Morning Adventures with Alexis

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. What you are about to read is the actual turn of events as they happened: Waking up at 6:30am is brutal. I know I can’t complain, but jeesh! I have a lot of respect for[…]

Morning Adventures

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. What you are about to read is the actual turn of events as they happened: Waking up at 6:30am is brutal. I know I can’t complain, but jeesh! I have a lot of respect for[…]

Nothing special

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo. But it ’s not just any zoo trip- it’s the grand opening of the African predators! I’m excited to see the cheetahs, but not as much as the[…]

I lied

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. OK, I lied. I admit it early on. I told you I wouldn’t take any pictures today, my birthday and I lied. I did take pictures. I was doing a great job of restraining myself,[…]

Today is my Birthday!

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. Today is my birthday! Yay to me. I’m about to go to lunch with a really good friend and enjoy the Olive Garden’s never ending pasta bowl. Yum, you know I think pasta must be[…]

Heaven

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I experienced heaven today. Click here to comment and read her original post.

Duvall

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I posted a while ago about walking in Duvall and how it felt like I was in Pride and Prejudice. Well we went back to Duvall this past weekend to visit Trav’s family and actually[…]

Homemade Soft Pretzels

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. As promised, I made pretzels. The whole process took longer than I thought but they’re really really good. Chewy and only kinda crunchy on the bottom. So yummy. I made salted, plain and cinnamon sugar.[…]

Breath of fresh air- from Turkey

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. ~Yesterday we had a friend speak at our church. He’s a friend that we relate well with and love his family. Both our families seem to be cut from the same cloth. And best of[…]

Brown Sugar

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. OK, I was looking here, and she has one of the BEST blogs out there. And recently she wrote about making brown sugar. Well if you read my last post you know that I need[…]

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I know I told a couple of you that I was going to make homemade pretzels. Sorry, my brown sugar is gone and so hopefully this week sometime I’ll do it. If not, for sure[…]

Portland Zoo

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I love going to the zoo. Everything about it. Packing a picnic for lunch, looking at exotic animals and being mainly out of our house. But there is one thing I don’t like- all the[…]

Laurel Hurst Park

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I know I already posted today, showing you Emma’s cute little purple friend. But today’s outing was too beautiful to keep to myself. There was a yoga class (and I told Trav- ‘just like in[…]

Happy Sunday

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. Happy Sunday people! Click here to comment and read her original post.

Polish Pottery

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. There is a whole world out there that collects Polish Pottery. Poland is well known for their amazing techniques and even though I don’t pretend to be in that realm let alone an expert, I[…]

Organics to You

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. To those of you who know Travis or myself, I am sure you have heard about our fruits and vegetables. Weird, huh. Well, we are both very happy customers of a small local company here,[…]

Warning: Tons of photos coming your way

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post Click here. I have an obsession with nature. Mainly trees,plants, grass and anything else organic and green. I think all the different shades of green are SO amazingly beautiful. So much so, that I’m seriously thinking about[…]

Thanksgiving in August?

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post: Click here. I know many who talk about eating a lot during Thanksgiving time. And that’s completely understandable because all the food served is, in my opinion, the best comfort food ever. However, what does it say[…]

A Beautiful Walk

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, Technically Grown up . To comment and read her original post: Click here. ~A beautiful walk in Duval,WA.  This day was crazy hot and after some super large amounts of ice cream we thought it would be nice to stroll along a popular path. Gorgeous. Breathtaking really. However, about[…]

Meal Planning

Alexis wrote the following on her blog, “Technically Grown up”. To comment and read her original post: “Click here”. I know, I know- it’s been FOVEREVER since I’ve posted anything about our meals. There seemed to be too many other things to write about, but we all know that’s an excuse. Recently, I’ve been mentally[…]