Life Lately, In Snapshots (+ Minnetonka Giveaway Winner!)

top to bottom and left to right: 1. there's nothing like summer sunsets // 2. downtown work meetings mean fun up close architecture shots // 3. happiness is a new daisy plant // 4. my new buddy at a graduation party // 5. beautiful packaging (and even more beautiful dress inside) from gaia conceptions // 6. bluest skies i've seen all year // 7. great gatsby movie date // 8. gorgeous walk around my mom's neighborhood // 9. morgan cracking herself up at game night // 10. blooming sugar snaps in our container garden // 11. lunch date with my dear friend jen, in town from nashville // 12. sprinkles red velvet cupcake at my friend cara's house (hello, heaven) // 13. sweet zoey dog made the bbq even more enjoyable // 14. yet another fantastic summer sky

Time for this month's 'life lately' update, via good ol' cell phone pictures.  As always, I'm wondering as I type this whether or not I should really be subjecting my readers to random snapshots from my boring day-to-day.  I know you guys always (graciously) tell me you enjoy these posts.  And admittedly, I always publish them.  Yet here I am, feeling hesitant again.  Maybe it's because things have been extra uneventful over the past few weeks in terms of any out-of-the-ordinary fun.  June is the first month I haven't traveled at all the entire year, and although I've spent every possible chance I've had outside in the summer sun, I've mostly been working.  I do have a tentative road trip scheduled for this weekend down to Indianapolis (Morgan and I have been planning some fun blog stuff involving f-o-o-d), and Robbie and I are talking about a longer road trip out west in about a month when the band has a break from touring.  Other than that, things have been quite slow.  It's actually been nice to be local for a few, especially with my grandma being in the hospital. (Thank you all so much for your kind words about that from last Friday's post, by the way.  She hasn't improved much, but good vibes go a long way!)  I would be lying though if I said I wasn't ready for a little good old-fashioned summertime excitement.  Stay tuned!

The winner of the Minnetonka Giveaway as chosen by random.org is....

Congrats Eliza!  You are officially the winner of your choice of a pair of shoes from our friends at Minnetonka! Please select which pair you'd like from the Thunderbird II Moccasins, Calf Hi 3-Layer Fringe Boots, or Hi Top Back Zip Boots, then contact me at bubbyandbean (AT) gmail.com with your style choice, color choice, size, and mailing address.