It wasn’t my intention to run away from my blog like that.  Nope, never thought I would have gone so long without posting in a million years, but I did because we’ve been so busy.  I would sit at my computer and open up my blog dashboard and be like “oooh, how about I don’t blog right now and instead I go to twitter?“  or “look, there’s something shiny!“  or “Maybe after one more ice cream cone I’ll write a post.”

And then I didn’t.

We had the garage sale and the weather was great on Friday, on Saturday it was foggy, rainy and then all of a sudden it was freezing outside.  Then I took a nap and ate Papa John’s.

It was delicious.  (goes without saying, right?)

But then I ate too much and wanted to throw up.  Overall the sale was a huge success.

Then on Sunday we woke up to the most amazing weather day ever.  We worked outside, I cleaned (booo!) and did laundry (double boo!) and then I went grocery shopping.  Later in the day I thought “I know, let’s have a WAY LAST MINUTE COOKOUT!“  So, we did!  Sarah and Stephanie came over with their families.  It was so fun.  I decided to make steak kabobs which is funny because I had never made kabobs before and I also don’t make steak because I suck at it.

I decided to try again, this time for a whole group of people.  Some people call me stupid…I call me, um…stupid.  Because although the flavoring was quite delish, instead of plain ol’ steak, I made steak bubble gum.  Which is not technically what people are looking for when they go to a cookout, so, let’s put a big red X in the STEAK COLUMN because FAIL.  Steak should not take 29 minutes to chew.  One piece.

But, Sarah Viola saved the day with s’mores and not just any s’mores but s’mores with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

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Stephanie’s son got the first one because he so DANG cute.  He thought it was good but then I saw Stephanie eating it so he either changed his mind or Stephanie kicked him in the shins and stole it from him.

(I’m pretty sure she stole it.)

Sarah also brought strawberry marshallows to have with the regular Hershey bar s’mores.  Ariel thought it was the greatest thing ever and came back about 50 times to the s’mores line.

It was an amazing night, the kind that was just too perfect and could never be replicated, but that’s okay, because OH MY GOD I’ll never forget it.  The husbands may forget about it but that’s because they drank (A LOT) beer.

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Then today Brian was home because he’s actually on vacation for the first time in years.  (like a real vacation without working from home.)    We went for a picnic and then to a park.  It was fun.  Really fun.  (are you noticing that FUN is our theme this week?  It’s true.  It is.)

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We took our shoes off and played in the grass.

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I did a cartwheel.  I’m sore.

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Then we went for ice cream and shopped at Target.

Tonight, we grilled chicken and ate outside, the slight warm breeze and the birds and the sun starting to set and the beauty of my family sitting around our table was so perfect to me.  (also?  The chicken was grilled to perfection.  Note to self: stick to chicken.)   This day, I want to wrap it up and put it under my bed and take it out when I’m feeling down.  It was perfect.

And now tomorrow are going on vacation…

A few months ago, Ford asked me to test drive one of their Hybrid vehicles and then we were planning on going on a road trip this summer so we put the two together and we leave tomorrow.  We are staying at my sister’s in Louisville until Sunday, then we are driving to Michigan on Saturday and staying with my other sister.  (where we will fish and go on a boat which is crazy because I DON’T DO WATER…but I’m going to, for the kids.)  (I think.)

(probably not) (OKAY, I WILL, LEAVE ME ALONE.)

We have many fun (and inexpensive) things planned for this week and I can’t wait.  FUN.  That’s what this summer is going to about and it’s already blowing my mind.

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I will be around a little bit this week, but I do have some guest writers coming this way, too.  It’s going to be a great week.

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