CAMP 2012.

we've been back from camp for a week, but feels like it has been a million years since we were on the lake enjoying this view.

future sister and i on the booze cruise! 

a loon. this was the first year i saw one and they were talking to one another like crazy. they kind of sound like turkeys on water. there is a stuffed one in the dining cabin {sad face} and they kind of look like - and are the size of - penguins! i am obviously not a loon expert, so here's the wiki link. aren't they pretty?

going her own way.

night of the engagement!

fishing on the dock. little brother rhody even caught one!

can't stop. won't stop. 

last day, a storm rolled through right before we left. still the most beautiful place.

until next year, tupper lake.

SUMMER IN DENVER.

{from our hike in boulder. i'm sure there will be many more similar shots this summer.}

i made a nashville bucket list last july, and we did almost none of it. pitiful! but, that won't keep me from giving it another shot. i feel like the weekends sneak up on us, and most of the time i don't want to do anything but veg on the couch. however, it's a new city and we need to live it up! so, here are some of the things we {yep, b added his favs, too! hint: they involve alcohol.} want to do this summer:

- see a rockies game.
- go view the ysl exhibit at the denver art museum. we tried to go a few weeks ago and it was sold out that day, but we're going to give it another shot. we did this yesterday. post coming soon!
- walk the royal gorge suspension bridge.
- complete two 5ks! we are already registered for the set the pace 5k {which is in two weeks - yikes!} and the drop your drawers and run wild 5k {no, i did not make that up}.
- go to the dancing pines distillery.
- stand beside tricia when she gets married! well, that's just me, but b officially has a plane ticket and will be there too. if anyone has maid-of-honor speech advice, i'd love to hear it.
- hang out at jazz in the park. hat tip to anna for informing me of this apparently awesome sunday evening happening. 
- check out red rocks. maybe even go to a concert? i just found out sawyer brown played there last week, which i somehow never heard about until it was too late.
- buy a pair of hiking boots. and hit the trails, of course!
- take a weekend trip to strawberry park hot springs.
- watch all of the olympics! i can feel the tears coming on already.
- drive "america's highest paved automobile road" mount evans! doesn't that sound cool?! it's 14,200 feet at the summit and is only an hour outside of denver.
- tour great divide brewery.
- go to camp. camp has quickly become a love of my life. i am so thankful that we get to spend a few days there this year.
- M-O-V-E! i cannot say enough how glad i am to be moving this month! hopefully this helps you understand the level of my joy: !!!!!

with all this on the agenda, i am really looking forward to the next few months! what do you have planned for this summer?

p.s. this is my 200th post! woot. 

summer.

so many things i want to do this summer. like:

go to arrington vineyards!

white water raft again on the ocoee!

see taylor swift with my sister for the second year in a row!

go to camp with b's family!

and, one i'll be accomplishing this weekend: see the fireworks from downtown nashville!