Summer

I cannot believe that summer vacation is already many days in the works! It is so liberating to look at the clock and see 10pm and not stress out because your kids are still moving at full force! Summer usually comes with a list of tasks to be accomplished! However, this summer the thing that I hope to accomplish more than anything is to relax and enjoy each and every day!

On Thursday we leave for our trip to San Francisco. I am hoping to tote along a laptop so I can share all of our adventures. I am so excited to escape reality for a few days, sleep in, eat good food not cooked at home, and engage in lots of uninterrupted conversations! Upon our return we will quickly prepare for Youth Theater, and then on to other fun travels!

This weekend was an absolutely perfect start to my summer vacation! On Friday, I convinced Jarod that I need to move 11 of my roses out of their current home to a place uninvaded by other plants. So we traveled to Menards to get 120 half-moon pavers, and I got the garden of my dreams - a circle garden. When I was growing up these old ladies (sisters) lived on our block and I absolutely loved their circle gardens! I have always wanted one of my own...and now I have it!

So Saturday brought a 5am awakening to head to Brownville to the flea market. Lori and I had a blast checking out all of the "treasures" that everyone toted to the market. We got a few fun things, my favorite being vintage flour sacks that will become pillows for my porch swing. We had wine at the winery at 10am (a huge sacrifice to not have to use a port-a-pot!), and spent the rest of the day in Lincoln buying goods for our future summer endeavors. We even took a little break at Diane's for some decadent dessert!

Tonight was spent in great company with April and Diane reminsicing about the "good old days"! What a blessing to be able to share so many memories with such wonderful people. It does make me a little sad though that April lives in Redding, CA. Here she is expecting a baby, and won't make it home again for us to throw her a shower or visit her in the hospital to share in her blessing! Why can't we all just live at home like me!?