Hi friends! It’s been on my to-do list for sooooo long to share our backyard oasis with you on this blog. I am so blessed to 1.) live on Lake Michigan and 2.) have a husband handy enough to create this beautiful space for us. Ever since I was a little girl, it has been a dream of mine to live on the water. I truly believe that I manifested this. We have been in this house for three summers now, and I can honestly say that every morning I wake up feeling extremely grateful; I do not take the view for granted. My absolute favorite form of self-care is to drink my morning coffee while overlooking this backyard oasis.
I feel like it can be so easy for us to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle and bustle of things where we forget that sometimes we are living the dream we once yearned for. I actually have a visceral memory from when my parents used to take my sisters and me boating up in Northern Wisconsin. My dad had this fixer-upper boat, but it did the job, and we loved tubing as a family! Those summers on Lake Metonga are some of my greatest childhood memories. I vividly remember riding the waves of the boat, looking at all the lake homes as we sped by, and wishing that someday I could live on a lake. Our home is certainly not bougie in the least, but I think our backyard is pretty damn awesome.
In fact, a few of these photos (the ones with the fire going) are actually from two summers ago. I’m embarrassed to admit that we haven’t even lit our gas fireplace yet this summer because things have just been so CRAZY. Even last summer, my husband and I would make time to sit out there at night and play Scrabble, a favorite pasttime of ours, but haven’t yet this summer. I think it’s time that I get back into making time for these simple joys in life.
Where is your happy place? Sending you love, no matter where you are.
Xo, Chels