Birthday Week

June has been the kind of laid back, Florida style summer month I love.  There have been beach walks in the morning before it gets too hot.  There have been trips to the Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings to purchase fresh vegetables and make healthy meals.  There has been time to work on my yard in the cooler mornings and while we remain in drought conditions, there has been just enough rain to keep everything at least a little green.  

Our social life is quiet in the summer too, but we have been out a few times and will be doing a fun dinner in Sarasota on Friday.. It is a new to us Italian restaurant with a piano player.  The group will meet here for a pre dinner cocktail and I have a fun red white and blue drink planned.

For my birthday, we will have a beach day at Siesta Key and then a favorite restaurant in Siesta Key Village for lunch and Margaritas.  I’m sure I will face time with the cute granddaughters too.  I miss them, but do have a trip planned in July. 

I have been on a reading kick too.  There seem to be a lot of good books all of a sudden, so my reading list and library hold list are both long.  Three books that I have really enjoyed this month are June Baby, The Calamity Club and Go Gentle.  I do love the writing style of both Maria Semple and Kathryn Sockett.

Happy end of June!

Recapping May - Photo Style

 

What a busy month in was!

After the big two week visit from family, there was a lot of catching up on the normal like Dr. appointments and work in my yard.  There were final goodbyes to snowbird friends and my hubby took me out for Mother’s Day brunch.  Beach sunsets too.

The big event was another trip to Michigan, this time for Lucy’s Christening.  The day was beautiful and Megan planned a lovely family lunch after church.  As usual, I loved having our family all together, especially all three granddaughters.  I stretched my visit a bit for some quality time with Audrey and Lucy too.  We had a fun visit to Meijer Garden and enjoyed the Chihuly exhibit displayed throughout the grounds.

Now on to June, with very little on my calendar.  It will be great to settle in to our quiet Florida summer.

Chihuly Glass

The Best Visit

 

Two weeks of family, sunshine and pool and beach days.  Right here at our home in Florida.  We soaked up every second of time with our daughters, son in laws and three granddaughters. 

 

We had a week with each family including a 3 day overlap, so we could all be together.  Hearing everyone splashing in the pool, collecting shells on the beach and watching beautiful Gulf sunsets were highlights, but the joy was just being together and holding babies so the parents could relax with a pina colada poolside. A visit to the new Mote Aquarium in Sarasota was so much fun too.

We successfully went out to dinner, cooked a lot and even had pizza on the beach one night.  We boated on the Intercoastal from Venice to Sarasota and all three girls were as good as gold.  At one point, all were napping at once.  A 2 1/2 year old, a 7 month old and a 3 month old can tire one out, but we only feel blessed. We can rest once everyone goes home.