaning Ian's room and found this puzzle of the United States.

6.  We found this angry bird/ star wars puzzle too (apparently we gave it to him for Christmas.

Weekend plans:

1. Date night.

2. Katie goes on a missions trip (please pray).

3.  It's supposed to cool down, maybe bake?

4. Get out in the garden.

5. Church

What's everyone else up to this weekend?  Have a great one!

xoxo

Rachel

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1.  Fourth of July dinner.

2.  Sparklers.

3. Pergola at night.

4. Farmer's market flowers.

5. Root beer floats

6. Katie painting the bottom of a stool that I found at a garage sale last summer.

7. Brian got me a hibiscus for my birthday.  She is doing better now that she is outside.

8. Katie being crafting.

9. Mango lassi.

10. The Oh Hello's concert that Mr. Young took me too.

11. Chocolate, almond, skim milk, flax seed smoothie.

12. Pool time.

13.  My first food truck experience...loved it!!

14. Roasted red pepper, mozzarella, and arugula sandwich.

15. Music in Mears.

16. Katie getting photo advice from a professional photographer.

Weekend Plans:

Dinner with friends.

Church.

Low key weekend, we had a fun busy week time to relax.

How about you friends, what are you up to this weekend?

xoxo

Rachel

4th of July Festivities

Our lovely hostess.

Elizabeth set a lovely table.

Kid's table

Beverages

Snacks

Growing up my Mom always had 2-3 sets of china.  She always used this when we had company.  All three of us girls registered for china for our weddings.  My Mom has a tradition of giving us girls a place setting on our anniversary.  Elizabeth's dishes are so pretty.   

The girls check out the pool and Mr. Young makes himself comfortable.

The boys having a snack.

The girl who wants to be a mermaid.

All four finally got in.

One of Elizabeth's really good friends (who is also in our book club) came with her family.

These two kept wrestling in the water.  They would stop every time I came over.  I'm not sure what Ian is thinking, it's not like Tyler is bigger than him or anything.

All the kids.

Elizabeth and Brian have done such a nice job on their outdoor space.  Love this pergola!

I brought this flag cake.

S'more time!

It has lights...I know!!

Dessert table!

Sparklers!!

Our host...salon owner by day pyro technician by night.

I dared someone to switch out the iPods.  Any guesses who that is?

We all had an amazing time!  Thanks so much to my Elizabeth and Brian H. for hosting!!

xoxo

Rachel

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{1} Waiting and waiting in the airport

{2}David Austin rose

{3}Strawberries from the farmer's market

{4}Farmer's market breakfast

{5} Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

{6}Mr. Young's salsa

{7}Roasted potatoes from the farmer's market

{8}Tomatoes with fig balsamic from the farmer's market

{9} My new favorite bag to take to the grocery store

{10}Early mornings making breakfast and lunch for the Mr.

{11} Katie makes dinner week #2

{12} Mason jar salad

{13} Dessert for the 4th.

{14}{15}{16} Photos I accidentally deleted.

Weekend plans...

Hang out and catch up at home.

Putz in the garden

Church

What are you up to this weekend friends?  I hope it is filled with lots of fun!

xoxo

Rachel

Happy 4th of July!!!

Have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends!

xoxo

Rachel

Ian's Birthday Bash

Katie helped make mashed potatoes.

Brian made fried chicken.  I'm not sure what happened but a few of these photos have this black line across the top, sorry about that.

Video games.

Chicken that is about ready to be fried.  It's so nice to do this outside, so the mess stays out there.  I am not a big fan of fried chicken, but I tried a wing.  The flavor in the breading was very good.  Brian used Thomas Keller's recipe for Buttermilk Fried Chicken if you are interested.

Birthday boy enjoying his fried chicken, mashed potatoes, watermelon, and root beer.

Angel food cake with pink clouds.

Cousin Tyler spent the night.

Brian took the boys to to see the new Superman movie.  Ian had a coupon for free pop on your birthday and a huge bucket of popcorn.  They all liked the movie.  

Ian had a pretty fun day.  Thanks for all of your birthday wishes!

xoxo

Rachel

Disney World Day {1}

For our 20th Anniversary celebration we decided to take the children on a trip with us.  It was very tempting to  go somewhere just the two of us, and I mean VERY.  Since the children are getting older and Katie only has a few more years of high school, we don't know how many family vacations the future holds.

I was really hoping for a nice beach vacation, but Brian, Katie and Ian all wanted to go to Disney World.  We did go in 2007, but they all wanted to go back. I was fine with that, because we had a great time when we went previously.

We initially thought we would drive to save money, but decided to fly.  We took Air tran on the way there.  I found the airline to be pretty mediocre.  We had a 7:15 am flight and arrived at 5:45.  They had three agents checking people in and the line was really long.  We barely had time to get through security, get to our gate and use the restroom before boarding.

We are arrived on time around 11:15.  We really like Disney's Magical express service and choose to use that again.  They take care of getting our luggage and delivering it to our hotel room.  We did pack a small carry on with a change of clothing for dinner just in case, because it can take a few hours to have your luggage delivered.  Then we hopped on the air conditioned coach bus and arrived at the resort about 45 minutes later.

Mickey towel to greet us.

Outside of the hotel.  The grounds are very pretty and lush.

We were off to have a late lunch.  I had to get a mickey bar for dessert.

We stayed at Pop Century.  Which is a value resort.  I will review the hotel later.

Then it was off to Downtown Disney a fun shopping/dining area.  We used Disney transportation the whole vacation which is really nice.  You don't need to rent a car.

Hidden Mickey.

Last time we got the kid's silhouette's done, so I wanted it done again.  

Lots of shops.

Then it was back to the hotel to change and get ready for dinner.

More to come.

xoxo

Rachel