Learning to Play

I have spent my free time this summer learning to play mandolin!  My husband (playing stand up bass), a friend (playing fiddle) and I decided to start a bluegrass/old time band and we had our first practice session Wednesday...it sounded pretty good! Our goal is to eventually sound good enough to play a set at our local pub on an off night.

This is not my mandolin, it's a friend's "camping mandolin" that I am borrowing....so it is not exactly the best thing to listen to or play.  Hopefully I can own a decent one soon!

 Shirt-Loft(similar)/Pants-American Eagle(similar)/Shoes-Sam Edelman(similar)

Thanks for reading,

Summer Vacation

It has been difficult to think of style and creating blog posts with the amount of visitors we have had at our house in the past month!  

Both my in-laws and my family came to visit within the past 4 weeks. 

Here are some photos from our adventures a week ago hiking around Colorado and New Mexico...

We climbed a mountain...

 In Southern Colorado.

 Fed the chipmunks.

Discovered petroglyphs (on a trail near my town)....

 ...and ancient Native American pottery shards and arrow heads (my middle brother).

Then we climbed another mountain (because climbing one wasn't enough). This time in New Mexico.

 Did yoga poses on top of said mountain. (my youngest brother)

 (my mom)

Enjoy!

P.S. Outfit post coming soon!!!