I told myself before summer began that I would pick a few books to read. I love to read, but I rarely make time to do so. I ended up reading Redeeming Love for the second time, and it was better than the first time. I skimmed through Marathon, by Hal Higdon, the running genius. Lastly, I am through reading Hunger Games and have moved on to the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire. Trilogy sounds kind of nerdy. Trilogy sounds like someone amped up for comicon or dragoncon. If you haven't heard of the Hunger Games you should just pick up a copy, or download it to your kindle. It's seriously hard to put down.

On a totally different note from nerdy, lets call this.. raunchy. Andy and I attended our first Brittney Spears concert. Andy and Brittney Spears do not even belong in the same sentence together, but it happened. We went along with friends, Ben and Holly. It was a fun time, but our boys stuck out like sore thumbs. I can't say I like Brittney Spears, but I do remember watching her on TRL in High School... or was it Middle School? Er. I'm getting old..I think I liked her better then.

Me and Mr. Broome before

Not really sure if we are B. Spears apropriate.

Too bad this happened a month ago. I'm really behind.

Do you know what a great Pandora station is? Foster the People. So good.

You all haven't seen Betsy in a while. She's just as lazy and over weight as ever. She's kind of on a diet. My neice Abigail LOVES Betsy, but as you can tell above, Betsy doesn't like being loved on so much.

Summer is almost over! One more trip to the beach and then it's time to get geared up for fall:)

I met Caroline in fourth grade while rehearsing for a play at the Springer Opera House in Columbus, GA. We were both in the kids choir.  The next year I changed schools and became her classmate. We've been friends ever since. We've cheered together, beached together, escaped from our parents together, obsessed about straight hair together, Young Life'd together, and the list goes on. We celebrated her b-day this past weekend with a surprise dinner that her sweetheart planned. We shared cheese plates and Sangria at the Iberian Pig. Me and Mr. Broome had the best time. I love getting to spend time with Caroline and I think Mr. Broome has developed himself a man friend crush on Mac.

It is so funny to think of how our lives have changed since our last year in High School. I love my Caroline and am so thankful for our friendship.

I really should start carrying my camera- cell phone pics just don't quite measure up.

     A few weeks ago I met my mom at the beach for a mini vacation. I had the best time. I rarely get to go off and escape the real world with my mom. We did just those things that I like to do when vacationing. We went for long morning walks, spent hours upon hours sunning on the beach, and had a couple nights of shopping and dinner out. We caught up on our favorite Real Housewives and headed to bed early each night with a good read. My mom goes and goes without stopping most of the year and I am so happy to have enjoyed some time relaxing with her.