9/26/21

"Should I wear my new purse?"

"What about my sunglasses?"

If these are the problem questions of the day...

Life is G-O-O-D.

LDC,

Happy 11th.

 

F.Y.I

Life is not good but AMAZING.  

Why?  

Because of y-o-u.  

saturday evening

 

end of august and into the 9th month

the start to her new school year

5th grade

the start to my new school year

and 

the start to

my 44th year of life.

summer, week 9

Blue sky and sunshine.

What a wonderful way to wrap up a summer.

 Kerr girls with LDC

The norm...stair step fashion.

Summer is over.

Time to officially remember what day of the week it is.

Sigh.

Till next year my darling.

summer, week 8

Her birthday is not until September but we decided to give a

 summertime-birthday-slumber-party

 a try.

Success.

Snapshots from the par-yeah.

10 going on 21

(not my car)

(double not letting my kid drive at this age)

friends since little babies

instead of a birthday cake, she wanted a piñata full of her favorite candies

(blowing out the birthday candle)

pool fun 

and games including...

toss the cheetos

(hysterical sticky fun)

 “In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.”

 — Sarah Dessen

summer, week 7

What’s funnier: mountain ranges or forests? 

Mountains, of course- they’re hill areas.

Off to the mountains we went.

First stop.

Salem...for...

a delicious homemade tropical treat

feather hunting and finding a well hidden turtle

SUP fun on Lake Keowee

and 

berry picking.

(suited up for the annoying pesky flies)

Second stop.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Smokemont Campground

elk, evidence of wild hogs and river tubing

waterfalls, hammock swinging, and campground bike riding

the girls holding up 6 fingers- representing our 6th Annual Mountain Trip

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

– John Muir

summer, week 6

 Week Six consisted of staring at a computer screen.

Literally.

7 1/2 hours each day.

My online course and certification, complete.

LDC's checklist while I was "in school"