Favorite Summer Fruit

Summer is the time for fruit!  Don't you agree?  Do you have a favorite fruit at all - especially during the summer?

I love blueberries - those are probably my year round favorite fruit!  BUT!  For summer, it has to be WATERMELON!  I love watermelon.  My mom would always have a bowl of watermelon out for dinner during the summer!

When I went to Ravinia, my contribution was watermelon skewers.  A fun, easy, and simple way to add some creativity to a simple fruit!  Take a look below:

What is your favorite summer fruit?  Do you like to add anything special or do anything fun with it?

Happy Watermelon!!

xoxo Sarah

Campillo love for Ravinia

So it has been long tradition for the Campillo and Matthews families to go to Ravinia.  Ravinia, if you don't know, is an outdoor amphitheater where big names play music and there is also lawn seating where people can enjoy good eats and drinks!  Take a look at the Ravinia website HERE!

Anywho, back to tradition, since Zach was little my mother-in-law and her friend Margo have taken their kids to Ravinia many many times!  This time I came along and it was just us girls!  It was so fun!  We went and saw Idinia Menzel.  She is one of my most favorite singers.  If you don't know who she is - she is the original Elphaba on Broadway's Wicked!  Unfortunately, she had a cold so she wasn't able to belt out her power notes - but she still sounded awesome!

Take a look below at our Ravinia set up - flowers and all!  The food was delicious!  We all added out own element!  If you want any of the recipes in the pictures, feel free to let me know and I would be happy to get them for you!

Chicken with Pesto and Tomatoes, Spinach and Orzo with Asparagus Salad, Garbanzo beans,  Cold White Wine and some fun!  That's the best pic I could get of Idina by the way but she walked around the amphitheater and was 5 ft. from me!  She is gorgeous!

For Good!

xoxo Sarah

1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...

The other weekend, my sister, mom and I went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.  I haven't been there for YEARSSSSSSSS!!!  We had so much fun!  We saw a BUNCH of different fish and sea mammals.

Take a look below at the fun time we had and all the different creatures we saw!  One of the highlights that we saw, was the baby dolphin that was born in late May!  I have a special picture of that below!

Mama dolphin and baby dolphin!

The Jellies exhibit-look at all these Jelly Fish!

Look at all these crazy looking creatures!  The crab at the bottom of the collage is called a Tasmanian  King Crab - literally the size of a couple basketballs!  

At the aquatic show - the dolphins were in the water before it started - the show was about the beluga whales!  It was very fun!

Hope you enjoyed a little light into our fun Kaminski girl time!

xoxo Sarah

PS:  Sorry for the lack of posts lately - have been CRAZY busy with life and weddings!!!

Rock, Flag, and Eagle!!!

Ok the title of this blog post is from one of our favorite TV Shows "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" from one of their episodes about America.

Happy Foruth everyone - I know a day late!  But better late than never right???  So what did everyone do for the 4th?  Zachary and I just relaxed - saw a movie - and ate some good food!  It has been HOT HOT HOT HOT outside so we weren't even able to lay by the pool!  It actually reached 105 degrees today in the city - CRAZY!

We had some great eats yesterday - Zachary grilled some flank steak and shrimp skewers and we had some guacamole and green beans!  It was all delicious!  I made these white chocolate covered strawberries!  I found out about this fun little dessert from my friend Katie's blog last year!  When I saw these, I told myself I HAVE TO MAKE THOSE!  So here is her blog post on these fun 4th of July treats!

Take a look below to see how mine turned out :)

"4th of July" Chocolate Strawberries

I am proud to be an American!
xoxo Sarah

Tea of the Week!

Hey Guys!

So I got a new Yogi tea!  Are you all familiar with yogi tea?  I love this type of tea!  I posted previously about their ginger tea!  This time I got a "Stomach Ease" tea.  This just helps with healthy digestion and helps when your tummy might get really full!  It is very herbally - but a great caffeine free tea that helps with your digestion process.  I like finding these types of teas that help your body!  I think that it is a great natural way to help your body function properly!

Ok short but sweet!
xoxo Sarah

Wedding Season has Begun...

Ok sorry for the lack of posts this past week.  Zachary and I have been prepping for the wedding season we have this summer...we may only have three that we are going to - but at least one of us is a part of each wedding we are attending - and that is a lot of work!  BUTTTTT - we love it :)  Why?  Because we love the people we are with - friends and family.  They are so important to the both of us.

So let's kick it off right - with the Holland/Misener Wedding!  Take a look below at the fun times we had - both at the rehearsal and wedding!  Fun fact:  Melissa, Jeff and all their friends and families helped put together 1000 paper cranes that were used throughout the wedding.  The paper cranes are a symbol of 1000 years of happiness and love and prosperity according to Chinese tradition.  It was a very cool unique addition to their wedding!  Thank you both to Jeff and Melissa for letting us be a part of it - we love you both very much!

At the Rehearsal

At the Rehearsal Dinner - Cleveland Yacht Club

The Wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the Reception!

Best Wishes and Congrats to Jeff and Melissa Holland!

xoxo Sarah

The Nearness of You...

For those of you who are married - do you ever just wake up in the morning and go - GOSH!  I am just the luckiest person in the whole world?  That is how I feel ever day!  With wedding season kicking off this past weekend for us, I just wanted to say, for those who are getting married this year - congrats - it's the best time of your life...

This post is just strictly dedicated to the amazing husband I have.  Thank you for loving me, respecting me, taking care of me, protecting me, and always being there for me.

At the wedding we were at this past weekend - Cleveland Yacht Club

Love your wife,

xoxo Sarah