Happy {B} Day!

I had a great start to 35! Or I guess technically yesterday was my first day of my 36th year...eek!

Brent and I stayed up way too late finishing season 4 of Mad Men, 

so I got to ring in my birthday right at midnight!

For some reason, we both had a hard time sleeping {isn't that what happens to old people?!}, so I read until almost 2:00.

My mom came over at 9:30 to watch the kids, and I jetted off to my happy place.

A pedicure, a chai, and a People magazine article on Channing Tatum.

My work team sent me this cute card - I work with the best ladies!

I picked up my sis, and we met a few friends for a pizza lunch. Yum! Then she and I did a little shopping on our town square and then had the most amazing dessert ever from a local snow cone place called Hula Cowgirl. They have something called a cream freeze, and it is magical.

This girl's nap 'do needed to be noted.

I enjoyed some time with my favorite little people for sure!

Our first Elsa braid!

Then Brent and I got dolled up and went out to eat just the 2 of us at a local restaurant, Gumbo's. {He wanted me to point out that last year he wasn't invited to dinner, so he felt honored to be included. #sarcasm}

After dinner selfie

When dinner was over we figured the kids would still be awake, so we went to a local bar for a few drinks.

When we got home, Trent was still up {my in-laws are so fired...haha...as if}, but Brent and I were pretty beat, so everyone went to bed very soon after.

And that in a nutshell was my very happy day!

August Goals

I figured I better get my August goals posted before this week got away from me!

To recap my July goals:

1. Exercise! Time to get moving - I didn't hit 3 times/week every week, but I did 2 of the 4 weeks which I count as a success given I hadn't done much of anything for the 2 years before that.
2. Splash pad once/week - We have had a blast, and I hope to finish out the last few weeks of summer strong.

Our happy place!

3. Sewing machine manual - Oops, I completely forgot to order a new manual, here's hoping I can do that this month.
4. Order a camera charger - Done! I charged my camera, got all the pics off it, and used it a bunch!!
5. Trent's bike skills - I wouldn't say we turned him into a riding fool like we hoped, but it hasn't been too terrible getting him on it. He is still having so much fun being a clone trooper on it and 'killing' Drew and me on walks.

1. Decorate something - I want to go through what we have from the old house and see what we want to keep and get a few things hung up to make this place a little less sterile and more us.

2. Up the exercise - I want to continue exercising on the reg. I bought a kettle bell to try some new stuff!

3. Fed Up 10-day challenge - After watching Fed Up, I looked at the movie website and saw they have a challenge to avoid added sugar for 10 days. After my birthday {which will be Sugar Fest 2015}, I want to do this. It's amazing if you read labels to see all the added sugar. Even if something doesn't seem like it has much, by the end of the day it can add up to more than you need. So I really want to do this for at least 10 days.

4. Enjoy the end of summer - School will be starting for my kiddos at the end of the month. We've had a stressful second half of the summer with our nanny situation {without sharing more than is necessary, we've gone through 2 nannies - one wasn't the right fit for our family and the other essentially didn't want the responsibility} and have spent August just relying on help from family}, but it's only been stressful for me - the kiddos are having a blast, and I want to let them relax, have fun, and just enjoy.

Drew 'working' next to me - my little sweetie!