Adventures with This Handsome Guy

You guys. Now that school is over, I actually get to see my husband! I'm not kidding when I say I only saw him around 6 days a month during this semester. In fact, having surgery was almost nice because I got to take a week off and be at home with Jordan and the kitties haha. How sad is that?

To celebrate the two weeks I have off until summer classes start, we're doing everything! And by everything, I meant spending this weekend in Vegas and next weekend in Montana. SEE ALL THE FAMILY (that is my goal). I get to see my mama and little bro in Vegas and daddy in Montana, along with Jordan's family and our friendos in MT, too. Hooray!

Although I usually stay at my mom's house when I visit Las Vegas, Jordan and I are having a real vacation and staying on the Strip. Of course, we'll hang out with my family lots, but we're also going to enjoy wandering around aaand some beverages. :) If you have any recommendations of places to see/drink/eat, let me know! We'll be staying at The Paris hotel this time!


P.S. I spent a little time reading and napping in the backyard this weekend. Obviously, the 30 minutes of sun I got on Sunday was enough to give me a little sunburn and bring out my freckles like crazy. Vegas should be fun (if I have sunscreen, that is!).

A Street Dance Video

When I was putting together my indoor herbs video over the weekend, I found some videos from last summer that I never shared! This is my favorite. Jordan and I walked to the street dance in our little town to meet up with some friends one evening. Warm summer nights with my husband and friends are basically the best thing ever.

Can't wait to spend all of this summer with my handsome husband! We get to celebrate our one-year anniversary in July and I can't believe it's already been that long since our wedding.

New Summer Beauty Favorites

I picked up some new summer beauty products on a recent trip to Target. I'm always looking for new lip colors (read: I can't stop myself from buying them. It's a problem.) and I loved this moisturizing balm from Maybelline. This is the Pin Up Peach shade, and I also have One Size Fits Pearl. They're my favorites recently. Heavy lip color in the spring just feels out of place.

Paired with a lighter foundation and a bright manicure, I'm really loving all of my new summer beauty essentials. Oh, and how cute is that votive? I found it tucked away in a little corner on sale. I feel like that's where most of my great finds at Target come from.

Indoor Herbs Video + Garden Planning

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I made a little video of my new indoor potted herbs! Can you tell how excited I am about them? Hopefully they'll start growing soon! (The music is called The Guy that Says Goodbye to You Is out of His Mind by Griffin House.)

This whole process has been a lot of fun. Last year's garden was a struggle and we really didn't know what we were doing. The plants did well for the first couple weeks, but we were out of town after that for our wedding and honeymoon. Leaving plants alone with just our friends to check on them for a couple weeks in July turned out about as well as you'd expect. Plus, we weren't really sure how to come up with a good watering schedule on our own, anyway. Here are some pictures of when our garden was still thriving last summer.





Pretty, right? But then pretty much all of it died. I think it was the combination of poor soil, heat, and irregular watering. Basically, the ideal conditions to grow a garden of nothing. So this summer, I want to use more planters and raised garden beds. I think the smaller soil area will make it easier to water, and weeding will sure be less of a pain!

These planters and garden beds from Home Depot are at the top of my list. It's still just a little too cold at nights here in Idaho to start planting anything yet, but it's a great time to get it all planned out in advance.

Links:
1. raised garden bed
2. tall trellis planter
3. self-watering planter
4. square wooden planter

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