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This image so succinctly sums up how I feel about this weekend. Steaming cups of coffee sipped lazily while curled under cozy blankets with my loves. Everyday feels more like fall, absolutely my favorite season of the year.

Boy did we ever need a weekend on the farm to just be. We had an incredible dinner party with our neighbors and friends on Friday evening, people that feel like family, under the gorgeous Vermont sky. On Saturday and Sunday we started our mornings slowly, without plans or expectation. We eventually painted the house and mowed the lawn and watched our children play in the ways we dreamed when we first stepped foot on this property. And we ended the weekend with another dinner gathering with friends that have come to be our local family.

Granted, James and I collectively slept about five hours last night, but such are the ebbs and flows of parenthood. No more ice cream before bed, and more grooming for Hanna so she stops expelling hair balls like she’s part feline in the middle of the night. I’m holding on to the essence of that photograph to overcome today’s fatigue.