July 9th & 10th 2013 - pool days

My favorite friends in the summer are the ones with pools :) So when my friend Aireanne invited me to her apartment to hang out by the pool I decided to go for a 2 day, 1 night trip! It was awesome. Her husband worked late the first day, so we had girl time till he got back, which was fun. And she has two puppies who are ADORABLE. Her newest puppy, Crosby is INSANELY CUTE. Lexi (her other puppy) is cute too but Crosby looks like one of those stuffed animal dogs that you just want to pick up and hug all the time- and I did :)

 We also celebrated my birthday early, with cupcakes... yum.

 We took her dogs for walks, and I loved this sign. I insisted that we go to get floatie toys for the pool.  (It was a good idea!!!)

 But mostly we just hung out in the pool.

 and read a little...

 (...but mostly just hung out in the pool.)

July 7th & 8th 2013 -picking berries & a bonfire

One of my favorite parts of summer is picking berries. I can not get enough.... they're so cheap (like $1.25-$1.50/pound), so delicious, and I always freeze lots so I can eat them year round. The place that I like to go to is a beautiful farm in Corbett...my friend Erin showed it to me last summer, and this sumer I went with her again.  It has been really hot lately, but it's fine if you go earlier in the morning. It's probably one of the only things that can get me up early in the morning. 

^ Not mine... I wish!!!

 ^ Mine... all mine... okay some are my Mom's.

So far my Mom and I have picked around 40 pounds of berries :)  :)

My other favorite things to do is lay around & read books. I have a rather large stack of library books right now, just waiting to be read. :)

And having time for appointments that I usually don't have time for, like the dermatologist. I waited an hour for my appointment with him. 

And continuing with a list of my favorite things- bonfires! 

 ...and creme brulee :)

 ...and sparklers

 ...and all my favorite people who I really don't get to see enough.