just what i needed...

during my weeklong break from school - i got to enjoy some of my most favorite things...including:

quality time with my nephew while we waited for his baby sister to arrive

being with my sissy at the hospital during her labor...

and then meeting my new niece moments after she arrived!

raiding my parents cabinets for goodies like these

relaxing with my daddy watching jeopardy and the news

(doesn't he look good with a baby in his arms? melts my heart)

almost killing mary's dog while trying to take him on a run with me

snazzing it up with my other nephew - so handsome

wearing this necklace for the first time EVER - i've owned it for almost 3 years

laughing at this funny guy

(hello?)

celebrating my dad's retirement with my family

coming home to some treats for "student nurses day"

(did you see how cute he was to print off and color little nurses hats :) )

rockin my red jeans

and it's friday!! yeah

i've got a full weekend of homework ahead of me :( boo

but i do hope to at least make it out to the farmers market downtown and get my raised vegetable garden planted

gotta get 6.5 miles in on sunday too - dam to dam is coming up FAST!

enjoy the weekend friends

xoxo

rae

summer according to my camera

i am absolutely horrible at taking pictures this summer! so there aren't many to share....hope you enjoy anyway ;)

(i didn't even take ONE picture on my camera from our whole weeklong vacation to Boji - yeah, what a slacker, huh?)

xoxo
rae

full of gratitude...

well first of all, apparently i haven't been on blogger for a loooooooooooooong time, because the whole darn thing has changed!! wow - it's gonna take a while to get used to this.

anyways...
every day i try and take some time to recognize all of the wonderfulness in my life and feel grateful in my heart for those things. it always makes the hard things and the craziness a little easier to handle when i can remember all the great and unique ways that i am blessed.

so much has been going on lately - and it would take me ages to run through it all. so instead, here are some of the things that put a smile on my face today...

my new yoga class at harmony

and grateful it wasn't me that tooted super loud at the end of class :)

the great country music that is on the radio lately - i've been jamming all summer long!

getting to babysit this nugget in a few days

looking back on this photo i got from my sissy of my nephew playing with his bday present

a lighter load on homework this week

unanswered prayers

catching up on the bachelorette

opening the windows in the house with a cool breeze sweeping in!

smiling when God throws me a curveball

finally eating my cookie monster cupcake - uh YUM

well, friends - hope you all had a day full of all the things that make you smile too

xoxo

rae