proud lady

We stopped to Muskegon on our way home from vacation to check this out...

A volleyball court on a stack of storage containers...yes...to surprise a cancer survivor from Wellspring Prep.

Neat to be able to see some of J's work and what he helped orchestrate, that makes me a proud lady :)  

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why must you fly by?

vacation

you always do and it is just not kind!

This one was no different

Vacation with J's family up north...Northport

We had a nice time relaxing, swimming, sailing, reading, celebrating Js nephews 1st birthday, games, yummy dinners, campfires, sleeping in and more!

Plus beautiful weather!

Could get use to this view every morning!

My Parents came to visit for the Birthday party, which was Great!

  Happy birthday Dash!

 Pretty pretty pretty!

Dinner in Suttons Bay

 We went to a park to watch the sunset, so pretty!

fifty more...

DAYS fifty fifty fifty days!!!

you read that correctly

FIFTY days until I get to marry this man

true love right here...letting him make super stinky pickles in my kitchen :) 

so excited for the day approaching

and well the list is now probably down to 50 and that is a good sign!

lake mak attack

or just a boat ride out in Holland

head out there last weekend and it was another beautiful summer night

In other news- real news

Woman's Olympic team gold medal just makes my heart warm!

yeah for the USA ladies

last time they won gold i was 12 and still have memories of it!

loving the Olympics, if only they showed the tennis on a channel that I got

second wear

funny story

last night after I got home from the event and went to hang up my dress 

I found.....

welp the tag was still on the dress [inside, no one saw] but this was the second time around and never even knew..oppsss

Very fun night with J

We went to Milton Friedman's 100th Birthday Celebration

at The Drake in Chicago

Really pretty and really good speech by on Condoleezza Rice

only down fall, getting home at 12:50 

lets just say my words today: Caffeine yes please :) 

two bouts of lovin

miss lauren

beautiful picture

so sweet, she was so excited to give it to us...so it is proudly displayed on my refrigerator

mr ben

this made my whole night!

what a sweetheart!

feeling the extra lovin this week!

o to the a to the r

 O.A.R

Fred Meijer Garden Concert #3 for the summer

This is one of the better concerts I have been to, I think I will go out on a limb and say top 7..yeah in the top 7

Maybe it was their energy, the songs, the venue, the people I was with

or maybe it was the QUALITY people watching and the snacks

it was not THE HEAT

but everything else combined made it a great event!

yeah for O.A.R I am a fan!