Summer Begins

I love summer and all my memories from childhood of going to the beach. This was our first trip to the beach with our little Mason man. Boy o boy, was it fun! We discovered Mason's main objective was to get off our blanket so he could eat the sand, which we wouldn't let him do of course. Alas, our juggling act of tossing Mason between Sam, I and the air, we had an incredibly new experience. We managed to have a picnic , play with Mason's favorite yellow shovel, get a little bit of sun to our desperately white skin and receive a lovely memory of our first family day at the beach, before we had to head home for Mason's second nap. O, just another day at the beach!

The Mancub

UPDATE: Mason is now standing on his own. This is how it goes down: He squats...pushes his legs up to stand...balancing and smiling a gloriously proud grin for up to 10 seconds...he then falls back to the sitting position he once rested in so comfortably.
He was in a wild, happy mood today. He was all over the place & just loving the sun streaming in through our open patio door. We had fun laughing & playing today at home & the park across the street. I wonder when and where he will take his first step, although it seems too soon, I know it is on the horizon. I just love our little mancub.

Growth & Life

Today marks a new season for our family. My little sister is engaged to the man that she loves & she is wearing a sapphire ring. She is dreaming & scheming her eau d'hippie wedding. I am in shock and awe and I miss her and want to hug her and talk her head off as she is trying to fall asleep in the bed, next to me. This was a shot of them cracking up at our wedding. Congrats, Pookie & Matthew! We love you and are praying for you!
I just love the colors of fresh fruits & veggies. They are just so beautiful to look at. Cooking is so much fun when it not only tastes good but is also pretty. Just a lil' something my mom taught me :) I love it when I actually set the new table for dinner. The other night we had some friends over & cut up those bright & delicious bell peppers for fajitas.
Almost all of my friends are pregnant at the same time... and it's such a wonderful & exciting time but it's also so weird to think that we are actually in that time of life. Where has the time gone? We are young mid-lifers, i suppose. Soon, the rooms will be full of beautiful, sweet smelling babies... perfect little mixtures of our friends, concocted by God. So cool.