JUNE PIN BOARD

Did you know Monday June 18 is International Picnic Day? Awesome right. Picnicing is one of my favorite summer passtimes. I thought it would be good fun to have a board with all sorts of picnicing inspiration.

Boxsal Office Escape Box

The Details:
Theme - Picnic Perfect 
Proper Source - PLEASE make sure your pin leads back to an ORIGINAL SOURCE! Let's give credit.
Keep it Clean - I run a family friendly site here.
Description - Leave a description of your pin. It's doesn't have to be long, just no // or ...
Round Up - At the end of the month I will do a round up of my favorite pins from the board.

If you are interested in playing along, email me: saltypineapple at gmail dot com. I will send you and invite to the board and we can get started!

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SUN+SAND FAVES

Summer is just about official here and it couldn't come at a better time. The SUN+SAND board has me wanting a nice refreshing drink, while I am lounging on an über cool towel next to an amazing body of water.

Source: favfamilyrecipes.com via Laura on Pinterest

What can I say. This pin had to be my fave. Who doesn't want a slushy served in a pineapple?

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THAT'S HAWESOME

Tess and her butterfly Golden Flower

A list of things that make me happy, laugh, or feel good.

6. Modern medicine and the discovery of antibiotics*.
7. The GIANT container of Cheese Balls from Target.
8. Letting my kids eat as many Otter Pops as they want.
9. Friends that bring me a plate of their delicious dinner, so I don't have to eat the junk I feed my kids**.
10. Realizing it is more fun to see your daughter waste  enjoy your stash of crafty things instead of hoarding it for "something just right."
*Recovering from Strep Throat this week.
**It is not junk food, just not as nice as a gourmet meal. Don't judge.
//HAWESOME 1-5//

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YARD SALE

GRFX Decals on Etsy

With the impending move I have been organizing and evaluating what we have. The new house is laid out differently, and some of our current furniture just can't make the move with us.

I have started a blog to help me sell some of the items we no longer need. Click over and have a look see. If you live in Salt Lake or Utah Counties we might just have something for you.

pineappleyardsale.blogspot.com

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S'MORE HOLIDAYS PLEASE

This three day weekend was a doozy. It started and ended with good food, fun and friends. Just the way we like it. There might have been some strep throat and body aches in between, but nothing some medicine couldn't take care of.

The start of summer is also the start of s'more season. I could be wrong, but let's go with it.
Our first s'more of the season was a definite winner.

Peanut Butter Cookies + Nutella + Toasted Mallow = One rocking s'more!

HAWAI'I TIMES 6

Today was World Travel Day at my kid's school. I presented the Islands of Hawai'i to 150ish kinder and first graders. We're talking kapa mats, hula, history, and pineapple. Overall a fun way to start the holiday weekend. Never mind that I woke up to hail this morning.

Looks like bad weather for our long weekend, but that's not going to stop us from having fun!
Enjoy your weekend friends.

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THE HEALING POWERS OF BANANAS

Okay, so that title is a little over the top. I am unfamiliar with any real healing powers of bananas. However, baking banana muffins did a little heart healing for me. After writing some of my thoughts in this post, I needed something to bring me back down.

Banana bread is one of my favorite treats. To keep things easy we went with muffins. It seemed like there would be less crumbs. Remember I'm trying to keep the house clean for strangers to walk through.

Consciously keeping the house clean cleaner than normal, I used less dishes and washed up right away. Strangely this was all very therapeutic.

I was hoping the smell of freshly baked banana muffins would linger around to entice potential buyers, but it has slowly faded away. Our great style and awesome layout will just have to speak for themselves.

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OFFICALLY FOR SALE

Our home is offically for sale. Getting everything ready, and talking about it seems years behind us. Now time is standing still. 

This is the first home Mike and I purchased together.
This home is where I learned to mow a lawn, and use a snow blower.
This is where Mike and I bought, sold and rebought furniture to figure out our "style."
This is where Davis lost his first tooth, Tess crawled like a monkey, and Collin...Well this is all Collin knows.

I thought about trying to Photoshop my duvet to look even. Then I remembered my Photoshop skills are very lacking and it wouldn't be real. I thought about retaking the picture, but that wouldn't be real either.

What is real? Sitting here writing about our little home has me in tears. Tears from happy memories. Tears for sadness. Tears from feeling overwhelmed and not sure about change.

I'm sad that this little world in our neighborhood is going to go on without me. Without my family. I feel like we are going to be left out or left behind. Missing out on all the neighborhood barbecues, impromptu water parties and evening walks. Is anyone even going to notice we are gone. We are sure going to notice we are not here.

I know there are so many great things to come. And I look forward to sharing them with you. But, right now all I feel is sadness for what is going to be left. Sadness for what could have been.

I'm not the first person in the world to move, and I won't be the last.

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