Summer list: Boating

Boating twice in one week. this is unheard of for me. I went for a quick boating trip wednesday night at Utah lake but quickly got off the lake due to bad weather and green water. ew. I was a little bummed I haven't wakeboarded since last year and I wanted to get out on the water at least once this year but that green water scared me away. Thanks goodness my work had our summer work party up at Jordanelle and we boating! We headed up to the lake early this morning and had to take shifts riding the boat cause of our exceeding amount of people. I got on the boat after lunch and wakeboarded. I feel that my summer is now complete. I can add another check mark onto our summer list.

nicole

Six Flags

Last full day in Georgia was spent at Six Flags. Oh my goodness was it a scorcher of a day. I was sweating like it was my day jobs. My favorite ride was definitely Superman the line was long but well worth the wait. Six Flags definitely wore us out.



nicole

Cheeky Chalkboards

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Just wanted to show some love for my cousin and cousin in law they are selling cheap affordable chalkboards, go take a look here. Also just would like to point out there awesome chalkboard creations, they never cease to amaze me.



nicole

Fresh Garden Salsa

One thing about having a garden is that in one week's time it will completely change on you. We came back from Atlanta to tomatoes and peppers galore and massive zucchini and banana squash---all ripe for the picking. We are literally going to have so much squash this year I won't know what to do with myself. I'm already thinking of all the ways I can use banana squash. {Any creative ideas/recipes...please send them my way!} Since the harvesting has already begun I decided to start out by making some Fresh Garden Salsa. I have never actually made salsa on my own so I was a little nervous but how hard can it be, right? All I had to do was throw in some ingredients into my Food Processor and pulse.

Ingredients:

From my garden:

Onion

Garlic

Tomatoes

Jalapeno Pepper

Pablano Pepper

Not from my garden:

Cilantro

Salt

Pepper

 

 Let's just say the salsa turned out to be a success. When you are working with such fresh ingredients I think it is hard to go wrong

It is even better when you marry the salsa with the most amazing chips.

 

These are my favorite chips by leaps and bounds. While we were in Atlanta we emptied a few bags of these. Yum.

First garden harvest=success.

Xoxo,

Whitney

The World Needs More...

RITA'S

I was first introduced to Rita's while visiting my sister in Maryland two years ago. They ranted and raved about it. What is Rita's? It is not your typical custard or ice-cream shop. It is light and refreshing. They serve Italian Ice and custard. With different flavors of the day you never know what flavors they have but you know it is going to be good. You can get it with just Italian Ice, Ice & Custard {Gelati}, Blended Ice, Custard and cookie {Blendini}, custard only, or Blended Ice & Custard (Misto Shake). My personal favorite is the Gelati. The last two days we have had LONG days at six flags. On our way home from Six Flags today we stopped and picked up some Rita's. Just what we needed. Mia had her first Rita's and it was love at first Rita's. She ran around eating it saying "mmm yummy".  Dear Rita's: I wish you were in Utah. THE END.

XOXO,

Whitney

ATL Day 3: Visit to Babyland

Yesterday (day 3) of our trip we decided to have a day dedicated to Mia. We let her sleep in that morning. Went to lunch and took a drive out to Cleveland, Ga. What is in Cleveland you ask? The Cabbage Patch Kids Babyland Hospital, where Cabbage Patch babies are born. I thought it was going to be a tour where you get to see where/how Cabbage Patch dolls. Instead you took a small self tour in Babyland where you view vintage Cabbage Patch dolls and some LPN's {Licensed Patch Nurse} perform a live "birthing" of a new Cabbage Patch each hour. Mia was literally in heaven surrounded by all of the baby dolls. She had to touch every one, play with them in the stroller, comb their hair, re-adjust binkies, and rock them in a rocking chair. Luckily she isn't quite old enough to think she needed to go home with a new doll. She already has two and I would have bought her one but they were $70+. {YIKES} I think Mia was definitely in her happy place at Babyland.

After Babyland we went to dinner at an Italian restaurant and visited yet another Marshalls. Then came home to watch some Olympics, which we are doing right now. Love the women's gymnastics! GO USA!

XOXO,

Whitney

ATL: Day 2

Yesterday we went to Chick-Fil-A headquarters and met up with my father in law's friend who was going to give us a tour. As we drove up to the entrance my breath was taken away by how beautiful the property is. It is set in the middle of trees and you take a nature path from the parking lot to the entrance. We were given a histroy lesson on how Chick-Fil-A was started. Towards the end of the tour we got to see the car collection which was neat. My favorite car in the collection: The Batmobile. After our tour we went down to the cafeteria where they offer the employees FREE lunch everyday (and their guests) It was a full on buffet with anything you would ever want. They also have a complete gym next to the cafeteria. Overall it seems like a fantastic company to work for who really values their employees. {I know there is a current Chick-Fil-A controversy and that some refuse to support their company. I however, love Chick-Fil-A because I LOVE their food. I also feel that everyone has the right to their opinion/beliefs whatever side they may be on and that we should respect and love one another.}

 After our Chick-Fil-A tour we did some more shopping at Marshalls and found some fabulous finds. Then we made our way into Downtown Atlanta and our first stop was the World of Coca-Cola. In here you can learn all about how coca-cola was started, watch a 4D movie, see the CocaCola polar bear, and taste different coke products from around the world. That was definitely the highlight. There were some seriously nasty drink flavors and some suprisingly good ones.

 Across the street from the World of Coca Cola is the Georgia Aquarium. Apparently it has been recently re-vamped. It is super nice inside and had some great exhibits including penguins, beluga whales, whale sharks, otters, and much much more. Mia loved all of the fishies and we even found Nemo! {a clownfish}

What a great day 2 in the ATL! Can't wait for Nicole to join us. She is enroute to ATL as we speak!

XOXO,
Whitney