Blogging has been on the back burner for me, but here's a look into some of the things that have been taking up our time recently!
#1. Pool Time
(Lots of it!) It's such a blessing to have a pool! It makes every summer day special!
#2:Celebrating Babies!
My friend, Laura, is expecting her fourth baby in January and let me throw her a gender reveal party! I love hosting parties...and gender reveals are some of the most fun! Laura is blessed to have three boys so EVERYONE was anxious to find out whether baby #4 was another little he or, just maybe, a little she! I got silly string in the appropriate color and when we all counted to three, her boys gleefully started spraying.......
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| ONE... |
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| TWO.... |
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| THREE... |
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| IT'S A GIRL!!!! (insert LOUD cheer and a few happy tears shed by many!) |
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| Happy and excited! Laura's husband was away on business but he got to see it all through Skype! |
#3: Birthdays!
Last week we celebrated Luke and Peter's Birthday with our families! This was Luke's gift from us...a digger toy! He opened it at 7am and spent almost all.day.long playing on it!! At one point in the morning he was playing in full sun and his red, sweaty head told me it was time for a break!
Me: Luke, go jump in the pool and cool off for a while. You're all hot and sweaty and I don't want you to get sick.
Luke: Mom....real construction workers get hot and sweaty all the time. I'm supposed to be this way!
Me: (laughing) Go jump in the pool anyway!
(10 minutes later he was back on his digger! :)
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| Peter's airplane cake that Jay's mom made! She is super talented! |
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| Luke's X-wing Fighter Cake! |
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| Peter with his Grandma whose cake he LOVES to eat! |
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| Oh my goodness I can't stand his excited cuteness! |
#4: Cousin Time
Luke and Kate are blessed to have cousins their own age who live in the same town! They get together at least once a week! This week they came over and Sarah made them a giant fort in the family room! The kids loved it! :)
#5:Spontaneity
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| Playing in the rain |
#6: More Baby Celebrations!
Another close friend, Brea, is expecting her fourth baby in just a few short weeks!(gender yet unknown!) This morning my book club crew celebrated Brea and their new baby with a little "sprinkle".
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| Kim and her girls made this cute fruit bowl! |
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| Our beautiful expectant mom! |
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| What does a mom expecting baby #4 need? Lots of diapers and wipes..and a couple of books and toys! :) |
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| Most of us moms...we had a couple missing today! Book club is definitely more for mom socialization..... broadening our minds just happens to occur occasionally, too! :) |
#7: The "S" Word
I'm trying to put off the "s" word as long as possible!! School for Luke and Ellie starts in less than 2 weeks. This Sunday is an ice cream social at their school so they/we can meet their teachers and drop off their school supplies. (I haven't bought any yet!) They all need new sneakers, three of them need dress shoes, plus everything on their supply list. (sigh) August is an expensive month!
That's it for now! I still have about 400 pics to go through from our Vineyard trip in July! Hopefully I will get around to that sooner than later! (But the way things are going, I'm thinking it will be later!)
Hope you all have a great weekend!
p.s. I'm looking for people that live in/have friends or family that live in Australia or New Zealand! I'm still working as an Independent Consultant for Jamberry and they are debuting in the Aus/NZ markets on October 1st! Super exciting and a great opportunity! If you, or someone you know, are interested in learning more please contact me!! :)
