Rodeo Fun

Nothing says a Utah summer like a rodeo does.

The smell of fresh cow manure, cowboys riding their bulls, rodeo clowns & queens, kids in cowboy hats twice the size of their heads.

All in all, it's quite the experience and I never thought I'd say this, but I love going.

Although, I still dislike country music.

Perhaps someday they'll get me there too...doubt it though.

Island taste in my mouth.

I found this simple & tasty recipe here and I can't seem to get enough of it. Although in typical Santamaria fashion I tweaked the recipe a bit to my own liking.

Being summer and all I thought shrimp and coconut should be accompanied by some mangos, avocado's and lime. So here's the recipe for the salsa if you choose to take your taste buds to tropical bliss too.

Just eyeball how much salsa you want to make, then add or take away ingredients.

2 ripe mangos

1-2 ripe avocado's

1 lime

2 garlic gloves minced finely

cilantro chopped finely

1 large tomatoe

1 teaspoon salt

Chop & dice all your ingredients and mix up in a bowl.

Just a suggestion. Last Sunday I let my salsa sit on the counter while we made some pineapple-coconut juice{which I highly recommend with this dish}and the juices settled in with the room temperature quite nicely making the salsa flavors even better and more infused with the lime.

Change.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy;

for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves;

we must die to one life before we can enter another.

~Anatole France~

All signs point to...

the

middle

of

summer

and

I

love

it!

{Cheer's to many more days of evening tennis, ripe berries, fireworks,

playing in the water, bbq's, sunday dinners on the patio, sunsets, tan skin,

lighter hair, green mountains, hikes, smore's, gazing at the stars,

sun dresses and sandals-to name a few of my favorites.}

Coveting

{Image found here.}

Could those colors, shoes, purse and sunglasses be more perfect?

The whole outfit is just beautiful.

4th of July Family Outing

I love love love The Bay area. It's my favorite place on the west coast by far. You add into the mix my wacky family, plus one of my favorite holidays--the 4th-- and I knew I was guaranteed a great time.

Muir Woods, downtown San Francisco, Stinson Beach, Sonoma wine country, my cute little nieces...aaaaah sheer perfection.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend too--God bless America!