two years ago today...

I married a handsome and wonderful man.

Thank you Dale for spending your time the last two years being my best friend, date, therapist, comedian, comforter, and feet warmer.

I love you more than I thought I ever could.

a week of camp

I just got back from a week of camp counseling at our church's summer camp. so. much. fun. Every year, I wonder if this should be my last year of counseling (this was my eighth year). I wonder if I am getting too old to connect with the kids, but every year, I become a little bit more addicted.

I love everything about camp. The kids. The memories. The constant smell of bug spray and campfire. The new counselors I get to meet each year. The time I get to spend praising my God.

Every year, it is just what I need to get back on track.

missing my boys

I am leaving my boys this Friday for a long time. Over a week (okay, so it's not thaaat long, but kind of long for this gal). I am heading off to Minnesota to counsel at the church camp I have been volunteering at for the last 8 years. I am getting that I-am-so-excited-because-I-love-camp-and-fires-and-pals-and-even-mosquitoes feeling...but I am going to miss these guys. Quintin is growing so fast and Handsome...well, how can you leave a guy who wears socks with his sandals? (I promise he doesn't go out like that in public. Really.)

Hummm...

We tried to do a quick photo shoot to document Quintin's size. He's growing so fast, the vet won't even let us feed him puppy food any more. Only the grown up stuff for this big guy. He posed so well with Handsome, but as you can see...not so well for me. Someday I will get a picture with this little black lug. And it will be great.

a little bit of frill goes a long way...

I miss sewing. A lot. Unfortunately, since I went back to school again last winter, my hobby has been on the back burner (as you can see from my sad, lonely, and all-together-empty Etsy shop). If the little time elves allowed, these are the beautiful pieces I would be trying to emulate with my sewing machine this summer. Hmmmm....(insert longing sigh here). I have found myself madly in love with white ruffles.

Check out these talented seamstresses at their Etsy shops and drool with me.

1. Roses and Creme Ruffle Dress by amandaarcher

2. Tea for Two Dress by sarahseven

3. Flora Tee by elizandaxel

memorial day memories

(Josh, me, Handsome, and Luke)

I can not explain how gorgeous my Memorial Day weekend truly was. Perfect weather. Perfect company. Perfect everything.

My brother-in-law from Texas was in town for the day and my sister had to work, so I got her husband to hang out with too. Lucky me got to spend the day with three fabulous fellows running around the great outdoors. We went hiking, waterfall-seeking, lake wading, and tried playing some football on the beach (they succeeded...my coordination needs a bit of work).

Heavenly. Absolutely heavenly.