Outdoor Tablescapes

This Friday, not only is my sister and her family coming to town for the weekend and staying with me, I am also throwing a birthday dinner for my dad's 70th.

It looks like we are going to have beautiful weather on Friday so my plan is to have dinner outside.  I love dining al fresco, there is nothing like enjoying a good meal with all your family and friends on a beautiful starry night.

Pinterest is hands down the best site for party planning, the ideas are endless.  It has been my go to for some great outdoor tablescapes.  The thing I really want is lots of candles and white lights strung across my deck.  My hubby loves when I give him a challenging project and he claims that stringing the lights across the deck is no small feat.  Now that he has promised to somehow take care of the lights, I can work on the tables itself and the menu.

See what I mean, Pinterest is why I never get anything done!!

Rocky Mountain High

Last week was the first time I had been to Colorado during the summer.  We are all ski bunnies over here so typically we go during ski season.  I have to admit Vail is just as fun in the summer as in the winter.  We never ran out of things to do and there is just something about being in the mountains on a beautiful summer day that makes you crave the outdoors and all it has to offer.  In STL it is usually 95 degrees by 10 am so they only thing you can do outside is go to the pool, in Vail the high was 80 degrees, perfect for spending your days outdoors.

Of course we did hit up the pool at few times at our resort.  I loved seeing the ski runs right past the pool...

Every morning I would run along the bike path following Gore Creek...

The morning of the wedding I took the kids to the Vail Village while the hubs was off doing best man duties, we found a volvo made entirely of legos, it was really cool...

We took a horse back trail ride that went through a cattle range then up and back down a mountain...

We spent a day zip lining and white water rafting, for obvious reasons I did not have my camera or phone...

And our last day we biked all over Vail...

skipped some rocks...

and enjoyed the beautiful scenery...