I know the actual summer season isn’t over, but tomorrow morning marks the first day of school for me. Therefore, my summer is over. I’m encouraged, though, by the fact that I had a really awesome summer and that I only have two years left before I’m done with school for the rest of my life. A lot happened in the past few months, so I thought it would be fun to do a little recap!

At the beginning of the summer we left our house in Virginia to go to Atlanta, where my family lives and where we both got an internship with a prosecutor’s office. It was so great to be reunited with my family! Since I have two younger school age siblings and parents who both work full time, it’s hard for them to get to Virginia to visit us. So we cherished the time together!

We went out to eat at so many amazing places…

And had some even more fabulous meals at home…

Where I enjoyed the help of the cutest kitchen helper in the world.

We celebrated a double birthday on the first of June, with Jason turning 23 and my little brother David turning 16.

Jason and I went to a litigation course in Forsyth, Georgia where we had both some really good and really bad food.

And while we were there we celebrated our first Loving Day together as a married couple.

When we got back Ashley wrote her very own post here on the blog and taught you all how to made Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles.

A little while later I attempted my first natural yeast sourdough starter, who was named Javier. Javier left this world after I think 4 days and I have been too nervous to attempt another one since. R.I.P. Javier.

My Dad’s job threw a “family day” at Six Flags and we enjoyed the rides and the sun together.

We traveled to Tennesse to see my brother graduate from his training to become a Navy Sea Cadet.

A little while later I got my first photo accepted to Foodgawker!

We celebrated a lovely 4th of July…

…until our fireworks got rained out.

Jason got me a NEW CAMERA!!!! An awesome point and shoot that is the love of my life and can kick any DSLRs butt.

And I learned how to use the camera just in time for…

…our trip to Disney World!

And we got back just in time to celebrate our first anniversary!

About a week later we went down to Jekyll Island, Georgia for a conference, where we visited the creepiest and emptiest beach we have ever seen.

When we got back to Atlanta, Jason and I took my brother and sister on our last field trip, this time to the Georgia Aquarium.

And the next day I went to my first blogger meetup!

And my mom taught me how to make peach cobbler.

Then a little while later we had our last day at our internship, and we started packing to go back to Virginia and stocking up on all the Atlanta goodies we wanted to take back with us.

Then we said goodbye to my family and headed back to Virginia, where I was reunited with my kitchen

And Jason and I enjoyed our last week of freedom, with no obligations or worries in the world.

And tomorrow…the race is on. I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that I enjoy law school. I most heartily do not. I never anticipated that I would. I’m not sure how many people do. But it’s a necessary means to the much desired end of having the comfortable life that we want, and so it’s worth it. And having such an awesome summer to look back on definitely helps.

Thanks for reading!

-Lauren