well...

we made it. hi people.

june is my best

if you know me, then you know i have a deep and abiding love for the month of june. it is the best one in my book. number one out of 12. right at the top of the list. for me, june 1st is the beginning of summer. it's nearly a holiday. for as long as i can remember june has been about dirty bare feet, lazing under a tree, reading books on rumpled sheets to the drone of the attic fan, splashing in the creek after craw daddies, sitting in the mulberry tree and eating until you nearly fall out, daring your brother to eat a whole handful of gooseberries at once, carefully (ever so carefully) picking raspberries right from the bush, designating whatever container you can find big enough to contain your whole body and some cool water a "pool" (for us it was a horse trough), weeding the garden early early in the morning before the mosquitoes wake up, riding bikes, riding the old snapper lawn mower and pretending you are 16, tomatoes, warm hazy nights, cicadas, fire flies, watermelon, sparklers, walnut brown arms and gangly legs. believe me, i could go on and on.

and to think that for my children june will be defined by sand in their shoes, sea water, piers, surfing, skate boards, salty damp towels. it makes the mind spin. but i am certain that i can encompass those things in my june too.

in honor of june, my sweet friend shanna and i have collaborated on a desktop calendar for you. because we want you to love june too. you can find it right over here! make sure you watch that video too, it's fantastic. and just you nevermind that we're already three days in...

very very very

david and i would like to say a very very very big thank you to everyone who came out on saturday to spend one last evening in the back yard with us. it was by far the best backyard party we've ever had. a humongous thank you to the wonderful and amazing oriole post who was kind enough to play. seth, bill, rachel, roger, michelle and michaela please know that we could have sat there and listened to you for hours and hours. looking around on saturday night i was grinning like a fool watching all our friends and family enjoying themselves. we have so much love and gratitude for all of you that have made up our community for all these years. you give us love and support at all times. you feed us and make us laugh. you make us better people. and we will miss you all so very very much.