Last Day of Summer/First Day of School

 We could NOT BELIEVE it was the END OF SUMMER (or...that I was taking SO LONG taking pics of them... BAH!)

My twins!

Miss B, Husband and I all went on Tuesday... (Husband and I have already BEEN working but kiddos first day was Tuesday)

LAST YEAR of Middle School.... NOOOOOO

and because they let the Freshman have the place to themselves my SOPHOMORE got one extra day of summer va-ca... so she started Wednesday....

Our beauty queens :)

Wasn't this YESTERDAY? What happened to SUMMER!?!?

Wordless Wednesday: Dahlias

One of each variety from my co-workers yard.... 

FIRST "Official" 5K

On Saturday the girls RAN their "first" official 5K! We were not REAL sure how it was going to go when the ride to the course took about 3.5 minutes and this was my backseat...

but they can't say NO to this crew that asked them to run...

All locked and loaded....

Minnie's "biggest" fan...

Miss B was going to stay with Pheebs (the tiny one next to her) and Minnie was going to stay with Peyton.. the one looking at Minnie...

Well... it was all fun and games until Pheebs literally said "I left Miss B in my dust"... Peyton and Minnie came around to the finish line and Peyton PUKED everywhere and then FINALLY Miss B came through and she was CRYING because she couldn't breathe. Holy cow it was a LOT! :) HAHAHAHA!

But looky who else ran... Minnie finished first in her age group of... TWO... which meant C-Line came in 2nd... hahaha!

Checkin' out all the SWAG they managed to score!

Great crew!

I was NOT grouchy... :)

and lest you were worried...Miss B rallied...

and this one scored MORE swag! :)

What a FUN way to spend a BEAUTIFUL Saturday morning!!! :)

Miss B: A few of her fav things

I coordinated with Sarah, who owns a BUS that picks up dogs at people's houses and brings them for hikes and then drops them back off at home... Miss B agreed to go if the hike was less than 4 miles...5.5 miles later.... and she was STILL smiling....

Sarah picked her up at Heather's house with Koda and she jumped on the bus... she loved ABSOLUTELY every SECOND of it and came home with SUCH funny stories!

While this may not be EVERYONE'S cup of tea... she was in her HAPPY place for SURE!

Speaking of happy...a fresh haircut and new back to school highlights...happy birthday present to HER...thankful for Aunt Nancy who picked her up and brought her while everyone was back to work...her FAV Uber

AND... we finished that night with her FAV.... homemade mac 'n cheese :)

and "donettes" with a FORK... COME ON Miss B! :) LOVE this girl!

GRATEFUL

HOORAY!!!! A project that has been on the "list" for YEARS finally got... ALMOST done :) (OBVIOUSLY need the railings)

Husband got the stringers all done and ready and BIL L came over bright and early on Saturday morning to get them put on!!! Guy really comes in CLUTCH!

These two are the BEST team... they work SO well together and have a blast doing it! :) Love them!

HOORAY!!!!

 

Catching Up

Because we were not out of town on vacation as we sometimes are.... we were able to attend the Festival Days in our town... early AM set up for what was definitely the WORST parade we have ever seen.... my goodness it was bad. But the company and our location was AMAZING!!!

Miss B's fav part of course... seeing her friends and hanging out with the service puppies in training (not ACTUALLY training right here though so she was able to snuggle him)

I might be back at work...but when this girl comes for volunteer hours (and Minnie helps with my PK/KDG bus ride) it's a GOOD day at work :)

#otherdutiesnotdescribed

best custodian ever... doing duties HE didn't need to... but I got hung up in some fishing line someone left 😡 at the public beach when I went down to check access for Minnie... not cool... not cool...

Happy to have a little dinner date with the CountryRents and Aunt Carol before she heads to Toddy-Hot

This girl played 3x3 boys/girls "World Cup" on Saturday in 85 degree heat... she was drafted for a team after her team lost because she had the right color shirt on and she ended up winning the whole thing AND beating the coaches... and it was just she and one other boy... they didn't even HAVE a 3rd player! She was TOAST after but took a cold shower and rallied.... we met up with Sky and SIL L in the big city... and MY GIRL DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY!!!! SOOOOOO proud of her and she did SO WELL!

When you all show up wearing the "Summer Uniform" 

Hahahaha!!!