so long sweet, sweaty summer

September

the end of summer, but not the end of the heat and humidity

the beginning of hunting season; the end of having GT home for weeks on end

the beginning of football season; the end of HGTV 

it's a great time of year

love me some fall

birthdays start rolling in like whoa!

starting with my awesome sis-in-law Jamie's... which is today!

an oldie, but goodie (the picture, not Jamie..she's not old)

Happy birthday to the bestest, smartest, craziest, funnest, fittest momma, sister, friend out there!

Happy 21st birthday...love you James!

this summer has been beautiful

bringing with it a new Taylor, which has made the Summer of 2014 my favorite summer yet

except for the Summer of 2010, in which i married my love

so, i have two favorite summers

i failed to document the summer holidays, so let's do that now

we enjoyed each holiday, with a lot of fun events in between

they were all very low key, since we stayed at home

that's a first for us

typically we are out of town for at least one summer holiday, but we were homebound for the first two awaiting Townes arrival

Memorial Day

Jake, jamie and crew came in town 

we spent most of it outside, watching the boys play

you will see Judson's outfit again....

boy loves him some "John"

4th of July

i was trying to have a baby

so Jake, jamie and crew came in town again! 

hooray for them!

we had a big family shin-dig at my Aunt Chrys's for lunch then headed out to friends for a huge gathering/campaign kick-off for our good friend Zach Dashers campaign for Congress!

go team Dasher!

GT and I worked on some projects

him-a workstation

me-a dresser

i also ran sprints up and down our driveway trying to induce labor, which didn't happen until 4 days later

Labor Day was ultra low-key

we hung around the house, which is the first time for us EVER

usually, GT dove hunts on Labor day, but he will be going this coming weekend instead

my parents were in Alaska (seriously)

so we had lunch at my mamaw Jo's, which was delicious

GT mowed

i made a breakfast casserole for dinner

and we kicked it with our boys

kinda perfect 

cheers to an excellent summer!

and hello to a, sure to be, lovely fall!

i sure am thankful God gave us seasons