The summer wind and adventure days

All last week warm sunny weather would play with

whether it wanted to come or not

and then summer came with rush on Thursday

with 91 degrees (!!) and intense sun rays.

And coming from the girl that really doesn't care for summer,

it was delightful (:

And it jumpstarted a very fun few days.

From rooftop picnics with friends, to eating ice chips and hiding from the heat for awhile,

(because you guys, going from a rainy 50 to a sunny 91 is quite the adjustment!)

to walks in between t-storms so we could find the flowers,

to receiving swaddle blankets as my first mothers day gift,

to practicing swaddling with my favorite little man,

to celebrating Bethany graduating and getting to see the dear Woodfin family,

and eating a reeeeeally good hot dog (:

Such sweet tender days.

And those sweet days ushered in one of my favorite weekends ever!

It started with Josh telling me we were buying a new patio set

(somebody in our building broke our old one and I've eyed everyone suspiciously since...)

and its beautiful.

To muffins and a latte, to random hilarious Mothers Day greetings from a stranger man,

to receiving my Mother's Day gift,

a vintage Radio Flyer Trike!!

The same one that I had has a little girl and that Josh's Dad rode when he was little!

I know we're YEARS from it being used, but it was such a sweet fun Mother's Day gift (:

We then soaked up the sun, while Josh polished that sweet little trike,

until we remembered we had a fancy event in an hr,

so we rushed and fancied up,

had wonderful learning conversations with friends,

ate good food,

and bailed early so that we could get some Miko's

and go laugh with other friends and cuddle their newborn baby girl.

Sunday was filled with church, sunny bike rides,

and napping the whole afternoon away while it thunderstormed outside.

Seriously,

best weekend ever (:

One I will treasure for years to come.

xoxo,

lyss

Snow

I don't take many pictures of the snow.

I rather like my camera and taking it out in sub zero degree

 temperatures just seems kind of mean. But this morning as I was off to get donuts 

(our local coffee shop carries vegan donuts now!)

I figured since it wasn't that cold and this may be

the last snow of the season I should bring the camera along and document it.

 It is so beautiful.

Even with the ice underneath that makes every step rather treacherous,

even when I've seen it every. single. day. for the past few months,

and even when I have a hard time remembering when my fingers weren't frozen,

it still doesn't lessen the beauty of snow coated trees and buildings in any way.

I love living here.

I do.

Husband and I have the morning off and so we're declaring it 

a 1/2 snow day. Bring on the tea, donuts, and cuddles

while we watch another episode of x-files (Josh's choice :))

and enjoy the glory of snowfall from the warmth of our cozy home.

Happy Wednesday!

xoxo,

lyss

When you save your giftcard for years and years...

...and you wait sooo long because you're waiting for your dream Broadway

show to come to town. And then it does. And you take that gift card and you cash it in

and the sales associates are kind of surprised that you've held onto

 it for so long and make comments communicating such.

Then you start counting down the days until its YOUR day to take your ticket to go see your show.

The day comes. 

You put on your red lipstick that makes you feel like lady

and you get on the L with your favorite person and away you go.

You go see your dream show.

You maybe cry a bit because it is so very beautiful 

and its more wonderful than you even dreamed it would be.

The whole night is a dream and one that you know you will

cherish the rest of your life.

So yay for dreams come true

and giftcards that don't have an expiration date (:

and an extra yay for favorite people who

ooh and ahh over everything with you and cherish the night with you

as if it was the very thing they've been dreaming

of doing all their life.

xoxo,

lyss 

Hey, remember those days....

..when it was SO hot. When we would eat popsicles for dinner

and drive around with the air conditioning on high

so that I would maybe be able to sleep? 

When I read that one article that said you could only complain

about one season and I chose summer?

Well we're entering 5 months of freeze and I'm still going strong.

And the high today is 19.

Feel free to come anytime now spring,

annnnnnytime now would just fine with me.

xoxo,

lyss