Well Hello, Summer!

Summer's here for real now, you know. I'm not sure if it's hot or snowy where you live but at least the calendar reflects summer, and we've had a fun little start to our official new season.

For starters...we got new summer shoes! My quick slip-on shoes from last summer had worn through to almost a hole on the bottom, so we hit a BOGO sale and I got these cute little things. It's weird to walk and not feel every rock! (Ryan got new shoes too, but we kept being in the way of other peoeple in his shoe aisle, so we didn't think we should stop for photo opps.)

If you heard the podcast, then you heard the story of the exhausting free ice cream debacle. Here we are at the first Dairy Queen, we attempted.

The second location DID have the free ice cream cones, but by that time, I just wanted a full Blizzard, thankyouverymuch.

And. They. Were. Good.

Isn't it weird when the first official weekend of summer coincides with hunting for end-of-season bargains at the store? We were on the lookout for some marked down porch treasures.

Summer days are for hanging out in the driveway and big sloppy kisses.

They're for celebrating the flowers that finally filled out:

They're for cookouts at friends' houses...and it's a bonus when the friends have an amazing backyard!

And they're for looking forward to more of this!

Hello, summer. It sure is good to see you. Won't you stay for a while?