Long weekend recap

 

This weekend went by way too fast! I can't believe labor day is over and it's already September 8th! I don't know about you, but September always goes so quickly. It's a little bit chaotic with back to school and routines, but we managed to fit in some fun this past weekend! 

On Saturday we drove about an hour for Alec to participate in a workout with some of the top male gymnasts in the region, which was a great opportunity for him. I don't want to post other people's kids, so here's a photo of Alec working with one of the top coaches in the region. They were watching a video of a skill to see where Alec can make some improvements. Seeing him learning from these talented individuals (his home-gym coaches included!) is really incredible! 

This is a terrible photo, but I made the BEST chicken meatballs this weekend in a large batch to freeze some for during the week. They couldn't be easier and I always double the recipe. They are from Pinch of Yum. Over the weekend we had them with Andrea's Swedish meatball sauce, but we have had them with red sauce, alfredo, BBQ sauce, anything...they truly go with anything!

Because I need another project (insert sarcasm here),  I ripped out the plants in my front garden because they were all dying. Did you know you can use Chat GPT and enter in the measurements, where you live and what style you like and it'll not only make a rendering but give you a shopping list? So fun and incredibly helpful because I have no idea what to do when it comes to planting. I'm going to follow this and I'll let you all know how it turns out. I'm in New England, so I'll try to plant it all by the end of September. Likely it'll look dead throughout the winter, but supposedly it'll come up in the spring...fingers crossed! 

Random fun thing - Alec used some of his allowance to buy an old school game boy and it has the original Super Mario brothers on it from the 80s/90s. SO nostalgic. I had to steal it from him to play a few games. lol!

Yesterday we had some friends over for a BBQ and the kids ran around and swam. I took one photo, that's how great of a time we were having! I always love when I don't think to pick up my phone and just be in the moment.

Hope you all had a great weekend!