We had a fun and semi-busy weekend that felt productive in the best way. Family dinner and an impromptu neighborhood gathering on Friday, yardwork and movie night on Saturday, a race and a birthday party on Sunday! Feel like I’m running on adrenaline today, but we had such a fun time.

We went out to Fire on the Mountain on Friday and the kids were acting like maniacs per usual 😅 At least we were out in the tent and hopefully not disturbing anyone else. The hot honey mustard wings were so good! Back at home, we were going to water our front yard plants then put the kids to bed but then the neighbor kids were out and before we knew it, it was an hour past bedtime and everyone was hanging out in our neighbors’ back yard. Summer vibes for sure! Finally got the kids to bed and watched the finale of The Amazing Race and I’m so happy it shook out the way it did!

My one goal for Saturday was to get our back yard plants bought and planted, so: SUCCESS! Dempsey helped pick out a bunch of good ones and basically did the planter above all on his own 🥺😍 He’s such a good helper and has quite the green thumb!

Before Lydi’s nap, we took a walk around the block because her new favorite thing to say is “just a tiny walk!” and then I hung with Demps while Joey did some work on our sprinkler system. After Lydi was up, my sis and Wayne came over to pick up Wayne’s race bib and we all hung out in the backyard for a bit. I made us sweet and sour pork for dinner and even though I was nervous about shallow frying the pork, it was super easy and the whole meal turned out SO GOOD! Against my better judgement, we let the kids watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for movie night and Dempsey was such a big fan. We only made it halfway through for time reasons, but he laughed at all the parts I was worried he’d find scary 😂 Got them to bed and watched Top Chef and some of SNL before going to bed ourselves.

Race day! We got up and ready and the kids up and ready and everyone dropped me off at my leg before heading over to Sloan’s Lake. I’ll just keep it brief by saying I do not recommend running a race with a UTI and I was kind of disappointed with how my leg went but what can you do? The kids were SO EXCITED to see me finish though and that’s the part I’m going to remember forever! Afterward, they both gave me the biggest hug and Dempsey kept kissing me 😂🥰 We watched Chad take off, Wayne finish and picked Joey up after his finishing leg. It was a long morning of being transported all over for the kids but I think they handled it so well and I’m proud of our team!

Back at home, downtime, lunch time, nap time, salad making time and then we headed off the Landon’s birthday party! The kids had so much fun and I got to see my parents too. Gifts were strictly forbidden but Joey couldn’t help himself 😂 I hope Landon had the best time! We love him so much 🤍