Nothing drives like a Camero // Beleated summer post!

Hey everyone! First of all I need to say WOW, I have been so busy it's been ridiculous! I promise, I haven't forgotten about Faltering Bird! Anyway, I have a lot of photos to share with you guys from a recent trip I took to California to go gold panning!

We stumbled upon this car overgrown with ivy and we couldn't resist taking some photos! 

Really love this "Nothing drvies like a Camero" top from Jack of All Trades!! They have some super cool t-shirts!

The lighting was SO magical!

These wines were so cute! We thought it was a pretty fitting label for camping! It's still SO warm and nice where we live, I'm really enjoying this summer. As we're still in the hotter summer months, having comfortable yet stylish swimwear is important, and both Kohl's and Roman's (plus size) have lots of awesome options to choose from!

Speaking of swimsuits and swimming, I had so much fun swimming in this river and diggin' around in the dirt for gold! Here's Josh gold panning with his mom & grandparents!

It's like real life Minecraft, haha!

Some of the gold in one of the pans!

Some really awesome little pies Josh's grandpa was making--they were so easy to make and so good!

We ended up taking a bunch of photos in front of old cars...I guess I must really like trucks!

Bag is by Bang Good!

The day we got back from California we actually ended up going to a local festival called the Oregon Country Fair! It was super fun, we like to go every year!

This guy was outside blessing people I think! He was really cheerful, he made me happy!


-WHAT I'M WEARING-
top- Jack of All Trades
shorts- Levi's cut-offs
bag- Bang Good
necklace- Angel Court
shoes- Durango

Heavy Metal Thunder

These photos were actually taken awhile back, and for some reason I keep forgetting to post them! What's wrong with me, haha! When Michelle took these we were driving around and happened to pass this AWESOME old Ford truck, and we had to stop, it went so well with my sort of "grungy" outfit!

Top is from Sheinside, and vest is from Choies.

I don't know why but I just love junkyards and the like!

This wolf shirt from Sheinside is one of my favourite printed t-shirts! Necklace is by Angel Court.

Love love LOVE these shoes from Cozbest! I want too wear them again on the 4th of July! 

Also, Michelle took some photos of Josh this day too, so I wanted to include them!! Josh actually cut his hair short really recently, so looking at these photos is sooo weird to me!

He looks so amused at the eagle mural, haha!

//I'M WEARING//

top- Sheinside

vest- Choies

shorts- Forever 21

necklace- Angel Court

shoes- Cozbest

//JOSH IS WEARING//

hat- Romwe

top- Macy's

jeans- Van's

shoes- Van's

As always, thanks so much for reading my blog, and have a wonderful rest of your day!!

xoxo, ashlei

Happy (early) Father's Day!! // Xperience Days Lunch Cruise!!

For those of you who celebrate, Happy Father's day!! (Well, tomorrow anyway). For this occasion, I was lucky enough to be contacted by a company called Xperience Days who let me take my dad on a lunch cruise last weekend on the Portland Spirit along the Wilamette River!! (Also haha, my dad is totally squinting in this photo!!)

I really love my dad, and he works so hard every day to support our family, so he really deserved this little cruise, I think! I hope I can treat my mom to something awesome next Mother's Day, too!

My dad really likes this song, so I thought I'd include it in this post! It's called "It's a Long Way There" by the Little River Band. If the video player doesn't work, just click to view on Youtube!

There were so many little sailboats EVERYWHERE. It turned out to be a really great day, so it seemed like everyone and their grandma was out playing around in the water!

Dragon Boats! There seems to be a pretty huge community of people here that love them!

Jim is really excited to eat his burger! These things were fuckin' massive.

There were a lot of floating homes, too! They were really pretty, but I'm not really sure I'd trust living on one, haha.

Some of the skyscrapers of the City of Portland in the background! As you notice, we tend to have short and wide skyscrapers rather than super tall ones--we actually have a law here on the height compared to width of each building, so that the natural scenic skyline isn't ruined with buildings! (Not surprising that we're also basically the greenest city in the entire United States, too!)

While taking these photos outside it was SOO windy! When I came back inside and looked in the mirror my bangs were EVERYWHERE, haha!

This was the captain! He was really nice and showing this kid how to steer the boat! All along the cruise you could hear the captain on the loudseaker telling various facts about the boat, Portland, Oregon, and the river. I actually learned that the Willamette River is one of the few rivers in the entire world whose current flows to the North. So strange!!

More big ships!!

My dad looking stoic, haha! I'm really glad he had so much fun on the trip!!

My parents came to visit from out of town to come on the cruise, and when they came, they brought my dog Kibo with them! He was so excited to see me, I thought he was going to wag his little tail off!

I was actually looking through the Xperience Days website and you can buy some pretty cool "Experiences"! The entire premise of their website is that you can buy a day of fun with different options they have. For example, you could go for a hot air balloon ride, go whitewater rafting (which was almost the experience we picked instead of the lunch cruise!) or...you could even be in an AIR COMBAT MOCK DOGFIGHT. Like, are you kidding me?! How badass does it get? (I'd love to try that one someday!)

I'm really thankful they invited me to have an experience with them, and I would totally use their services again!



Anyway, I hope you enjoyed looking at this Father's Day post--I sure enjoyed the lunch cruise!!
I love you dad, thanks for being a great one!!

Thanks so much for takin' a look at my blog, and have a wonderful rest of your day!!

xoxo, ashlei

Cotton Candy Submarine // Thank you for 14,000+ followers on LookBook.nu!!

Recently I wore this outfit to the Eugene, Oregon Rhododendron Garden! It was super hot the day I wore this, but even though the shirt was long sleeved I wasn't very hot! It's super breezy. I always love going to the garden!

(Top is from Choies, shorts are from Romwe, and necklace is from Oasap!)

Also, here's the song that inspired this look! It's a remix of "Strawberry Letter 23" by The Brothers Johnson, this one is by XXYYXX called "Letter 23."

Sweater is a gift from Crossroads Trading!! Love them <3

Seahorse necklace is SO SICK! I'd been wanting to get it forever but it kept selling out! I've always thought seahorses are interesting cause the males incubate the babies and THEY actually "give birth" to the babies. Sea life is so cool!

Cute little skulls!! <3

Shoes are by Deandri!

//I'M WEARING//

top- Choies

sweater- Crossroads Trading

shorts- Romwe

necklace- Oasap

shoes- Deandri

Thanks so much for checking out my blog, and have a wonderful rest of your day!!

xoxo, ashlei

PS: I also wanted to say thanks so much to everyone who follows my posts on LookBook.nu!! I just reached over 14,000 fans so that means a lot to me!! I hope I can keep making interesting looks for you guys...so thanks! <3