What's Up Wednesday (July 2018)

It's time for my favorite linkup of the month- yeah!!  The last Wednesday of the month we answer all of the questions above....as always, linking up with Mel, Sheaffer and Shay HERE

Here goes nothing!

What We're Eating This Week

Monday- Grilled Tilapia and Green Beans (I made a cilantro lime marinade that we have had on chicken- decided for a fun little twist on the fish- delish!)

Tuesday- Chicken Quesadillas and Brown Rice

Wednesday- Shay's Jalapeno Peach Chicken and plain chicken for the kiddos, broccoli

(find the recipe HERE )

Thursday- Takeout Pizza and Salads (it's the night of Diana's show and no one has time to cook!)

Friday- All out- Mama and Diana are headed to Taylor Swift and Daddy is out for a guys night which means that Pidge will be enjoying dinner with Papa Bob! :)

What I'm Reminiscing About

Summers past.....

What I'm Loving

The Weather this summer in New England...although our golf tournament got postponed this past weekend, we really can't complain...it has been hot and sunny for the most part- my favorite kind of weather!

What We've Been Up To

We enjoyed our town's annual fireworks night with besties!

Mama enjoyed her first corporate event with her firm!

We loved our weekend at the beach and in Portsmouth with Mimi and Papa!

Diana made us proud at her voice recital

 

Everyone had a ball...especially in the pool...at Caden's Bday Party!

We loved chilling with fam and besties on the 4th at home!

 

The girls loved hanging with their besties at their pool- their favorite day so far this summer!

Diana loved audition camp and is loving Triple Threat Camp even more!

 

We played Sea Wee dolls in the yard!

 

and Mama and Daddy enjoyed learning to shoot!

 

Someone is having a ball riding her big wheel!

and Mama and Diana LOVED every minute of the Annual Mom Daughter Boogie Board Day at the beach!

 

The girls finally got to enjoy the ice cream truck in our neighborhood!

 

Miss Pidge ROCKED swim lessons!

 

and after many tears, did enjoy her time with big sis Ally :)

 

of course Diana had to get in on the action too ;)

Mama and Cass saw Shania Twain at the Boston Garden and re-lived their youth!

We had a blast at Laurel and Tom's Lake House!

 

Diana is determined to get better at softball and is super focused at her lessons

 

Miss Thing also LOVED seeing Aladdin with friends from camp

 

and Mama got some golf practice in with besties

 

While Daddy and his fellow School Board friends got through The Escape Room :)

 

 There have been family dinners....

and nights out with friends...

 

and a very fun visit from Uncle Matt complete with lobsters and a mad game of corn hole! :)

What I'm Dreading

Nothing at the moment!

What I'm Working On

Diana's 10th Birthday Sleepover Party- seriously though, where does the time goo???  

Wasn't she just shoving peas and potatoes in her mouth? 

What I'm Excited About

All the August fun we have planned especially our Annual Storyland and Santa's Village Trip with the Grahams

What I'm Watching/Reading

My new FAVE show...can't get enough of it is

Outdaughtered on TLC.  Have you seen it?  It is the documentary show about Adam and Danielle Busby, their daughter Blayke and their Quintuplets who are the only set of all female quints in the U.S!  Just a precious show- I love watching how they do life...they just amaze me :)

and I read Elin Hilderbrand's new novel and her first Murder Mystery- The Perfect Couple

LOVED IT of course!

I am also just finished our book for Book Club and that is 

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella- it is really cute!

What I'm Listening To

Listening to as much Taylor Swift as possible so I recognize songs at her show on Friday night! :)

What I'm Wearing

Sooo...during the day it has either been workout clothes OR business attire....on the weekends, when going out, it has been jeans and sleeveless tops for the most part...looking forward to wearing more Lilly for special occasions in August! :)

 (Jeans, Old from INC at Macys, Black Wedges from Nordstrom Rack, Leopard Scarf, Old from Old Navy and Black Sleeveless Top from Macy's HERE )

 (Top from Escapada Living HERE , Jeans from American Eagle HERE , TB Flip Flops via Ebay)

 (Jeans, American Eagle same as above, Flip Flops Vionic from Zappos, Top Macy's)

(Jeans Old Navy, TB Flip Flops Ebay and Top Nordstrom)

Speaking of Nordstrom!  Did you shop the anniversary sale?  Can't wait to share my goodies with you when they arrive!

What I'm Doing This Weekend

We have the big T Swift show on Friday night and Diana is very excited, Saturday just chilling and Sunday we have Charlotte and Henry's bday party - going to be a fun one!

What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month

All the August Fun....August is our crazy month but in a good way...our Anniversary...my Dad's Birthday...Diana's Birthday...concerts...more beach time......summer forever!

What Else Is Going On?

We made our first Back To School Purchase- I know I can't even think that far- we still have 6 more weeks left of summer here in New England- we are only half way through!

Our purchase is Diana's backpack- thank you Pottery Barn!

Bonus Question Of The Month:

My Favorite Thing We Have Done This Summer?

Well considering our summer is not even close to being over here, there is still plenty of fun to be had BUT if I had to answer today, I would say all of the quality time spent with family and friends especially QT that happens outside :)

What Have You Been Up To?