A Summer of ‘Firsts’

I don’t know about yours, but our summer vacation flew by! The kids have already had their first week of school!

I thought it was quite boring, but when I really started to think long and hard about it, I realized we had a lot of firsts!

1. I made my first road trip without the hubster… Drove 6 1/2 hours with three kids and the dog. And lived to tell about it.

2. I made it through my first summer of cutting grass. Now that one deserves a medal! Oh, and next year-we WILL have a new mower. Although I still thank the current mower every time it cranks. I have sewn the bag, my husband has restrung the starter cable thingy, and it’s on it’s last wheel.

If you care for a laugh, you can read that old lawn post here.

And by the way….didn’t lose the 10 pounds. Grrrrrrrrrr!

3. First summer that I spent more time studying than at the pool. Lots of staring at the computer here.

{Insert pics here! You don’t really want to see me studying do you?}

4. Got my first Sknob order from overseas! That was so cool. Haven’t finished them yet, had a change of plans on the colors.

5. First summer that I BEAT my grocery budget every month!  That’s a BIG FIRST with three boys that eat all day long until they close their eyes at night.

{Sorry, no picture}

6. I set a personal record of reading the entire Twilight series in just a month’s time. That’s a LOT of reading!

Can’t wait until New Moon comes to my theater in November! I’m so there!

7. It was the first time my oldest son drove us around. I bet in all of his driving dreams that he never imagined himself behind the wheel of a mini-van.

{Sorry, again no picture-He wasn’t going for it.}

8. First time I have ever dressed as a cow for free food. Free food is free food, people! We got four free meals, MEALS not a sandwich, but meals! I will dress however you want me to, I would do it again. Yes I would!

9. I set another personal record of staying up way too late and getting up way too early to start studying. UGH! That came from not being able to put down the Twilight books. Those of you who have read them will understand the lack of sleep.

I have been trying and trying to think of a tenth “first” but just can’t come up with one. I’m sure I’ll think of it well after this is published. Murphy’s Law, right?

Did you have any ‘firsts’ this summer? I would love to hear all about them. Just when I thought ours was so boring, we kept it simple but I enjoyed every minute of it!

~Misti