erica danielle

The high temps hit this weekend and I am NOT sad about it. It made coming to school on Tuesday so confusing as it truly felt like Summer had started.  We had an awesome Memorial Day weekend. I think my favorite thing was our after dinner Willow hike. 4 miles with my favorite people and minimal complaints! It was the actual PERFECT weather.  A bike ride happened after a much needed garage clean out.  Soccer ⚽️  Root beer floats with Olen A puzzle. I should take a progress pic. We’re humming along.  Butterflies were released    Playing ticket to ride in our swimsuits bc it was so hot and the kids had just run through the sprinklers  Track workouts, Willow runs and pace runs. One more long run until taper time. How will I survive without a training schedule and seeing Haley everyday??? Lake day at Big C. We jumped into the 63 degrees lake and I don’t regret a second of it.  And my favorite scene: towels drying on the front porch— a true sign tha...

I feel like life is going at warp speed. Do I start every blog post with that exact sentence? I'll have to go back and look. But, we only have 10 days of school left and that really does seem wild.  Tuesday was BHP's 4k graduation and end of the year concerts. It was the greatest. I paraded my class in while every parent --their phone at the ready-- snapped pictures and took videos, and couldn't help but think about how wonderful it is to feel so loved. I hope I make my own kids feel like that. Like them walking into a space warrants being recorded. I feel a little wrapped up in myself lately. I think marathon training does that to me... over thinking my schedule and my nutrition and my sleep. I'm making it a goal this week to be a little less about me and more about the people I love. Other goals this week: take more showers, water my flowers and eat foods that give me powers. :) Here are pictures from the last month:  I met Mary for a walk to see the Johnson's bab...