Skip to main content

reason 5,729 that I love summer.

Summer is my ultimate favorite season of all. I love when my hair is matted with sweat and hose water, my skin is bronzed with swimsuit lines, nights go on forever because the sun takes it sweet time to set, meals consist of whatever can be grilled, and your body aches to go outside for a run, a bike ride, or just to enjoy the sun with a book. 

Thursday-today was absolutely perfect weather. On Thursday Mandy, Jordan and I hung out poolside downtown with the city skyline as our backdrop:
 View from Peter's pool deck
I love this picture, it totally shows Mandy's intensity in the conversation.... I just love Mandy and Jordan. We are together all day at our desks, and then hang out after work-- is that normal?
 aaahhh! Summa in the city.
 Next place we move, I want to have a pool :)


Sten and I stayed in on Friday night and watched Hugo and ate snacks:
Last week we had our friends Hannah and Josh over for dinner. They brought over 'five cheese garlic spread' from the Lincoln square farmers market. This stuff is the BOMB. I had some homemade artisan bread left over and smeared this stuff in between some goat cheese and turkey bacon... talk about a delicious snack! Thank you to H + J. These two are incredible individuals with hearts of gold for the injustice in the world. I feel honored to call them my friends, as I KNOW they are changing the world.

 Saturday morning I woke up to heat! Went on a run, then Sten and I hopped on our bikes and headed to the beach. Oh boy was it ever glorious! Sand, water, sun, Sten = probably my favorite 4 things. After the beach, we headed out to the suburbs and had a quiet happy hour on the porch. Who knew 2 people could spend this much time together?! Sten is such a good sport when it comes to summer. I know he doesn't love the sun as much as I do. But he always goes to the beach with me. I couldn't be any happier when he is sitting next to me on the beach towel. How did I get so lucky, look at that smile. It makes my heart melt.
 We capped off our weekend with chicken sausages on the grill and corn on the cob... nothing screams summer more than those 2 things.

Weekends like this make Monday's pretty rough.
Cheers to June, Summer, Beach, Pools, Outdoor HH and Grilling.

xo.
e

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

back 2 school. back at it. back to reality 2026

We eeeked out every last drop until it was time to head back to school on Wednesday. Annual tradition trip to Lucette after Meet the Teacher is the photo above. Happy to report that everyone did great the first 3 days of school- although I don't know if we're quite ready for a full 5 day week starting tomorrow :) Sten took the boys to Michigan to go to his cousins daughters wedding and they did something that Sten introduced me to when we were dating and on staff together at PLCBC- diving for golf balls! The boys thought it was a blast and I love that they got a bright blue -sunny -skies day to make the water look turquoise and the ball finding easy. While the boys were gone Lucy and I whooped it up! We went to the first Hudson football game... Went to the Glenwood City Rodeo.... AND drove to Iowa to see Josiah Queen at the Iowa State Fair!  Fun is an understatement to describe this little getaway and I feel so lucky we got to do this together. Then it was BACK TO REALITY! holy...
Post a Comment
Read more

bookends/ teacher things/fall poem

The bookends of my day yesterday was God's way of showing me that I am going to be ok. This picture from my solo run in the morning was absolutely perfect. Cold hands, fast road miles, worship music and a text from a friend right in the middle of it saying that I was top of her prayer list that morning. Then in the evening the boys were outside playing waffle ball and Lucy was walking around the neighborhood with friends and I cranked up my music and cleaned the entire middle/lower level. I stopped at one point and thought-- this is the biggest gift right now.  Other things: I love pens. and there is something so satisfying about having every single color of felt tip/ gel tip at your disposal. lol. Life touch teacher photos--why is my ear showing so much? Is this what I always look like? Haley hosted the Badland Babes for some brunch after our Willow run on Saturday and she made THE most delicious food, didn't know I needed a bonfire until I was sitting in this chair eating thi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Merry Christmas 2022

I am in complete denial that an entire year has passed! Where did 2022 go?! We celebrated some big milestones, had a lot of fun, and enjoyed our family most. Here are some highlights and lessons learned from 2022.  So. Much. Swimming! Lesson learned: ALWAYS get in the water. You’ll never regret it. Your kids will love you for it and you’ll make way more memories from inside the water than up on the boat. This day was particularly special as we were all together with Uncle Dan and Aunt Pam. We swam, we ate, we boated and we didn’t want the day to end. Having mom and dad move permanently to the Lake has been the BEST.  Midcurrent MOVED! We raised the money, hired the people, decorated and paved the way for more people to get to know Jesus. Before the carpet was laid we wrote prayers on the floor and I am so excited to see what 2023 will bring for Midcurrent. Lesson learned: do the big thing! Give people a chance to show up and see what God can do! Family camp is ALWAYS a highlig...
5 comments
Read more