Mumma's Day

I made chocolate covered strawberries for Mother's Day and they were quite delicious! Georgia kept asking my if I really made them. I even drizzled some white chocolate over them--for that professional look--but forgot to get a picture of the finished product. (Mom-I will have to make you your own special batch when you come out here :)

Silverado

Nate and I spent a few days this weekend up in Park City at the Silverado Lodge. It was a beautiful condo and it was so nice to relax and be lazy!

Hooray for Spring!

Tonight we ate dinner outside at our new little table and chairs. All bargain finds from Abode that just needed a little TLC and some butter creme spray paint.
The giant ant (also from Abode) I got because when I saw it I immediately screamed, "THEM!" and thought of my dad.

Fritters...

Fritz loves to be in things....grocery sacks, suitcases, the plastic tub we use for our recycling, drawers, boxes, etc. I was trying to put all my old photos in this cute box I got from Ikea and Fritz thought it would be fun to hang out in it. Which was really cute until he fell asleep and didn't want to move. Who can disturb the most darling squished cat face?

The English Language

Found this while organizing the office today. My Ethnic Minority Families' teacher gave it to me a couple years ago. You have to click on the image to actually be able to read it.

Saturday Morning Market @ Abode

We had our first outdoor Market of the season on Saturday and we had an awesome turnout--12 vendors with all sorts of great treasures! Several cool vendors from Etsy (check here for some of the outfits I want for the cats), a lot of people with vintage goodies, some great outdoor finds (I will post a photo of the chairs I got later), a lady with scentsy candles, lots of great furniture, and all sorts of little odds and ends. Plus the weather turned out to be quite lovely! Nicole and Elsa stopped in and found some decor for Elsa's room. Elsa was just chillin' in her Baby Bjorn and looked so adorable!

Saturday Evening

Lately I have been craving Edamame and so when I got home from Market I boiled up a batch, sprinkled them with some sea salt and Nate and I gobbled them up!



We decided to go for a jog around the park right by our house and it was rejuvenating to feel my leg muscles burning. I almost forgot I had leg muscles. The weather is finally starting to feel somewhat warm on a regular basis and I think we are going to be breaking out the rollerblades soon.

The water at the park was pretty ickus and I agreed with Nate when he said, "I bet there are human beans in that water."


If you are feeling the urge to get out of the Salty Valley there is no need to sell your first-born for gas money. Simply walk on over to the Southeast Supermarket on 422 E 900 S and you will feel as if you walked into a market somewhere in China or or Korea! (granted I have never been to China or Korea but throw me a bone)

The market was busy with employees stocking shelves, people bagging some green leafy vegetable I had never seen before, all sorts of humankind wandering the isles, and a plethora of smells wafting through the air. It smelled just like the Hilo, Hawaii farmer's market and I found myself thinking that when I stepped back outside I might just be back in Hawaii again. (PS. Mom and Kelsey: They didn't have any Melona bars so my quest continues.)

So basically in 15 short minutes I fell in love with the Southeast Market and plan on finding recipes that will cause me to have to venture there much more often.

Although I couldn't read any of these labels, well practically all the labels in the store for that matter, they all looked like some variation of soy sauce....and they looked so happy all lined up in perfect organized rows!

Sunday

The Tew house is always fun: good food, good company, lots of game playing, and dodging
gummy bears.



Check out this picture of Georgia (Nate's mom) when she was graduating from high school---what a babe!

My guess is the pick up line she got the most was:

"Do you have a map?

No, why?

"Because I just keep getting lost in your eyes."