Monday, May 25, 2015

Looking back...

I discovered this thing where I can look at the old pictures from my blog. They are saved all together in an invisible file in the sky somewhere and what fun it is to look back at them and reminisce. Here are a few of my favorites:


Practicing yoga at 6:30 am in our little Hillsborough house. Viktor joins.

Hula hooping in our Hillsborough yard with my hoop from Jason. What ever happened to my hula hoop?

Strawberry picking in Hillsborough. Skipping down the aisle. 

Hammock water happy place

Alex! Boat!

My favorite meal ever...20$ Whole Foods salad

Passed out in Bryce's jeep after a day at Carolina Beach with Jessica and Bryce...circa 2011?
Was it too many Miller Lites or too many Britt's Donuts?

Another lake goodie. I like the look on my face to Jason in this picture.
Love and Funniness. 

Reading a story to kids at camp the day Viktor came to CFS. 

Book club! Man, I miss those ladies.

Edie pooping at the South Dakota KOA campground "pet walk", which was actually more of a dirty field.

Campfire chillin' with Marissa at the New River Gorge this past September.

The New River. I do love to sit on rocks by the water.

This guy. 

Radishes and Avocado?

Yummy french bread, pepper jack cheese, avocado, radishes, pink himalayan sea salt

I would NEVER buy radishes. I don't think about radishes. Like, as far as I'm concerned radishes don't even exist.

This weekend, however, I came into a large quantity of radishes and when life gives you radishes, I suppose you make radish-ade.

Or in this case, you make a radish, cheese, and avocado sandwich, which is DELICIOUS. 

Radishes, I'm sorry I shunned you. I still probably won't buy you, but next time I come into some radishes I know exactly what to do.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Carolina on my Mind



Our most recent NC trip was totally awesome. A wedding, family, friends, coffee, beer, sun, warmth, the best food, Carolina Beach, Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Raleigh, Lexington, the lake, disc golf, so many serendipitous run-ins, and just the fullest heart that I ever did have.

I realized it was a great trip and that we're supposed to be there when I didn't even feel the need to touch my phone for a majority of the trip. I didn't want to Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat, obsessively check my email, or any of the other addictive phone behaviors that I've cultivated. 

Here's a few key shots from our adventures (though I didn't even take that many pictures while I was there because I was just that present most of the time):

Me and Mama downtown Durham style

Jason and his Dad, lake style (ps- unfortunately, I did not get a picture with Jason's mom...sorry, Cathy!)

Driving the boat with Doodle, the not dog

Lil' sister, me, beer, sun

My hottie hubby rocking the NC short shorts!

Making good burgers runs in the Roberts family
A new addition since our last visit: Kegerator!
Complete with one of my favorite beers of all time, Yuengling!
Relaxing on a porch by water, my "happy place"
Best Donuts of All Time: Britt's Donuts, Carolina Beach, NC


Wedding swag

Pre-wedding beer where we serendipitously got to watch the heartfelt first dance from another wedding
Siblings all grown up and friends now


Kat and Adam's first dance...love these two


And a special fox napkin gift.
Thanks, Peggy!
I love foxes.

Sometimes I get sad that I left this place, but then I remember that it took leaving it to realize just how special it is. The lifeblood and soul here are palpable. Now that we have left it for a bit, it will making coming back that much sweeter.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Doing fun stuff

The sun is out and the pollen isn't (yet) so we've been trying to make the most of the nice days. Disc golf, Dexter with the dogs, slacklining, cooking out, beer drinking, tree climbing, doing handstands (and falling out...not pictured), and even a day trip to Portland today.

Jason "teeing off" at Alton Baker
Bringing along the dogs makes for a fun family trip
Dexter Lake
Jason slackin' and Viktor posin'
From a few weeks ago...a swoopy tree trunk makes for a good beer drinking ramp
climbing trees
Edie enjoys the scenery
our little spot
Slackline Tree Pose
Beautiful Angel
Harder than it looks
Ice Cream at Salt and Straw in Portland

Next week, North Carolina!

I. Can't. Wait.







Tuesday, May 5, 2015

I tried...

To take a picture of the beautiful beast with a flower in her hair.





She wasn't really feelin' it...