What's Up Wednesday: July 2021

 

 

 

Hi Friends!  I CANNOT BELIEVE it is the end of July...seriously!  This is my favorite post of the month so let's get started!  I am answering the questions above...

 

 

 

What We're Eating This Week

 

Monday- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and Cornbread (Requested by Diana so how could I say no?)

 I used THIS recipe

Tuesday- Taco Bowls and Corn and Bean Salad for M&D

 

Find my Recipe HERE

 

Wednesday- Chicken Caesar Salads and Garlic Bread 

Thursday- We are winging it- it may be the night of the girls' show but since it is outside and it may rain, it may get pushed to Friday so we are saying Take Out

Friday- Rain Date for Show so either way we are going out to eat

 

 

What I'm Reminiscing About

 

The way things used to be...past relationships...seasons in life...all meant to be...all part of the plan...sometimes just hard to accept

 

 

 What I'm Loving

 

My girls' ages...this summer I dubbed it "The Sweet Spot"...wanting to freeze time...knowing I can't...

 

What We've Been Up To

We spent 4th of July Weekend Up at the McLain's Lake House with Besties....

and the McLain's had us up the following weekend too for boating and fun with more besties

Diana attended an AAB Summer Intensive Virtually with her Dance Besties

and then enjoyed Film Camp the following week...

Eva LOVED Cooking Camp!

Though it is not the same this year, both girls are enjoying Triple Threat Theater Camp... they are doing things half filmed and half live and will be demonstrating excerpts from Annie, Godspell, Hadestown, and Neverland

 

 

Date Walks have continued...

 

and so has my time at the gym...both for my physical and mental health...

Janie and I had our first pow wow/business lunch in over a year and a half!

Checking things off of our summer list including Eva's sleepover with BFF Kyla...crazy cats were up until 2am!

 

Eva returned to hockey!

Business is still booming...very grateful...

but we did get to take a little time out of the office to celebrate surviving COVID...Our Little Engine That Could enjoying a night in Beantown

We celebrated Karen's 70th with a beautiful birthday lunch...

and we loved watching Caden as Aladdin in his summer theater production

Diana, with the help of Mrs. Mullen and Wesley, auditioned for the Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular

In Mama's spare time, I have been working with the committee on organizing the 10th Annual Blackout Cancer Game

We have been LOVIN' on Remi

Mama enjoyed a Halloween-Themed Wine Group at Lea's

and we had a blast at the Camp Ground again this year with a stop on the way home at Maine Diner!

What I'm Dreading

Nothing at the moment!

What I'm Working On

My Health- Balance- My Job- oh and Blackout Cancer!

 

 

What I'm Excited About

 

The rest of summer....time with besties....time at the beach....more fun with my girls...our Anniversary at Fenway Park...excited for it all!

 

 What I'm Watching/Reading

I devoured Seasons 1 and 2 of 

 

Never Have I Ever on Netflix

 such a cute show!

and watched the first 3 episodes of 

 

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

Oh friends...my goal is to get to Italy for my 50th and Stanley Tucci made me start obsessing...I started pinning the recipes he made with chefs on the show too...I can thank my friends, the Mazzoranas for turning me onto this series...incredible!

 

 

and our same friends turned us on to 

Kevin Can F Himself

 

Very unique concept...half sitcom...half dark drama...it just works...don't know how else to describe it...

 

 I snuck in three books this month too..finishing up the third and devouring it!

The Last Summer of Elin Hilderbrand continued with her short story, sequel to 28 Summers, called

The Sixth Wedding

 

Quick read- cute- but nothing can compare to 28 Summers

The next book for this month has been my FAVORITE OF THE YEAR...I know I know...it is risky saying this and committing but it was truly amazing....

Jennifer Weiner's new release

That Summer

Really great story that addresses the womens' movement with the beautiful backdrop of Cape Cod...I gifted my friend Jill this just last week and she flew through it and really enjoyed it...so glad!  Grab it today...you won't be sorry!

and I am finishing up my third read of the month and REALLY loving it....such a cute concept...

 

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

 

 

What I'm Listening To

Well some recent favorites we all have and get listened to in the car include

Ed Sheerin's Bad Habits

 

Olivia Rodrigo's Good For You

and we found the Sirius XM On Broadway Channel so that has been entertaining us as well

What I'm Wearing

 Lots of workout clothes, business casual a couple of times/week and lots of shorts with a sprinkle of Lilly of course :)

 

What I'm Doing This Weekend

Spending time in the pool with the kids, spending time with the Soul Sisters and their significant others and finally playing in our first golf tournament of the year!  It has been too long!  Very excited for a weekend around home with some of our favorites :)

 

 What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month

Fenway Park- Go Sox!!

 What Else is New?

We are grateful that Diana got a clean bill of health- after some funky test results and checking blood, etc..it was determined that this child just needs to drink MORE WATER....we bought a fancy water bottle with reminders on it for her so she now knows she needs to finish the bottle every day....dehydration is no joke and can do some funky things to your system...every day I learn something new!  Just grateful she is ok- thank you for all of your messages- we truly appreciate them XO

 What are you all up to?

 

 

Linking up with Sheaffer and Shay HERE

Monthly Musings is Thursday!

 Hi Friends!

Patty and I hope you will join in on the fun as we talk all things Summer Fashion....music to my ears!

Please answer the questions below...we can't wait to get inspired by all of your summer fashion ideas

and then grab our graphic and link back up with us...it will be fun!

Hope to see you back here on Thursday!

Hello Monday and Our Weekend at Wild Acres Camp Ground 2021!

 

 

Hi Friends and Happy Monday!  We are finally getting ready for a nice stretch of weather here in New England so I am hoping to say next week that I got into the pool with the kids and spent some time out on the back deck grillin and chillin...stay tuned!

 

But first, today, linking up with the lovely ladies HERE 

and sharing our weekend up at Wild Acres Camp Ground.  This was our 2nd summer doing this trip to hang with our Dance Pals and so glad we have made it a tradition.  You can read about last year's trip HERE 

 

 

Friday

This year, the girls were in Triple Threat Theater Camp- yeah!  Rob and I took the day off to get everything packed and enjoy a Lunch Date!  We were off to a great start.

 

Zach came to stay over Thursday night and work from our house on Friday so he could be there for Remi for the weekend...Remi gets VERY EXCITED when Zach is coming to play- it's so cute!

 

 

We then picked up the girls at 4 and hit the road!  Always exciting...and never dull in these parts...we got caught in a hail storm- kid you not!

 

 We had to snap a pic of this song...we were listening to the Satellite Broadway Channel and Diana's favorite song from Smash came on :)

 

 

Once we got to camp, we checked in and then struggled finding our site...we road around for a half hour...in the Jeep and I was in our rented golf cart...finally a staff member rescued us...due to one wrong turn we ended up at the other end of the camp ground...crazy because it is 70 acres!  When we finally found where we were, we chuckled because we were so close to where we stayed last year!

 

This year's site was less modern but bigger and much more functional and made us want to buy one...we shall see...anyway, we unpacked and grilled up some dinner and started to chill!

 

A few shots of the inside...

 

 

Then we headed over to the James' site and chilled for the night...we had so much fun...so many laughs!

 

 We even face timed Tina...she is in Maryland visiting family..and we missed her!

 

 

 Late night family selfie back at our site :)

 

 

Saturday

 

We knew we were going to have an awesome day and decided to enjoy the camp ground and not hit the beach....We started with a family walk...it wasn't easy though...got lots of squawking! Ha!

 

We then got to relax...what's that?  Ha! 

 

 Then the older girls tried zip lining while Rob and Chris supervised 

 

 

and Mama enjoyed a daytime happy hour with Jeff...Judy was a little run down from the night before ;)

 

 Jeff and Jasper- their Great Dane- he is such a big boy but so so sweet!

 

Such a pretty deck and porch...

 

 We were joking...Jeff's Apps...vs. Holly's Apps...

Later on, we hit the pool....it was such a beautiful day and the pool was so refreshing!!

 

We call these shots, "The Men of Wild Acres!"

That night, we grilled at the James' and enjoyed our delicious dinner and more catching up!

 

These two are two peas in a pod :)

 

 

At the end of the night, we decided to do most of our packing as Sunday was supposed to be heavy rain (shocker during this summer) ;)

Sunday

We knew it was going to be a rainy day so we were up bright and early and decided to hit the famous Maine Diner on our way home...and SO GLAD we did!

We all shared a Blueberry Pancake because that is what they are famous for...

and I got the Lobster Quiche which ended up being one of the best meals I have ever had in my entire life...

It also came with a blueberry muffin so we packed it up to take home and enjoy later and when we did, I dubbed it the BEST blueberry muffin I have ever had!

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and watching some movies...my heart is full!  Happy Monday!