First of all Thank You to all of you have reminded me that I need to update my blog more often! I'm sorry that I have been neglecting it. With all that we have going on around here there seems to never be an available minute. I also seems to always forget to bring my camera! That's is part of my August resolution to take more pictures and update my blog more frequently! This post will also contain a little bit of everything we have been up to the past little while. Enjoy!
June 24th proved to be exciting at the Kinghorn house! Much to Jake's surprise, his sister Kate and I showed up with a cheesecake (half) birthday cake and presents to boot! Jake's birthday falls on Christmas Eve and because of all that we had going on this year...wedding...honeymoon...Christmas... it didn't leave too much time to celebrate. So this year we celebrated his half birthday! You can tell he looks super excited! Right??
Happy Half Birthday Hunny!
A couple weeks ago I was here....
Jake and I have loved exploring new places this summer and camping has become one of our favorite things to do! Speaking of which there are some amazing natural hot springs up Boise canyon! We spent a weekend checking out all the different hot springs up there with Jake's sister Kate. We highly recommend them! Over the 4th of July we decided to venture out a little farther and drive to the Oregon coast! It was so much fun and we were able to check out some fun campsites along the way. The coast was so beautiful! One of the beaches that we stayed by had the most incredible beach. It followed alongside a series of cliffs which had some waterfalls coming off of them and connecting to the ocean. Jake's favorite part of the trip was checking out all of the local seafood restaurants along the way. I will never again doubt my husbands love for fresh seafood or his ability to eat seafood!
Us on the Coast!
Our fabulous tent that I put up by myself every night! Jake decided that his duty was starting the fire and cooking dinner and mine was setting up the tent. Jake is such a fantastic cook so I was happy to leave that part to him!:)
Our last night we camped at Mt St. Helens! I wish I would have gotten a picture of where we stayed because this is just a picture that we took on our way home at a look out spot. We actually stayed on the peak right next to Mt St. Helens at the very tippy top! It was interesting to see the area after the devastation. From what we gather we were right where the lava would have spilled down and where the top blew off to.
On the way back down the mountain we ran into hundreds and hundreds of cars. This peaked our curiosity of course why they were all there. The first couple of people that we asked, that mind you were wearing tie dye and definitely did not value personal hygiene or believe in wearing bras, told us that they were here for a "Welcome Home" ya we didn't really understand either but luckily our next friend let us know that it was for a rainbow festival. Yep looked up it up and they have one every year in a different state and they usually have around 2,000 in attendance. Apparently our invite got lost in the mail.
It's official I have been infected with the decorating bug! It seems I am always looking for a new project in our home and with a new home to decorate it seems like there is always something new for me to tackle! This is a photo of a wall in our front room that I thought turned out super cute! I found the ship at pottery barn and fell in love! Although I didn't buy into the full nautical beach look that pottery barn was showcasing this summer I definitely pulled out a few things that I thought were awesome!
This is definitely a working progress but this is what above my cabinets looks like right now. The crate and the cheese sign are from the barn! I love the crates because they have so much history stamped into them. I believe this one has Boston stamped on the front of it.
I found the holder at a thrift store awhile back and thought that it would make a fun memo board until I found out how perfectly it fits my calendar! It was originally brown so I painted it black and sanded it down and added the beads!
Obviously I didn't leave the piece of fabric draped up there but I did make curtains out of it! I also added a lot more fun pillows to this couch and a few other touches! Don't we love the lamp!?!?! I found it at pottery barn the other day and was priced at originally $300. It had been marked down to $80 and when I took it up to the counter it rang in at $40!!! The lady checking me out was just as shocked as I was but definitely an exciting day! I am questioning the lamp shade that I currently have on it. I feel like it needs to be bigger and possibly have a triangular shape to it. Let me know your thoughts and suggestions!
I might as well open up my own catering business with the amount of food that I have been making lately. These are the infamous cafe rio pork salads that I made for a doctor's office that Jake brought lunch for. This morning I made chicken salad sandwiches and they are yummy!
This is a picture of our old house in Logan! We went up there to put the front lawn in and I thought I would take a picture, because I thought it looked so great! I am sad I never got enjoy my flowers in the front and bushes that are finally starting to grow. We did get to enjoy the huckleberries from that big tree in the front. We had no clue what bounty we were leaving behind. There are raspberries in the backyard:(
This is random I know. But I did tell you this post was going to be an update about everything! I thought this picture turned out so cool especially since I took it on my phone. This weekend when Jake and I went to Rigby we passed a falcon on the road. We turned back wondering why it hadn't flew away and it flew up on this post. I was excited that it stayed long enough for me to take this picture!:)
Last but certainly not least! See this board here... Well I broke it in half....with my bare hand! Yes I might as well be a black belt in Karate because I Karate chopped it in half when I went to training in Vegas a few weeks ago. It was an exercise that they had us perform to get past barriers in our life. I don't know about barriers but I do know that I broke through that piece of wood. You can't tell I was excited about it at all, can you? Hope everyone is doing well! We are loving Boise and are welcome to visitors if anyone wants to come and stay, we promise a good time! -Melissa
