you are my sunshine.

Today was my first official day of summer :) Hooray!

Adam also had the day off which made it even better. 

We decided to have a cook out and picnic since the weather was gorgeous.

It was amazing.  Amelia loves being outside so much.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the day...

Can we just talk about how cute she is?!?  

Today has been such a blessing.  Day one of summer break = success!

xo

janel

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a busy bee

This week has been busy so far and it's only Wednesday morning!  We have been packing errands in like crazy but we have also been making time for fun things too.

Fun things such as:

1.  Shaved Ice dates with my dad:

This was actually my first time having "shaved ice."  I thought it was going to be a snow cone but seriously shaved ice is soooo much better than a sno-cone! Delicious!

2.  Garage Sales!

A sweet older woman that we swim with at the pool invited some of us girls to shop her garage sale early last night.  Check out the treasures that I found!

The vintage jewelry box was .10 and all of the jewelry... $1.

score!

3.  Wearing my beautiful new Jeffrey Campbell sandals with all of my dresses this week!

I call them my twinkle toes...

They are so comfortable!!  

The rest of my week includes, picking up Adam's new glasses (oh my golly he looks so cute in them!! I can't wait to snap a photo of him in them), dentist appointment, decorating for VBS next week, finishing The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and cleaning for our open house this weekend.  Oh yeah, and I can NOT forget...Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2!!!  That must get squeezed into the schedule at some point FOR SURE!!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far, and staying cool (100 degree days here).

loves.

xo

janel

Project List

The other day, my dear friend Katherine posted her DIY to-do list.  I loved her list so much, I decided it was about time that I made one for myself.  Not only do I love a good list, I also feel so much more accountable after I make them.  Here are some lovely projects that I really really want to get done before the summer is out.

1.  I want to make a mobile, just like this one.  It is absolutely amazing and would look lovely in our home :)

2.  I have so many pins around my house, hidden in drawers, jars, etc.  I get so many pins from friends, with purchases, and such.  They don't have a specific purpose but I love little pins so much.  Because of that, I want to make something like this with them:

3.  This is absolutely amazing and I have already went through boxes and found the key from Adam's apartment in Kansas so that I could make one of these for us! love.

4.  I also must make something like this for our home :)  A little Massachusetts heart and a little Missouri heart? Yes please!

5.  How cool is this light switch time capsule?  You type up your story and glue/tape it inside one of your light switches for a future tenant to find :)  When we redid our cabinets in the kitchen, I wrote a little little for the future to find and tucked it behind the cabinet before it was installed.  I think I definitely want to do this too, more detailed. It is something that I want to do from now on in every place that I live:

I have at least 6 more projects that I want to complete in the next month, but these are the ones that I will start with :)  What are some cute projects that you want to get done soon?  I would love to see them!

xo

janel

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Yay! My summer break officially begins now :)  School has been out for a bit over a week but I have been working on art curriculum ever since with some of the other art teacher's in my district.  It has been a lot of fun but I am definitely ready for it to be over :)  Tomorrow, I am back to sleeping in and hitting up the pool.

I've been working really hard on my journal for the 30 day challenge.

I am having a blast and the pages that you all are sharing are AMAZING!

Here are just a few of my favorites so far :)

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And seriously, I could share about a billion more but you can check them all out for yourself in our Flickr group :)

Again, a blast!

Other than that, we are really really hoping to sell our condo (it's only been on the market for 2 months but it seems like it's been forever) soon.

We are also hoping to make any kind of progress with our adoption.

I feel like everything is at a standstill.

Im trying to remember that everything happens in God's time, not Janel's :)

Alright, I am off to watch "The Bachelorette." I can't handle another episode like last week's though! 

love you friends <3

xo

janel

13 days...

Well,  I officially have 13 school days left this year.  I am in the process of packing things up and taking down posters and finishing up projects.  I love my job but I also LOVE summer break :)

Summer break will bring many lovely things, such as...

*pretty hair styles

* fresh peonies

*loads and loads of sunshine

 *  walks at the park with these two :)

* water walking at the pool

* concession stand soft pretzels

*dresses

* ice cream dates with my honey :)

* and picnics with him too!

Yes, oh yes, I am counting down the days!

xo

janel