Welcome Fall!

What an awesome way to begin fall. Our Labor Day weekend was so much fun. We packed in so much but had a blast doing it. I think we had perfect timing because I can tell my energy is starting to drop so I'm not sure how much fun I would have been if this had been a month later! ha ha!

Here are some pics from 24 weeks! These were taken last week. I've been terrible about keeping up with taking pictures, so I'm trying to get better. We also have some lake pictures, but I think I was pretty successful at staying behind the camera for that adventure.

Our weekend started off Friday night as we went to FJ's parents' house to celebrate Joani's birthday (a week late). We grilled burgers and hot dogs and FJ used a new technique to fry up some onion rings. I also brought buffalo chicken dip upon request. If you start keeping count, this will be buffalo chicken dip #1 of 3 for the weekend and the dip count was at a total of 4. Dinner was great and I even managed to sneak in one of the Whole Foods mini cakes "for" Joani.

Saturday Jill came out and Jill, Liz, FJ and I went to a friend's house to watch the UGA game. Truth be told, they all helped me get the invitations out for Joani and Mark's anniversary party, too. We had some great food and beverages (water for this girl) and kind of grazed all day. Buffalo Chicken Dip #2 made an appearance, though shortlived before it was devoured. We also picked up some bratwurst tips, too. Can't wait to break those out.

Saturday evening, FJ went to a fantasy football draft with some neighbors and I went across the street to one of their houses to meet "the wives". It was actually a ton of fun. I didn't realize we had so many people so close to our age in our neighborhood. Some have young children, some don't so it's a great mix. I sent FJ with Buffalo Chicken Dip (#3) and I took my Mexican Layer Dip across the street (Dip #4). I came home and stayed up talking to Jill and catching up.

Sunday we loaded up and went to the lake for Sunday Funday on the Grady family's boat, Yeah, Baby! As always, it was an absolute blast! It's always an adventure. It was Liz's birthday weekend, so we had fun celebrating that and had a really great crew of folks on the boat. We tied up with some friends and had some dance parties, too, of course!

Yesterday, I ran some errands while FJ did some yard work (we were battling it out to see whow as going to mow the yard...I'm pretty stubborn but I've got nothing on an only child so I was very pleased to win that battle!). Then I did the food prep/menu for the week and we went to our neighborhood pool with some of our new neighbor friends. We came home and I finished up the food prep, we ate dinner and just relaxed a little bit!

It was a terrific weekend and just what the doctor ordered. We have a few more exciting weekends coming up, but overall, things are starting to slow down a little. We have an engagement party this weekend for some good friends who are getting married in May. Then we travel to Athens for a birthday party/game day the weekend of teh 18th. After that is Joani and Mark's 20th anniversary party and then Curt and Ashley's wedding in Douglas! So I guess we won't really be slowing down all that much, but it still seems like a little less.

And Jess - as promised, here's your shout out! 8 more days!! (She's working towards the fall CPA deadline).