I've Been Blissfully Lost in Summer

We celebrated this girl's patriotic birthday at the ballpark:

The Birthday Girl, Nicole

Barty & Beccah

Who are these people?

Waiting for the fireworks on the field

I've hiked more than I have in years:

The Grove on Clark's Trail in Corner Canyon, two minutes from my house

The view near the top

A newly installed fence

I've been devouring the fresh vegetables from our CSA, joyful of the fact that my carrots have tops:

I've been having a love affair with arugula making recipes like these:

Goat Cheese & Arugula Over Penne

Penne with Beef & Arugula

Carmelized Onion Pizza with Gorgonzola & Arugula

Posing for pictures at work like these:

I've written 21 blog posts this month alone in the Moxie Fab World (four of which have not yet gone live.)

We watched the Draper Days Parade go by our house with good friends, letting "Parade Cath" out for the first time in four years (CHA Summer has fallen on this weekend since I started working at Paper Crafts):

Megan, Jennafer, Susan, Brandy, & Dave

 Brandy & Dave

 Megan & Jennafer (or is that Jennafer & Megan?)

 Barty & Beccah

Apparently, we let "Parade Mark" out every now then as well:

And all the while, Tuesday Night Picnics have become my new favorite thing:

 I hope your summer is going as well.

_{Thanks to Susan R. Opel for sharing some of her parade photos.} 

Comments

[Aubrey]

Looks like you have been busy and have a lot of fun! I am going to have to try some of those recipes, they sound delish!

[Megan Hoeppner]

Parade Cath was a hoot! Thanks for including me in the fun. I'm glad you're having a lovely, photo-filled summer. :)

[susan r. opel]

Good times, eh? And I apologize for not sending the pictures and making you find them on FB. I'm glad that I've been a part of many of the fun times so far. There's more to come! :)