
Summer has been amazing and awesome and all kinds of WONDERFUL! I love the warmth. I love the sunshine. I love our schedule. I'm not loving that I haven't figure out exactly how to fit in my workouts totally (because I'm loving sleeping in a bit later) but I've still been doing very well getting them in (though not at the exact time that I want)... so I've been doing shorter workouts, sometimes in the morning, sometimes after lunch, sometimes more intense and sometimes less so. Today's workout was a steady-state 30 minute indoor ride on the bike trainer, and you know what?! It's all good! Tomorrow might even include a ride out on the trail. I'm taking my bike off the trainer and putting some air in the tires so that I'm ready to go. And let's hope that there's sunshine tomorrow morning!
So can you tell that I absolutely love summer?! Often I just mutter that to myself... or to others (like last night when I said it to Mike during our date night - our first one in 2 months!)
We've been crossing things off on our summer wish list (though we're completely cool if we don't cross even half of them, as long as we're having fun and doing things we want to do). I made a quick digital layout using the activities I listed in my previous summer wish list post. It's great when things come together so quickly. I have a list of more pages to make from things that happened in the last few months but those are going to have to wait because we play hard and then rest hard (LOL! As soon as the kids are in bed I'm in bed with my latest book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (and any cookbooks that catch my eye while walking to my room)! No, this book is not about bicycles in any way at all, but rather about life and living and intention and creating a good story for your life and other such goodness. I'm really enjoying it so far and I'm trying to savor it instead of rushing through it because then what good is it if a really fun book is over so quickly? It's likely that it would be tempting to pick the next book and move on from this message and I'm not wanting to do that just yet.
So what's been going on? I've been hanging out at the pool deck for swim practice, visiting my in-laws (photos to come), grilling with friends, packing (since Jessi is going away to camp soon), trying to configure coordinating playdates so both kids have a friend over at the same time, getting fitted for a night guard (that was earlier today), scheduling doctors appointments and follow-ups for the kids (and a blood test for Ryan tomorrow - shhh! Don't tell him yet because I'm not telling him until tomorrow when he needs to know), figuring out where we're going on our vacation, and looking through some new cookbooks like:
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (and I DID make room for the ice cream maker so it's ready and waiting for ME ! Though we're recovering from those cupcakes that I posted on Facebook that we made and Jessi decorated for July 4th)

and Ancient Grains for Modern Meals by Maria Speck:

Good stuff!!!
::: This post has been brought to you by coordinated kids' play dates (of which this is the first of the summer) so I've been able to cut up a cantaloupe, put some food in the cooler in preparation for tonight's swim meet, sync my phone so I know where tonight's swim meet is, and post this. All without being interrupted. Amazing. Must try to do this more often. Now to see if I can fit in some core work. Booyah! :::