tulip festival

For my mom's birthday, my sister and I took her to the Tulip Festival in Holland. We had so much fun!

He wasn't interested in trying a pickle for the first time...

The flowers were beautiful, but only 1/4 of them were in bloom. I think if we had gone the week after, there would have been more flowers open. But it was still beautiful :)

We were walking around and stumbled on the end of what was the world's biggest cinnamon roll :)

Some of the tulips looked fake!

We found this big bunch of tulips as the sun was setting. This is unedited! So pretty.

We stopped for yogurt because it was getting kind of hot. Perfect way to cool off :)

We came across this super cute store. Slightly expensive, but cute nevertheless. I loved this sign :)

It was such a great day. Hopefully we'll make it a tradition.

My mom's birthday was in May, but I figured it's better to post about it now than never :) My sister made hawaiian kabobs, and Sam cooked them. They were DELICIOUS.

She also made a strawberry salad, and we had corn on the cob and sun chips. Perfect combination.

This was when Rebecca and I told my mom we were taking her to the Tulip Festival in Holland. She's always wanted to go and was SO excited!

I made a Triple Chocolate Torte. It was AWESOME. That filling is to DIE for. Seriously. When I made it, Tim and I were just eating the filling. It's so good. You should definitely make it.

Today I'm spending the day in bed. Tim was out super late last night with friends, so he's still sleeping; he'll probably sleep until noon. So I'm relaxing, drinking some tea, spending the morning writing up some blog posts for the week, pinteresting, and everything else I love wasting my time doing online :). 

I did see this quote on Pinterest, so I guess I'm not "technically" wasting my time :)

I am in LOVE with this cup. I got it at T.J.Maxx, but it reminds me of something you'd get at Anthropologie. I also love this candle, you can get it at Bath & Body Works :)

One of our clients brought in shakes for us...this always happens on days when I'm detoxing and trying to eat/drink healthy...obviously my stomach didn't like it very much haha. I do my best to not eat fast food; so as dumb as it sounds, drinking this was difficult for me: all I could think about were all the ingredients in it that shouldn't be in food. 

Anyway, I've been having many issues with my car, brakes being one of them. I'm so glad I'm with a man who knows how to work on cars. He saves us a lot of money :)

Buster is my parent's dog; however, once we move into our home (which should be in about THREE WEEKS :D), he'll become ours. My parent's have him as an outside dog, and we felt that living with us he'd have more attention and wouldn't have to be outside during the super hot summer days and the frigid winters. It'll definitely be interesting because he's such a HUGE dog! Moving into a new home, hurrying up and painting the rooms, and then having an almost completely untrained dog in our home will be crazy!

I think someone's got a new pal :)

I'm looking forward to some excitement in our life though---these past couple of months waiting to hear about this house we're buying has everything else on hold...shopping, eating out...etc.; we're trying to save money. I can't wait until we close on the house! It'll be so much fun decorating our very own home! (And going on a shopping spree..perhaps....honey???)

Back in the first part of July, Rebecca, Micah, and I went strawberry picking. We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. It started getting a bit too hot right as we were finishing up :)

Micah loved finding a mini loaf of bread :)

Delicious cauliflower and bacon soup, mac & cheese casserole, and a taco for lunch at my sister's house. Nothin' better than someone else's leftovers :)

Fresh strawberry and watermelon juice out on the deck with the kitty.

Fourth of July colors :)

Fun at the fair :)

Bubblegum ice cream from House of Flavors :)

We ended the day at the beach watching the fireworks. So much fun :)