cora lynn lanker

cora lanker arrived at 3.26 pm 7 pounds 13 oz
we're heading up to ocala friday to see her. but a few pictures so far...doesn't she have the most perfectly round face?

so i hear it's the longest day of the year....

we would never know this in melbourne, since large clouds gathered yesterday and today around 4 and never cleared in time to give us a long evening! although, i was up with dobby at 6.35 this morning, and the sun was fully out for our walk to the park, so i guess it's true!

it's been a great summer weekend - went out to dell's for ice cream friday night, saturday morning we picked up smoothies and went fishing with one of our youth families on the beach. well, matt fished and i splashed around in the water, scaring all the fish i'm sure! saturday afternoon it started pouring, and i did something i haven't done in months...took an afternoon nap! it was glorious. went to a barbeque and played clue with some of our other youth kids.

this morning, we worked in the nursury at church, which is another blog entry entirely. (it would be hard to describe the tantrum that happened in this meager post!) and we just got back from swimming and playing volleyball with our youth at the beach.

something i've realized this year (being the first full year i haven't been on a school schedule) is how easy it is to let the seasons run together, and not actually enjoy them. all the summer things i love get pushed back when i'm so tired from work, or feel overwhelmed with errands or things around the house, so i've decided this year, i'm going to truly enjoy summer and take times to actually live it! this weekend was the first step....

and here's some pictures from our trips to chicago and ohio earlier this summer....

memorial day weekend yardwork

a photo update

a few pictures from youth sunday, our trip to the keys with scott, holly, and mark, and some from holly's shower in ocala. that little white crib was home to all four lanker kids for the first few months of our lives. (and actually 32 other cousins on my mom's side!) i guess since it's lasted that long, it can handle cora lynn lanker. 

this is the first summer week in my opinion. yesterday the air was sticky and still, and the first afternoon thunderstorm rolled in...makes me wish i wouldn't have taken all those cool april evenings for granted. walking dobby this morning, i was soaking in sweat before i even reached the end of the street. 

looking forward to a long memorial day weekend to work in the yard - plant some things and get around to a few projects. the new house excitement still hasn't worn off - i love waking up every morning and walking out into the sunny living room...right to the coffee pot! ok. off to curves i go!