one of my favorite days

i wait all year for summer solstice. a day we celebrate the sun, summer, and togetherness. we usually celebrate WITH the sun and have a day full of outside playing, laughing, and chinese food of course. it is quite a feat alone just to find a day that all of us have off together! the sun was not shining outside this year but we didn't let the rain stop us! the sun was present in so many other ways...


homemade seashell mobiles



lots of time for snuggling


laughter


and seeing how much the kids have grown since last year... (i can't believe ben just sat with the big kids and ate dinner!)

we were all together ...the hoppels, the macs, and the thompson's... and the sun was shining bright.