Day 9: I love my boys!

Day 9:  Someone You Love

Here are two of my favorites. We bbq'ed tonight for some friends before leaving an almost-in-bed Luke with Grammy and Grandad so the grownups could go see The Hangover 2. Dirty business, but a nice little respite before the craziness of our 3-day alumni weekend event begins tomorow.

I'll be working 14-16 hour days tomorrow and Saturday, and another 8 on Sunday, so bear with me if I have to play catch up on these posts next week.

Too tired to link to the list of challenges...see previous posts for the 30 day list. Adios!

Day 8: Birthdays and Bad Habits

Day 8:  A Bad Habit

I love Starbucks. I love it. I used to get by on a once a week fix. Now I feel like I need it every. single. day. I breathe a little sigh of complete and total satisfaction when I stab my straw into that beautiful iced grande (Venti on Thursdays) chai tea latte. I hate that I crave the caffeine and the mini emotional high that it gives me, but try as I might I just can't quit this bad habit.

And since today is MY birthday, I shouldn't have to. :)

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Day 7: Low hanging fruit

Day 7:  Fruit


My husband's aunt and uncle own this company. I'm not a huge fan of berries (the seeds gross me out), but these strawberries are amazing! Fun strawberry trick:  dip them in sour cream and then roll in brown sugar. Sounds weird, but it's one of the greatest things I've ever tasted! (And it covers up the seeds.)

I had already planned on the above photo for my fruit post. Then I went in the backyard and saw that this tree was sporting a pair of pears just for me. "Pear for Perry!" as we like to say.

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Day 6: Get low low low low low low low

Day 6:  From a low angle

I'll admit I haven't been super excited about the last two day's challenges.

Oh well, what I am excited about is this guy having fun outside with me after work today!

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Day 5: High Angle

Day 5 is "From a High Angle:"

Starting the Nike Women's Fitness Festival 5K run this morning.

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Day 4 - Something Green

Day 4:  Something Green

Winter-like weather in June means we get more opportunities to wear our rainboots!

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Day 3: Clouds

Country clouds

More on this later...

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Day 2: What I Wore Today

Day 2:  What I Wore Today

Necklace:  Shop in Costa Rica

Gray Cami:  Old Navy

White layering tank:  Tilly's

Embellished cardigan:  Old Navy

Black Capris:  Target

Black peep toe wedges:  Target

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Self Portrait

30 Day Photo Challenge Day 1:  Self-Portrait

Getting ready to go see Sesame Street Live. I'm not sure who was more excited about it.

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I've decided to do something fun for the month of June. Hopefully I'll stick with it! The fun starts tomorrow!

Memorial Day Thoughts

Somehow, a few months ago I got started reading several "milspouse" blogs - blogs written by military wives. Reading their stories of hope, sacrifice, uncertainty, loneliness during long absences of deployment, babies born while daddy is overseas, money woes, depression when husbands come back changed, sorrow when husbands don't come back at all, undying demonstrations of patriotism and strength in the face of what I can only imagine to be a very difficult way of life, has been eye opening.

As a blog lurker who has been fascinated by their stories, I feel like I owe it to these women to take time out to honor their husbands and their families this Memorial Day. I am so thankful to all the people (men and women) who have selflessly served our country and given their lives so that I can enjoy the many freedoms I usually take for granted.

To everyone involved in the military, whether enlisted, veteran, relative or friend - thank you for your service and support. Happy Memorial Day!

Family Pictures

We took some family pics last weekend. In keeping with my tradition of not paying for pictures, I made Sommer and Mike come and take some for us on campus. They may not be close enough to us to do these for us in the future, so my days of free family pics may be numbered. :(

I really like how they turned out and will be glad to finally get a nice family portrait on the wall.

Justin and Luke pointing at Luke's tummy.

Being silly.