1. late summer surprise | 2. garden shopping | 3. bad beagle | 4. inspirational reading | 5. tired feet | 6. post-rain golden hour | 7. violet goes to the beach | 8. boogie board time | 9. violet is ready to go home

It was pretty much a weekend where we sat around and looked at each other. Neel was out of town until late Friday, and given that he'd left at 3:45 Thursday morning to drive to where he was giving a seminar, we were all pretty wiped out.

The first week of school will do that to you.

So there were bits and pieces of activity: grocery store, garden store, mall for some birthday shopping, workout (!). We'd planned a beach dinner for Sunday, but it got rained out, so Monday we took Violet to the beach. I'll tell you more about that on Thursday, but it was for us (if not for her!) a great culmination to the Labor Day weekend.

School really starts now, doesn't it? Super short week this week, and there's a birthday at the end! I'm gearing up for all of that, and trying my best not to have any more migraines. That would be really, really nice.

XOXO you guys!

Hi guys! Just popping in real quick to say hey! We all survived the first day. Cal's first day of 8th grade (gotta love that photobomb, don't you), and Neel and I survived our first day with our trainer. I say survived because my arms can barely lift to desk height to type this post, but I digress.

I'm going to focus on some family things around here today, but I'll be back tomorrow with a really, really special post. One that is very dear to my heart and has a special place in history too. Please stop by.

Also, sorry if I left you hanging! My camera was safely tucked under the passenger seat of our car. Our best guess is that the dogs scared off our would-be burglars before they got any further than the change compartment (that and the camera was pretty hard to see down there). So hooray for the Black and Tan Trio. Never again will I disparage a beagles howls again!

Catch you tomorrow!

weekend recap, labor day

first day {still + life}