Mitch and I decided to keep the girls down at the lake through the weekend because our house is being painted. Unfortunately, my in-laws aren’t around because they drove out to see my brother-in-law and his family at their new home in Virginia ❤️ right after the Fourth, but we’ve been having the best time. Our days consist mostly of swimming; walking down to Green Gables, our favorite burger joint on the lake; blowing bubbles; napping; making s’mores; catching fireflies; and watching movies. (We watched “Always Be My Maybe” last night, and it was a pretty cute romcom! Nothing spectacular, but there were definitely a few lines in there that even had Mitch laughing. 😉)

Right before we left Chicago, I put my phone on top of our car so I could have two hands to buckle Emma and Lucy into their car seats.

I repeated “don’t drive away with the phone still on the roof” at least 10 times in my head while I did this, but five minutes later, we totally drove off with the phone still on the roof. 😂 Miraculously, the phone survived! Zero cracks, which is nothing short of a miracle. (I credit this tortoise case, which pretty much makes the thing indestructible.) Unfortunately, though, the phone’s camera is no longer functioning.