S'more, Please!

Cutest idea ever, no??

I have no idea what I'd do this for, but it looks so pretty! Here's the DIY tutorial on how to do it. May be cute for a children's birthday party favor or even a favor for Halloween!

Check back soon for pictures of my trip to Nashville! Whoops! I forgot to tell you that I went to Nashville. *Slap on wrist* Sorry!

Wick-Whaaa??

Can someone please take me here? I'd like to go...and although I'm rather fearful of any storm, their "Storm Watchers" package sounds intriguing.

Maybe I should start saving now, but this place looks pretty incredible.

The Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino, Canada.

Please, Please, Please

Can someone please buy me this scarf? It's only $375, but it's HERMES. In celebration of the new store opening in Chicago, this fabulous scarf was designed in Paris.

Ah, Paris. Can someone please fly me out to Paris? Ok, thanks...

But seriously. I want to frame this scarf and hang it on a wall in my family room. It has all the colors in our color pallette that we've been using and I love that it resembles "Where's Waldo" but in a much more stylish way. I know that only my sister, April (who lived in Paris and is probably the only one who knows what Hermes is), will appreciate this, but still. I love.

Cheep, Cheep

Found 'em! They were mixed in with some of the thousands of photographs I've taken over the last month.

Our little Front Door Dwellers hatched about 2-3 weeks ago. They started cheeping only at the end and they finally left the nest last Saturday. Now, you'd think these little baby birds were my own. I checked on them every day, shoved a giant camera in their little beaks every so often, looked out for their Mama on a regular basis... I was attached. So when these little babies left the nest, I gave Bobby a pouty lip and said I missed my babies. He gently reminded me that we have no real babies and that I need to evaluate my attachment to animals.

Anyway, these pictures were taken when the little guys were only a few days old. There were 4 total and we've determined that they are, in fact, Sparrows.

Au revoir, my little babies...Ahem...birdies.

It's hard to tell from this picture, but there are 4 birds in there! 2 stayed on top most of the time until they got bigger.



I made a whistling noise to get their attention. I guess they thought I was their Mama because they all woke up and opened their mouths. No noises yet... that didn't come until they were much older (you know, like a week).



There's another one to the right of the first bird!



....aaand this is what you'd see if you were to walk in my front door. It's a little creepy if you aren't expecting it. But this little guy would greet me every day when I'd come home from work. It was so cute!

Well, Shoot

Tap, tap... this thing on??

Ahem. It's me. Melissa. 'member me? Well, it's been a while, so I was just checking to see if you forgot. I've been scolded by many-a-follower that I need to update the Barrick Times. I've just been plain busy over here in our little abode, that I haven't had time to even get 8 hours of consecutive sleep in one day. Wedding season is upon MB Photography (which is now a LLC!), so my time and energy has been dedicated to that type of thing. I blogged for 2 weeks straight earlier this month. It's true.

Anyway, there isn't too much to report over here as we haven't had much time to do anything except edit and work on the basement.

What's that you say, basement? Yes, we're starting to finish our basement. Do I have pictures of that? Of course not. But I will. This weekend. Know why? I have no weddings this weekend.

Ok, so this will be rather picture-heavy as I promised my sister-in-law pictures of my sweet new niece who is now about 3 months old. Bad Aunt Buhlissa.

So here you go...and July will be much less stressful for me, so hopefully I can get some Mexico pictures up to show y'all.

Enjoy!

One of the trees in our back yard. It looked mysterious to me.

These little guys have been laid on our front door wreath! There are 4 little Sparrow eggs. This was about 3 weeks ago. They hatched last week! I took a bunch of pictures, but can't seem to locate them... hum... will post them once I find them!



I bit the bullet and bought a "Big Rose" from the highly coveted EmersonMade. I mainly wanted to buy one and see if I could make it. I haven't tried yet, but I'm gonna. They're super cute and I've worn it in my hair AND on my clothes. I swoon over all of their products and the fact that the couple is completely green and work/own their own farm.

I bit the bullet AGAIN and bought a brand spankin' new MacBook Pro! It's a business expense, of course :) It'll be the new work horse for MB Photography. I'm totally hooked on Apple products now, but I can't seem to find anything. It has a bit of a learning curve associated, but so far, I love!



And now for my precious little nieces! Bobby and I were in North Carolina in late May 1) for MB Photography's first destination wedding, and 2) to meet my new niece, Charlotte. She's a doll and so peaceful. I can't wait to see her again! Below are my other 2 neices: Mary Claire (left) and Ellie (right). While playing in their "secret garden," they "rescued" a box turtle and named him Franklin.



Hello, Franklin.



And for the new, sweet little morsel, Charlotte. Grandma Wise knit the hat and blanket! Charlotte was being our model.



{Organic} baby booties courtesy of Aunt Buhlissa (and courtesy of Etsy.com!).



Umm... I want to pinch these cheeks.







Baby yawn!

Well, that's all for now. I have a little, 3 week break from weddings here in July, but the weekends somehow already packed themselves. Hopefully I'll be updating more frequently here in the next few weeks!

Have a great week!