July Photo a Day...

I participated in another photo-a-day challenge this month. Thinking I'll take the next month off, though, as our lives are about to get busy!!!

 Self portrait: on our way to the County Crows concert.

 Favorite color: yellow.

 Texture: my summer whites of leather cross-chest bag, eyelet shorts and a burnout tee.

Letter: an invite to my dad and step-mom's 25th wedding anniversary. Looking forward to a weekend of family that includes a few road races, pool time and party! 

 Building: where we spend every Saturday morning.

 Open: new watermelon swim suit is a touch too big on Buggy.

 Finger: Luke pointing out the zebras at the zoo.

 Sign: this is on the wall of our CrossFit gym. And for the record, CF is much harder than any budget meeting I've been through.

 Obsession: gray & yellow bedrooms. Making this one come true...and can't wait to see how our master BR turns out!

 Plate: I've been collecting white plates for a while now in hopes to create a wall of plates at the new house. Love this shabby chic look.

 Pet: Katie dog has been staying with Bob & Laura all summer while we're in our apartment. Katie has been quite the traveler (Wisconsin & Illinois) and here she is smooching on baby Maryn in Peoria.

 Busy: we've hardly been busy this summer. But this is how we've spent a lot of our evenings...busy with night swimming at the pool.

 Eyes: Lane's self portrait.

 Stranger: this was a no brainer...Perfect Strangers!!! This was taken on an early morning steamy long run. Wrote our team name on the condensation of the Carmel Drive bridge.

 9 o'clock: The girls wanted their hair curled this particular morning. Mike thought it looked like Jon Benet...but I beg to differ: they looked darling!

 Upside down: Mike was trying to entertain the girls during a long visit to Grandma Great in the hospital. 

 Mirror: after one of our nightly trips to the new house.

 Heart: Izzy Lou's footprints circa 2009.

 Sun: watching the sun set out the front door of our new house.

 On the road: ever the clown, Laney. She'll do anything for a laugh. Trouble, that one.

 Cup: Mike's home brew (this was similar to a Sierra Nevada). It's all very tasty. And very high in the alcohol content.

 Best part of your day: This particular morning Laney Bug woke me up by whispering, "I love you mommy" followed by a wet willy. Best wake up call EVER.

 Chair: Izzy climbing a bar stool in Wisconsin. We're not used to being able to sit in a bar with kids. Only in Wisconsin, folks.

 Fun: both the girls find playing with olives far more fun that eating them.

 Floor: an early morning on the lake with Bug.

 Garden: we weren't anywhere near a garden this day, as we were at the hospital for a large portion of it. A bouquet of flowers sufficed.

 Lunch: we were on our way home from Wisconsin and decided to stop at IKEA for some lunch (we ate breakfast for lunch!). The girls loved running around the massive store while we shopped. Filled our cart up and then some. Bought even more a week later. Love this store.

Big: On our way home from Wisconsin we drove by wind turbines in northern Indiana. Did some research and learned these are over 300 feet tall and there are no elevators inside. The only way up is to climb. Yikes.

The. End. Taking a hiatus from the photo a day challenge, as I'll be busy unpacking and organizing. And you know what? I'm looking forward to some projects again!