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{insta-august}   You may be wondering, where are the blog posts about instagram for June and July? Well, there aren't any. And our August posts were few, too. But this summer was absolutely the best, and sometimes the balance between 'posting' and 'just enjoying the moment' leans heavily to the "just enjoying" side, and I'm so okay with that. I love documenting our lives, and sometimes instagram is the best forum for that because I'm able to write down my thoughts as they come instead of sitting down afterwards to try to blog them. But sometimes it's not.

That being said, this summer really was a summer that dreams were made of....



{8.9.18} This has been the summer that dreams are made of. ☀️👒🏕️ Basically the perfect combination of cramming in all the fun possible AND being totally low key and just enjoying our lives together. It's been filling my cup in ways I didn't even know that I needed, and has given me such great insight into what I want our lives to be like in the future and how I have the power to make that happen. We're living our best life and I'm so glad I get to live it with these people of mine. #livingourbestsummerlife #notoveryet





{8.19.18} We went camping this summer at Maple Canyon, my fav ever. 🌲⛰️ The kids had gone down pretty well, and David and I had spent some time sitting by the fire and watching the stars come out. We went to bed, but after less than an hour we woke up to a huge storm rolling in. Lightning flashed, rain pelted our tent, and the wind blowing through the trees and down the canyon sounded like a flash flood was on it's way. There was something profoundly symbolic as we laid there watching over our sleeping children while the storm raged outside. At one point we discovered a small opening in our rain fly which was allowing water to seep into our tent, soaking Lydia's sleeping bag. But after discovering the leak we just pulled everyone in a little closer and held on a little tighter. 🏕️⛈️🌲 Here's to pulling our family a little closer and making our lives a place of peace amid the storm raging all around us.