Kubb!
Excessive posing with the American flag pin
Backyard lounging for ‘merica
5 minute smoke bombs
Not pictured:
Swimming
Homemade ice cream
Hot dogs and Hamburgers
Watermelon
Hammocking
FIREWORKS!
It was the perfect 4th of July. We were busy having fun, laughing, dancing, singing, and watching the light show all around. Happy Independence Day, America. We definitely celebrated you in the right way!
Happy Day! (Happy back to work day)
Did you know that H&M has a “home” section???? I didn’t know until a couple weeks ago when I was browsing online for pillows for our living room and BAM! This is probably old news to online shoppers, but for this newbie decorator I really felt like I hit the jackpot.
I spent significantly too long browsing through their pillows (and decor) and ended up filling up my shopping cart to the brim. Thankfully the common sense and financial saver in me raised its red flag and I narrowed it down to three things.
Two pillow cases and a storage bin for blankets! And slowly but surely our living room is getting more character.
The storage bin sits next to our TV stand which desperately needs love or replaced? Still trying to decide if I want the handy husband to build me something or if I should repurpose this one. Thoughts?
The empty pillow cases will eventually end up on our couch – but first I need to find pillows at the right price.
That is the extent of decorating that has happened in our home this summer… Online shopping and shipped to my front door! It’s the easiest way to decorate when there just isn’t time.
But I am so pleased with this order. The quality is great and the price was right.
Happy Day!
We are home!
Our week in Minnesota was filled with so many blessings. It was hard being so close to family and not being able to see them, but our time serving the community was so good.
Crossing into Minnesota
This was the crew I served with all week!
On Tuesday afternoon we had free time so we spent some time playing Kubb at Lake Calhoun.
This is Namaya. She had just woke up from a nap in my arms. #heartmelt
I didn’t take many photos, because grabbing my phone was thankfully not a priority this week.
Now we’re back to reality. We both go back to work tomorrow and real life has hit me like a train. Sometimes being a grown up isn’t all it’s chalked up to be… Summer is definitely wearing me down but I have hope for a more restful time in our future.
Also we’ve been trying to purge our possessions that we never use/don’t need. It’s so refreshing but also so much work! I get super nostalgic over things that mean nothing (like old pairs of jeans?) but I need to get over that and just let it go. My free time is going towards purging so that my free time in the future can go towards decorating with less clutter everywhere. Yay!
Happy Day!
