162 Days, but who is counting?

I am pretty pumped, friends.  We're heading down to Carlsbad, California again for vacation this year... one of my most favorite places to visit.  As usual, we will be staying at the Carlsbad Inn, a place I have been lucky to stay at for approximately 28 years.  Our plane tickets and rental car have been booked, so now we just sit and wait.  August cannot come soon enough.

Here are a few #TBT photos of the trips we have made down there in the past few years...

Needed a little Summer.

Just a few reminders that summer is coming, friends.  I needed this today.  The rain and miserable weather outside makes me long for a little sunshine, water time, and pretty flowers.

According to Siri, we have 4 months, or 17 weeks, or 122.4 days, or 2,936 hours, or 176,188 minutes until Summer... but who's counting?!

Rocket popsicles are meant to be shared, right?

Right.

Goodbye, Summer Soccer.

Ah, three and four year old summer soccer.  What a fun summer activity you were. 

This month, Kingston played soccer on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  It was a fun way to get out and enjoy the summer weather, and Kingston felt like a big boy going to the soccer park... sometimes after bedtime!  While he wasn't always focused on the game (he's three years old), he liked to run around with his teammates and always looked forward to the snacks.  I think we'll sign him up again next summer... if nothing else, just to get him out of the house to socialize a bit.  And because little kiddos at this age just look so darn cute trying to play a sport.  Love it.   

And this little guy: 

He was his brother's number one fan (or maybe he just liked staying up a bit past bedtime, too!).  At one point during the game, he grabbed my camera, sat it in front of him, and tried to take a few photos.  I suppose he has seen me take a few photos before... I thought this one was interesting: 

Catching Summer Light - by Cole C.  (Ha!)

Summer soccer, you will be missed!  

Summer Soccer

We decided to sign Kingston up for summer soccer this year - the first year he is eligible to play.

To get him pumped up, we picked out some shin guards and socks to go with his hand-me-down soccer cleats over the weekend.  The boy thought he was Joe Cool with his "gear" on... so you know I had to take a picture.

Kingston ran around our house for a good 15 - 20 minutes "practicing soccer" by himself.  We were rolling.

But seriously - how cute are those little legs all dressed up and ready to go?!  I die.

Practice starts June 17th, games June 24th.  More photos to come, for sure.