long live summer

it's mid July

summertime

hot days linger on

tan lines sing their familiar song

Leon Bridges swagger plays

summertime 

don't go away

San Clemente

We love a good adventure. Endless walks in new places are one of our favorite hobbies, and we have been blessed to be living in a place that allows for that all year long. But there's still something about summer that excites us like it did when we lived in NJ and Chicago! Waiting for those hot beach days and being outside all the time are what summers are all about. We love it! So in anticipation of summer things, we decided to do something a little different and challenge ourselves to visit places we've never been in Southern California every other weekend! So far we've had a blast, and I hope these pictures show it! Our first getaway was a day trip to beautiful San Clemente: A Spanish Village by the Sea. It's a 40 minute drive from home and the perfect little getaway.

Dining on the water is defiantly one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. Our little 10 minute wait for a "window"seat was well worth it!

We can't wait to come back again!

to the homeland we go!

The aroma of pizza is in the air. Bath products and washed clothes everywhere. Passports in their new leather holders. An emptied iPhone ready to take photos for a new adventure together.

WE ARE GOING TO RIO!

Ah! Even though g surprised me with tickets three weekends ago, it has only hit me today that we are actually going to Brasil together for the very first time. This last week has been hectic preparing for our trip, school, and interviewing plus getting two new  babysitting jobs for the rest of the year. Whoa. God is so good. I feel like His blessings have been coming all at once after feeling like He was almost absent in a summer that felt like constant struggle. But I am so thankful.

I don't know when I'll be back to posting on the blog because when we arrive on the 25th, school will have already started and so will my new job. So here we go!

Cheers to living & eating some late night Digiorno & going on last minute vacations just because it's the two of us & we can. ;)

Thank you Lord for your faithfulness to us.
We don't deserve it one bit, yet you give so graciously.
You are good.

"that one friday"

Today, it happened. My summer internship at Cornerstone Counseling Center has come to an end! Yay!! It has been quite the journey. To say the least, I am so happy my hours are complete. But mostly I'm happy because the internship, with all it's highs and lows, has given me a lot of clarity about what next steps to take career wise and that is really what I needed to get out of it. I can definitely thank my Mississippi born & raised supervisor for that! He is now officially Dr. George Ball by the way. (& we all can't help but say his name without the southern accent) lol So.....I'm thankful. 

Also, I must say I'm thankful for my fellow interns who made me laugh (almost hysterically sometimes, Tori!) and worked hard with me and were angry with me and reached the end of the finish line with me. We did it! So now, we celebrate over donuts & I get to share these photos from a couple Fridays ago where we got to roam around the city between duties & take lots of silly pictures along the way. (thanks time-scheduled post!) 

I absolutely had to borrow the title for this post from Alex when she posted some of these photos on fb. There were many mixed feelings that day, but I won't get into THAT. Anywho, exploring with these ladies was just so fun & I enjoyed getting to know them these past few months. So, I added some short descriptions I love about them throughout the post. Happy Friday everyone! 

^ meet alex! she's smart, cunning & has the best sense of humor; and we're both ESFJ's - yes. ^

^ meet chantee! she is fun, giddy and one of the sweetest people (with the prettiest curly hair) I have ever met. ^

^ meet tori! she is hilarious (to the max!), random, caring & so so fun. ^

you see! just look at those curls!

Thanks for a fun day in the city ladies! 

Interning with you (and you too JP!) has made the experience so much more sweet. 

Cheers to being done & to freedom & donuts!