Hey friends!

Hi friends! How have you been? Things are going pretty well here. The weather has been extremely beautiful. I have been feeling really good. I had a 6 month checkup for my Crohn's yesterday. Things are going good. My Humira is helping me so much and the diet changes I have made help so much too. 

What we put in our bodies affect them more than we realize. I'm trying to put good things in that I know will help and heal my gut. It takes a lot of thought and effort to be mindful of everything you eat (especially when you go out - that's been SO hard!)

I've started walking once a week again with my friend, Berkli. 

It feels good to be active again.

Saturday morning, we ventured out to the farmer's market.

B Boy got to meet Superman!

 It was also the World Championship Squirrel Cook off!!!

I had to take my Sissy Girl to the vet later that morning. She has some gum infection and is going to have her teeth cleaned (and possibly a couple extracted!) soon.

Poor girlie.

 Later that afternoon, we sat down to watch the Hogs play Toledo. I don't have much to say about this game. It was such a shocking loss :-(

 I put a pork shoulder roast in the crockpot for carnitas tacos. It was SO good!

 Sunday night activities started back at church on Sunday. The kids are excited to get back to GA's and choir (C Girl) and RA's (B Boy)!

On Monday, I met some friends at Pei Wei for lunch. It has recently opened in our area and I have never eaten at one so I was very excited to try it. It was SO good!!!

That afternoon, The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond was at our supercenter signing books and meeting fans to launch her new line of dishes. I did not get to stand in line (it was soooo long!) but a good friend got to meet her and her husband!

My mom bought the kiddos scooters for their birthdays and they have been riding them almost every single day until then. I love that they love them and it is so good for them!

On Tuesday after Bible study, I had to go grocery shopping. Besides that and my doctor's appointment yesterday, I have mainly been home this week! It's been so nice and I have been painting a desk for C Girl's room. She is absolutely thrilled about it! It's a cute desk, but it was a not-so-pretty green color when we got it. I will do a before and after of it soon.

I've also been listened to the Undisclosed podcast.

It is not affiliated with Serial, but it is 3 lawyers discussing the same case.

I'm obsessed!!!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Go Hogs! I hope we win tomorrow!

The slow days of summer

After 8 days of being sick, I finally called for a doctor's appointment this morning.  The doctor really thinks that I just had a bad allergy reaction to something in the air.  He said I did everything right short of using a neti pot. Have any of you ever used one???

I ended up getting an ouchy steroid shot to get me to feeling better sooner.  I actually already feel GREAT! Praise be for modern medicine!

These first 2 weeks of summer break have been everything that I hoped they would be.

Slow.


Easy.


Not busy.


Relaxing.

I have worked on projects that I have wanted to get finished.  

I have been deep cleaning the house. 
-Seriously, how should I have to deep clean a house that I have only lived in for 3 1/2 months??!!

I started reading an actual book.  
Oh glory!  I have been reading one on the Kindle since January, but to me, there is just something about having a real book in my hand.

Today I worked on my recipe collection.  
I find recipes online and then forward them to my email to keep in a recipes folder in my email.  
I also have a Word document that I am creating to store all of our favorite recipes.  I'm then going to print them all to keep in a binder in the kitchen.

I updated most of the recipes and even picked some to try out that have just been sitting in the folder.  I'm so happy that I have more time to cook and try new recipes!

The kids have been loving all the free time.  
They have played outside, read tons of books, drew pictures, colored pictures, did puzzles, watched movies, eaten popsicles, and even helped me with cleaning the house!

And can we talk about this amazing weather we have been having?!!
Well, minus the storms and rain.

I have had the windows open every single day!

In June!

Hotter temps are coming soon and we will have to find lots of ways to keep cool!

We are happy to start having Tim home soon.  He has been working like a madman to get the schedule done for the junior high so that he can finally take some much needed vacation time.

We have fun things lined up for when his is finally off.

We are also looking forward to a visit from Jessica and Parker and then our summer vacation trips at the end of the month!

What fun things do you have planned for summer?