summer, summer, summertime

old school will smith?! sure! why not?

so apparently the end of the summer (and for some reason, i consider the month of august to be the end of the summer... or at least the beginning of the end of summer?) has been much busier than i would have thought it to be and my lack of blog posts just proves it.  we have been going, going, going and having fun at every chance we get.

since my last blog post, here are some things that have happened around here...

we had a picnic dinner and enjoyed a concert in the park...

jackson started his first day of pre-school...

i celebrated the big 3-1...

jackson played hooky and we visited the indiana state fair with a couple of our favorite friends...

we celebrated my birthday and todd's birthday with our favorite friends...

we celebrated all of the august and september birthdays with grandma...

we celebrated all of the august and september birthday with grandpa...

cutest t-shirt ever. from three little numbers.

we had family come to visit... (not so many photos of that... dang. i guess we were too busy soaking up the time together to get the cameras out!)

i really do have lots photos  of those things.  they are sitting in their own folders on my computer just waiting for me to edit them. one of these days i'll get around to it.  maybe this long weekend? that sounds glorious!

and just like that, it is the thursday before labor day weekend.  i have taken friday off (jackson's school is closed) so that gives us a four day weekend.  we will be spending the evening at grandpa's house for dinner and then jackson is actually spending the night!  todd and i had planned to take friday off together and get some stuff done around the house since our little guy would be at grandpa's house. but. todd is lame and had a new employee start at work this week so he can no longer take the day with me. its like he has to be a responsible boss or something. again, lame. ;)

so... i'll be taking the day off, all by my lonesome but still working on some projects.  for some reason i feel like i'm nesting (no. not even close to being pregnant) and i just want to declutter and really clean my house.  we've lived in our house for 7 years and i still feel like i'm trying to make it feel more like "us." anyway. tomorrow, i'll totally be cleaning and organizing. and taking a few too many trips to goodwill.  i am still debating on where to start... the master closet and/ or master bathroom? the pantry? the spare bedroom? oh the spare bedroom.  too many spaces. i better get planning!

i hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend.  any big plans?! i'd love to hear from you!

it feels good to be back. let's see if i can get back into the swing of things!