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Friday Favorites [8-9-2024]

 


It's Friday! I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika to share some favorites from my week. 

I don't even know HOW it happened, but this is my last official week of summer. Can you hear me crying from wherever you are? 😅 June passed slowly, but July and August flew. I know that I will blink and the upcoming week will be over. 

We've just been over here trying to soak in all that's left of summer. 😉


On August 6th, Dustin and I celebrated 8 years of marriage! We celebrated with our first date night in an entire calendar year. With Jack's allergies and Dustin's crazy work schedule, we find it so hard to get out just the two of us. It's a goal of ours to make it a priority this year! 


Sammy's Kindergarten backpack, lunchbox and thermos came and he couldn't have been more excited. We loaded up all of his supplies and he is ready. Me on the other hand? I need someone to come over here and hold me. Haha. 


Smiley boys at the park are one of my very favorite things. Look at these sweet brothers! 



You can't see Sammy's face in this picture, but he had the biggest grin on his face. He loved showing little brother the ropes at the park! 


I made the YUMMIEST pizza this week! I made a homemade crust using some sourdough discard. Then I topped it with a buttery-garlicky sauce, sweet corn, roasted red peppers, bacon, green onion and cheese. It was delish! The perfect way to eat up some fresh Iowa sweet corn. 😉


Jack "feeding" one of my childhood baby dolls was another favorite of the week. I loved this sweet smile. 

I'm off for the weekend! My goal for this weekend is to finish my summer to-do list so I can enjoy some fun the remainder of the week. I'm guessing this will happen at some point, too...


...it's my favorite cure for the Back to School Blues. 😅 Have the best weekend! XX

Catch up on this week's blog posts here: 

Two Weekend Happies

Chicken Salad

Anniversary + Kindergarten Ready

Brisel boys do the park

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  1. Kim CarberryAugust 9, 2024 at 9:06 AM

    The last couple of months have flown by. Enjoy the last of the summer break.
    Happy anniversary to you and Dustin, how lovely that you had a date night.
    Aww! Sammy's backpack is almost as big as him.
    The boys are just adorable.

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