Life Laid Bear

Thankful 26/52

This week has been full of a whole lot of silliness. I would say that is putting it pretty lightly. And would you guess, most of the incidents this week involved a certain pup by the name of Lucas. Let's just say that our week has included a squirrel inside of the house, and our lizard Killy escaping from her cage the same day Luke gets out of his crate. The good news is that the squirrel and Killy are both safe and back where they belong. Me, well I am still dreaming of squirrels at night. 

So the week is almost over, and I couldn't be more excited or thankful. We have a pretty great weekend planned and next week my guy turns 25! We are celebrating with friends and family twice and then mid week we are heading to DC for a long weekend getaway. 

April Project Life

April was a fun month, a short but fun month. Because the month just flew by, my Project LIfe reflected that. So this month is very photo heavy and no real journaling.

The title page for this month is a 12x12 picture from our family vacation. We somehow crammed all of the family into one picture while out eating. It is kind of a special picture in my book. 

I decided to make a photo grid insert page for all of the pictures that were not from our beach trip. 

On the back is a photo from the baby shower with my sister in law. 

These photos start our long weekend at the beach. Lots of photos of Tilly playing in the sand. She had the best time. We did too! 

On the back, there are more pictures of our short trip. We spent lots of time relaxing, eating, and wine tasting. Of course more pictures of Tilly!

The last page for April is a giant 12x12 picture of Kyle and I. I kind of love it and it's a good depiction of our month. Happy happy month! 

 

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Late morning wake up call. 

French press coffee and breakfast in bed. 

Beautiful morning light and pictures of the pups. 

A midday nap that was too short, but well worth it. 

Watching Girl Most Likely

Having cooperative curly hair....until you hit the 100 degree humitity. Then straight as a board. 

Arriving 30 minutes early for dinner and sitting outside waiting with a cold drink. 

A wonderful birthday dinner spent with family. 

A thousand laughs over wine, cake, and icecream. 

Pup friends having too much fun. 

Fun talks of what we plan to do in DC in a week and a half. 

Late night watching of Futurama. 

 

Thankful 25/52

This week has gone by like lightning. It has been a good week though. Good things happening on all sides. We are planning a fun trip to see some amazing friends, awesome surprises at work, and hopefully spending some time with family at the end of the weekend. Plus I am always thankful for a husband who cooks. And a night full of wine tasting at a local organic market in our little town. All in all, it has been a great week and one that I am truly thankful for. Here is to a wonderful weekend of relaxing. 

Thankful 24/52 on a Monday

Last week I was struggling with a summer cold. I am just now seeing the fog clear, and boy am I thankful for that. Summer colds are the absolute worst. It is hot and sweaty and then add the need to stay in bed and drink hot tea all day. It ends with troubled sleep and some rough days. But we are moving on to the start of a very good week.

I am thankful for a Monday that was quick and easy, a weekend to look forward to, getting to meet beautiful new babies, and a husband with a good work schedule this week. 

I am also working on perfecting a banana bread recipe! So my kitchen is a mess, but such a fun mess. Here is to the start of a tasty week! Have a good one. 

June goals

Tilly's tiny legs are so stinking cute. We call them chicken legs.

I sat down to write this post roughly ten times. And I was having a really hard time. Mostly because my goals are always changing and it has been difficult to nail down goals that I can feasibly attain in one month. So this is my best shot (half was through the month).

I have talked a lot lately about life being really sweet. It really is! Life is so full and beautiful right now. We have adventures to plan, goals to meet, and more happiness than I have seen in our little house in a long time. So with that said, I am more excited than ever to go into June feeling hopeful. 

June is what I call a flyover months. It isn't one of those really exciting months for me. There are no big family birthdays, it isn't packed with vacations, and the heat in Florida is coming to an almost unbearable temperature. Not to say it is a bad month, because it has been pretty great so far.

I was looking at last years goals, and most of the same apply this year. I will add just a couple new ones for the last half of the month. 

- Stay healthy! I came back from the cruise with a mean cold. Bedtime has been 9:30 with a shot of cough syrup. 

- Go to bed earlier, and wake up earlier. Pushing it to get to work on time is not working for me anymore. I need to give myself some time to breathe in the mornings.

- Celebrate someone else's acheivement this month. We get so caught up in our own lives that we forget to ask others how they are and what is new.

- Spend more time talking with Kyle. I am talking about uninterupted time. No tv, no phones, just us chatting over dinner or coffee at the house.

- Get in the pool atleast another 3 times this month. 1 must be a night swim.

- Night walks with the pups. Lucas really needs to socialize more. He is becoming grumpy.

-  Break out the bikes for a short ride. You are crazy to think in 90 degree humid nasty heat that I am riding 3 miles. 

- My brother goes to college this month, and we are lucky enough to be able to tag along. So we are spending a weekend in Ft. Myers checking things out. I want to enjoy the last moments with my brother before he is sucked up by Florida Gulf Coast's basketball team for the next four years. 

Last year I wrote that my number one goal was to enjoy this time and this place in my life. And it has never resonated more with me than right now. That is the neverending goal. It may not be stated here all of the time, but it is always with me. To be content, to be happy, to be just here in this moment always. 

 

Cruising

This past weekend I went on a very last minute cruise. On Wednesday, I got the call to see if I was interested and then Friday morning we were walking onto the boat. It was a fun weekend of relaxing and spending time with family and friends. Kyle wasn't able to go because of work, so I was flying solo for the weekend. 

We did a quick four day cruise to The Bahamas, and I just love cruises. I love watching the water, feeling the rocking, and eat at all times of the day. 

It was so nice to have a couple days to just relax and enjoy. I love spontaneous trips, but boy am I glad to be home and in my own bed. 

May your work week be short, and your coffee strong! 

 

Thankful 23/52

I am sitting down to write what I am thankful for this week, and I started to laugh at how it has turned out so far. It was supposed to be a full week at work, and then a full weekend planned with family graduations and such. But very spontaneously I was invited to go on a wonderful vacation for the weekend, and I just couldn't pass it up. So Friday morning, I will be sailing off on a small adventure with my mom, brother, and a couple friends. I wish my guy was able to go with us, but I am thankful to be able to spend some quality (stuck on a boat) time with my brother and mom. As you can see, Tilly wanted to go with me!

Bon voyage!

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Life has been sweet lately. We have spent the majority of our last few weekends sprucing up our outdoor area, moving furniture, and planting and potting beautiful new plants in our patio area. Our family has worked so hard to help us make our little home perfect for the summer parties to come! 

Kyle and I have been getting out more for date nights, and it has been so wonderful to spend some quality time as two. We are trying all kinds of new places in town, and I hope to write some reviews of them all soon. 

I bought these silly drink holders for the pool, and am hopelessly in love with them. We are using them as drink and snack holders. How cute are these little guys?

The pups are loving the outdoor area so far. You can catch Tilly and Lucas curled up together on the couch cat napping during the day.