things i am excited to taste this summer.

freedom.

peach rainbows.

state fair corn.

fresh blackberries.

fresh strawberries.

ice cold lemonade.

vanilla soft-serve ice cream.

cole slaw.

grilled burgers.

grilled chicken.

grilled pineapple.

these winter soups 

& teas

& hot chocolates

have filled me for too long.

give me something freshly grown

 & simple

& good.

give me something that doesn't require

a microwave or defrosting time.

for pete's sake,
give me something i can pick
& wash
& eat
on a blanket in the sun
while i listen to birds chirping
and park-goers laughing.

just give me summer already.

raynebeaux

when i went home a few weeks ago,

the old gang decided to get together

and hit up our local/favorite pace's dairy ann.

if you ever find  yourself in bountiful, you have to promise to stop and get a rainbow.

they're that amazing.

i only got a few pictures because we were too busy gawking 

at the awkward high school kids who were dressed up for a dance

 and the skankatrons with possible butt implants.

the highlight of the night was when we bust out singing

one of my favorite songs ever.

people tried so hard not to stare.

the second best part was when everyone went quiet for weezy's break down

and i was the only one still singing.

by this point, i was so wrapped up in the song

 i switched into a weezy-esque voice and

i hadn't noticed everyone had stopped singing

until i opened my eyes, found them all staring at me.
then we laughed.

we left while i serenaded "puppy love" to the children in the booths
and there may have been some hip-thrust-walking taking place.
we finished the night in my basement.
in our usual spots.
with our usual jokes.
just like the good ol' days.
i love how some things never change. 

discoveries.

this weekend i went home.  home is so, so good right now.
friday was family day.  i caught up with james. watched a movie with daddy.  did the dishes.  talked with my  mama.  and saw ashley for five seconds.

saturday i went to costco with daddy.  i got new contacts and went to buy my craisins, granola, and v8 fusion buuut apparently costco has a new rule.  you can't make a purchase with a card that has a different name than the costco member.  what a dumb rule.  i wasn't happy.  so i said, "really?  that's dumb.  i don't want it then."  and i left.

after costco i went to kohl's and target with mommy and ash.  i got some really cute skirts and dresses that i'm really excited to wear.  after galavanting "around town" (if you can call c-ville a town), i fixed my face and played with the bp.

hill, beth, scott, tamsen, karissa {beth & scott's cousin} and i went and got rainbows from the one and only pace's. peach with a little extra syrup. they were heavenly.  on the way there we rolled down the windows and blasted the rocket summer.  after rainbows we headed to open mic night to hear tamsen's brother play a little diddy.  we rocked out to harry and the potters and reminisced about the concert. 

at open mic night we explored a little bit but i got scared when the motion-censored lights came on and scott said i ran fast and looked like a scared little kid.  but in my defense, we climbed over the little fence blocking off the first floor, and i wasn't sure if there were cameras up there.  and if there were cameras, i had to hide my face.  i also sat in my very first stair chair.  i turned it on, but it didn't work. pity.

after open mic, i decided that we should drop by and surprise khyrie.  so we did.  we kidnapped her from her casita and we all went to island view park.  we played on the swings, talked, laughed, and mocked {each other, don't worry}.  it was almost like that perfect summer i told you about.

oh and sunday was mothers day. i love my mommy.

all in all this weekend was golden.
mmm mmm good.