Happy Monday

Kurt has a month off from school and it has been so nice having him around to be my stay at home house wifey. He went to Trader Joe's to get a few things the other week and came home with flower for me. Hooray!

Smoothie Experiment

Kurt used to drink smoothies for breakfast most mornings, with frozen fruit, banana, protein powder, milk and yogurt. His kidney condition put a bit of a restriction on his protein intake, and initially the doctor thought it could have been a caused by the protein powder (it was not), so we strayed away from smoothies for a long time. But we're back...sort of. We are having kind of a hard time making our smoothies because we keep breaking our smoothie makers. Kurt had the Shake & Take, which was kind of funny but super convenient. After getting it out of retirement, it was a little out of practice and we had trouble using it the first time, but got it to work. The second time, it broke. So today I got the blender down, but dropped into a pan soaking in the sink. The pan was full of water, and now so is our blender.

So instead we are drinking our Trader Joe's almond milk plain. It's not quite as delicious.

Daily Bailey

A little Bailey for your Tuesday.

Goodbye June, Hello July!

Going to Sara & Ty's wedding.

Kyle's Birthday.

Captain Kurt.

Llamas.

Busted stealing my seat.

Hiding. She knew she was caught.

June is over and it flew by, but we did lots of fun things. 

A wedding, farmers market, Father's Day, bachelor party (for Kurt), pig roast (Kurt), visitors, etc. 

We kicked July off by spending a few days at the lake and it was so lovely.

 Looking forward to all the fun things in July, especially our nieces' 2nd birthdays and the Color Run. The heat has been a little bit of a challenge training though.

Fourth of July!

The fourth has always been extra special in my family because it is my fabulous mom's birthday! This year she turned 60 and it is definitely an occasion to celebrate. She has been on a mission to be in the best shape yet this year, and man has she done it. This firecracker looks amazing!

Wes is our resident photographer, and as you can see he doesn't cooperate in front of the camera.

We are going to Michigan in August for a big family celebration of her birthday and we are so looking forward to it.

Ridin' Dirty

I want a bike. I want a bike for Kurt. I want us to ride our bikes places. Together. I want a basket for Bailey. That is probably not realistic and she would hate it, wiggle around, and topple us over. But the rest of the dream is totally realistic. I have wanted us to get bikes ever since we moved, but kept putting it off for two reasons. 1) We don't have a place to store them indoors. 2) I don't know if I want a road bike or a cruiser. Well I do know, I want both. But I can't have both... or can I? Maybe I should get two bikes and Kurt can ride in the basket.

I don't want to spend much on them and Target has some affordable ones online. Aren't they pretty?

Road bike option

Cruiser option

Anyone have some thoughts on the road bike versus cruiser? I don't really plan to ride for exercise, more for places too far to walk, but a rideable distance.

Cherry Limeade Beer-Garita

My mom sent me a recipe for what could be my new favorite summer drink, a Cherry Beer-Garita. I am planning on trying it during all the 4th of July festivities.

12 oz Cherry 7-Up
12 oz Tequila
12 oz Corona
12 oz frozen Minute Made Limeade concentrate

Serve in a mason jar with cherry and lime to garnish.

Weekend Visitors

Kurt was out of town at a bachelor party this weekend, but my mom and Wes came to visit and the three of us went to one of our favorite outdoor dining spots, Captain's Quarters. It is right on the Ohio River and it was so fun to sit near the water and watch the sunset and all of the boats coming and going. Captain's Quarters has a huge outdoor deck and lawn with live music. You can pull your boat up and dock, so we got to see a big variety of boats. Some were really impressive (small yachts and cigarette style boats) and others were funny (like the 4 police on one boat, half of them playing on their cell phones).

Do Life: New Kicks

In preparation for the Color Run 5K we got new running shoes and they are super fun!

Just a little over a month until it is here!

Kristen's Bridal Shower

Catching up on posting pictures still and I wanted to share some from my fantastic friend Kristen's bridal shower from April. Annie & I hosted the shower with our mom's at her parents beautiful home on the White River. Kristen was a stunning bride and her wedding was so much fun. I will share some pictures from that as soon as I get that camera back (I left it at the reception and Annie & Abby grabbed it for me, such nice friends).

Annie's delicious cookies. She is such a Martha Stewart.

Annie & I.

That gorgeous cake looks too good to eat because

it is actually a plaster cake Annie made a few years ago.

Two of the bridesmaids, Buff & Abby, weren't able to be there 

but their gorgeous mom's attended.

Congratulations Kristen!