Remember the meme?

You know, the 30 days meme I started almost a year ago. Well, I figured I'd try my best to complete it as life is looking simple at the moment (knock on wood). Here's a go at Day 4: What I ate today:

Kix, with vanilla almond milk

Assorted berries and a chocolate chip cookie (which I haven't finished).

Other items consumed include a turkey/cheddar/spinach sandwich and plenty of water. To be continued...

2 years!

It's our second anniversary! Yay! We spent the weekend enjoying the hot weather by taking in a movie, going out for ice cream, swimming in the Washougal river, and then hiking Silver Star Mountain. Tonight we'll enjoy a lovely dinner at Montage and scramble around Portland. I'm craving macaroni and cheese or maybe I'll go with jambalaya or gumbo. We'll see how the mood strikes later this evening. Did I ever mention here on this blog that we wanted Montage to cater our wedding, but due to their (new at the time) weekend brunch service, we wouldn't have been able to secure food service for our Saturday reception. Big sad face ---> : ( Ordering the food a day early and reheating it also would not have been an option.

Anywho, we were quite happy with our self/group catered soiree. Here's a little diddy from the reception, showing off our photo wreath which was put together by my Aunt Sue. She's a crafting genius!

Embarrassing childhood photos FTW! Photo courtesy of my Mom.

How does your garden grow?

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For my birthday, I asked my mom if I could use her back yard space for a garden. 

My oh my, has our harvest been plentiful! We're currently waiting to harvest Old German tomatoes, more of the Black Krim (Andy wants to try his hand at fried green tomatoes from the two we picked), corn, Tommy's beans, beets, jalapeno peppers, and Walla Walla onions. Sadly, our carrots never sprouted, the radishes only produced a few small buds, and the spinach died. Tommy also had a very successful strawberry plant and my mom's marionberry plant has been providing as well!

Happy Wednesday

Here are some photos of pretty flowers to brighten your week. Photos slightly altered with Instagram.

Yellow dahlias in my Grandma's backyard

Upside down lilies (fancy effect thanks to tilt-shift)

Pink dahlias

Good eats

We ate a lot and we ate often while we were in Vegas. A few of my favorite meals included the ever popular burger joint In-N-Out, KGB at Harrah's, the Wynn buffet, and Strip Steak at Mandalay Bay. Yes, the last meal was the most expensive meal we've ever eaten, but totally worth it for the quality of food and service by staff. Amazing is nothing short of what we consumed (and sadly, didn't finish):

Duck fat french fries (on the house)
Kobe filet tartare
Rib eye steaks (mine was an 8oz Kobe; his was a 16oz bone-in)
Truffled mac & cheese with broccoli

Roasted artichokes with goat cheese

Is your mouth watering yet? Sadly, I didn't take any photos of the meal as the lighting was dim and I thought the flash from my camera would have been rude. However, I do have some photos from In-N-Out, the Wynn and KGB!

Best fries ever!

Vanilla shakes are my favorite!

Andy's desserts from the Wynn Buffet

Cara's desserts - my favorite was the coconut gelato in the cutie patootie mug!

KGB dining room

Nifty light fixtures

Waffle fry nachos with pulled pork sloppy joe mix, cheese sauce, jalapenos and salsa. Best.Nachos.Ever.

 

Andy's massive BBQ bacon & onion burger with sweet potato tots.

My 4th of July fried chicken special, with house made Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce and smoked gouda. Delish!

  We want to fly down for the evening just for this great meal!