memorial day weekend

last weekend we went to the farmers market, where we tried not to melt in the heat and got some really good cherry tomatoes.

 i wore my latest finished dress.

 made a caprese with avacado salad,

and baked some cookies from my back in the day bakery cookbook. they are the best ever.

farmers market

my mom and i decided to do the farmers market in our town this year, and here are some pictures from our table last week.  people are really loving their baked goods these past few weeks, which makes for a really fun market time, but then also for no monster cookies to bring back home and eat time!

5 things

1. thrifted. and garage saled.  i think i will have to repack and get rid of all mike's stuff to make everything fit for the move to california. (jkjkjk kindof)

    dishes

    pop up sewing desk

    table and chairs

               why didn't i get this pattern!

2. ate. 

    cranberry orange scones made by my mom.

3. picnicked. for a friend's birthday at our favorite spot on inspiration peak.

4. read.  L.M. Montgomery books

5. made a feathery hat. and had a kentucky derby party, and ate kentucky food.

   mint julep

pecan pie

valentine

 cupcakes from abi's recipe

fig in her valentine crochet peter pan collar

getting ready for our date

lindsi mike apple pie

 hope you had a nice day with your valentines!

lace collar and cozy and scarf and bread

here i am!

happy new year!

after christmas we drove down from minnesota to florida to spend new year's with mike's family, and then his parents stayed with us for a bit and spoiled us a whole lot.  

but all good fun holidays must end and now it is back to real life..and making food for my own self again. among other things.

i have been without my camera for a little while, since i forgot my charger up in mn. but it came back to me in the mail from my mom yesterday, so i have been taking a whole bunch of pictures of the things i've been working on:

crochet lace collar

 more phone cozies

chunky circle scarf

and here are a few pictures of what mike has been working on:

  while we were in minnesota mike learned under my mom's tutelage how to make homemade wheat bread, garlic naan, and chicken curry.(which i didn't get a picture of) 

i usually cook all of our meals, so this is a big deal! 

they were all really really good, and now i want him to make them all the time.

 mmmmm.

christmas week

we are on vacation at home in minnesota! we drove all the way, through rain, fog, ice and snow. it took a long long time, but we finally made it.  and now it's time for christmas fun.

such as eating lots of christmas treats,

fig's first time in the christmas snow,

working on homemade christmas presents,

and doing christmasy crafts with my sister and cousin.

happy christmas week!

-l

kentucky thanksgiving

happy thanksgiving! our week in kentucky was very relaxing. i love being with my family, and the puppies loved eachother.(mostly) fig got nipped at a few times because she's overly obsessive with juniper, but they mostly played and played.

besties.

the beginning of the week was really warm, and we went into lexington to look around.

on thanksgiving we made apple star and pumpkin pies! and our first time at cooking thanksgiving dinner turned out really well too, the hardest part was making sure everything was done and hot at the same time. mike made his green bean casserole, isaiah put tons of butter in the potatoes, and we congratulated ourselves and each other a lot. because we deserved it.

on the last day it was really chilly out, and we went for a walk around the farm.

stacia's famous mittens!

thankful,

-l