The Best Parts

We had a great week at our house!  Appointments, house projects, hanging out, good sleep, regular routines and enjoying playing outside in the slightly cooler weather.  It feels so good to be in our new house settling in and everything feeling homey.  I find myself just walking around and smiling that we are finally here.  I'm anxious to meet our new neighbors.  I'm hoping to bake them cookies and go say hello sometime in August.  We are looking forward to seeing some family and friend this weekend and enjoying the start to August.

The highlights of our week were:

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SALADS

I've eaten some delicious salads this week!  I am doing a good job of eating a big salad for lunch most days, drinking lots of water and getting more sleep.

Peach & Pecan Salad - we have tons of yummy peaches so I decided to make a peach salad.  It's not something I've ever had before, but it was delicious.  Peaches, pecans, parmesan on spinach leaves with raspberry vinaigrette. 

Cherry Chicken Salad from Grand Traverse Pie Company.  The cherry vinaigrette was amazing!!  I can't wait to replicate this salad at home - grilled chicken, cucumbers, feta, parmesan, dried cherries, croutons, mixed greens and cherry vinaigrette.

Leftover salad - we had leftover fried chicken so I added it to a spinach and veggie salad.  It was so good and so easy.  Ken's Honey Mustard is my very favorite salad dressing.

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COOK OUTS

We had two different cook outs with friends this week.  It was fun to host people in our new house and the kids enjoyed having visitors.  We grilled burgers both times, made yummy sides without turning on our oven and the kids helped me make our favorite Funfetti cupcakes.

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HOBBY LOBBY

I went on two Hobby Lobby excursions this week.  One by myself with a delicious Mocha Light Frap and one with my kids.  You can guess which one was more relaxing and fun :)  I picked up birthday presents for friends, wreath making supplies, scoped out possible nursery art for Fletcher's room and just strolled around the store.  It was lovely.

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SUNFLOWERS

I made a sunflower wreath for my front door!  Sunflowers just seem perfect for this time of year.  I gathered all of the supplies at Hobby Lobby and LOVED how it turned out.  I only spent $40 on it and it looks so cheerful when you drive up to our house.  I talked more about it here

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KID PICS
I snapped several cute sibling pics this week.  Fletcher has started smiling at Olive and watching her every move.  It's precious and Olive is enjoying the attention.  

Fletcher - TOES, well check weighing in at 17lbs and so much baby babbling.

Olive - negotiating, story telling and bargaining her way through the days.

Best Posts of the Week:

The best animal toys from Wal-Mart that have been played with for MONTHS

and a fun book GIVEAWAY!  Be sure to enter by Monday.

 

My August Goals

I hope you have a really great weekend!!

Do you have any fun plans in the works?

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