My 30th birthday party was a dream come true. The best day with so many friends who spoiled me rotten. The tea was delicious and everyone dressed up and made it fun. Then my friends surprised me with a ROOM to spend the night all together hanging out and having a blast. I am spoiled! They went around and said the SWEETEST things about me. I just started bawling because I can’t believe how lucky I am to have the greatest friends ever.

The rest of our summer FLEW by. It was a wonderful time but it went by way too fast. We celebrated Liv’s wedding (I’m still waiting for pictures!) and it was the perfect night! So much fun with a beautiful ceremony, lots of delicious donuts, dancing! Shawn and Liv are the sweetest couple and we are so happy for their family!

We enjoyed going to see the Barbie movie and dressing up in pink with our friends. The movie was SPECTACULAR and I could go on and on about it. Just a great commentary about women and motherhood and everything.

We had a super fun murder mystery night with our friends and it was the BEST. Delicious food and a super fun mystery!

We went to the rock house, spent time on the lake, and had the best weekend with friends hanging out and eating delicious food. It was a highlight of summer for sure!

We visited Grandpa Rod in the hospital. He has been having a difficult time getting healthy, but it was wonderful to all be together to see him.

We had a super fun cousin day at the dinosaur exhibit at Thanksgiving Pointe! The kids LOVED the dinos and Wells couldn’t stop rawring!

We enjoyed the lantern festival extensively as our send off to summer. We decorated lanterns and sent them off into the darkness and we loved it so much!

We said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Low. We held a surprise dinner where they had started cooking (ha!) but they were so surprised and happy. We watched them get set apart and we were so sad. Our kids will miss them so much and so will we, but we are so happy for them. After visa issues they are in Japan as of today, and we are thrilled for them!

Our back to school dinner was so fun and we are kind of sad at how old our kids are getting. Graham started KINDERGARTEN and did such a great job on his first day. He was nervous and has been nervous off and on, but he has been so brave. He told us he doesn’t want to be anything when he grows up, that he wants to stay a kid. I hope he will.