The Farm Chicks

So this weekend my mom, Riley and I headed off to the Farm Chicks show in Spokane! I have been waiting for this day for months and when my cousin Christine suggested we take a girls trip I jumped at the suggestion. So Christine and my aunt Robin met us at the show and we ended up getting to stay at my cousin Michael and Aubri’s house. On a side note, they have the most beautiful house, old craftsman style with a lot of the old wood trim inside and coiffured ceilings, I could only dream of a house that gorgeous someday.

So Riley was such a good girl on the way up to Spokane she slept the whole way but she was not the best little baby of life the rest of the weekend. I felt like she was a newborn again. I couldn’t get her to stop crying, she woke up every 2 hours throughout the whole night and she would not really be held by anyone other than me, which includes at the show which hindered my shopping just a bit.

Me, Serena and Christine at the Farm Chicks Show

The show was something else. Christine heard someone on the phone say “there is a lot of shit here,” and believe me that was an understatement. 8 years ago when I went we parked in a field and it was in a cute rustic barn. This year it was at the Spokane fairgrounds and about 5 times larger than the last time I went so I was a bit caught off guard. We went through the whole thing but none of us really bought much except for my aunt Robin who bought a very large wrought iron planter that was found on the outside of a barn, it was so pretty. The highlight of Christine and I’s trip there was meeting and getting a picture with Serena (meeting may be an understatement, there was a girl with a camera that asked if we wanted a picture and I was so excited that when Christine asked Serena I handed this girl my camera, I think what she meant was do you want to buy a picture from me of you guys with Serena, oh well I acted like I didn’t know the ropes, I had been dealing with a screaming child all day so I was exhausted already and just too darn excited to care, plus we got our picture). We did think of a list of things that we want to remember for next year when we go.

Riley riding the horse at the Farm Chicks Show with my mom and aunt Robin

1.       Don’t bring any kids, there were a ton there including mine who cried, distracted me or needed to eat, those darn kids. At one point in time I was breastfeeding at a plastic picnic table in the food court next to two other mom’s doing the same, we made it a makeshift feeding station, and we were so cool!

2.       Come with an empty bag, just bring your wallet because we want to fill it up with goodies.

3.       Wear more comfortable shoes, I went for style and cuteness this year and I regretted every step after about 30 minutes on a concrete floor. Next year I will wear comfortable, stylish shoes!

4.       Get there early and stay all day, we went kind of later in the day on the 2^nd day and everything any of us really wanted was still sitting there but with a sold sign on it, so depressing.

5.       Go with something in mind of what you want. There is so much stuff there that it was hard to think of what you really wanted, impulse buying at these things I’m sure is very prevalent. My issue was I wanted things but in my rental house I have nowhere to put them so I have to really wait until next year when hopefully our new house is built and I can buy things to fill it. My concern was that I would buy something expensive and then feel like I had to decorate the room around that piece instead of decorating the room with the piece.

6.       Plan a little more than 2 days and 2 nights in Spokane, I had to work by 1 and with a 3 hour drive ahead of me we had to leave pretty early in the morning, next year I will just take off the whole weekend and hopefully get to do some shopping outside of the show also.

Riley standing up on her own, such a big girl!

Landon and Riley kissing, they love each other

The nights were fun however when Riley and Landon went to bed and it was just the girls sitting up drinking wine, snacking and crafting. We pulled out all of our crafting stuff; sewing machines, fabrics, thread, bags, etc. and ended up looking at Pintrest most of the night. I did get a little hand stitching done on Riley’s baby blanket but I didn’t finish. We also made some candy dishes that we saw at the Farm Chicks show that were selling for $28 and we made ours for less than $10, tutorial/pictures to come! Aubri also cut Christine’s some bangs so that was fun and my mom and aunt learned what Pintrest was, we watched them almost get obsessed with it in front of our eyes!

Mom learning Pintrest on her new tablet.