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Anniversary + Kindergarten ready

Happy Wednesday! Yesterday, Dustin and I celebrated our 8th year of marriage. In some ways, our wedding feels like it was just yesterday. In other ways, so many BIG life events have happened between August 6th, 2016 and August 6th, 2024 that it seems like a lifetime ago. While planning our wedding, I remember thinking about how this was going to be the most important day of our lives. And in lots of ways, it stands as a huge day in our lives. But when I think back on our marriage (so far!) the births of our boys are among some of my favorite days together. 


We celebrated our anniversary with dinner a few towns over. We hadn't had a date in an ENTIRE calendar year, and we're hoping to improve on this in the coming year. With Jack's allergies, we have a really hard time leaving him. But - it's a goal of ours to be more cognizant of getting out together, just the two of us. 

Another exciting event was the arrival of Sammy's backpack and lunchbox in the mail. We loaded up his supplies, and boy - he is ready. I'm so nervous for him to begin kindergarten, and for a multitude of reasons. But he is so excited and that helps me to feel a bit better. As he loaded up his glue sticks in his supply box he said, "good thing I have so many glue sticks. I can share with my friends if they don't have any." When I say I lost it, I lost it. So proud of my sweet boy! 

That's all for today, friends. See you tomorrow! XX

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