Hello again Monday :] Our last summer Monday in fact :/ Next week, the college students will flood back into our town and Cru will take up residence in our lives as per usual. We loved this summer together, so we’re soaking up all the good things before we have to disappear into the first week of school rush!

Last week, I spent SO much time away from David and Ollie. It was definitely my longest time away from the bear, but even more so, it was my longest time away from David since we got married! I was so ready to snuggle my boys by the time I got home Wednesday night. They’re my safe place and I missed them big. But C@H was still so good. Despite missing my guys and despite my ridiculous injury that made me hobble around and have people look at me with sad eyes and say “Oh noooo! What happened?!?!” :] I loved learning about ways to better my business and love my clients even harder. And being in Raleigh was a double whammy of fun. It’s such a cute city. We didn’t get to explore a ton, but what we saw was lovely!

The second half of the week was soaking in that delicious summer stuff. Sleeping in to recover from all the missed snoozes. Snuggling with Ollie and watching a movie in the middle of the day. And going to the pool because that’s a sure fire way to make me and the bear smile…which in turn makes David happy too :]

We’re off to enjoy a family evening, so here’s some feels!

• Neither Ashley or I had taken an Uber before our Raleigh trip. And we LOVED it. I was in the camp of pretending we had it together and were cool enough to know what we were doing….Ashley was in the camp of telling every driver we’d never ubered before. We loved meeting our drivers on those 7 minute rides!
• David and I live for Carpool Karaoke. When we see a new one is up we drop everything to sit on the couch together and watch. So yeah, this video announcing the series has us NEEDING to be apple music people. Well played, Apple.
• Ollie started making a “mwahhh” sound when he kisses us and it make my heart swell times a billion.
• I’m restructuring my ENTIRE schedule for the Fall and can’t wait to blog about it. The way I function has changed SO much since becoming a mom and I’m excited for a change and hoping it’s something that gives me more joy and freedom.
• We’re in booking season and welcoming new brides and grooms is like Christmas morning! We’re scheduled engagement sessions with them out the wazoo right now and I just can’t. wait. to. meet. them. all.
• Our hearts are still quite broken and grieving over Charlottesville. But, I will say, I’ve been so overwhelmed with the amount of support via social media…in the best way! It’s always when the worst comes out of people, that we’re shook to a reality of intentional love. Our thoughts on the event here.

If this isn’t the cutest sparkler pic ever…then I don’t even know anymore! Beth’s wedding hits the blog tomorrow!