Weekend in Review

Despite the crazy high 115 degree record temperatures, we had a really good weekend. Friday night we had our first soccer game of the new session and we beat a team that beat us last session so that was a nice way to start the new session. Since my game wasn't too late on Friday night, I got up really early to beat the heat for my run. During my run I saw a dresser that someone had put out on their curb for bulk trash pick-up and it looked good enough for Justin to refinish so later in the morning we went and picked it up and he already started working on it. I was so hot when I finished my run so I took a quick dip in the pool at 6:30 AM and it felt great. Before it got too hot we took the girls for bagels at the park so they could get some energy out at the playground. Aspen has a funny way of eating bagels but we had fun. After the park Everly and I went to Home Depot for our father's day project while Justin took Aspen home. Saturday night I took both the girls to church before meeting my mom and sister's for a girls night at Scottsdale Quarter. The babies did some splashing and then we had yummy pizza and salads at Grimaldi's. Justin had a nice quiet night to himself, haha. Sunday morning the girls and I slept in while Justin went for a run and workout. I look forward to the one day a week where I get to sleep in. We got some cleaning and shopping done and then had some family over for hot dogs and pool time. The only way to survive these crazy temps is to get in as much pool time as possible. I think we are about ready for some weeknight swimming too!

of course they have matching suits!

ladies night!

Aspen liked the lemon and Sunday morning ipad time

best place to be in the summer!

Teacher Appreciation Week

Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. We have really loved Everly's experience with preschool at St. Gregory's so I could not miss out on the opportunity to let her teacher's know how much we appreciate them. I kind of did these last minute after I saw someone else post about these on social media. The idea came from Pinterest and I am sure you can find a million other teacher appreciation gift ideas on their as well which hopefully I will plan well and do this in more advance next year. My sister also gave her boys teacher's a cute pinterest-y gift which is below as well. Everly also goes to the aftercare program at her school so we made enough of these for her teacher's there as well and since they were so quick and easy it was really no big deal. Also, it was really fun to have Everly work on signing each of the cards. This year she will be signing all of her birthday thank-you's! Here is how they turned out:

This flavor of gum also happens to be my favorite!

 

the gift my sister did which is great if you have girl teachers!