Friday Favorites {#165}

Hello and happy Friday!

I feel like Fridays hit different in the summer…how is it already Friday again?!

We’ve had a good, but different kind of week again. Well, actually, I guess no two weeks have been alike this summer.

I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika for this week’s Friday Favorites.

This week, I’ve kind of shared what we’ve been up to and/or some favorites, so I don’t have much new to share today.

I’m going to keep it simple and break down my favorites with each of my people this week…

Hayden:

First up, is Hayden.

After Hayden got back from South Carolina with his friend, Hadley had already left for camp. That meant that Travis and I went from having 1:1 time with Hadley to having 1:1 time with Hayden.

This week, some favorite things we did were: watch sports together (as athletic as Hadley is, she doesn’t watch sports on tv), watch a movie, and run errands (yes, errands –Hayden went with Travis and I to Walmart, and then he went to Dick’s and Target with me on Wednesday.)

Having kids that are old enough to stay home alone means that sometimes we leave them while we run errands. Actually, Travis and I don’t run errands together too often, but we’ve started to do more of that recently. Anyway, it was nice to do some random things like that together.

Also, we loved watching Hayden run his first 10k on the 4th of July, and catch fireworks later that night. We’ve mostly eaten at home, but we did treat ourselves to breakfast after his race and some froyo later in the week.

Hadley:

Travis and I dropped Hadley off at a local church for camp pick up at 5:30 am on Saturday. She rode on a charter bus all the way to camp in Missouri. She had the best five days with her friends and leaders…and arrived home at 2am yesterday morning.

I took a nap from 10pm-1am before picking her up at 2! I was so happy to see her smiling face, and she was ready for her bed!

This is Hadley’s fourth year going to camp, and this one was the farthest away she’s been. When she got her phone back and texted our family group chat, she said the best part was “everything” and she wished that it lasted longer. I’ve always been thankful that Hadley has had the courage and confidence to go away to camp…and I truly think she could go for most of the summer if we’d let her…and could afford it. haha

She made some great memories this week, but we are happy to have her home.

How about this camp for me? 😆

My mom sent me this, and I feel it deeply.

Trav:

Today is this guy’s birthday!! It’s a big one…

We can’t wait to celebrate him this weekend. He deserves it.

Favorite Mom Meme:

Seriously –where did all my forks go?

Weekly Recap:

Here are my posts from the week:

Not Just a Mom:

I can’t believe it’s already time for our monthly Not Just a Mom link up.

This month’s topic is Top 5 Favorite Family Activities.

If you you are a blogger, we’d love to have you join us! I just know that my kids want me to add some more things to our family fun list. haha

What are your weekend plans? We have birthday plans for Travis, and I really need to start chipping away at my summer “to do” list.

I hope you have a great weekend.