How exciting!

The excitement is in the air.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is truly a time of year where you feel, experience, sense the whole "out with the old" sentiment. The dismal seasons, if you will, are behind us and the joy, hope and promise of summer lies ahead.  Even though I live in the Midwest you give me a 75+ degree day and blue skies with the glow of the sun and I smell the beach!  The out of doors takes on the scent of the tropics with tanning oil, back yards are transformed into make shift beaches and decks become the beach front!  As night falls bon fires become the source of ambiance and entertainment.  The coconut scented air is transformed into that of an enticing char-grilled steakhouse.  YUM!  Few houses will be without graham crackers, Hershey bars and marshmallows.  Every thing seems to just come alive! 

How exciting!

How exciting for the graduates, for the students who are 1 year closer to being a graduate, to all the soon to be newlyweds taking advantage of the month of June.  And with weeks like we've been having it's hard to not have a spring in your step, a smile on your face, and anticipation for what's sure to be an amazing summer.

How exciting!

Summer seems to be the time for adventure!  And on so many levels!  Ballgames, cookouts, family gatherings, fireworks, camps, vacations, pool parties, bon fires, etc....  So many memories are made many of which will fill our conversation's for months to come. 

How exciting!

I'm doubly excited for this summer.  Mostly because of all the hope I have in it.  It's possible this summer will be quite an adventure for my family and certainly one we've worked hard towards and anxiously awaited!  As I try to schedule all the events I realize that it will come and go far quicker than I would've hoped.  Times flies when you're having fun & growing old!  haha!

So here's to summer!  Here's to: friends, pools, ballgames, fireworks, smores, bon fires, corn hole, reunions, vacations, beaches, amusement parks, church camps, mission trips, cheer camps, fairs, food on a stick!, laughter, memories, wind in your hair, tans, flip flops, farmers tans, sunglasses, lemonade, weddings, rummages, graduations, and good times! 

Looking forward to summer 2012.  I'm thinking I'll kick back and enjoy it as much as I can!