Friday favorites

It’s Friday, and you know what that means — Friday Favorites!

As usual, we headed to Hawkes Landing for the weekend. This time we went over Guardsman’s Pass, and the views are stunning (if a bit scary at times)!

Guardsman's Pass

The wild flowers are in bloom.

Daisies

We went on several nice hikes.

Hawkes Landing hike

Followed by a frosty mug!

Frosty mug

The skies were beautiful. Isn’t Mother Nature something?

Clouds

We celebrated the 4th of July with a brand new flag.

Fourth of July

And a delicious barbecue, eaten in the perfect setting.

Steak on the barbecue

We even got a rainbow during dinner!

Rainbow at Hawkes Landing

We came home to these cute girls. They were lined up at “Papa’s Hair Salon.” One even thought it was worth a tip (which she may or may not have stolen from Papa’s change jar)!

Papa doing the girls hair

And because one food photo just isn’t enough, what about these beauties! Does anyone else sometimes look at their food and think it is almost too pretty to eat? (Almost being the operative word here. I ate every last one!)

Summertime

I feel like it’s been a while since I shared a nail photo, and I just love this color, so I’m going to end with Meghan’s great work.

Shellac nails

That’s it for me. How was your week? Won’t you share a couple of your favorite moments?

 

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4 Comments

  1. My new favorite is Pokémon Go, encouraging me to walk a daily 5k to hatch all the eggs, catch all the Pokémon and check in all the all the Poke Stops. Who new all it would take to get me on an exercise routine was a geo – tagged pokemon game. No one needs to acknowledge that I am well into my 30s…

  2. We celebrated the 4th of July at some friends with a BBQ and fireworks, and went to the Shakesperean Festival in Cedar City. We saw Henry V. It was fun!
    What does Larry charge for a shampoo and blow dry?

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