Father's Day Gift Roundup

I've already been trying to come up with the perfect gifts for Father's Day for a couple weeks now and thought I'd share a few things that I've come up with...

Completely FREE and completely personalized (or premade) Father's Day card from cardstore and the best part is that it ships to dad completely free too!  Just use the code "LUVDAD2" at check out. 

Love this card from JulieAnnArt. So funny. Find it on ETSY.

and this one from Monkeymindesign is so sweet. Find this one ETSY too.

For the geek dad... I think these are so cool! You can have one made in a lovely design at Colorelish on ETSY.

You could also make your own. I found THIS site and whipped one up pretty easily and there are tons of other sites out there that do the same thing.

I really love these paracord survival bracelets. Stylish and if your guy is an adventurer he'll appreciate that it unravels to be used in emergencies.  This and some other awesome pieces can be found at Jessyfreebird on ETSY. 

If you're crafty you can find a great tutorial to make your own HERE.

I love personalized gifts. This guitar pick with leather pouch from RiverValleyJewelry is perfect for the music making dad. 

Kelly at Local Honey does beautiful family portraits that any dad would love. Lots of other lovely things in her shop too. Check her out.

Hubs has had his eye one some TOMS shades since they started making them and for such a good cause, this would be a great gift!

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My guy is a lover of books and movies, so some books and movies coming out just in time for dad's special day...

Also- canvaspeople is offering a free 8x10 (or $50 toward any size) canvas. You just pay shipping, which is around $15.

Photo A Day May

I really enjoyed this and I'm excited for June! (You can find June @FATMUMSLIM on Instagram)

Zucchini Parm Dip

We've been trying to eat healthier lately. Less (to no) meat and other junk and more veggies, fruits and just healthier things. I wont lie, it has definitely been hard. Half of the time I feel like NOTHING is truly healthy and the other half of the time I feel like it's just too expensive to eat healthy. Here's a little recipe that's pretty inexpensive (we usually have most of these things on hand) and pretty healthy. 

1 Zucchini

1/2 Onion

3 Garlic Cloves

1/2 Green Pepper

Oregano

Thyme

Salt

Pepper

Parmesan Cheese

Olive Oil

Heat olive oil in hot iron skillet until shiny. Next, on medium heat, cook onion for 2 minutes then add garlic, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper cook 2-3 minutes. Add green pepper cook another 2 minutes then grate in zucchini and cook until zucchini is soft and ingredients come together (about 3 minutes). Grate parmesan cheese on top and place under broiler until browned.

Serve with crackers, tortillas or toast.  (It's really good on Ritz crackers!)

I'm sure there are a ton of different varieties you can come up with for this dish. I'd love to hear your recipes and see pictures! :)

Remember...

Yesterday as I was leaving for work Julien kept telling me I was pretty. He gave me 2 kisses as I was walking for the door and when we got to the door he pushed me out and closed the door behind me. He cracks me up doing funny things like that all the time and every time I think about how I want to remember it forever.

Today we picnicked at the park. It was beautiful out but HOT. Then we went to Lowes and Julien and I walked around the garden section planning our imaginary garden. 

Things I don't want to remember are how up in the air things still are but days like today make it bearable...  

In Instagrams

We've been moved out for a couple weeks now but we still haven't found a new place. We're kind of in limbo I guess, but we're making the best of it... and instagraming the good parts! I am not ashamed about the fact that I was overly excited about Instagram coming to Andriod. (finally!) It's no secret that I really enjoy taking and having photos... Instagram definitely will not replace my camera, but it's nice to be able to quickly snap 'in the moment' shots that I would miss if I had to get my camera out, which I've done with my phone anyway... but I love all the companies that have taken advantage of the Instagram craze and made products to use them with. I don't know but I do enjoy a good trend... :)

April Fools!

I'm still waiting for someone to say "April Fools!" but I know it's not coming. We haven't told many people but we're in the process of moving. The place we found was large but a 1 bedroom. Tons of character, wood floors, high ceilings and I have been so excited about it. We've spent the last week cleaning and packing and yesterday we took our first official load of stuff. Today we had planned on finishing cleaning and taking another load but this morning Andrew managed to get a pretty gnarly gash on his finger that I'm pretty sure should have had stitches and in trying to bandage him up I got a good look at the blood and got super sick from it (Having a weak stomach is the worst thing ever.) so we ended up not getting much accomplished. And since you're wondering Andrew's manly moving cut was from a potato soup making accident. This evening Andrew's mom call to ask if we'd seen the news, and informed us that the house we've been getting ready to move in to had been the scene of a shooting. There was a birthday party going on in the yard last night when we were moving stuff in and apparently it got out of hand because there was some sort of altercation that resulted in some guy unloading a shot gun but not one was hurt and we are definitely not moving in now so I guess we'll see about finding another place... 

I'd be so happy if I woke up now and this day hadn't happened yet but I'm not holding out for that. Happy April, Ya'll! Hope your day wasn't as big of a joke as mine!

Walks

We've been taking a lot of walks in this beautiful weather. Yesterday I took my camera along and had a mini shoot with the boys as we walked.

He's so rad...

Our walks always include the ducks. Jules LOVES animals. Especially horses and ducks...