Our Father's Day Weekend

This weekend was wonderful. I came home on Friday to a beautiful piece of art my husband commissioned for me. Saturday Cordelia spent the day adventuring with her godparents- I love when she gets to spend time with them, she always has soo much fun. Sunday we spent the day restfully, with a picnic, some park time and lots of naps! It was a full weekend, but a relaxing one too. 

My beautiful art, check out the artist at:  http://instagram.com/finnigenrynehart 

The fun ties Cordelia painted for Brendon. We got the idea from Melissa at Dear Baby. We mostly followed her instructions, but I couldn't find my fabric marker so I did the black outline with a fine point paintbrush and  fabric paint. 

I can't share all of our Father's day crafts because we have a couple more to give out, but we made this simple jar with regular and peanut M&M's for my dad. 

My sister beats me, this is the cake she made him. It was so rich I thought I might die but I was sure going to die happy. It was a rich chocolate brownie cake, with a peanut butter filling, chocolate ganache and topped with dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Yep, I know you are craving some now too. 

Our paleo picnic lunch consisted of bacon deviled eggs, watermelon, Sweet potato chocolate chip cookies, and lettuce wraps (filled with roast beef, bacon, avocado, tomato and horseradish sauce). 

Lunch was a big hit with Brendon but I'm pretty sure Miss C only ate cookies and watermelon

Dress: Thrifted

Necklace: Madewell

Crinoline: Petticoat Junction

Shoes: Kohls 

I even dressed up for our picnic, which felt great. How did you spend your Father's Day weekend?

Happy Mother's Day

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. We had amazing weather, ate yummy food, and saw some of my favorite people. To top it all off we also had a mostly, mild mannered, toddler! Which makes for a perfect day in my book. 

So, how do you feed a vegetarian mommy and a paleo mommy and keep them both happy? That was our 

big question when picking the menu for mother's day lunch. I ended up making this yummy asparagus quiche with spaghetti squash crust (minus the cheese, but man would it have been good with some cheese) and it seemed to fit the bill. With a sides of salad, fruit, spinach meatballs, and fresh green beans lunch couldn't have been more satisfying. 

Well, that is until my sister brought out her amazing paleo apple pie topped with paleo coconut ice cream. If I could eat this anytime I wanted I would never eat bread again. I'm telling you, the rest of the meal could have been terrible and this would have saved it! Ugh, I want another piece now just looking at this picture. . .

Mother's day was delightful because not only did we have good food, but we had good company. We were able to spend the day with my grandmother (top photo) and her best friend- my Aunt Alice (bottom photo). Aren't they just beautiful? If I can be half as amazing as them I will be happy. Let me share a couple more random photos with you guys now. 

Brendon taking Miss C on a ride on Alice's buddy- Cordelia thinks that this is the best thing in the world. 

She really, really wants to learn how to do a somersault, she tries at least ten times a day. 

Crazy girl kept trying to hide under my dress. 

And last, look at the beautiful necklace Cordelia made me with the help of her Na-Na. I hope you all had a lovely weekend with the mother's in your life!