27 Years Ago

Today my parents celebrate 27 years together. I'm really proud of them, and blessed to be their daughter. I love this picture of the 3 of us. Strange that I'm now about my Mom's age in this picture, with a daughter (and son!) of my own!

Improptu Party

The other night we were at my in-laws' house and my mother in law mentioned she was going to a party. Olive's ears perked up like antennas and immediately started asking questions about this party and whether or not she could go. When we told her she couldn't go, she was quite upset, and for the next day or two kept asking me when she could go to a party.

I've been sick (still - ugh) and we didn't have anywhere to go this weekend, so Matt and I decided to throw Olive an improptu, "just because" party. We ran to Target this morning for party hats, bought a new game that Olive could play with us, ordered out for pizza for dinner and made a fun evening out of it.

almshouse road

just some snapshots from an evening trip to the park recently...

summer nights in early june were lovely.

summer nights in late june and so far in july?

not so much.

too hot.

the coffee mill

olive and i went out on a coffee date with grace to a cute little cafe in an old downtown near my family's house. we loved the brick walls, quirky decor, friendly staff (and the coffee was pretty good too.)

random pictures from nc

holly made the beautiful blanket for me, for my birthday! i was so surprised!

airplane at crabtree valley mall, raleigh

keeping our cool

as usual, it is HOT in NC. my sisters, olive and i have been having fun playing in lots of water this week.

olive is in love with the big pool in my parent's neighborhood. when it was time to leave the first time we went, she threw her obligatory tantrum, and after a while stopped and sighed, "that's a nice pool."

this week in i-phone pictures