Summer 2024 Favorites-charleston photographer

My Favorites of Summer 2024

Recipe:

I haven’t shared a good recipe in a while so here are some things we loved this summer that are easy to throw together and a twist on the classics.

AVACADO BLT!- For this one, you swop out the mayo and use avacado instead. Everything else is pretty much the same except I also like to sprinkle in a little feta if I have some. …and make sure you toast the bread b/c it steps it up a notch!

Grilled Pimiento cheese!– Choose your favorite Pimiento(I like any with a kick), sprinkle with goat cheese and add a slice of tomato! SO Yummy.

Serve all with a side of your favorite pickles!

 

Summer Spaghetti:

This is a recipe I kind of made up that I have grown to love making and my kids love to devour it.

It’s fresh and light and super easy to whip up.

Ingredients:

-box of linguini noodles

-2 containers of cherry tomatoes(ruby reds are my fave to use)

-1 pack Italian seasoning

-1/4 stick of butter

-garlic powder

-red pepper flakes

Here’s whatcha do:

Boil noodles according to box.

Wash and blend all but a few tomatoes. (we drink a lot of smoothies and this is the blender we love).

Melt butter when noodles are almost finished boiling. Once melted, add 3 shakes of garlic powder and red pepper flakes +entire packet of Italian seasoning. Stir together and then add blended tomatoes.

Let that sit for just a few minutes and begin scooping noodles into sauce and stir together. I like to slice the remaining tomatoes on top and top with parmesan cheese.

Serve with garlic bread.

Useful Things:

I have used this Stanley cup so much this summer. I drink water all day long when I’m home and this is the perfect cup to keep it cold and I love the cool tennis ball green color:

This is my favorite everyday sunscreen! It smells so good and it’s super lightweight and easy to just mist over your arms/face and neck!

 

This is just a must after a long hot sweaty summer. Use about once a week before a shower.

My go-to summer shoes! They’re comfortable and a step up from flip flops and the slight arch is perfect for me.

Comes in a huge variety of colors.

 

Book Suggestions:

None are super summer themed, but here are some books I read this spring/summer that I would recommend:

Favorite summer movies:

New: 

Boys In The Boat

Feel good sports movies are just so awesome right?

We loved this one with such a good message. Appropriate for the whole fam.

Inside Out 2

I was a fan of the first one so of course had to watch part 2! I loved it even more than the first.

Old:

Some movies are just a must watch every single summer.

May: Secretariat

I love to watch this one right around Derby day and it’s a movie I never grow tired of.

June: Father of the Bride

just oh so good. funny and sweet, a yearly watch.

July: Sandlot

My kids grew up watching this and it’s a movie I’ll watch every July

 

And just because, here are some updated photos of my ‘little’ ones 🙂

Fall themed outfits b/c we intend to do family photos later this year, but just in case life gets in the way, I took them out on the porch one day for some quick shots.

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