Lavender Kay

Hi!  Oh my goodness it’s been awhile!  A lot of exciting things have been happening since I last posted!  As I said last time, my sister came to visit us in Milwaukee, and we had a blast!  It was so wonderful having her here.  We showed her the town, and shared some really memorable experiences.

The winds of change are blowing over here in Milwaukee, and I’m not just talking about the turn of the season!  (Although, Fall is definitely upon us!)  I have some really exciting news to share with you regarding my creative pursuit, but I can’t tell you quite yet.  I know, so anticlimactic! I can’t wait to update you guys on what has been going on, and I just need to wait a few more days.  In the mean time, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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Hi friends!  Here are a couple pictures from our weekend!  We watched our neighbors’ three dogs over the weekend, and it was quite the party!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Oh my goodness, Blood Marys in this town!  A Milwaukee style Bloody Mary is like nothing else I have ever tried!  I didn’t know this before moving here, but I guess they are quite famous!  Ordering a Bloody Mary here is like ordering an appetizer!

We went out to brunch with some friends the other weekend where I ordered this Bloody Mary, and it was to die for!  It had the perfect blend of flavors and spice.  On top of the amazing flavor, they also put a pickle, a pepper, beef jerky, an olive, and a piece of cheese in it! Crazy right?!  Would you be brave enough to try one?

Since Jonathan and I moved to Milwaukee we have been doing a lot of exploring.  It has been so exciting to have the opportunity to experience a new city, and see all of the fun things it has to offer.

There is a cute little neighborhood near us with some fun shops and restaurants including this great flower shop pictured above.  And, next to the flower shop is a really yummy pizza place (which is quite high on my favorite food list!).  Milwaukee has continued to impress me every day, and I feel pretty lucky to live here!

Happy Wednesday!

 Good morning dear friends!  How was your weekend?  We were busy doing household projects over here.  We did a lot of painting as well as worked on some DIY projects.  I am excited to share them with you soon!   We also had our neighbors over for drinks on Friday night, and it was a blast!  It is really nice to start settling in to our life here in Milwaukee.  People have been so welcoming which has made for a smooth transition.

Today I wanted to share with you an Instagram Book I made for Jonathan through a fabulous company called Artifact Uprising.  I wanted to surprise him with a book of all our fun memories from the last year.  It was a crazy, yet memorable year, and I wanted to have something to remember it by.  I was excited to try Artifact Uprising because I had read a lot of good things about them, and they have a wonderful, easy-to-use website.  They make beautiful, well-made products.  And, I love their simply, clean design!  I would highly recommend them to anyone!  Here are a few pictures from my book!

Have a fabulous Monday!

Jonathan’s parents were in town this past week!  They were so sweet to drive my car all the way from Washington to Wisconsin!  We had so much fun spending time with them and showing them around Milwaukee!  They also got to meet the cute neighbor dogs!

While Jonathan was at work, Julie and I went plant shopping!  We bought a bunch of cute plants, and planted them in pots on our porch.  Isn’t that succulent wonderful?!  The weather was beautiful the whole time they were here so we spent a lot of time outdoors.

Jonathan has a lot of relatives living in the state of Wisconsin so we also spent time meeting a bunch of family members which was so fun!  We were invited to two different BBQs where we got to meet relatives and eat tons of amazing food!  We even did a water balloon toss!  It has been so encouraging to know we are not alone in Milwaukee!

Good morning friends!  How is your week going?  We are so excited because Jonathan’s parents came to visit!  They drove my car from Washington to Wisconsin for me, isn’t that sweet?!  Now we have a lot of fun activities planned around the city.  We want to show them all the great neighborhoods and restaurants (and talk them into moving here)!

Also, isn’t the above picture cool!  I took this last week when we were downtown with some friends.  One of the many cool things about downtown Milwaukee is that there is a river running through the middle of it!  There is a river walk all along it with fun restaurants and twinkly lights.  You can just sit outside along the river and watch boats and kayakers ride by.

Alright, I’m off to make some coffee, and get ready for today’s adventure.  Jonathan’s mom and I plan to do some gardening, and maybe even do a couple DIY projects for our house.  Have a fabulous Friday!

Hello! We still don’t have Internet so I am back at a coffee shop trying to catch up on life! The above picture is a quick peek into our journey from Oregon to Wisconsin! I took this picture of the Mississippi River as we were crossing into Wisconsin!

Alright, I’m off to our house because all our stuff arrives today!

Hi friends! Oh my goodness, after a long journey, we finally made it to Milwaukee!  We drove through eight states to get here!  Can you believe that?!  I have never driven that far before!

We love our house, and are so excited about the neighborhood we chose to live in!  We have spent the last few days exploring, and soaking up as much Wisconsin wonderfulness as possible!  Our stuff is still traveling on a truck somewhere between here and Portland so we are just trying to have as much fun as possible before the real moving in part begins.  The above picture is of a fun pizza restaurant patio near our house.  Aren’t those lights amazing?!

I hope to update you with pictures and stories of our crazy journey soon but we won’t have internet until Friday so posts might be sparse until then!

Happy Monday!

You guys! Today is moving day! It is so crazy that this day is finally here! The moving truck comes this afternoon, and I am spending the morning finishing all the little last minute things so we are ready to go! Today will be a race to the finish because we will pack up the car, oversee the movers, go to Jonathan’s graduation and then head to Kennewick! We aren’t going to get in until super later, but we figured that was better than sleeping on the floor!

I am packing up my computer today so I am going to have to take a little vacation from blogging until we make it to Milwaukee. But I will be back, I promise! And, I’ll update you on all the crazy adventures we had along the way!

Have a wonderful day!

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