This picture was taken back in April of 2010. My sister-in-law and her husband came to town for a visit and we decided to walk down town and check out the cherry blossoms. They were great that year and this is my favorite picture from the day! We got this picture blown up to an 8×10 and matted/framed it. The plan is to hang the picture in our hallway at some point soon!
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This picture was taken just a few weeks back. We had just purchased these pillows from Crate & Barrel and Sophi took a liking to them immediately. She started by squeezing herself in between the arm of the couch and the pillow. My puppy is such a cutie!!
The husband thinks we will have a mutiny on our hands if we ever get rid of these pillows hahaha. I mean look how sad she is when I pulled the pillow away from her ….
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This picture was taken in 2009 when some friends, the husband and I went to Ixtapa, Mexico for vacation. It was a fantastic trip and the views were beautiful. I love the way the palm trees are reflected in the pool as the sun was setting.
Check out more pictures from a different Mexico vacation here.
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Our condo has a little balcony off the master bedroom. After moving in we put some old chairs on the balcony and sat out there every once in a great while. Lacking something comfortable to sit on didn’t make the space too inviting. When my parents and sister came to visit and see the condo for the first time my mom and I made a list of the stuff we still needed to purchase. The balcony furniture made it to the top of the list pretty quickly.
That afternoon the husband and my dad did “guy things”. Like going to Home Depot, installing a dimmer switch in the living room and I believe there was some sitting on the couch with beers in playing on the laptop/ipad (but I could be wrong…wink wink). Meanwhile my sister, mom and I headed out to do some shopping. We had no luck after going to World Market and Home Goods. Despite feeling a little defeated we headed over to Pier 1 Imports to see if they had anything. We walked in and almost immediately we fell in love with plicker (plastic wicker) red chairs. They were comfortable and complimented the accent red tamale wall in the master bedroom. My mom roamed around the store and spotted nested tables that she thought would work well on the balcony.
My mom obviously knows my style well. I really liked the nested tables. I took pictures of the chairs and tables with my Driod and sent them to the husband for approval. He was quick to respond with a yes on both, so we were in business!! To make sure we loved the new items I had my mom and sister sit down and pretend like they were having drinks.
After playing tetrus with the car and new furniture we FINALLY were able to get everything in and headed home. I really thought we might have to return everything and go back and buy it when we had a bigger car!
The balcony is so inviting now that it’s had a furniture face lift. I love our little balcony and it’s perfect for morning lattes, afternoon drinks, reading and relaxing. Sophi likes the balcony too … can you see her sneaking into the picture?
Heck the balcony is even great for an intimate dinner and since the weather in DC is not longer 90 plus degrees each night we even had dinner on the balcony the other evening.
Had to squeeze that last Instagram picture into the post :)
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A few months ago I was talking to my friends about how much I loved my first visit to Missouri to visit my in-laws. Long story kind of short … after picking me up from the airport my husband drove us to his parent’s place. As we took a left and drove down the gravel road to their house, I saw an old school John Deer tracker driving down the road. I was so excited and couldn’t stop talking about it all weekend. Of course this was hilarious to my husband and his family, as they see tractors ALL the time! On Sunday before we left, my mother and father-in-law broke out their tractor and allowed me to drive it. Check me out!!
Anyways, while telling my friends this story I started talking about how I need to experience more Midwestern things. It took me very little time to decide I wanted to go to a real live rodeo. After mentioning the idea of going to a rodeo to my mother-in-law she was on it, sending a list of rodeos this summer. Soooo back in July I to my very first rodeo!
Northeastern girl goes to the Midwest and channels her inner cowgirl!!!
The rodeo had a lot of great food! Do you see the sign that says Cheese Cake on a Stick?!?! I wish I had tried one … maybe next time.
First up was the mutton busting. Have you heard of this before? I know I hadn’t. Check out these super cute little kids hanging onto a sheep for dear life.
It was one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen! I want my some-day-kids to do mutton busting, but I’m not really sure they have those kind of activities in the DC area. :) Next favorite thing was the bucking broncos. These horses were coming off the ground trying to get the cowboys off of them. It was crazy to watch.
Unfortunately the pictures I took of the bull riding just didn’t come out. The flash was bouncing off the bar in front of us and I just didn’t get a good shot. Therefore no good shots to share with you here. Pout. Maybe next time I will get a good shot. Here’s the husband and I enjoying our first married rodeo adventure. This was taken right before the bull riding started.
At the end of the rodeo they had fireworks and then it was time to head home.
Next time I go to a rodeo a cowgirl hat and boots are a MUST!!! Have you ever been to a rodeo?
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