I was up until 1 a.m. last night spilling my insides into a reflective blog post about life, perspective, and hard stuff.   This morning, not only is my blog no longer updating in the blog roll, but last nights post has disappeared.  Perhaps today is not the day.  Perhaps that post is for another day.  […]

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  • Sacha♥ - January 13, 2012 - 5:58 pm

    love the picture 🙂

    im your new follower… come check in my blog to say hi and follow me back 😀
    Sacha

    http://www.sachasaucysnippets.blogspot.comReplyCancel

  • Ky • twopretzels.com - January 13, 2012 - 9:37 pm

    I blame Friday the 13th. 🙁ReplyCancel

  • Trophy Life - January 14, 2012 - 10:29 pm

    hi. did you take that lovely photo? i enjoy it. and i enjoy you and i'm sorry the post disappeared!ReplyCancel

  • Sassytimes - January 14, 2012 - 11:26 pm

    This is so funny… I was JUST thinking of you because I was having a *for our current situation* GREAT day…I baked cookies, baby was being good, being held by hubby, girls were playing with snow at the counter while I made a good dinner….ahhh…life was back to normal…I can do this, I can….THEN, I pulled dinner out of the oven and it face planted on the floor and splattered ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. Seriously, from one end to the other. Everywhere. I just had to laugh. Reality check, Steffany, reality check. 😉

    Hope you have a fantastic weekend, friend!ReplyCancel

  • Summer - January 15, 2012 - 2:10 am

    @TL. . yes, I did. And. . . thank you very much. 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Marcie - January 16, 2012 - 2:37 am

    Such a great shot! Well done! Love your photos…they make me want to stop being lazy and get out my camera…maybe even turn the dial from AUTO. 🙂 Maybe tomorrow.
    By the way – Meadow is beautiful. Congratulations!ReplyCancel

  • Summer - January 16, 2012 - 3:09 am

    Thank you very much, Marcie! Much appreciated! I hope you do get out your camera! And thank you for the congrats on Meadow–we're gonna keep her. 🙂ReplyCancel

  “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing […]

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  • lisa - January 12, 2012 - 2:05 pm

    LOVE this!! 🙂

    thanks for enlightening me with your wonderful quotes….ReplyCancel

It’s late.  I won’t tell you exactly how late.  If I did, Chad would find out how late I was up blogging and then he would have no sympathy for me when I am fighting to keep my eyes open at dinner and he won’t let me blame it one being up feeding Meadow during […]

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  • Anonymous - January 10, 2012 - 12:59 pm

    Delightful!ReplyCancel

  • Sassytimes - January 10, 2012 - 5:34 pm

    I love all of your photos. Thanks for the smile today. 😉ReplyCancel

  • lisa - January 10, 2012 - 10:18 pm

    I agree! There should've been great fanfare and confetti flying out of the computer!! Great job…I knew you could do it!

    So funny that you put up the pics comparing the girls…I was going to write on the last post I could so see Chanelle in Meadow. 🙂

    Again, love the pics! just splendid!ReplyCancel

  • Adopted aunt - January 10, 2012 - 11:36 pm

    I do believe a party is due when you hit 365! I am in! I love pic 100 and hope it is one you printed off? Love all the pics! The innocence of kids……. They are getting so big! What Chad doesn't know wont hurt him:). Keep going you can do it!ReplyCancel

  • Trophy Life - January 11, 2012 - 2:42 am

    picture 100 made me so very happy
    that palm-sized babe made my heart feel warm
    that smile and that innocence – priceless
    and those cheeks…stop it. just stop it.ReplyCancel

  • Abbe - January 11, 2012 - 2:03 pm

    your 100th photo is fantastic. LOVE IT. but my favorite part of the post? that photo of meadow with the cheeks, and the words "sometimes, they get heavy." 🙂 thanks for the chuckle!ReplyCancel

  • Stacy - January 14, 2012 - 2:16 am

    I want to know what time it was! lolReplyCancel

  • Kat Sloma - January 22, 2012 - 1:30 am

    Oh, I can see why that first image is your heart connection! There is such love and joy there. Thank you for sharing it!ReplyCancel

It’s January and we washed the car. Okay, we didn’t wash the car,  Chad did. And Charlie. . . Even Chanelle got into the action.  . . What did I do?  Well, I took pictures of course.  I mean, I’d hate to get the camera wet. Oh, and I was also burning cookies inside.  I’ll […]

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  • lisa - January 9, 2012 - 4:10 pm

    Oh my goodness! I was rolling on the floor with that last shot…no way! Does she do that on her own??? Wow!!! 🙂

    These photos are just spectacular! You are really gaining super photo ablilities! I'm impressed…and slightly jealous! 🙂 I need to kick my butt in gear and start learning more of my camera.

    Your babes are just gorgeous!ReplyCancel

  • Sassytimes - January 9, 2012 - 5:37 pm

    Meadow is so beautiful and appears so calm. She needs to teach V some lessons. 😉

    That little boys eyes are amazing. Great shot.ReplyCancel

  • Iris Took - January 10, 2012 - 6:01 pm

    Sorry! What a fun game.

    Agreed – stunning photos.ReplyCancel

I finally did it this week.  I had been thinking about it for about two weeks, but decided to hold off for a bit. I really wanted to be smart about it. After giving birth to Charlie and Chanelle I started back too early and suffered the consequences. I was determined that this time I […]

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  • Charbelle - January 6, 2012 - 3:32 pm

    Slow and steady, sounds like a good mantra for 2012!!!

    Hugs!!!!!ReplyCancel

  • Adopted Aunt - January 6, 2012 - 6:20 pm

    Oh Summer! You know how many times I have burned cookes and tupperware in the oven at home (my mom kept tupperware in the oven) why??? So Jackie could burn it!! She even started watching me measure when making cookies!! I know I need to be slow and steady too. Glad you are back to running. I know its something that you love. I NEED to get organized and am doing it slowly. Laundry (thank goodness Brett is home right now:) . I want to learn to be a better photographer but know it will take time. What is important. Just as you showed in your pictures. Family, God, Friends, time spent with them!!!
    Thanks for helping me to not feel like a failure. Love you. Bread looks wonderful!!!!! recipe???ReplyCancel

  • Ky • twopretzels.com - January 6, 2012 - 6:57 pm

    AH, you're right. Slow and steady…ReplyCancel

  • Sassytimes - January 6, 2012 - 8:05 pm

    Thanks for the chat and dose of reality the other night. 😉 We are so much alike. I keep reminding myself…in due time, in due time…

    And I burnt tupperware on the stove last night for the first time. It stinks! Trying to be supermom is not in the cards for me…tonight, it's pizza. 😉ReplyCancel

  • Trophy Life - January 6, 2012 - 9:05 pm

    so, so very true. we are our worst critics, aren't we? 😉

    glad you didn't have any serious body-injury or crazy illness making you sore. as to the Tupperware fiasco, there is no look of surprise currently on my face! why? cause these things make you uniquely Sumo. and it's why i love you.

    i love the pic with Meadow's furrowed brown and her sis's content look due to the WWF move she's placing on her sister!ReplyCancel

  • lisa - January 7, 2012 - 11:23 pm

    This is exactly why I've grown so attached and fond of you and your blog! You are so open and down to earth…and you do make it look easy! But it's because of your natural awesomeness that you inspire others like myself.

    I'm glad to hear your okay and not injured…keep it slow & steady friend! :). You are supermom- just need to put in low gear that's all! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • urban muser - January 8, 2012 - 2:55 am

    good for you getting back to running! glad to hear you are thinking of joining {in the picture}. hope to see you there!ReplyCancel

  • Kathryn - January 8, 2012 - 3:35 am

    such a fantastic post, Summer…and we are kindred souls trying to learn to take it slower…inhale. exhale. repeat.ReplyCancel

  • Pam - January 9, 2012 - 3:02 am

    Summer, you are an awesome writer and an inspiring mother. I'm so sorry Sally didn't get to know you and have your influence during her "youth group" years! thanks for sharing your life ~ Pam Clark (first Presbyterian, fremont)ReplyCancel

  • Kendra - January 15, 2012 - 2:17 am

    Amen, friend. Amen.ReplyCancel

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