We woke up to sun today. FINALLY! Summer actually seems to be here, thank the Lord. I was thisclose to filing a complaint with the man upstairs. He must have known that my complaint letters can get pretty long and wordy and scathing, and he probably just wanted to avoid that whole mess. He's a smart guy.
Since we haven't had a really sunny, warm day in awhile, I knew right away that I wanted to spend as much time outside with the boys as we could. We started the day off with a three mile walk down to the beach and back. It was glorious! I wore a spaghetti strap tank top, and soaked up all that sunshine as we walked.
After lunch, the boys and I headed back outside to play in their awesome pool. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures, but we had a BLAST! Ryan is like a fish, once he's in the pool, he stays put. He splashes all around in the water and is never ready to get out. Jacob went back and forth between the pool and the sprinkler. We would count to three then run through it, hand in hand. Jacob would scream at the top of his lungs as the cold water hit his tummy and face, but he wore a huge smile the entire time. It was awesome.
After all that play time, the boys were ready for a nap. As they slept, I went out on the back deck and sat in a lawn chair and just rested in the awesome sunshine for about twenty minutes.
I mean, look at this view. We couldn't resist playing outside in it.
And I didn't even edit the photo to make the water look more blue.
Well, about an hour ago I passed by a mirror, and caught a glimpse of my reflection.
And I didn't even edit the photo to make my burn look more red.
So, let this be a lesson: Wear sunscreen!
I'm gonna go apply some Aloe Vera.
Here in Washington, we have a bad reputation for never getting any sunshine. In fact, Stephenie Meyer based her entire Twilight series of books on a family of vampires who live in Washington so that they can stay out of the sunlight. When I first heard this, it irritated me a little. I don't like it when Washington (the Seattle-area, specifically) is misrepresented as this depressing, gray, overcast place, where everyone has a Prozac prescription. Did you know that both New York and Hawaii each get more rain than Washington, every year? Don't get me started.
Recently, however, the weather seems to have been stuck in winter mode. Add that to the fact that I am already feeling a bit down every day from missing Richard, and it hasn't been a good combination for my mood. I was beginning to resent looking out my window every morning at the depressing, gray, overcast landscape, and considered getting a Prozac prescription, (kidding)! Seriously though, it has not been a good start to summer, and I was seriously considering making a temporary move to a warmer climate.
This morning though, we woke up to the beautiful rays of sunshine, (only a day late to the actual start of summer). The house thermostat was reading 72 degrees by 9am, and I felt like doing Jacob's "Happy Dance"! It wasn't long before we couldn't resist heading outside, so Jacob and I took his water table out back and played and played. He loved splashing the water, saying "watee" (water), and running around in the grass. I loved soaking up that natural vitamin D; we were both in heaven! Oh and Ryan was napping...don't want anyone thinking I am picking favorites here!
Already a Sun-Worshipper
And I didn't even edit the photo to make the water look more blue. 
And I didn't even edit the photo to make my burn look more red. 
