dancing – Life as Lauren

My right shoulder may be sunburnt, I may have clusters of teensy bug bites on my legs, it may have been legitimately snowing when we got off the plane in Denver on Monday, but none of that matters because we just spent the most fun weekend in Treasure Island, Florida and my heart feels so full after witnessing and celebrating the marriage of our friends Grant and Kelsey while we were there!

It is incredible to me how many memories can be made it such a short span of time, but WOW did we make some good memories in that short trip. So here I am, two days later, still thinking and laughing and feeling so so happy about them. There’s a lot of bad stuff happening in this world of ours but seeing friends and family from all over the country come together to celebrate LOVE was the very best reminder of all the GOOD in this world.

Plus I ate tacos for like five meals, danced to Robyn more than once, had brunch with my freshman year roommate and put my feet in the ocean, so I’m feeling very grateful for all that happened this weekend.

Just perfect ♥♥♥

Here are the makings of a perfect weekend:

Pulling three black and white dresses out of your closet for Friday, Saturday, Sunday outfit perfection
Friday dinner plans that combine family, pizza and a Moscow Mule
Up close and personal seats at Wicked
Jenn’s Birthday!
The Spice Girls, Will Smith, Hanson AND Whitney Houston playing in the bar you’re at and the hell with it, all of us girls are gonna dance
Saturday morning at the coffee shop when a girl biker gang shows up and they’re all just so cool
When “Buy beer” is the first “appointment” in your calendar
Biking to an amusement park in a dress and wedges and feeling like you’re just as cool as a girl biker gang
A Summer Shandy + a company picnic where you’re able to sweet talk yourself into winning the raffle Rockies tickets
Cutting into a pan of perfectly sweet and soft cornbread (yeah it may have been 85° degrees in our house and yeah I may have turned the oven on anyway, but that cornbread was worth it)
Summer BBQs, live bands, pulled pork and the coolest red truck, because no farm would be complete without one
Standing over your kitchen island to share a chocolate cupcake at midnight
Nieces that love to pose for the camera and enjoy Magna-Doodles just as much as you did when you were a kid
When you’re entrusted with the task of cutting the first piece of the world’s largest layer cake
Father’s Day cards that nail your relationship with your dad
Sprinklers that water your grass for you
Reading on the porch
Having the awareness to realize how super sweet summer is and soaking up every second of it