Day One

~Last night I decided that I was going to make a huge effort to get all of the cleaning done today. I don't want to waste my whole vacation cleaning! SOOO...

• all of the laundry is washed, dried, and put away
• the entire floor is swept, mopped, and vacummed
• there are no dishes in the sink or the dishwasher
• all the kids are fed and cleaned

~Madison is having a friend over tomorrow and we are all going to the local water park to play for the day.

~Party planning is in full swing. I swear that last week we were only expecting to have 15 people out, max. Now that we are in the final week, that number has doubled! I need to readjust the amount of food and drinks that we are going to have out there. Despite all of the changes, I am excited!! I love having all of our friends and family together to hang out and get to know one another. One of the goals that Ben and I have is to start remodeling the backyard so that we can have people over at least once a month, if not more.