salad crush

while we were traveling this past week,

i had two of the very best salads ever.

i can't stop thinking about them.

a salad crush, for certain.

they aren't really recipes, but i snapped

photos of their ingredient lists so i can

try my hand at recreating these at home.

the first:

superfood salad

from the deli case at whole foods

in salt lake city

i was surprised that whole foods doesn't have a fresh juice bar,

but if they had, i wouldn't have discovered this amazing salad.

this had a kale base, with carrots, edamame, blueberries, cashews, 

sunflower seeds, and lots of red onion.

the second:

red quinoa salad

from sammy's woodfired pizza & grill

{one of my parents' favorite places}

in las vegas

this was a base of arugula {my favorite}, with red quinoa tossed throughout.

toasted almonds, gold beets, and avocado.

i'm not sure if you can tell how enormous this salad was.

long after everyone else was finished, i was still enjoying this huge pile of greens.

i'll let you know if i come up with

anything close to the acai dressing

or the citrus chili vinaigrette.

♥

--- zip line ---

have you ever done a zip line?
we did today and it was

so. much. fun.

we rode the gondola up the mountain

the view from above

♥

do you ever...

have a tower of cotton candy for dessert?

♥

art-paper-scissors :: tiny book {one sheet of paper, eight pages}

today at everythingeagle.com

make one or make a whole library

:: tiny book ::

{one sheet of paper, eight pages}

see my "more ideas" section
for some creative ways to use them.
also, there's a video you should watch
☼right here☼

♥

:: mandalay bay aquarium ::

our vegas visit continues...

today, we went here 

to see this 

i didn't buy the shark hat...

but i did buy this

♥

◄vegas►

we have arrived in las vegas.

so has the hip hop international competition.

these adorable guys all the way from croatia

indulged us with one of their routines
in the parking garage

{do YOU know where croatia is?}

♥

:: roadtrip ::

i'm in utah.

rich has to be here for a trade show
in salt lake city.
i helped him get set up today.

have you ever seen the 
salt lake city mormon temple?

it is really amazing.


i made my first-ever trip to ikea.
i loved this wall of chairs.

we bought trash cans
and a three dollar umbrella.

we are staying in park city.

it is such an adorable town.

this is the view from our hotel room.

tomorrow, the kids and i
are driving to las vegas
to visit grandma & pa.

♥