No longer MIA.

Phew!  What a weekend!  Don't know if you noticed, but I took some time off.  And actually, not just from the blog, either.  I left the kids with my mom for a night while mr was off at boy scout camp and visited my best friend to celebrate her birthday with her!  We haven't been together on a birthday for way too long, and it was awesome!  More details on that later.  Don't tell me if you didn't notice - that would just make me sad.  I'm back now.  And there's lots to do!  First off, Scavenger Hunt Sunday!

Walking Empty Streets

Those are mr's feet.  That is all.

Repeating Patterns

My now beautiful railing that I painted.  And painted.  And painted.

Floor

Confession, this is archived.  BUT The editing is new.  Acceptable?  It's actually one of my favorite shots of bug.  It's from April when we got our new carpet and none of us could stop rolling around on it because it was so much softer than our old stuff.

Then and Now

Well, I had issues with this one, but finally decided on this shot.  It's out on the lake at our close family friend's house.  What's amazing about this place is how much it changed and yet, somehow, still remains the same.  Swings break and rot away, new docks are erected, new hammocks are hung, plants are planted, paths are worn, ponds dry out or are overcome with weeds.  But the green, the calm, the peace will always be the same.  Oh, and that heart bench.  That's always been there.

Fingertips

Aw, I love those fingers.  And the smile.  The eyes.  The hair... the hugs!

And over at Paper Mama, the theme this week is "Yellow."

I'm linking this:

Wish she was big enough to really mow.

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