At the end of July I decided to take a break from Instagram for awhile.

Let’s get to it – sharing the few memories caught in time with a photo!

We started August with a trip to UW Madison with Tate to see his Orthopedic Surgeon.

It went GREAT.

We were released from this doctor, saying we could come back in a year if we had questions, or obviously if there are changes in Tate’s health that warrant a need.

Goodness – we are elated with that news!!!!

We made the most of the day in Madison by having treats, lunch, and even doing a big grocery run to Costco.

Nothing better than a good Costco grocery run!

It is so fun to be in the kitchen when there are so many options for food prep.

Costco avocados are the BEST, by the way, and we are avocado experts because we eat so many of them!

I feel like we hardly used our pool at all this year.

Blake and I are having conversations about what that looks like going forward, because it is expensive to maintain it, and to run the pump and the heater.

We did still enjoy the pool on the days we used it though!

August brought drier weather and some very nice days.

I have just a few photos of food from August, but I promise you we ate just as good as we always do!

We finally have some fall temperatures here this week, so soup is on the menu.

But I think I will miss all of the grilled food we had this summer!

Our front landscape was so incredibly beautiful this year!

We plan to split it all in the spring and landscape around my in-laws new home.

These plants need split anyway as they are getting too big!

Everything was so very green in our area this summer thanks to plenty of rain.

It was beautiful!!

We have fought Japanese beetles in our gardens and then our trees for several years now.

When July came and went and they were not here yet, I thought we were spared!!

NOPE.

The calendar changed to August, and almost like they had an invitation for that day, here they were.

Chewing everything to bits!!

Blake sprayed our tree because we think they were killing it – I don’t want to know what he sprayed out there.

We used some organic products on the gardens instead of putting up beetle bags like years past, and it really helped keep them at bay.

My health trial put me in bed for four days in August.

I missed a very, very important trip to Illinois and a very important wedding and cried my eyes out over it all, just saying!

We all were SO GRATEFUL that it was short lived.

God has been so very kind to me on my health journey all these years!!

My hope is that He will always receive the Glory for it all.

One beautiful evening in August I had made dessert after dinner.

I said, “I wish Addie and Scottie were here to enjoy this with us!”

To which Blake said, “Let’s GO! We will take it to them to enjoy!”

Which is exactly what we did!!

I had my granddaughters for an afternoon in August – THIS IS A FAVORITE KIND OF DAY!!

They are a BLAST!!

Kayla and I were wondering about Ms. Saige Grace and whether or not she would leave her mama to spend the day with me.

Well, that little cutie jumped in my arms and put her hand up to tell Kayla to go away, ha, ha!!

I loaded her into the van with the others and she was yelling “bye, bye bye!!!!” as we drove away.

What a fun day we had!!

We took a trip to Illinois and Indy in August too.

We enjoyed all of our normal “traditions” of that trip, but especially enjoyed a grilled meal that my brother made for us!

We also had Jazzy along for the first time.

She did GREAT!!

The kids enjoyed the hotel pool, even though it had just been completely redone and they could not run the heater in it yet.

Crazy kids!!

IT WAS FREEZING.

Grateful for another wonderful trip!!

We have plans to make this trip again at the beginning of November!

In an effort to have some summer like living here, we had an impromptu fire one night!

The kids loved it, but we did not stay out too late.

The moon was FULL that night and so very beautiful!!

A photo would never do it justice!!

We got to celebrate Grant and Addie at the end of August!!

They have always shared a birthday celebration their whole lives and it is very sweet to say they still are.

We crammed that cake with candles and sang to them!!

The sky lady still did grab a few photos of the sky in August!!

Do you love the sky?

Do you take time to look at it?

Everyday???

You should!!!

It is a GIFT!!!

A few more random photos for this post!!

I am so glad to have them!

Everyday life is the BEST thing to capture!!

Well, that was fun!!!

I love looking back in time!!

Just checking to see if you all know that it is October???

Didn’t we just have two weddings??

Crazy thing called time!!

I hope your October is off to a great start!!

Next up is a recap of September – stay tuned!!!