summer loves

i just needed a tuesday pick-me-up, so i thought i'd share all of the things that make me excited for summer!

1. spending time at the cottages, enough said.
2. i graduate on june 23, which is 12 weeks from now!
3. reading. i love to sit out in the sun (especially by the lake) and just read all day. and i will no longer have homework to do or textbooks to read, so i can do what i want!
4. sunshine. it just puts me in such a good mood.
5. watching eric barefoot. i love it when he has fun!
6. britley & jason are getting married on july 9! and we're going to throw such a fun bachelorette party for her; i can't wait!
7. kelsey & joel are getting married on june 17! it's going to be a fun wedding :)
8. emily & anthony are getting married on july 30! we love hanging out with those two and can't wait to have "married people" double dates!
9. trevor & michelle are getting married in august, and shelly is standing up for michelle! i think that's so fun that i'll get to see her all fancied up!
10. enough about the weddings... i'm getting my two-days-a-week-off back!
11. flowers in the yard.
12. using eric's new fire pit!
13. watermelon (and other fresh fruit)...
14. grilling out. mmmm!
15. having some color in my cheeks. 
16. riding bikes.
17. playing church softball.
18. ice cream!!
19. the access office is moving to the crc building at 28th and k-zoo sometime in june/july. i'm really excited to be so close to home! no more half-hour morning commute :)
20. green grass & leaves on the trees. 
21. wearing skirts and dresses to work.
22. flip flops.
23. not having to run at the gym.
24. my parents bought a pair of kayaks, and i am so pumped to use them!
25. fireflies.
26. opening up the windows in the house.
27. my planner ends in june, so i'll buy a new one! i love planners :) 

that's all for now. hope everyone is enjoying the birds singing and the buds bursting open on the trees!

* This is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." * jeremiah 29:10-11