minnesota summer trip part 1

The journey from Alabama to Minnesota is a long one...made even longer when accompanied by your parents and two sisters.

Farmland in Illinois.

Flat land everywhere... as far as the eye can see and then some.

I loved that there was wildflowers on the edges of the highway...dad wouldn't let me stop to get some unfortunately. 

It doesn't look real.

Stopped in Wisconsin to see Alan's mom. Vera loves her watermelon:)

And of course Maggie is fascinated with the old water pump.

Made it to Duluth in one piece. 

Lake superior is incredible...don't you agree?

Sisters!

You can tell someone's excited to be home!

Had to get a shot of this right?

I was on an early morning jog when I was stopped by this...much more interesting than 280 traffic.

Harbor

Cute Duluth

Aviators 

Enger Tower

The view from Enger

Mom and I! It was very windy!

Dramatic Maggie

Picked this before realizing its illegal to pick the flowers...even the wild ones:(

northern estate sales

One of our favorite things to do while visiting his parents is go to estate sales! It is something Alan and I adore as well as the in-laws.

Of course, I want to buy much more than what would be reasonable to take back across five states.

To save money and storage space... I simply snap a picture of things I found, but don't want to purchase.

Yellow Poppies on dinnerware!

I had to talk my dad out of this one. I reminded him we live in 100 degree weather and this would be more appropriate to hunt down seals in the frozen tundra.

A sweet handkerchief...but honestly what would I do with yet another one?

I actually ended up getting this- a fancy clutch and six gray place mats.

If only these hadn't been so pricey...

Precious vintage cutters for those cucumber sandwiches and shortbread cookies!

Yes we get that birds are in now... but isn't this adorable? It is a silver salt & pepper set.

A print on some sheets.

Cute illustration on a match box.

$2 golden peanut necklace

Vintage cake toppers and they were actually half off the tag price... but what would I do with them if I purchased them?

All in all, it was very fun and we found quite a few treasures!

hilton head island

I was fortunate enough to be able to join my mom and my sisters on their brief trip to Hilton Head Island the first week of June.

I had my first experience ever at Steak N' Shake and it was very tasty!

Simple burger, fries, and a cookies n' cream milkshake! 

Path to the beach from the house we stayed in.

Sage happy to be out of the car and on the beach...little does she know this will be the only day it doesn't rain.

Making the best of the overcast skies.

Sage walking on the beach.

Watch out for gators!!!

Bike ride through Sea Pines

This takes skill to shoot while riding ha!

Harbor Town

On the way home.

It was a wonderful trip, and even though it rained we were able to get a lot of bonding time in.

Wedding Weekend

Alana and Brent were wed in early June and they are blissfully happy!

Marriage is wonderful and I was so excited to be apart of their special day.

 Below is a beautiful place card by Holly Hollon at the bridesmaid's luncheon.

Rehearsal dinner table layout

Tasty!

Curled hair the night before the wedding

Martha Ellen and I!!!!

My sweet hubby stealing some sugar before going to the reception.

First Dance!

The sweet newlyweds

Amiga time late after all the wedding festivities were over. 

I love my friends.