Thank you Summer, I love you forever.

As much as I'm not ready to let the summer move on down to my loved ones in the Southern hemisphere, I know it's the right thing to do.

I will spend September graciously accepting you in Fall and then (dramatic sigh) Winter...

To honor the moving along of wonderful summer I've decided to share some of the highlights.  I'd love for you to scroll through these pictures in slow motion while listening to this sad sad song.

Haha not really.

I'm so thankful for this first newly wed, American based summer.

The long days, the camping, the 3 National Parks I got to experience, the hiking, the beer tastings, the evening walks that could last forever. Ice-cream.   

 The only way to move forward will be with thankfulness and a slight personality change. The kind of personality that's a Fall lover, the kind that looks forward to boots and scarves, Netflix, hot chocolate and soup and cozy and snuggles and falling leaves... doesn't sound so bad when I think about it like that. 

 Prepare for post like 'Why I still love winter' coming in the next few months. Which looking back really helped in not becoming a 'short-day-stay-inside-freezing' hater. 

Northwest summer, I love you and I'll miss you. Bring on the holiday season and pumpkin flavor EVERYTHING. I'm ready for you...

This was a pretty awesome way to spend the 'last day of summer', meeting the lovely Katie and her husband Ben from ChestnutMocha in person. New friends, ski lifts, that view, who can stay sad for long!?