End of Summer Vacation

This week I tried to do something fun everyday. We went swimming with cousins, we went to the river with friends and without friends, and we went park hopping. I can't believe summer is over. I cannot believe I have to take Corbin to school tomorrow. I wonder if I will be able to sleep in anticipation for him. I could never sleep the night before the first day of school and I had to plan out my outfit forever. Corbin's excited to go back to school. We will see how he does being gone all day. That's a long time man. It's going to be an adjustment for all of us I'm sure. I'm kind of not ready for the rigor of a school routine but that's ok.

Scott is starting school tomorrow. He's decided to go back to school to get a degree in counseling. It's mostly at night and it's part time. Hopefully he will be able to juggle school, work, family, and church responsibilities.

On Friday night our new friends the Hunters invited us over for dinner and games. It was tons of fun and our kids did great! We were there until 11:30 pm. Holy smokes talk about a late night. I put Ryan down in a pack n play but the other kids were up and happy the whole time. We had some amazing squash soup and played Quiddler and Settlers of Catan. They might come over here tonight for a rematch. Maybe not though it is the night before school starts.

I finally finished my dresser project. I found it in the DI one day. It was meant to be because I never shop at DI, it's my least favorite thrift store for some reason. Anyway I was taking some items to the DI one day and decided to pop in. I'm glad I did because I have been looking for such a dresser for quite awhile. I took a picture and went home and discussed it with Scott and went back and bought it. I wanted to make sure he would be okay with me getting rid of our entertainment center and using a dresser instead. He's being a good sport because he's pretty sad that all of his movies won't be on display anymore (I am not sad about that). We still haven't found a proper home for Scott's movies.This project took me a million hours. I researched, sanded, repaired, primed and painted. I took my sweet time because I've never painted anything with a brush before and I wanted to do a good job. I also had to wait while my friend's husband repaired the dresser drawers because they were broken. Before I started the project I definitely had to put on my patient pants. This took well over a month to complete.

Kid Quotes:
Corbin:
Me: "Corbin are you going to say the prayer? C:"No I don't really like to, you go ahead."
Corbin to Piper: "Do you like the Grinch? P:"No because he is really, really creepy."

Gabby to Piper: G:"Piper do you think I'm pretty?" P:"I'm pretty too."

Piper: "Haha, I tooted. Haha, that's a horrible sound."
"Mmm...I love bazonia." (lasagna)
Me: "Piper are you going to say the prayer?" P: "Yes, of course."
Piper: "Mmm...this is the best dinner ever!"

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