Author Archives: Elizabeth

Cincy Visit: Day 2

Sorry guys. Not many pictures from day two, and really only one good story, which I’ll get to in a minute. The two awesome places we went on Saturday were Take the Cake for brunch and Trader Joe’s. Yes, I went on vacation and made it a destination to go to a grocery store. Trader Joe’s, [...]

Cincy Visit: Day 1

We left last Friday for our Labor Day trip to Cincinnati. A good friend of mine from elementary school got married and we have some friends that live out on Northside, so we had a free place to stay, free plane tickets (thank you credit card points) and willing grand parents that wanted a couple [...]

We’re back!

The first vacation away from our little man was a wild success! He had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa, and we had a blast with our friends in a new city. We enjoyed getting to explore Cincinnati and find some of the things that make it unique. We love hunting out the local flavor [...]

Homemade Jams and Pickles

This past weekend, I got together with several friends and we had a canning party! Jenn was the mastermind behind the whole event, and she taught us how simple it is to jar pickles and jams. I had a hard time picking what I was going to make, so I made three jams. A tomato [...]

August Garden

My poor little garden got a bit out of control. Part of it was the heat and part of it was that I didn’t prune anything. I did learn that the small varieties of tomatoes do not have a maximum size – they will keep growing until the season is done. They try to take [...]

Cincinnati

Alright friends, I need your suggestions. We are leaving for Cincinnati on Friday to go celebrate a friend’s wedding (leaving the lil’ Monkey with the grandparents – hooray!) and we need some suggestions as to what to see, where to eat and any fun events that are happening over Labor Day weekend. We will only [...]

Read to stay indoors

It has been over 100 degrees here in Austin for weeks now. It is exhausting to step foot outside if it doesn’t involve a pool and iced water. This has lead to a lot of reading and I have enjoyed it a bunch! What have I been reading? The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips – [...]