Alioli Corn

Remember this corn I was raving about while we were in Boston?

From this restaurant?

Well my super detective sister, Kels, found the recipe! Believe it or not, it's not difficult at all. You probably have all of the ingredients in your house right now.

Alioli Corn

You will need:
4 ears corn, husked
8 Tbsp. mayonnaise
1 cup cotija or parmesan cheese, grated fine or crumbled
1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper
2 limes, cut into wedges
 
Prepare hot grill or grill pan. Grill corn, rolling until golden brown, about 10 minutes (you can also boil the corn if you prefer).



Remove corn from grill and brush on mayo. Roll in cheese and dust with cayenne.



Serve with lime wedges.

We served this at Dad's birthday party this past weekend and it tasted great! We boiled the corn. Kels also combined all ingridients and spread it on the corn instead of putting the mayo on first. We also added some extra lime juice to our corn and thought it tasted more like Toro's version that way.

Enjoy! We will probably have this again sometime this week. :)

Indiana Pride

 Maybe it was the praise from the Super Bowl, or the fact that I've traveled to different states fairly frequently this summer, but I've been feeling a lot of Indiana Pride lately. I've always loved where I live and never felt like I would leave the Midwest, but I feel that other twenty-somethings like myself are becoming more vocal about their collective love of the Hoosier state as well. The result has been lots of really neat Indiana themed products. It's pretty cool to see. Sidenote: if you talk to my husband, let him know that I would like any of these items below. Thank you. :)

Click on any picture below to see where you can buy it!

Kels found this first one...

  

 

 

Brad and Emily's Wedding

We had the honor of attending the wedding of two dear friends from Hanover a few weeks ago. I met Brad on one of his first days as a freshmen when he asked me where the campus mailboxes were (they were right behind him). Since then, we've done Hurricane Katrina relief together, and more recently Jake and I volunteered at his new place of employment: New Life International. Brad is such a special guy to us and Emily is just the perfect partner for him. It was truly a joy to watch these two get married at the same college where they met. Congratulations, Brad and Emily! Here's hoping your life together is as beautiful as your wedding. :)

 

 

Ziplining

Jake and I tried our hand at ziplining this past Friday. I found a Groupon for 40% off Dagaz Acres in Rising Sun, and thought, why not? I was all pumped and ready to go until I started watching youtube videos from the facility. Then I was a little more nervous than excited. Once we got to our first line it was the type of situation you just had to jump in to (literally!) or you would never do it. It was a blast! There were a few that still scared me a little, one in particular named "Big Nasty". Nothing good can come out of that name. That line ended up being one of my favorites because of the amazing view, and it was a little longer than the others. The Brooks' give ziplining two thumbs up. So glad we got out there and tried something new! Well worth the trip, for sure.

Mike and Shannon's Wedding

We had the pleasure of attending our friends Mike and Shannon's wedding last week in Michigan. We met these two when their band played at Jake's church last year and we have seriously enjoyed getting to know them and how great of a relationship they have. Their wedding was really personal and fun. Plus, we kind of boogied the night away. We met so many great people that I can't wait to get to know better. Congrats to Mike and Shannon! Here's to many happy years together.

 Our new friends, Bryan and Ashley.

 First dance.

 I am a hot mess in this picture after a night of dancing, but what a pretty bride!

 Jake and Mike

Bits and Pieces

 

Husband playing drums/ Crossing the Michigan border

Our first Hibachi grill experience/ Making a new wreath for the shop

New Kinfolk magazine came!/ All fancy for a wedding

Crazy cool acoustic Switchfoot show/ New House of Heroes record

Perfect Summer Day

Gracious. If only every summer day could be like this. So perfect.

An Ode to Summer from Kinfolk on Vimeo.

Canvas Art DIY

As many of you know, Jake and I are huge music fans. It is interesting, though, what we hear when we first listen to a song. Jake listens more to the melody and rhythms, I first listen to the lyrics. We fit pretty well together, huh? :)

My love of lyrics comes through in this little DIY. 

You will need...

 Pencil, scissors, large sewing needle, embroidery floss of your choice, canvas (mine was 8x10)

First, pick out a favorite lyric or quote. Mine is a Mumford & Sons quote (see below).

Next, create a design to go along with the quote. I picked a simple tree because of the area of our living room it was going to hang. Lightly trace this design onto the canvas.

Thread your needle with embroidery floss and start stitching on top of your pencil tracing. Make the stitches very close together so that you don't see much of the pencil lines. Secure the embroidery floss to the back of your canvas by knotting it to another section of the floss. This doesn't have to be perfect; it will stay put when it's on the wall.

You can find another example of this technique here on Sincerely, Kinsey. This one is a little busier than mine, but I'd love to do this when I find another worthy lyric! Love her blog so much.

And that's all there is to it! This probably took me two hours or so. It kept me busy while watching the NBA playoffs with the husband, actually. :)

And for your listening pleasure, the song that inspired this DIY.