Cinco de Mayo

Hola! I hope you all got to fiesta yesterday for Cinco de Mayo! I will never turn down an excuse to have tacos and margaritas. I wanted to try something a little different, so we made pineapple margaritas! I love pineapple. Here are some snapshots from our little Tuesday night dinner fiesta! Happy Wednesday! Half… [Read More]

Weekend Snapshots + A Decade

Hey, how was your weekend? I hope it was wonderful! Mine was pretty relaxed. It included lounging, beer & Wii with the husband, grocery shopping, and baking.  Does anybody else have dog siblings who like to use the other as a pillow? Or is it just my pups? Monday (yesterday) was my nephew’s 10th birthday…. [Read More]

National Siblings Day

HAPPY FRIDAY! Not only is it Friday- it’s National Siblings Day! I have three brothers. Yep, three. I’m the only one of my siblings and I that doesn’t have a sister. Because, well, I am the sister. And while I’m sure sisters are awesome, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love my brothers. They’re pretty… [Read More]

Easter Weekend 2015

How was your Easter weekend? Mine was lovely! It was full of celebration, friends, family, and puppy cuddles. Saturday we went a short ways out of town to celebrate the birthday of one of Marty’s close friends. It was a surprise party, which is always fun. We rode with our friends Alec and Holly, and… [Read More]

Open That Bottle Night

You know how February 28th was Open That Bottle Night? (Let’s just assume for a second that you are like me and celebrate every single thing possible…) Well, my dear friend sent me a bottle of Coiled Wines 2014 Rizza, and I knew that Open That Bottle Night would be the perfect time for me… [Read More]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from me to you! Since I’m fighting off some sort of flu/cold, I’ll be keeping it low key this year. I’m just really hoping I’ll feel well enough to make green pancakes for dinner. I made green pancakes last year and they were SO good. Maybe even the best pancakes I’ve… [Read More]

Celebrate with Wine

Hey there! How is your week going? I hope you wine-lovers out there celebrated yesterday because not only was it Wine Wednesday, it was also National Drink Wine Day! Double whammy! When I visited my dear friend Brenna, in Boise last summer, she sent me away with bottles of delicious Idaho wine. I opened up a bottle from Telaya,… [Read More]

Valentine’s Day Weekend

Hey! How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful- I just adore long weekends. Can’t they all be like that? Plus, it was Valentine’s Day on Saturday so this weekend was already going to be extra sweet:) On Friday at work we had our annual dessert bake-off, complete with a delicious lunch provided by the company…. [Read More]

January Birthdays

This past weekend my family and I got together to celebrate us kids with January birthdays. Even though my cousin, my brother, and I turned 31, 30, and 25 respectively- we’re still kids. It’s a state of mind, you see. Saturday we got together for dinner which consisted of my mom’s delicious pulled pork (a… [Read More]

Super Bowl XLIX

Seahawks- you fought a good fight! While some people took the loss a little harder than others, cough– my husband- cough (I love you, Marty!) – it was still a great game that kept us on the edge of our seats up until the very end. We put on our jerseys, got our koozies and headed over to… [Read More]