Travel: Torrey Pines State Reserve Hike

This is his element.

Yes, he hiked the whole way dressed as a fighter pilot who wears an army helmet, whilst carrying a bow and arrow.  He even got saluted a few times.

We made it to the bottom!

They love their Dad.

Seeing who can find the biggest Shore crab.

This guy was pretending I wasn’t there.  Nice try, Mr. Crab.

Goose Barnacles with their heads in.  They really do look like a goose when they are out and have long necks.

Peek-a-boo

She thought it was pretty.

It’s much easier going down than up…ask my little buddy.

Thanks to my man for taking us to this lovely place…what a Dad.

Tomato harvest + Brioche BLAT with tarragon mayo

We had our first red tomatoes this week!  Thank you, God, for letting the sun out to make them nice and ripe.

I always try my first tomato with a few speckles of sea salt.  Next, I could think of no better way to honor the tomato than with my version of a BLAT.  I baked some brioche (which didn’t really work out since I pushed the dough a day to long because I was tired…oh well) then whipped some mayo with lemon, chopped tarragon, and cracked pepper. I used pancetta (or italian bacon) instead of regular.

My favorite sandwich…ever.

B acon

L ettuce

A vocado

T omato

For my husband: the Peleo version as an egg scrambler.

Camping Birthday Party…s’more included

*Warning*

This post contains unhealthy like materials that are un-Bon-like and might be harmful to your body.  Birthday parties are the only exceptions to eating these foods.  Ok…maybe not the only.

My little buddy had his 4th birthday recently.  He was super into campers at the time so we both decided a camping themed birthday was prefect.  I had a lot of ideas of things to make and do, but in the end, camping is meant to remind us how simple life really can be.  S’mores reminded me of simplicity and at party planning time, I had been seeing tons of Pinterest pins on s’more related things…mmm…I’m hungry now.

Crushing the graham crackers in a bag means easy clean-up and more freedom for them to help.

Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Separately, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Combine butter mixture and flour mixture.

Press half of the dough on the bottom of a spring-form pan, saving the rest for the top.

Add the chocolate bars on top.   I HAD to use Hershey’s because what other chocolate bar do you grab for a s’more, right?

Spread the creme on top of the bars and then lick your fingers. Add the remaining dough in flat discs, then bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes, until brown.

Other camper add-ons were an actual camper brought by Daddy, the camper crayons I made in an earlier post, party favors in a baked bean can, and pin the bumper sticker on the camper.  We grilled some grub and just enjoyed a relaxing party with our loved ones.

My wonderful mom also turned a fire truck pinata into the awesome camper!  Isn’t it great?  Thanks, Mom :)


Recipe adapted from Lovin from the Oven

What so many of you have been waiting for…

It’s jam time!

My little knucklehead helpers.

I’m making it with a friend next week who has never made it so I’m super excited!

Remember that pillowcase?

I almost forgot to show you what I made out of this vintage pillowcase.  I was going to make a dress and was all set up when I realized the pillowcase was going to be too short for a dress…like WAY short.   Ugh.  I was finally going to make one and I was too late.  Instead, I made something way less cool and just plain practical.  It’s a  bed frame cover for my little guy.  He falls out of bed constantly so I knew it was time.


It turned out, the pillowcase was just the right size.  Trust me, I’ve been sewing a long time and this kind of thing rarely happens.

I just trimmed the end off, finished the ends, and used it for the piece that holds onto the bar.

I just finished it by adding some horizontal stitches for the bars.

No more 2 am wake-ups…at least not for the little bean falling out of bed :) Easy Peasy.

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