Thursday, June 28, 2012

THIRTY

I have less than 30 days until I turn 30. 30!! WoW.  For some reason that seems so old. yet, I feel so young.  I keep thinking back on things and I’m like, “oh that was only… wait a minute that was 10 years ago…or more”! look around at all my friends and neighbors and they seem so young (even being 40 or 50) and I look at teenagers and feel so out of the loop. geez. Growing up is weird.  How does time go so fast?  I have now known my best friends from junior high longer than I lived without them. Glad for that!(: I have driven for almost longer than the life before a license.  So many little, dumb, random things, but it’s an odd quirk I have to think about them.

I am excited for my birthday month! I have always loved July, it seems to be packed full of family events, holidays, pool days, summer activities, and vacations (I hope to sit down this month and figure out all the places I have celebrated my birthday-most have been outside of Utah!-including this year.)

Bring on July.  Bring on the heat. Bring on crazy summer plans.

And Bring on 30!!!

What shall I do in my last few weeks in my twenties? Seems like there should be some sort of ritual to say goodbye!?

Purple Sand

Maddie LOVES playing outside and loves digging in the dirt.  So now knowing how long we would be in this house I put together a mock sand box.  Maddie loves it.  At first I bought BAD sand, which was grainy and thick.  Then I saw this stuff at Walmart.  PURPLE SAND! Yep, better believe it.  It gets in hair and everywhere, but doesn’t stain.  This was our first day exploring and let’s just say when it is purple it hides nothing, unlike regular sand that you probably wouldn’t see. Ha!

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DSC_0160Isn’t this hair do awesome?Curtsy of her bed… (:

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Summer means…

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Relaxed mornings

Wearing PJs extra long

More time for breakfast

More popsicles and treats (especially homemade ones)

Less time focused on routine meals

Dirtier house

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More projects and crafts

Gardening (or trying to, but failing miserably)

Less clothing (my girls always prefer that anyway, but when it’s hot just wear what you have to…right?)

Sickness (what… that is not supposed to be in here, but this week it is)

Scout Camp (and planning & shopping & organizing it all and sending it off with a cute hubby @5:30 a.m.)

Trips to the pool (or to a friend’s pool… or Grandpa’s hot tub)

Cousin sleepovers

Late nights

Walks in the neighborhood that end up with more talking with neighbors and less walking

Sand (at our house it is purple! Yep!)

New bikes (though two trips with the jogger in tow and I got burs in the wheels and they are both popped…geez)

Girls Camp planning

Friend play dates

New Church calling (beehive advisor-score! so excited)

Swim lessons (oh wait, not yet, but I am teaching Anna to get splashed in the face… a huge step for her)

Less internet time

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Less TV time

More sunset watching

More dishes (which I am avoiding right this minute)

Cabin trips

Snowbird condo trips

4th of July and beach décor

More Air conditioning (which makes my feet cold, but doesn’t cool our bedroom)

Trip planning

More sunscreen wearing

Sandal wearing (which I love for the girls, but my feet hate me for it)

New house dreaming (slowing looking, but not very intensely)

Life choice making

No change in long work hours for Dave (boooooo)

Painting nails (and sneaking it onto daddy’s toes)

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hummm… what else?

 

What does summer mean to you?