Week 24 at Home: Pretty Porch!

Summer's drawing to a close here...the kids only have one more week at their Y programs, then they're home with me for a week, and then....back to school they go! (Kinda, sorta.) They both had loads of fun at their new Y locations this week, although, the extra 15 minutes of driving them all over town is a bit of a pain, but...it's only for one more week. We can do it!

G did a great job of building a cool train track in his room

Early morning snuggles with Norman, the guinea pig

With permission, G picked an apple from the neighbor's tree and he LOVED it!

The most exciting event this week was that we finally got our front porch and back deck stained. It looks so pretty and the team did a great job. I'm so happy that we went with that company, knowing the issues that our neighbors dealt with earlier this summer (with a different company.) We're looking forward to getting our furniture back out on both surfaces so we can soak up the last rays of sunshine and warmth before fall descends upon us.

I had a super fun Tuesday night out with some ladies at Scott's cousin's house. Melissa (his cousin's wife) hosted a wine tasting/buying party and I ended up staying until past midnight! I was really, REALLY tired for the rest of the week...I guess I can't recover quite as quickly at 44 years old. Oh well, at least it's rare that I'm up and awake at that time. :)

The weather has been lovely this weekend and we're all enjoying the time outside. All of the emails I'm receiving about Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING being back in stores makes me think that the cooler temps will be here far too soon!

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