Marry Well... (19 Year Newlyweds)

Husband surprised me ON our anniversary... the man spoils me like CRAZY!

We NEVER get lobster but if we do we ALWAYS have it cooked at the store we purchase it from... unfortunately the wait was going to be LATE so Husband opted to just buy and bring home to cook outside on the grill....

YUMMY!

One of the BEST anniversary dinners EVER and mostly just because we got to be home and hang with our crew....

Poor crew (including Husband) all had THIS for dinner... :( They were happy they didn't have to eat lobster though... :) 

and just a short couple of weeks later THESE came in the mail... SPOILED I tell yah... SPOILED!

 

"My Friend Tracy..."

One Sunday morning we headed north... Minnie LOVES it when I start a sentence with "my friend Tracy..." she always clips me off and says.... MOM... I KNOW TRACY!!!! Miss B however had never met her, her children or her Hubs... what a day of catching up in their BEAUTIFUL new lake-side home in mid-Maine....

Gals were able to throw a line in....

get wet....

and enjoy company, food and drink with conversation that was never ending...

I just love this girl... her beautiful family and home and we had such a blessed family time together...

Seeing HB's place of employment with signs all over town of things for sale didn't hurt either :) 

 

It's COMING...

Sorry for the quiet... it has been work, masks, kid-care (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) more work, more masks, soccer, MORE KID CARE (THANK YOU) and then this amazing long weekend... Let's catch up with the pad project shall we? :)

of COURSE my baby rednecks are watching from camp chairs... I mean REALLY....

SO HAPPY!!!

Sealed and ready for pressure washing...

All cleaned and ready for decorating... course now I see my adorable yellow bench I have ALWAYS wanted under there and pretty sure I'm going to have to spray paint it another color because it blends into the siding so much... :( Suggestions welcome... 

 

Butterfly

On Thursday I got home from work a little later than normal and when I put my things down I heard Miss B start FLIPPING OUT! :) "A butterfly... we have a BUTTERFLY!!!" Sure enough wet and drippy there was our first monarch! Exactly 10 days from when it went into it's chrysalis it came out!

She was SO SO SO excited to carry the container down to Heather's to release it on a cone flower. She was SO gentle and patient...

Fins, feather, fur and wings... she loves them ALL....

She has SUCH a tender heart towards animals and wildlife in general... she got a little teary when we walked the empty container back home but she's excited to see the next one pop out! :) 

Let's Catch Up....

 I'm going to back date posts for posterities sake so you might have to click through pages to see everything but MAN we have been out busy enjoying the last bits of summer and I don't want to forget any of it.... stay tuned....

Miss B's Birthday Party

 On Sunday we celebrated Miss B and all things donut, per her request.... 

She loved her family together and her gifts of COURSE....

SPOILED!

SOME brave souls jumped in the chilly water....

and the rest of us needed more insulin than we prepared for...

Party prep helper!

My BIG eight year old... I hope this year grows you sweeter and sweeter and closer to Jesus, your family and your friends. We are SO blessed to have you in our family sweet girl. We just love you so much! (Please note her earrings ;)

Miss B's 8th Birthday DAY

Miss B had a WHOLE day of celebrating for her birthday...we grabbed the P gals at about 8:30 in the morning for a jam packed day of fun.... we started the day in the blazing heat and humidity mini golfing... it was SO hot but they had SO much fun!

Husband was trying to recruit of course and might even have convinced one to ditch soccer and come play for him when she gets to high school ;) all kinds of $$ in scholarships for girl golfers :)

We then went over to "Bob" and Aunt Nancy's to cool off and swim in the pool. Husband picked up McDonald's for lunch and I didn't take ONE picture of anyone in the pool.... but we had so much fun swimming and playing!

We got home and the gals immediately jumped into the AWESOME slime kit that Lily and Miss Olivia sent to Miss B in the mail. Sweet T is so on top of mailing things to get places on or before people's special day :) They must have played at the kitchen table for over an hour and 1/2... it was nice to cool off in the A/C for a bit....

After a spaghetti dinner we headed to the secret spot to do some fishing... 

Best teacher EVER!

We finished the night with ice cream and I found this selfie on my phone... all the personalities in one photo... I think Miss B LOVED her day and we sure loved celebrating HER....