Y’all know fall will always
have my heart so it’s time to make room for it in all its glory!
O N E – Go to the Beach
CHECK! And this was personally my favorite beach
trip EVER! Lazy beach days, finding
shells, Pier Park, the donut truck, The Hub, lots of delicious food and drinks…
we love 30A! Recaps below.
T W O – Celebrate Jacob’s Birthday
CHECK! We celebrated with family the weekend before
and then B was able to take his actual birthday off which made it extra
special! We had Panera for breakfast,
went to our local arcade, went to the playground, and had Chipotle for lunch…
all Jacob’s choices!
T H R E E – Take the Kids Fishing
FAIL. We only ever thought about this one once but
it was just too hot that day.
F O U R – Spend Lots of Time at the Library
CHECK! The kids and I put our library cards to good
use this summer. As a matter of fact, we
went to the library more times this summer than we’ve been in the last two
years combined. We are a house full of
readers (except for B) so we love utilizing our library. I’m just thankful to finally have the time to
go!
F I V E – Play with Water Beads
CHECK! The kids played with these several times and
they loved them! The first time I pulled
them out they played with them for at least two hours solid. #Winning
S I X – Find a Cold Drink at Starbucks That I Like
CHECK! When I originally posted this I had every
intention to find a cold COFFEE drink that I liked. However, I ended up just putting “drink” on
the list because I wasn’t sure I’d be in the mood for coffee during the summer
as it’s more of a fall and winter thing for me.
I finally tried the “Pink Drink” (I’m only like two years behind – haha)
and it is positively delicious. It truly
does taste like a pink Starburst like everyone says. And pink Starbursts are my favorite. <3
I also went to try the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher, but they gave me the
wrong drink. Whatever they gave me ended
up being good so I wasn’t too mad about it.
S E V E N – Play in the Sprinkler
CHECK! I originally posted this knowing because we
don’t have a pool, but I ended up getting a blow-up pool for our back yard so
we were able to use that instead. Even
better!
E I G H T – Go see a Braves Game in their new
stadium… and City
CHECK! And we had the best time! We ended up making a weekend of it and we hit
up Fernbank Museum ,
the Braves game, one of the best donut places I’ve ever been to, and The
Children’s Museum
of Atlanta
N I N E – Swimming Lessons for Both of the Kids
CHECK! This was Jacob’s best year yet! He may not even need to go next year. Olivia started out a bit rocky, but finished
pretty strong. She’ll need at least one
more year, though.
T E N – Date Nights
CHECK! B and I have been on fire with the date
nights! We went to the Dave Matthews
Band concert in ATL, we went to dinner and a movie one evening, and we went to
see Taylor Swift in ATL. So much fun
with my favorite!
E L E V E N – Get Milkshakes
CHECK! We ended up grabbing shakes twice this
summer, both times at our favorite place… Chick-Fil-A!
T W E L V E – Play on All the Playgrounds
CHECK! We for sure enjoyed MANY of the playgrounds
that our city has to offer!
T H I R T E E N – Cookout and Outdoor Movie with
Friends
FAIL. We haven’t done this yet, but I’m thinking
fall might be better so it won’t be as hot.
F O U R
T E E N – Plant My Herbs
CHECK! I can’t say that anything grew, though, but
Momma tried! Haha.
F I F T E E N – Open Savings Accounts for the Kids
FAIL. We talked about doing this several times, but
just never did. Summer is for fun
things, I suppose. Not boring trips to
the bank!
S I X T E E N – Establish Chores and Allowance
CHECK! Well, kind of. I did finally make a list of summer duties
for the kids and we stuck to it pretty well.
We never established any kind of allowance system, though. I’m honestly not sure how I want to approach
that yet, so I think that’s why we struggled to implement anything.
S E V E N T E E N – Vacation Bible School
CHECK! The kids had a blast and Mommy got a little
break! Win win!
E I G H T E E N – Summer Camp
FAIL. But this one wasn’t our fault. Summer camp unexpectedly filled up before
last school year was even over, so we weren’t able to grab a spot.
N I N E T E E N – Get a Tan (While Using Sunscreen,
of Course)
CHECK! Friends, my tan was darker this summer than
it’s been since I stopped going to the tanning bed back in 2007. I know tanning isn’t good for you, but
goodness gracious I feel so much healthier when my skin is nice and
bronzed! I did tan with caution, of
course. I always wore my sunscreen so I
was smart about it. :o)
T W E N T Y – Read Five Books
CHECK!! I’m so proud of myself for this one! I LOVE to read, y’all, but since we had kids my
time has been so limited and by the time I get in the bed at night I can barely
stay awake long enough to read a few pages, maybe
a chapter if I’m lucky. This summer I really
took the time to relax more and during all of my relaxation time I tore through
five whole books!
Ladies Night by Mary Kay
Andrews – loved it
Small Admissions by Amy
Poeppel – just thought this one was eh
Still Me by Jojo Moyes –
loved it
All We Ever Wanted by Emily
Giffin – really loved it
The Royal We by Heather
Cocks & Jessica Morgan – SUPER loved it
T W E N T Y – O N E – Perfect Our Grilling Game
FAIL. We grilled a couple of times, but we stuck to
hamburgers. We still haven’t tried
chicken. Womp womp.
T W E N T Y – T W O – Paint and Hide Rocks
CHECK! Kind of.
We did hide rocks that we had found previously, but we never painted our
own. I’m still calling this a win!
T W E N T Y – T H R E E – Random Acts of Kindness
CHECK! We surprised my Momma at work with some
flowers, we left encouraging notes in library books for people to find, we
donated loads of old clothes and toys to our church’s outreach center, and we donated
one of our books to the sharing library.
T W E N T Y – F O U R – Rainy Day Double Feature
CHECK! We had a lot of rain this summer and we used
one of the days as the perfect opportunity to snuggle up on the couch with
popcorn and watch two movies back to back – Frozen and Cinderella. The kids loved it!
T W E N T Y – F I V E – Campout
CHECK! The kids had several campouts this
summer. They slept in their sleeping
bags on Jacob’s floor twice and Olivia’s floor twice as well. I think they would have done it every night
if we would have let them!
T W E N T Y – S I X – Dance Party
CHECK! We had a couple of these! I didn’t even get pictures because I was too
busy dancing myself! The kids favorite
dance party soundtrack right now is The Greatest Showman.
In addition to all of these
things, we also…
Went to the science museum…
Went on a couple of girls’
nights…
Celebrated National Donut
Day…
Worked on several house
projects…
Went to several movies at
the theater (Ferdinand, Incredibles 2, Trolls)…
Watched our nephews/cousins
play baseball…
Celebrated Fourth of July…
Went to Atlanta for a quick day trip for Olivia's appointment...
Had picnics and play dates
with our friends (including celebrating Chick-Fil-A Cow Appreciation Day)...
Went to Chuck E. Cheese with
our cousins…
Went to the splash pad with
our friends from school…
Went exploring…
Tried to earn our green thumb...
Went to the Botanical Gardens...
Visited the ice cream truck…
And had fun playing at our
friend’s birthday pool party…
Did we make the absolute
most of our summer? I’d say HECK-TO-THE-YES!!!! All of our adventures are below if you missed anything!
Until next year!
You guys definitely had a FULL summer! So many great memories! Now bring on fall!!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys soaked up every second of summer! I love it!! So many fun adventures! Now cheers to fall!
ReplyDeleteOMG what a fun packed summer. We will end ours with our beach trip in just two weeks from today! Wahoo! I am going back to read your posts to make our meal stop.
ReplyDeleteYou did great! I'm pretty sure we didn't totally finish our list...oh well, we did have a good summer and yours was even busier than ours!
ReplyDeleteYou guys have had an awesome summer! Look at all the fun stuff you got in and some projects knocked off your list too!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun summer!!
ReplyDeleteIt was jam packed with goodness!
DeleteWow!! You did a great job getting through your list!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome summer!
ReplyDeleteI'd say for your first summer as a stay at home mom you totally NAILED IT!
ReplyDeleteSuch awesome photos of your amazing summer! 😎
ReplyDeleteI love all of the fun you packed in this summer!! So many smiled and great accomplishments here. Sierra Beautifully Candid
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully fun summer!
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