County Fair and a Life Update

Yesterday, we took our crew to their first fair!

Matt's always great about looking for fun activities to do on the weekends, so Sunday morning before we all got ready for church, he came across a post about the Gwinnett County Fair and we jumped at it!

My family grew up going to the Jersey Shore Boardwalk, and every summer when we were visiting my aunt and uncle, we would take at least one trip to the boardwalk to ride all of the rides. Those trips are some my favorite memories from childhood.

On our way into church, we called Nonna and Papa to see if they would want to meet us, and they said yes without hesitating. Love their willingness to do last-minute fun things with us!

Not sure what I was doing here?! But a sweet pic of Natalie and her Papa!

Big smiles for Nonna!

Sweet Natalie had about a two minute max window for a ride to start moving before she got upset- hah! Girlfriend inherited her mama's patience.

She was so serious on all of the rides! I have to say, unexpected sense of caution from this little lady. 😜

Sweet loves- soooo tired and hot! 😂

Not sure how I ended up with two.

Heyyyy from the top! The "Bun House" was Ryan's favorite!

First funnel cake was a hit!

We had such a good time and the kids did SO well when it was time to leave! We were super proud of them for ending so well and thankful for sweet Emily who just hung right along the whole time!

Quick Life Update:

Life lately.

You are fun and you are FULL.

There are so many times that I've sat down to share some highlights from our day-to-day, and then someone gets up early from nap, or wakes up early to start the day, or is up during the night making it hard to get myself up in time to write a post before the rest of our day starts.

But what I notice for sure is that we are definitely getting into a groove as a family of 5 and it feels so fun. I may not have "my time" back yet, or feel like I have great control of what our day-to-day will look like every day, but we are certainly figuring out routines, getting out the door faster, getting more stretches of everyone being asleep all night and at the same time during the day (an overlapping nap time, even when it's short, is a beautiful thing!), and most importantly just enjoying this stage.

Tomorrow marks 3 months since Sweet Emily joined our family. The fogs of change are clearing and our new normal is feeling really good.

I have a big goal this week to get 2 more posts out before we head to the beach for a week (we welcome all prayers for that car ride 😜). So hopefully you'll be hearing from me again real soon!

Thanks for all of the sweet words on Instagram and Facebook and here when I've taken the time to post! I look forward to being back into a blogging routine again hopefully one day real soon!