Today, Julia and Nate were home from school and Brian had the day off. We threw together a makeshift picnic and headed to Bartlett Lake. Seventy-five degrees, no parking fees today in honor of National Parks day, and pringles. That just might be my perfect day.

Brian took the bigger kids exploring and Riley and I just hung out at water’s edge. I wrote a few overdue thank you notes and he played with rocks and sticks and nerf toys.

The bigger kids had success. They found an island to explore and brought home a few shells. (Which reminds me – I forgot to lay them outside in the sun… they are probably a stinky mess in someones jean’s pocket right about now.)

I hope you had a wonderful day!

Much love,

Kate