summer

We have been busybusy this summer.

And I have been relishing the golden moments

rather than scrambling to capture them all on "film."

This month we have...

celebrated Brother's third birthday

survived a week of Benjamin being in Chicago for work

visited the river and the park

endured nearly constant smoke from wildfires

hosted a Pampered Chef party

went to doctor appointments

road tripped to visit friends in Idaho for a few days

(while visiting them we fed apples to sheep, dug in the dirt,

played new wii games, harvested vegetables,

and stayed up too late talking)

celebrated out sixth wedding anniversary

gone to birthday parties and bridal showers

organized and cleaned

had a successful yard sale and lemonade stand

participated in our library's fabulous summer reading program finale

hosted the first meeting of the book club I'm a part of

spent a fun family evening at our county fair

(complete with cotton candy and carnival rides)

It's been a full month,

and the next one doesn't look too much slower.

Life is good.

On a slightly related note,

I recently digitized my calendar.

(this app for Kindle Fire was definitely worth the $5.99)

Now I wonder why I (figuratively) kicked and screamed

against this change for so long.

It's been really handy

for keeping track all of this good life's insanity