Pool Party

I spent this past weekend relaxing. It was very much needed and appreciated! Saturday morning, Josh and I were volunteering at Gleaners, a local food bank in Detroit. Our group of volunteers got a lot of food packaged, and it was a really good start to the weekend. If you are in the area and interested in volunteering, check them out to see how you can help! (http://www.gcfb.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pg_volunteer) After Gleaners, we ran a couple of errands around Grosse Pointe and ran into this beauty:

Ford GT

We spent the rest of the day and night at a friend's house in Rochester, swimming, having a couple drinks, grilling, and just hanging out. It was a blast! Our friend, Rosa, taught me how to make some amazing mojitos!

Beautiful backyard with the most amazing salt water pool, perfect place to spend a gorgeous afternoon.

Cutest succulent next to the grill.

The most incredible strawberry mojitos!

This gem was on the outside of the pool house right behind the diving board. LOVE IT!

This is where we spent the entire afternoon/evening. 

I adore that padded circular double lounge!

We had the best dinner, and it tasted amazing after the afternoon swimming!

Now, about those strawberry mojitos...I was so impressed that I thought I would share the recipe.

You Will Need:

A Large Pitcher

Ice

Bacardi Rum

Sugar

Fresh Mint Leaves

A Container of Strawberries

Two or Three Limes

A Can of Fresca (You can use some sparkling water or sprite instead.)

First go ahead and cut the limes into quarter wedges and cut the strawberries into slices.

Take the strawberry slices and put them into a bowl,

and go ahead and mush them with the back of a fork to get a lot of the juices out.

Then you need to put some ice into the pitcher.

Pour about a cup of sugar over the ice.

Then squeeze your two or three limes (the more you like lime, the more you can put in) over the ice.

Go ahead and tear up lots of mint leaves and add those to the pitcher.

Next pour your mushed strawberries and strawberry juice into the pitcher.

Last, but certainly not least, pour in your Fresca and Rum!

Stir and serve!

If you will be out by the pool, I recommend serving on ice

to keep it nice and cold while you're swimming.

There really is no way to mess this recipe up! 

You can play with the portions and make it to your liking.

Josh and I are thinking of trying it in a blender for frozen ones next time.

I'll let you know how it goes!

Happy Monday!