abbie || meet-up no. 2

“Friendship,” said Christopher Robin, “is a very comforting thing to have.”

Well here we are & here summer is, almost at the door. It's been a busy but still wonderful, amazing, & beautiful one. Blogging inspiration has been at an ultimate low lately & all I've really felt like doing is soaking up as much sunshine & as many summer memories as possible. I still can't believe time passed so quickly. It seems like only yesterday it was May & the flowers were just starting to bloom. I guess that's just another one of summer's traits, making time zoom by.

But summer is not quite gone just yet. We're heading to Florida early tomorrow morning & these last two wonderful weeks will be filled with ocean, waves, seashells & sand dollars, road trips, picture taking, ice cream, swimming, laughter, & family. All my very favourite things together. So much excitement!!

It seems like the best was left for last because, besides our Florida vacation, I also got to meet up with one of my favourite people ever last week! Abbie didn't think she could make it down south this summer, but she did & THIS happened. And I'm so, so, so happy it did because I had the best time! It was a day filled with Starbucks (Abbie's first time & she's a die-hard frappuccino fan now), window shopping, photoshoots, a visit to the theater (we saw Sea of Monsters), & of course, ice cream. In one word: AWESOME.

Well here's to family & friends & summer memories. Enjoy the last rays of summer & I will be back soon! :)

hugs,
e

p.s. Abbie, we are SO doing this together next year. For real.

abbie || portraits

On one cloudy November day of last year, this lovely person knocked on my front door. I opened it, and we screamed & hugged (me being my awkward self, of course). And thus we went on to have the most wonderful weekend consisting of visiting a Chinese buffet, shopping at Ikea (because it's the awesomest store ever ;) ), watching The Two Towers till two in the morning, texting from across the room, eating cereal at midnight, & shooting ourselves by the lake (literally... :P ).

I loved meeting this adorable face, & maybe our meetup wasn't the most organized thing ever, & sometimes I wish I could go back & do some things different. But I can't, because time just doesn't work that way. I hope we can meet-up again soon, Abs (and it better not be cold & rainy this time around :) )!

Here's to our 'success story'! :D
hugs,
e