Life Through Instagram, Summer

 Collage 1:

At the lake with my family-(that's my 87 year old grandma)

Collage 2:

 Around home; making food and eating it together.

 Collage 3:

Meeting my new brother; a child my dad fathered before he married my mom.

 We found out 3 years ago, he's 46.

Flowers of the season from my walks.

 Collage 4:

Walker Art Center 

 Collage 5:

Hot coffee on the deck finally cool enough to do so, 

homemade caramel iced coffee,

Nells on my new Coverlet,

flowers in a vintage thermos, why not?

 Collage 6:

 My new pillow I got for $1,

my new random inspiration wall in the spare room,

Nells in a pretty green vintage scarf,

my new centerpiece for the dining room table.

Collage 7:

Impromptu day trip with Madelynn in Amish country.

Collage 8: 

Amish country and sunset.

 Collage 9:

Girls weekend; Barn Fest

Welch, Mn

Redwing, Mn

 Collage 10:

Barn Fest,

folk music.

Collage 11:

More Barn Fest and girls weekend.

 Collage 12:

Nells falling asleep,

Nells in the middle of everything as usual,

breakfast next morning from girls weekend.

 Collage 13:

awesome coffee shop,

spinning, sort of, in my apron,

and a cute plaque I found at a thrift store.

 Collage 14:

Nells and sheep,

snack time while organizing bills and calendar,

madelynn learning to long board. ya, i'm still breathing.

 Collage 15:

Nells waiting for Madelynn after she leaves for work on these summer days,

me at the Walker,

embroidery floss and patterns,

and what I've been working on.

 Collage 16:

Contemplating,

cute step I stepped on,

coffee and blanket time, 

and devotion.

 Collage 17:

Cute cafe I stopped at on the way to 

Madelynnn's Senior pics,

me on the Stone Arch Bridge, 

on location of Madelynn's Senior picutres! What?!!?

 Collage 18: 

Madelynn's Senior pictures in action. How'd this happen? No, I'm serious?!

 Collage 19:

More Senior pictures

 Collage 20:

Shopping with Madelynn and my niece,

me reflecting as usual, 

flowers from my walk,

and inspiration.

I know there are a couple of double in there, sorry bout that--it just gets really confusing trying to put so many pictures together, forgive me!

I also went to the Zoo a couple weeks ago and I want to share those pictures and the all the final pictures of our baby Robins, but I'll save that for another time. 

Whew, it's sort of been a busy summer, I have gotten chronic fatigue quite a few times, and have it as I type this up, but I just wanted to get a post up, it had been to long! My pelvic belt has also gotten the best of me in this heat. I get a big rash, and I just can't bare to wear it. But I keep it up as best as possible. Now that is is cooling off I am wearing it non-stop again.

This week I plan on rest up quite a bit, and then I have maybe one thing planned for next weekend. And then the weekend after that we are heading on a road trip to Kansas City to see my husbands family. That will take a lot out of me, but I will rest up for it and have the week after we get back to rest. It gets so frustrating that I have to plan out my days the way I do, in order to do some of the things I want. I feel so selfish that I still wish I could do so much more. For instance for days after Madelynn's Senior picture shoot, I was down for 2 days. That can be so maddening. But I look at it like I had those 6 hours; 2 years ago I wouldn't have been able to go on the shoot at all. So I'm so thankful for that. 

Tell me what you have been up to the last couple of weeks?