Scavenger Hunt

1. Water

2. Eight

3. Fresh

4. Petal

5. Calm

Today was Good...

Today was fun, tomorrow is another one. 
Dr. Suess

This is pretty much how our summer days are going.

That's the way summer should be, right?

Add in a sun-filled, lake vacation...

waking up and dressing in swimsuits until the sun goes down...

playing in the lake from sunrise to sunset...

The sounds of the water; the scent of the pine trees; the gorgeous sunsets...

First fish hooked and released all by himself...

No cable, no internet; time stands still, except it passes in the blink of an eye.

I used to fall asleep on boat rides too.

Here's to hoping all of your tomorrows are good ones.

Be Happy

If you want to be happy, be.
 Leo Tolstoy

So simple.

Yet sometimes difficult to achieve.

Today you are nine; my wonderfully kind, sweet, so incredibly smart and sometimes impossibly sassy son.

You make me happy.

I hope I do the same for you.

I hope every birthday is the happiest.

Thank you for making me a mama...it all started with you.

To be around you...

is to be happy.

And, I am.

Happy Birthday, Jacob!!!

Things That Make Me Smile

1. Chalk drawings on warm afternoons.

2. Seeing rainbows with not a cloud in the sky...Can it be called a rainbow if there isn't any rain?

3. Gorgeous, sunny weather, with perfectly cool mornings for running.

4. Coming in 9th place in the 5-K I ran in this weekend. My family meeting me at the finish line with high 5's and a hug.

5. Zoo outings...

even though I threatened to leave the terrific tantrum thrower in the snake cage if he didn't stop. Sometimes, he screams so loudly my ears bleed.

6. Reading

7. My sister

it would be a small miracle if she could just smile for the camera for once in her life.

8. An afternoon full of eating, family, and a very cool train ride.

9. Blooms, right in our own backyard.

10. New running shoes...and shopping for them with all four kids; no disasters; a true miracle.