Goodbye Summer

Some title, huh? Especially for those of you who are still enjoying summer.  Tomorrow I go back to work.  No students until August 5th, but we'll have teacher trainings, professional development, classroom setup, etc. etc. etc. etc. until then.  So I thought I'd take some time to reminisce...

What seems like YESTERDAY, my little kinders graduated to big first graders.

The day after school got out, Erik & I took a trip to beautiful Montana to visit his parents.  It was the perfect way to transition into summer.  After the hustle & bustle of the end of the school year, a relaxing long weekend is just what I needed. (spoiled much?)

...annnnnd then we enjoyed a staycation at a resort in Scottsdale. (again, spoiled much?) Staycations are so underrated! And living in AZ, you get the added bonus of hotels heavily discounting rooms because summer is when everyone else is trying to get out of the heat.

I bought a car! (oh. my. gosh. talk about stressful! I needed a glass or 3 of wine after that)  But I love Yari! (the Yaris)

We celebrated Father's Day...

...and National Martini Day (June 19, in case you missed it this year)

Moved into our new home!

There was 4th of July festiveness 

And obviously we made some time for wine tasting!

Then there was the night we discovered Giant Jenga (this is important, if not only for the obvious-it's AWESOME but I love am obsessed with games)

And of course, San Diego :) (I realized in my SD post there were no pics of my dad, sister, or her boyfriend, but they exist! And here they are!)

**And drumroll please** We cannot forget the birth of the Royal Baby! 

(Exhibit A: Why need to go back to work-sometimes I have entirely too much time on my hands)

It's been real. It's been fun. It's been real fun, Summer 2013. xoxo.

Father's Day Festiveness

Happy belated Father's Day! I was looking through some pictures on my computer and came across several of Father's Day that I thought were blog-worthy.

We started the day with a Bloody Mary Bar because you can't go wrong with that. Ever. (Side note: my boyfriend just showed me a picture of a really fancy bloody mary. Dude. Do not show me pictures of fancy bloody marys unless you can grab the drink from your computer and hand it to me! Party foul.) Anyways, back to the bloody mary bar. My staples include worcestershire, pickles, jalapeños, olives, pepper & spicy tomato juice. My dad is a sophisticated man and had bloody mary flavored vodka, so of course we were using that, making the occasion all the more special!

I want one nowwwwww. I was feeling particularly extravagant this day and even added some bacon to the mix.

Maybe it was the bloody marys, but I also decided I was going to make my Dad a homemade Father's Day cake that looked like a hole-in-one. Because what screams Happy Father's Day like a homemade golf cake?! It was actually quite easy to make (maybe that was also the bloody marys talking) and I think it turned out quite nice. I used a small glass to remove part of the chocolate cake to look like a hole-in-one and got one three of those frosting dispensers to create the green grass. I made the flag with a toothpick and some construction paper and just happened to find those mini golf clubs in my "junk drawer" at home. Father was impressed.