Peninsula State Park: Part 1

Last week, I told you all here and here that I was out in the wilderness camping with the family. I got back this past Sunday and today I finally sat down and went through all my pictures to get them ready for this post. We went camping at Peninsula State Park, which is one of my all time favorite parks (we go every year!). If any of you have ever been there you know what I mean. My friend, Bria, came along and I had such a blast. The weather was perfect and it was by far one of the best years I've had there.  

The first couple of days there we hiked, biked, and mopeded (is that a word?) everywhere. We took one of my favorite trails, the Eagle Trail, which walks right along the water and the bluffs. There's this little stream that comes down from the bluffs that always has the coldest and the best drinking water ever. This year it tasted a little sweet, which made it all the more amazing (minus the dirt). We watched the sunset almost every night at Welker's Point, the best place to watch any sunset. One night we even watched all the bats fly out of their houses. Bria wasn't to thrilled about that. 

Bria also got me hooked on my new summer read, Fifty Shades of Grey. Now I can join into converstations with pretty much the whole female population. How many of you are addicted to this book?! Christian Grey? Sexy as hell. 

Picture time, enjoy!

 Happy Thursday everyone! 

DIY // Lemon Body Scrub

One of my favorite things about summer is being able to bring out my lemon body wash and lotion. The smell of lemon is so refreshing and I love wearing it during the summer time. I decided to combine my favorite scent with an exfoliating body scrub. This scrub is perfect for shedding those dead skin cells and leaving your body extra smooth. It's also great to keep next to the bathroom faucet for super smooth hands! Enjoy!

What you need:

There's really no measuring to this scrub, I just threw it all together. Mix together the sugar and olive oil until it's a smooth consistency. Then cut the lemons in half and squeeze with the open part up. This will prevent the seeds from falling in. Add as much or as little lemon juice as you like. I added a lot because I love the smell of lemons! There you have it!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Heat Wave

Anyone who lives in or near Wisconsin knows what I mean when I say last week was a horrible week to be outside. This nasty heat wave came through and hit us hard. Wisconsin was hitting over 100 degrees some days and plus the humidity, it felt even worse. I don't know if any of the other states got it as bad as we did, but I think I can say that Wisconsin had the worst humidity levels ever! 

 Most of my week consisted of spending hours on the lake in the water, shopping in the air conditioned buildings, and lots and lots of frozen yogurt. A new frozen yogurt shop recently went up downtown called, Spoon and Yogurt. It is such a cute little shop and the yogurt was ahhhhmazing! Spoon and Yogurt is pretty much the same thing as a Pinkberry or Fro Yo. You pick your flavor of yogurt and top it with pretty much everything. It was our first time going in and I'm so glad we did. Spoon and Yogurt has officially become my new favorite dessert stop.

I dragged my little sister shopping with me and we found an awesome pair of hot pink pants. Sarah convinced me to buy them, which was totally weird for me to buy pink pants. But I love them, they are so cute! I also had a super fun time buying my gifts for my Christmas in July partner! So excited for her to open it! 

Here's some pictures to goggle at of our adventures around town!

There they are! I plan on matching them with my white tee or maybe a cream tank. Any suggestions fashion bloggers?!

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My friend Bria and I also took a short trip to the Eau Claire Dells to get some sun and get out of the heat. It's one of my favorite places near home to go to and just relax. We spent the morning walking around the rocks and then drove over to the campgrounds to spend some time on the beach. We were the only ones there for a while so we just sat in the water trying to stay cool.

After a while, I started feeling little pinches on my body and flipped out. Then I realized all the little minnows were nibbling on me. It was the weirdest feeling ever. Then Bria and I layed in the water and just let them do their thing. There was so many around us! It reminded me of those fish that give those pedicures by eating off all your dead skin. I wonder if that's what they were doing? If so, thank you minnows!

If you got hit by the heat wave, how did you stay cool?

Happy Thursday everyone!!