Budz! Big news on the blog today! Did you happen to see the December issue of Better Homes & Garden’s, cause if not, you should! Last year BHG asked us Allen’s to share with the world how we celebrate Christmas at our new-to-us cabin. I was a bit skeptical because I’ve participated in a magazine shoot of our home before, and I would have to say the end result wasn’t a true representation of us. Howevs, this was Better Homes & Garden’s the magazine I flipped through as a kid, and have subscribed to as an adult. This is the big enchilada, so yes, of course. Come to our cabin! READ MORE
Budz! Big news on the blog today! Did you happen to see the December issue of Better Homes & Garden’s, cause if not, you should! Last year BHG asked us Allen’s to share with the world how we celebrate Christmas at our new-to-us cabin. I was a bit skeptical because I’ve participated in a magazine shoot of our home before, and I would have to say the end result wasn’t a true representation of us. Howevs, this was Better Homes & Garden’s the magazine I flipped through as a kid, and have subscribed to as an adult. This is the big enchilada, so yes, of course. Come to our cabin! READ MORE in The Cabin
Our Little Veggie Garden
Well our little veggie garden is producing little bits of wonderful food for us. It's been a great experience and the kids love it nearly as much as I do. We've planted broccoli, peppers (3 different kinds), beans (3 varieties), tomatoes, spinach, carrots, radishes, onions (green & red) cucumbers, 4 ...
Bamboo Stylus
I don't know why it hasn't occurred to me before but you can draw on ipads, duh. Come on Scoops!, get with the program. All you need is a stylus and an app or two. I've been having the urge to draw on the darn thing for awhile. I've been ...
Cabin Sets
If you follow me on instagram (@scoopers) you already know that we had yet another amazing long weekend at the cabin again. Our good friend Matt and by association his wonderful girlfriend Katie had us up to their family cabin for another long weekend of delicious meals, boat trips, sunsets, ...
Midwestern Cucumber Salad
Well it's cucumber time! That's the time of year when garden's all over the midwest produce tons and tons of cucumbers. Oh what to do with all those cucumbers? Here's one easy solution that I love; cucumber salad. This is a recipe that has been made by my mom and ...
Tutorial : Macrame Lawn Chair
Macrame Chairs! Hello everybody and welcome to the first ever Henhouse video tutorial. I know crazy, right? I'm not super good at these sorts of things so please let me know if I am missing any vital information. In the below vid you will see the looping method that is ...
Coming Soon: Macrame Lawn Chair
What up guys? Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to share the macrame chair tutorial with you on Monday, so get ready. I know, I know, super suspenseful right? Mostly, I just wanted to say Hey. I finally got a new computer this week after months of ...
My July Garden
Holy Shiz! July is over! That went way too fast guys. Makes me a little sad. Well, at least we have August to look forward to, and honestly, I kinda got into the 60º fall weather we were having in Ireland. I'm looking forward to fall just a little bit ...
Happy 1st Birthday Gus!
We celebrated August's 1st birthday this weekend with cake and ice cream in the backyard. The poor dude had just come down with a cold that morning and was sick for his own bday celebraish. Luckily Finn and Elsa were there and happy to blow out candles, eat cake and ...
