Linking up with Jenna over at Call Her Happy.
August has been super busy at home and super slow on the blog. I think I only posted 4 or 5 times this whole month. Since I haven’t been around much, here is the rundown the happenings.
Aug 1 – I get a little dizzy at how fast the summer is going!
Aug 3 – For the first time I made a set of goals I wanted to accomplish for the month of August. I blog about it here. (Next I’ll blog about how it went!)
Aug 6 – My baby Matthew starts his first day of pre-school! I’m still getting used to not having a little guy by my side a couple days out of the week.
Aug 12 – For my Pinterest Party I made homemade granola bars. Brian and the kids really liked them. (BTW, Elena, yes they were more chewy than crunchy.)
Aug 15 – We celebrate the feast of the Assumption and Niki tags me for a blog hop about writing. (I promise I’ll answer next week, Niki!)
Aug 18 – I celebrate another year of life. 🙂 My mom called and asked if I was stressing out that I am another year older. I was happy to say that I wasn’t. Nowadays I am just happy to be alive another year! I also posted my Online Daybook and talk about cleaning projects (like my disastrous laundry room), prayer, and TV, particularly with Kendra’s Answer Me This.
Aug 24 – John-Paul turns 5 years old. 🙂 He is such a little man.
Aug 25 – The bigger kids start their first day of school – a 7th grade, 1st grade and Pre-K.
Yet I can’t stop thinking about when they looked like this just a few short years ago!
Aug 26 – For the Pinterest Party I work on my daily schedule and offer a free printable – Daily Goal Sheet.
Aug 27 – My sister arrives for a visit and I am giddy with excitement.
Aug 28 – Sweet Bella has surgery to remove five baby teeth that weren’t coming out then she gets the rest of her braces on. She is a trooper!
Aug 29 -Brian leaves for a Catholic conference in SoCal. I’m glad he will have some time away after all he’s been through but I don’t like being separated from him!
Aug 31 – Brian returned home and the following day we went out on a date. It was seriously one of the best dates we’ve had in years. We jokingly decided that he should go away for a few days more often. 😉
There were a lot of other things but these are the highlights. 🙂 What have you been up to lately?
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I still laugh that your kids are in sweaters when we have what feels like 107 degree weather. I need to try those granola bars. Also, you look great in your picture! I need my hair cut like yours and I need a jean jacket. 🙂
Yes, I know it is funny that we have to bundle up. Bridge was laughing this morning because it was cold and foggy and the boys were literally wearing rain boots, snow caps and gloved. LOL. We don’t get our warmer weather (70’s?) until fall. Oh, and thanks for the compliment. I shocked Brian by wearing a striped skirt with my jeans jacket. I told him that’s how much I was glad to see him home. He said he should leave more often. LOL! 🙂
This is a busy season for you but I look forward to reading your blog hop. Five years ago your kids looked like such babies and now Bella is such a young lady and the boys are getting so big. Five years seems like such a short time ago.