balloons!

I remember going to the hot air balloon festival in RI many years in a row and have been wanting to make it to the NJ one for years.  For one reason or another, the last few years never worked.  So after an extremely busy and tough week, we decided to set our alarm and make it happen.  Mike and I got up at 4:30am yesterday and drove to the NJ Hot Air Balloon Festival.  We got there around 6:15, got a spot adn watched the 120 hot air balloons get filled up and lift off.  It was SO amazing and beautiful!!

this moment

an oldie friday ritual inspired by soulemama:

this was not this week, but during our vacation week.

summer vaca with little mike

We were lucky enough to be given a week at my grandma's beachhouse for a little R and R.  We did this a few years ago, and since Seneca is a little unwell, we wanted to have a dog-friendly vacation this year so she could stay with us.

I slept in every single morning, started at the ocean all day, swam a tiny bit, got in a kayak ride at sunset, and ate out at some yummy resturants all near the Mystic River and drawbridge.  We played Quirkle every night and read some great books.  We went to a bar and ate homemade prezels, dipping sauce and beer.  We walked around, let Seneca swim at the dock, and listed to the fog horn.  We walked around an old lighthouse built in 1850 or so.  Just what the doctor ordered.