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Hello, brand new week and brand new month! I hope your weekend was fun, relaxing, and full of good food and good times. We got to spend some time with different friends each evening, but otherwise had a low-key weekend (i.e. mostly stayed home and did housework, hehe).

Here are a few interesting links for your Monday::

What a handy tip if you’re anxiously waiting for those avocados to ripen.
This video makes me laugh over and over again.
I loved these thoughts on navigating jealousy in female relationships.
And also these thoughts on things kids need.
This song has been my favorite on repeat for weeks now.
I have some huge heirloom tomatoes to use up and putting this on tonight’s menu.

Have a great day!

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a random catch up, so here’s a few photos and happenings and fun things from the past few weeks.

Ayla and I spent a week visiting my family in South Carolina while Ben was out in the woods for a solo hiking trip. It was such a fun week with them and I got to spend a lot of time with friends and see a bunch of extended family as well. Ben came back from his hiking trip a few days before we headed back to Tennessee, and so we were able to be together in South Carolina and do some fun things as a family there before coming home. It was such a fun visit!

PHOTOS::
1. holding hands with auntie Meg on a walk in town.
2. pool play time with one of my dearest friends and her little guy (we’ve been friends since birth and watching our babies play together was the sweetest thing!)
3. we took a family day to Greenville and had lunch and walked around downtown. this was a random note that someone left on a park bench, which I thought was such a neat idea.
4. sitting beside the river watching the ducks with these two loves.

We’ve been soaking up the summertime here in Nashville, even though it’s been HOT the past few weeks. I grew up in the south so this heat and humidity just feels normal, but sometimes I think about how gorgeous it was during the New York summertimes and it makes me want to move back…at least for the summertime. 😉 My brother and his girlfriend spent the weekend with us this past weekend, and we had about twelve of my mom’s family here for the night the weekend before…so it’s been fun to host and show all of them around Nashville. I love having visitors because I love going out in town and plus you feel like you have a legit reason to be a tourist in your own city, hehe.

PHOTOS::
1. eating peaches by the dozen! she gets covered in juicy stickiness when i give her one to eat on her own, but it’s so cute to watch her dig in with such eagerness.
2. we got a canoe off of Craigslist a few weeks ago, and went out on our maiden voyage one evening. this was obviously taken prior to getting in the water, and don’t worry, she wore a lifejacket.
3. showing family visitors around the Opryland Hotel for the afternoon. this is a great (free and relaxing) activity to do if you are in Nashville.
4. messy suppertime…i alway say there’s a reason that bath time comes after suppertime. 🙂
5. the biscuit station at Loveless Cafe. we had breakfast there with my brother and his girlfriend when they visited last weekend.
6. braving the heat to take a Sunday walk around the lake
7. realities of trying to get photos with a little one.

What about you: what have you been up to so far this summer?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!