Looking back-June 2017

I thought it would be fun to look back each month at a few pictures that ended up on my phone, but don't need an entire post.  So, looking back...

We started June off with an evening by the fire pit roasting s'mores.  So yummy and such a fun way to relax together!

Kittens were born in our garage Mother's Day weekend.  Here they are about 4 weeks old.  So sweet and snuggly!

The perfect (flat) country road for a run.  

Our church puts on an outreach event in the park called SPLASH.  So many sweet kiddos!

One of my childhood friends got married on a beautiful June evening.

Most of the time we're in shorts and t-shirts during the summer, so it's fun to have a reason to dress up!

One more.  Love him!

Evan drove an old car in our local summer parade.  He said it was called a Checker car, but I thought it looked more like a limo hearse.  hehe

After a busy week and weekend, I spent Sunday afternoon in the yard with these guys.

They love to play together!

Kansas City

The first weekend in June we headed to Kansas City with my family.  My brother moved down there last fall, but we've been trying to plan a family weekend trip to KC for the last several summers.  Apparently it took one of my brothers moving there to finally make it happen!  One of Evan's high school friends got married Friday night, so we headed down Saturday morning.  We went straight to the Kansas City River Market, a farmer's market full of fresh flowers, produce, and international food.  We had lunch at the River Market (I had delicious homemade tamales!) before heading down to the Plaza.

After wandering around the Plaza, we all hopped into the vehicle my youngest brother had rented for the weekend (It helps when he works for a car rental company!) and went to a Kansas City Sporting soccer game.  The game was so much fun!  I had never seen a professional soccer game before, but loved it!

The Sporting won!

Everyone received a pair of KC Sporting sunglasses at the game.

After the game we went to a restaurant called Char Bar for supper.  It was a fun indoor/outdoor, dog friendly BBQ restaurant with yard games and a fire pit.  It was fun and delicious!  Sunday morning we took my mom out for brunch for Mother's Day at a delicious restaurant called Brick House.  After eating, we headed to a Kansas City Royals game.  Unfortunately, we only saw about an inning and a half before a rain delay.  Bummer!  But, overall, it was a great weekend!

Love my family!

Evan and I 💜

My "little" brothers

Memorial Weekend

One of my very best friends married a great guy from Illinois.  The only problem is, he farms too, so when they got married, my best friend moved 8 hours away.  Sad day, but SO happy for them and their sweet family that now includes two little boys.  Now, we get to be creative with the time we are able to spend together.

We had talked about planning a weekend away together and finally made it happen over Memorial Day weekend.  We each left home Friday morning and met in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We had such a fun weekend spending time together and catching up.  We never seem to be short on conversation, and our hubbies can always chat about farming!

Thursday night we walked around the University of Minnesota campus and ate the best pizza at a restaurant called Punch Pizza.

Friday we grabbed breakfast and headed to the Mall of America.  So. Much. Mall.  We spent the entire day wandering through the mall and still didn't see it all.  We discovered a new favorite store called Alter'd State.  The boys were such good sports.  They found a wall of brochures to read about Minnesota. 😆  That evening we saw the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, then headed to Old Chicago for supper.

Saturday morning we decided to walk to the Mill City Farmer's Market.  We found breakfast, wandered around the ruins of the old mills along the river, then headed back to the hotel.  We decided to have lunch at Ikea and spent the rest of the afternoon there before heading to a yummy Mexican restaurant for supper.

Sunday morning we found a great church in downtown Minneapolis called River Valley.  After church we walked to the Lyons Pub near our hotel, which happens to be the Husker hangout on football Saturdays.  From there we headed to the Minnesota Twins game.  The game ended up going 15 innings!  We left after the 11th and found supper before heading back to the hotel to dip our feet in the hot tub one more time before saying goodbye and heading home Monday morning.  Coincidently, we both pulled off at the same gas station, so we got to say goodbye one more time before going our separate ways.

Overall it was a fantastic weekend with a friend who I don't see nearly enough.  Love you, Elise!

"A sweet friendship refreshes the soul." ~ Proverbs 27:9