Visions of Sugar plums

Have you ever seen The Nutcracker Ballet in person?

The first time I saw it was when I was about 5 years old and my mom took me to

 San Francisco for a performance of it. 

We got all dressed up for our special girls night out and oh I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved it. 

The ballerinas, the dancing, the everything.

 It was amazing. 

It's one of my most vivid memories of that age even now.

So I knew that when I became a mother, 

I wanted to take my kids to the see The Nutcracker

 When my daughter was just starting to toddle around a bit

 we decided to take the kids to see it in the city.

I had 'visions of sugar plums' dancing in my head just knowing how much they would love it.

Summer table setting with blue mason jars

Have you fallen head over heels for those Ball reproduction blue mason jars yet?

*sigh* 

I must admit... I love them

A girls adventure

A historic mountain town in the desert

a Summer storm 

and a car load of girls.

With a little Gangnam Style dancing and singing in the car

and lots of giggling, giggling 

and giggling some more.

 Random for sure but it was all part of our recent girls epic adventure.

Our girls epic adventure started out last Monday morning on a whim.

  The girls wanted to do something fun the first week of Summer and they were talking about a little old west town called Virginia City in Nevada. 

They had been there a couple times before and love all it's old history. 

But Lydia and I had not been and since it's just a day trip distance ~ we thought why not. 

We packed a few things for the road, checked the weather - a 20% chance of rain and low 70's - 

and then off we went on our Girls Epic Adventure

It started with the drive through the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Happy Fathers Day

When you were little your dad might have been the strongest dad in the neighborhood,

The one who could fix things around the house

Maybe he was the one who scared away the monsters under the bed

and who threw you in the air & let you ride on his shoulders.

He held your hand as you took your first steps

and carried you in his arms as you discovered the world

and marveled at how much he knew. 

As you grow older and get married and then watch your husband become a father 

you understand just how special Dads are

To all the fathers and father figures 

Happy Fathers Day!!

FNF Party time

Welcome to Feathered Nest Friday!

I hope your week has been going well!!

Here's a recap of what I shared this week and then lets get the party started!

A story about little black tank tops and what they have to do with pretty pale buckets

A few favorite ways to decorate with dried flowers

My middle guy graduated high school over the weekend. I cannot believe and that both of my boys have graduated already and that my baby-baby is a sophomore. 

Let's get onto the review and get the party started