The End of Summer

Summer in MN doesn't follow the calendar year. Instead, summer pretty much begins Memorial Day Weekend and ends after Labor Day Weekend. It's a much too short period of time, and it always goes too quickly. Although I love this home state of mine, I could do without the weather. My perfect climate would be 85 and sunny at all times. I don't like fall, I dislike winter even more, and I guess spring is okay. . . but only because it means summer is just over the horizon.

I had a wonderful summer, however short it was. Here are some highlights of my summer of 2009.

My baby brother graduated from college, and I couldn't be prouder of him and all of his accomplishments. He's really grown into an amazing young man.

Memorial Weekend! Nothing beats spending a weekend at the cabin with family to celebrate the unofficial start of summer. Best sunsets I've ever seen. . . and I've seen a lot of sunsets.

A wedding of a friend. I LOVE weddings. I love watching people make a commitment to one another, and I love that it brings friends together. The friend in the picture with me is on our adoption references.

Planting our garden. This is one of my favorite things to do with Taher. He always pics the greatest flowers.

Lazy evenings spent in the backyard with my little family. I sit and talk, and Taher grills, while our cat Sucar basks in the sun. Perfect summer evenings. :-D

Days hanging out in our city. We love to attend festivals, take pictures, people watch, and just hang out.

More weddings! If you didn't notice, I wore the same dress to 3 separate weddings. Shhh. . . What can I say. . . I loved the dress, and all the weddings were very different groups of people, so I thought I could get away with it. (And I could have if I didn't publicly out myself here)

My sister got married, and it was beautiful and perfect.


Last day at the dome because our hometown baseball team will be playing in a brand new, outdoor stadium next year! :-D

And of course just days spending time with loved ones. Nothing can beat days like that.

The summer came to a close with a perfect weekend spent at my favorite place in the world, our cabin. The weather was perfect, it was wonderful spending time with family, and of course I saw the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen.

The summer of 2009 will also be remembered as the summer Taher and I began the adoption process. That definitely puts a smile on my face. :-D