I only have a few photos on my camera roll this week, so I'll just save them for next week. Yesterday morning, I posted on Instagram, so I'll share something similar here. I rarely post on social media, but I was thinking about summer and decided to look through my pictures from the last few months. I chose a bunch that kind of represented summer (mostly the good parts; who takes pictures of the bad parts?).
I tried to think of a good adjective when I captioned, "It's been a _____ summer." But I can't come up with a word that describes everything. We've had such bad luck and so much stress. There were definitely good moments (as I'll show with most of the pictures below) but basically, the only way I can describe it is this: It's been a summer.
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| Watching Jerry and Eli play softball on Monday nights |
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| Celebrating 20 years of marriage |
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| Baking a vegan chocolate cake for Noah's birthday |
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| Finding solitude to feel many emotions... in the bathtub. More than once. |
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| Helping Luke and Riley try to win a prize for "crazy hair day" |
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| Cutting the grass while Jerry was gone for two weeks |
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| Jerry and I dueling at Dr. Mario on a rainy day |
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| The first flood we've ever had at our house in 20 years |
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| Jeanie teaching me American football |
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| Taking golf pictures of Eli. My first time being on a golf course. |
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| Celebrating Noah's last teenage birthday |
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| Totaling two out of three cars in just three months |
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| Jerry forgetting to use a blade guard. For the third time. |
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| Perhaps my most favorite picture of this entire year |
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| Joey losing about 10 pounds of fur |
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| Knitting a Shrek hat for Noah |
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| Sucking at mini-golf |
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| Taking the boys to see The Meg while Jerry was away |
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| Playing Trouble with my nieces and nephew |
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| Breaking a three-and-a-half-year daily blogging streak to get away from the negativity |
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| Making do with the candles Jeanie had on hand. 1 and 2+7 |
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| Getting a second piercing in my nose |
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| My "fun" project this summer |
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| Watching fireworks with Renee |
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| Making sad toast on the stove when the power was out for three days |
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| Getting to see one of my very favorite cousins |
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| Getting my skin checked for suspicious spots |
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| "Helping" Shawn steer the tractor he was towing |
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| Washing my hair in the river and nearly floating away |
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| Tubing with Jeanie, Shawn, Jerry, Noah, Eli, and Ava |
Summer isn't officially over for eight more days, but I'm ready to be done with it and bring in fall! My family has felt all of the emotions this summer, tenfold. So... let's just say that it's been a summer. :)
Happy (very) Belated Anniversary!!
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