The weather here in Minnesota has been flirting with summer. Oh yes, we had those couple days last week where it was 102 — making us believe it was summer — and yet, since then, we’ve been sitting in the mid 70’s and have been having our share of clouds.
Summer will come. The whole 6weeks of it that us Minnesotan’s might get lucky enough to enjoy — and in that comes some favorites.
Samuel
{who loves loves loves to play outside}
girls in fishtail braids
{and yes, I got to braid them all}
curly {summery} hair
that happens when you take those braids out
varying weather
{that can cause frizzy and curly hair}
{that can cause frizzy and curly hair}
storms that brew after a muggy afternoon
the smell of rain
boy’s bikes quickly thrown onto the front porch as the rain approaches
flowers that dot the landscape
including one of my favorites
including one of my favorites
pansies that hang by my front porch
the contrast in colors
rain on my sidewalk
red freezies that can be eaten outside
that freezie popsicles are only $1.99 a bag
that freezie popsicles are gluten free 🙂
being able to grill
including our favorites
like
terriyaki {gluten free} chicken
and asparagus
and grilled roma tomatoes
backyards to play in and run
backyards for soccer and baseball and swimming
backyards filled with little tikes plastic toys to play on
an assortment of light sabers for many little boys to play with
until the sun starts to fade
so late in the day
and then I am thankful for those beautiful moments
{and these pictures captured by Hannah}
{and these pictures captured by Hannah}
when the day transforms into night.
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Some awesome things to favorite!!! I love the fishtail braids – I do all kinds of braids to my daughter’s long hair, too. LOVE IT! I love the raindrops – and would give anything if we could get some right now! Mmmm…and the fresh tomatoes. My hubby’s garden doesn’t have as many this year as last year, but I’m thankful for those we have!
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I love summer. And your pictures are absolutely gorgeous!
Their fishtail braids are so pretty! Love that they’re all lined up! I need to learn how to fishtail! 🙂 The first pic of Samuel is just so cute!
What fabulous pictures of summer. In AZ we can only have pansies in the winter. Fun to see them. With Joy, Carey!
Awesome pictures! I love the sun in the last few. Gorgeous!
Beautiful pictures (as always)! Those tomatoes look absolutely delicious! 🙂
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Beautiful beautiful shots. I’ve been following your daughter’s blog for a while – not sure why I haven’t popped over here but it’s beautiful and I can’t wait to see more. I hope you have a beautiful weekend.
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Oh my goodness! Isn’t summer the greatest. Your photos are perfect… loving the sunset ones.
love your summertime favorites 🙂 you’re family is precious!
These photos have warmed me up as I sit at my computer on the otherside of the world in Australia all rugged up in winter!
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What a fun summer! And all of the pictures are wonderful!
P.S. Love Samuel’s Batman shirt and the lightsabers. So fun.
I love all the pictures and especially Sam’s batman shirt. Awesome. I love this linkup!
What a fun and lovely summer! More beautiful pictures, as always!
Love this! I can NOT figure out how to do the fish tail braid and I want to do it sooooo badly! I’ve watched 100 youtube videos and still can’t do it. I’m braid challenged! Will you come visit and teach me? 😉 also… the tomatoes look YUMMY!
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I love the way you are looking at summer and your childrens activities abring back so many fun memories. You have a beautiful family,Kathysue
I would take ANY fresh tomatoes – grilled or no. It is an absolute fave of mine!
Also, I have never heard of those braids before nor know how to do them. Do they take a long time?
Such beautiful moments to tuck away in a Mama’s heart. I love them all!
~Cinnamon
p.s. while I’m thankful for summer too, letting little Granton run to his hearts content OUTSIDE, shirtless and shoeless. I’m also thankful for cool days, which makes summer bearable 🙂
Hannah’s amazing as always!
Love the castle!
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I love the way you are looking at summer and your childrens activities abring back so many fun memories. You have a beautiful family,Kathysue