The summer days can feel long, sigh, but... summer itself is going to pass by incredibly fast.  The big events.... Family picnic weekend in Wisconsin, fourth of July up north, a week at the cabin, my husband's hometown's homecoming, visits to Grandmas and other bigger events that mark our calendar fill us with anticipation.  The anticipation has us counting down the days and THAT makes it go so fast.  So for my mama heart, it is important to me to relish the simple things like our first day of summer  picnic at the park.  (Don't be fooled, one child here had NO interest in being there and let me know it....until we got there of course).  

After the picnic I continue the tradition that my mom started with me and my siblings.  We head to the library to sign up for the summer reading program and to fill our bags with an obnoxious amount of books. 

This summer I hope to share a summer story on Sundays.  ( I will most likely fail most weeks to get it out on time)

The story will be told mainly in pictures and will help me complete a summer photography project.  At the end of summer I would like to take our summer story pictures and throw them in a photo book so my children can look back and remember all the small and big adventures they had.  Because, we all know they seem to forget to relish how lucky they are to live in a world with so many amazing freedoms....like checking out unlimited books.  And we all know that printing pictures is something most of us struggle with!

Cheers to our first summer story!