This Is Us

  This year I planted a whole packet of Zinnias in our garden and it’s beautiful!!! I love Zinnias. There are so many colors and they just keep blooming. They are great for the pollinators and for keeping color in your gardens all summer and fall. They have quickly become one of my favorite flowers! If you’d like to know more about these beautiful flowers you can read it in this  Post - Zinnias . What are your favorite flower(s)? 

  When I went to the dollar store the other day, I also got these nail jewels. I wanted something that would put a little extra touch and sparkle to my nails. I’m so happy they had this set at the dollar store. So for all these jewels it was $1.25!

  The other day when we were at the dollar store we found some new nail tools, this is my  other nail tool . These have more sizes on the ends and I love the “colors”.  

  We bought a dehydrator from  Dash  in March of this year and absolutely love it.  It's not very loud, and it works great. Plus right now (August 4, 2023) it's on sale for $39.99! What!! We have dehydrated strawberries, apples, mangos, bananas, and now I can't remember what else.  lol  I will be dehydrating herbs like Rosemary, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Lemon Balm, and others. You can do jerky and so many other things.

  Today is national chocolate chip cookie day! What a great day! 😂 Here is my recipe for  Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies   My family LOVES these. It makes about 3 dozen. I added more flour and water to my  Sourdough Starter  so I had enough for cookies and  Sourdough Mini Pizzas  (since it’s Friday night, which is pizza night in our house). I have a whole  List of Dinners  that I make a  Monthly Dinner Calendar  from.

  With everything we needed to do, but, and get done for Brichette and Sam's wedding we didn't do much of anything else this summer. One thing we did was get dinner at Arctic Circle.  We got them kid's meals because they came with a dino soaker.  I thought a took a picture of them, but I did save the ad with a picture of them.  Haha... It will be at the bottom.  Anyway... in the meal there was also a free voucher for Dinosaur Island at  Thanksgiving Point - Lehi, Utah  in the Ashton Gardens area. There is a wonderful area that they are growing food! It’s wonderful! The kids had a lot of fun and it was so fun to get out of the house and play.  I was expecting to see more dinosaurs, but I know they are expensive. Also... We never did find the Utah Raptor that escaped.  If you happen to see it, please tell me where you found it. We also got some ice cream from the snack bar. Here are all the pictures I took.  If you get a chance, you should go.  It will only be here until the