How does this happen? I can't believe how time flies by.
There were several things I was INTENDING to blog about as they happened....and somehow all of those events have come and gone and still no new posts. So this will be my sorry attempt to recap a little bit!
Our first big event since I last wrote was my little sister's wedding! It was such a great time. We spent a great week catching up with family and friends and meeting and enjoying many of Cassie & Zach's friends from Taylor. Cassie was a beautiful bride, and God really blessed the whole entire weekend. I can't believe she has already been married for over a month!!
At the beginning of June we decided to re-join our local YMCA and start working out again. The membership includes childcare, which is a HUGE plus for us! We've been able to go 2-3 times a week to workout since we joined and I've also enjoyed taking the kids swimming on a few occasions in the evenings.
The next note-worthy event was our 4 year anniversary on June 18th! An especially fun part of Cassie's wedding was the fact that it took place at the same place and time that we had our own wedding. Chip and I were able to stand together and walk down the aisle together, and it was such a fun reminder of our own "big day" 4 years ago. And as exciting and fun as a wedding and "new love" is, it is so much fun to know that it only gets better and that I am much more in love with Chip today than I was 4 years ago (and I loved him A LOT 4 years ago!) We just did "normal" things for our anniversary. We worked out and ate lunch and played with the kiddos and just had a regular day.
The following Sunday was Father's Day. We had a FULL DAY that day! We went to church in the morning, came home and made a VERY yummy lunch (almond halibut, vegetable rice pilaf, broccoli and a raspberry cake. MMMmmm!) Chip's dad and sister came over for lunch (his mom was in Ohio visiting his other sister) After the kids woke up from their nap we headed over to Chip's grandparents house to swim and have a bbq. Chip's aunt, uncle, and cousins were in town from Tucson and we had a great time catching up with them! We headed home that night and got the kiddos to bed.
About a week ago we got motivated to get this place organized! We did a few different things to accomplish this:
- We cleaned some of our junk out of Chip's parents garage
- We put up a new cabinet in our "dining area" above our chest freezer for more storage space.
- We bought a bunch of gray storage bins and I organized our closet so it is no longer looks like a huge heap of junk.
- We put shelves in the babies' closet.
I think those have been our main organizational accomplishments. It feels nice, though, to find places for things. It is constantly a struggle to keep things from piling up, especially when you're working with small amounts of space. God has blessed us with just about the maximum amount of "stuff" that our cozy home can comfortably hold! For that we are thankful but it can also be a challenge sometimes!
So that's that. Time to start a new post. Time to try to be consistent again. Starting fresh.....NOW!
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