around here // father’s day weekend

Around here messes were made. While I was in the shower Meredith decided to empty all of the drawers and shelves of their contents. Miraculously though, she helped clean up!

I took my last splurge weekend seriously.

We did a little crafting for daddy.

“Take us a picture!”

I was able to work on a few things around the house, including styling our dresser. More books were needed (an obvious solution, I thought) so I stacked a Stephen King illustrated companion (my husband’s favorite author) with some House Beautiful magazines and a pretty copy of The Hobbit. I never could get a clear photo of it since it’s right in front of a window. But I do hope to share this finished wall of our master bedroom soon!

I made a serious grocery trip. It took forever because I had to read all the labels and pick out produce that I have never bought before! Kind of sad, but I’m making positive changes so no feeling guilty about the past allowed.

For Father’s Day we met my family at a sports bar…my dad is a huge soccer fan so we watched a World Cup game and ate delicious appetizers.

Then we we had a big dinner of fajitas with David’s family! Meredith looks unhappy in this picture but she was actually in a great mood all weekend! I was so proud of her, she didn’t take a nap because of all the activity and was still SO well-behaved, even when it came time for bath and bed. This is definitely not usually the case so it was a gift all in itself.

And finally let’s talk about how I have the greatest in-laws ever. They saw how much I wanted this advent calendar and completely surprised me with it!! So now there is a chance that I can have it finished by December!

What a great weekend. And now…it’s whole30 time! I woke up several times last night with nerves but no turning back now! I’m sure I’ll be mentioning my progress here and I’ll definitely do a wrap-up post at the end, but if you want to follow along more closely I’ll be posting pics of some of my meals on Instagram.

Have a great week!