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Showing posts with label fort collins. Show all posts

our 4th of july!

three things.
1) the picture above is my new favorite + deserves to be blown up and hung on the wall in our home, period.
2) i have computer access! three cheers for staying up entirely too late + getting this post written + some photos edited before returning this laptop to it's generous owner :) 
3) fourth of july weekend was wonderful.
...hot + sunny, complete with parade, bbq, fireworks + family.

we took the kids to the parade in the morning which will be one of our little family's traditions. the past two years honestly haven't been too spectacular, but it feels like the thing to do + we love going anyway. we followed it up with some bluegrass music at the avery house, a stroll around old town + a pit stop at the farmer's market for some peaches! later we spent some time at ashton's grilling, and the kids ran around naked, splashing + having the best time ever, then stopped by city park to mingle with some friends, and finished the day by watching the fireworks from the framework of our addition... so special, i can't wait to live in that place :)
hope you had a happy weekend too!

^^^abel loved collecting candy + flyers in his hat, and him waving that flag around was the cutest :) 
^^^the chubby little hands slay me, also she looooooves peaches
^^^scrunch face forever + ever, amen

when all my dreams came true...


okay, so not ALLLL my dreams, but definitely one of the little bitty ones! fort collins just got a dunkin' donuts... whaaaaat?! may not seem like a big deal to some, but remember some of our little dates to our beloved dunkin' that was right up the street from us in NC? well here in foco, it's all about shopping local & supporting the little guy (which i am alllll about) but we miss out on some of the big chains & there's just no one that makes a warm vanilla chai like dunkin (believe me, i've sipped around) & the chocolate munchkins?? pshhh. not to mention, it just gets me all reminiscent of those days with "the fam" in charlotte, when you could plan a little surprise birthday breakfast gathering for your husband the night before & all your friends lived within arms reach & could be there with you to celebrate. i miss them. life is so good in colorado. we are near our family & we have a little family of our own now! there's nothing like having your sisters to hang with every single day, but there is also nothing like having a community like the one we were apart of there too! our friends that we made during our time in charlotte are irreplaceable. i still talk daily or atleast weekly-ish with most of them and you can bet your booty we try visiting or having them visit any chance we get! seasons of life can be so wonderful & our season in charlotte with those people, our people, was a great one. here's to our current season here with our littles in colorado, complete with a dunkin' donuts right down the road... forever + ever, amen.

** this was from the "soft opening" TODAY is opening day!! head over & getcha some!!