Recently I tried the Shaken Ice Tea Lemonade at Starbucks….delicious. Like all things Starbucks it is pricey, so I came up with my own version. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. I am always one for doing things the simplest and fastest way possible… Ingredients: Lipton Cold Brew ice tea,…
So last week I opened it up for some questions…I had no idea you all would have so many! I’ll answer a few each day this week. Since posts without pictures are boring, I’ll throw in some pictures from the zoo last week (yeah, for warm weather!). Some of the questions are similar, so I’ll…
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My oldest remembers the rainforest building for that same incident…everytime we go in, she giggles and tells us the story of how a bird pooped on C’s mommy. Thanks Ash for being the source of all sorts of entertainment!!
I have been wanting to make a chalkboard since I first saw yours. I finally last week, got the hardboard and Lowe’s cut it wrong, so it didn’t fit my frame! Yes, I bought a frame many years ago that I’m going to use…I can’t make my own. So, my father-in-law fixed the board for me. Now…on to painting it, maybe today – that would make me happy!
I see that Hudson is prepared for the birds (with the hood over his head)!! That’s funny! Our encounter at the zoo was with the monkey throwing up…I’d take bird poop on the shoulder anyday before I had to witness the monkey vomit! Eewwww!
Thanks for answering my question about the fireplace! If you ever have time I would love to see a tutorial about how you created the mantel. Although I might just pick one up at the Habitat Restore because I have a feeling my husband may do the same thing 
Thanks for your blog – I love it!
thanks for the peek into your life! Your blog is fab.
I LOVE Baby Gap sales! I always have an additional %age off the sale price from a random coupon I find.
I love you Ashley! Every post makes me smile! I miss seeing you.
Did you know that getting pooped on by a bird is supposed to mean good luck? I got poooped on by a bird in the middle of Times Sqaure once.
yeah…what ABOUT that meg from whatever?!
can’t wait till we meet. it will be stellar!
love your answers…it’s fun to find out info about you…even it’s your bedding is from target. ha! mine is from wal-mart.
Great post! I hear that when a bird poops on you it’s good luck, or maybe that’s just what a lady told me to make me feel better after a bird pooped on me.
okay ashley, this made me crack up…i always get pooped on by birds too!!
aaaaaaand, in your post from today (or whenever) i thought it was neat that y’all are thinking about adopting…that’s hopefully our next step too! we are alike, and it makes me laugh.
emily
So Friday’s are starting to get a theme of randomness here…so I’ll just stick with that. More random Friday… She crawls but doesn’t sit on her own. Figures. I was counting on a sweet calm little girl that just sits and plays. Not happening here. Me vs. the Lego Men taking over my house. The…
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Those two are so sweet. My heart is just melting. Love the first picture. That is one cute baby!
I love coming to your blog in the mornings when I get to work!! Your pictures are gorgeous. I love the pic of youngest brother and baby on the couch, that is soooooo precious. I’m sure your glad you captured a moment like so!
please do a house tour!! im dying to know how you encorporated that amazing chair into your house:)
i love the page of etsy finds. so pretty to see all together.
i had to play the song again….art art i want you.
my sean and talby were born close together and they were good buddies too.
now they are kind of seperate into boy/girl stuff but still good friends.
love that.
hope your friday is soooo good!
Addie did the same thing with crawling. She was crawling at 5 months but didn’t sit up (without propping herself up with one arm) until the end of her 6th month. I found that odd. But then again, she is odd. Girls are just plain weird. Sweet, but weird.
I love your random Fridays. I see that you brought your chair inside. It looks great in photos!
gorgeous babies and that chair! wow! love it!
There is just something about coming here that brings tears to my eyes and a smile to my face…off to find a tissue now…Kim
Thanks for your wonderful blog, photos, funny thoughts, etc. I love the boy Etsy finds. I only have two children, boy and girl, 16 months apart. They were best friends until they started school. I can tell yours will be too.
cute! I love the look on her face when feeling the book, it’s adorable!
Awesome post. thanx for sharing your gorgeous family with us.
Maddie also seems to have decided to skip the sitting and go straight for the crawling, she scoots around and if that doesn’t work rolls where she wants to go! I see some very BUSY times in my near future
I loved those pics of your baby boy and your baby! That is my two kids to a T. My oldest (boy) is 2 1/2, my youngest (girl) is almost 1. Love when they play like that together. (Hate it when I walk in and one is crying, lol)
Sarah M
Thanks for posting these great etsy finds! I love the tent and the paper deer trophies! And your capture the sweetest moments of your children. I love how he is helping her feel the book. So precious.
hello! i just stumbled upon your blog & i love it. you capture life so beautifully in your photos.
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bopha - You need to try the passion tea lemonade and figure out how to make it, it is dee-li-cious!
Erin - Awesome, can’t wait to try this!
Crystal - This sounds delicious! I’ve been on a lemonade kick lately, and I love tea, so this sounds perfect!
chrissy - Thanks for posting about the ‘little dresses for africa’. this week my a group of women are getting together at my church to make the dresses for an orphanage for Haiti. so very excited and we got the idea from your blog!!!! SO THANK YOU for all your work and compassion for others! depending on how well this week goes we may end up doing this quarterly and focus on a different country each time!
Thanks for your creativity and sharing it w/ the world! love your blog, pictures and ideas!
Allie - As a Starbucks barista, can I let you in on a little secret??? We just began selling our full leaf tea (passion, zen, and black) that we use in our tea lemonades as a retail item in stores everywhere. It comes in a tin of 15 tea bags ($6.95) and I can assure you that you will not be disappointed — they are all amazing!
chantelle - look great! I love the blueberry and ginseng by tetley right now……it’s called clarity! Ha Perfect! Just what I need!
candace - Mmmmm, definitely worth trying. Makes me long for Spring and Summer……
Liz - I second the comment above about passion tea… It’s SO good, especially in the summer. And like she said you can buy the tea bags at any starbucks store.
Kristin S - This is one of my favorite drinks at Starbucks but I order with the Passion Tea. Of course you can buy Tazo Passion Tea at the grocery store so I’m trying your recipe! Makes it decaf this way too.
Jasie - I do something similar to that. I mix one of the generic Crystal Light lemonade packs with one of the GCL Iced Tea packs. I get that because they’re sugar free. I’m definitely going to make your version and do a taste test. We love teamonade at our house!
Meagan - Yum! My friend had a recipe for the passion tea lemonade on her facebook the other day using the Tazo passion tea too. Why have I never heard or these? Oh yeah, because I’m too distracted by the white mochas and caramel macchiatos…
Kate - Mmm… I can’t wait to try it!
Shelley in SC - I think the best instruction is to sit on my porch, pretend it is hot and children are playing in the yard. May I add fireflies??
Justine - Soooo, I am a long time reader first time commenter
but this post caught my eye! Because I worked at starbucks. I just wanted to tell you you are very close with your recipe, and if you want to add the sweetener to it like starbucks does you can buy a huge bottle of it for 6 bucks! We don’t sell them in the lobby, you just gotta ask and we will pull one from the back.