This summer has been a hard time for me as far as blogging goes.
I have had a bit of a “burn out”.
Don’t get me wrong-I have loved having time to do house projects, yard work, and fun things with my family, and there are things I do want to share on my blog- I just haven’t had any desire to sit down and document things.
Today I realized that my summer freedom is counting down quickly and that my first school work shop will be in less than two weeks.
WHERE HAS ALL THE TIME GONE?
Looking at my summer bucket list, I can proudly say that I accomplished some of my goals (and yes, I want to share them).
Unfortunately, I have a lot of things I haven’t gotten to yet.
One thing we did do was pull off an “instant” baby shower for my niece Amy. I’ve mentioned before how having my sisters live within a two hundred mile span makes planning and attending showers a bit more challenging than normal. We were getting together for a temple sealing so why not combine things and have a little baby shower, too?
Not everyone could make it, but we did have a good crowd.
After a lovely luncheon at a church gym in Rexburg, Idaho we quickly pulled out our portable decorations and took advantage of a captive audience (including our husbands and kids) and changed things out from a luncheon to a party.
Everyone helped put tables and chairs away (we kept two for shower).
We threw in a few colorful Gerber Daisies, some festive wrapping paper, pink striped straws, a little banner, and some mini desserts, and the atmosphere suddenly changed. *(My sisters are pretty creative!)
No one was hungry since we literally just got up from the table, but the banana muffins, cherry brownies, sugar cookies, and raspberry-pineapple slush were pretty tempting.
We each brought a short shower game to play, so that gave our food a little settling time.
The cute parents, Trevor and Amy, are on the left.
It was a nice day!
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Sweet baby Millie has now arrived and after a scary start is doing much better. Many prayers have gone out for her and her family.
We can’t wait to meet her!
JoAnn
P.S. I’ll try and post some recipes from the party soon.
8 comments:
Looks perfect to me!! I bet she loved it. :)
Love it! Very creative indeed.
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What a great idea! Two parties back to back means half the work! I've always wanted to do back to back dinner parties at home, but I'm an introvert and I'd be so "peopled out" from the first one that I'd be tired and cranky at the second one! :D
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Our family sure does know how to throw a fun party. I'm still sad we had to miss it! Darn flu bug! I too can't wait to meet baby Millie.
Love this idea! So great that no one has to make an extra big drive during the busy summer. Glad all is well with baby Millie. Mimi
I don't know if it's burn out Joanne...I wonder the same...maybe sometimes I am not prioritizing it because other things are more important. Enjoy and don't feel guilty. Take each moment as it comes.
I love how you spontaneously put together a shower.
When you have limited time - and yours is limited by the school calendar - you have to keep to your priorities, and there will be time for blogging when school starts again and the fall and winter settle in. For now, just enjoy your family time, and those wonderful and spontaneous events that you seem to be so good at!
I'm glad baby Millie is doing better and I hope all will be well! The quick shower was lovely--the most important thing was the love of family!
PS: I have been slow to blog these days, myself. Summer is such a busy time but winter is much longer so I'm enjoying these beautiful days ;)
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