end-of-June miscellaneousness

after a much-needed family time together weekend, it's back at it again! happy monday to you!

friday night family time!

{bye, house} bittersweet as it is, our house is officially sold! it came down to the wire, getting little bits of paperwork and details together, but we are now home-free! Jesus gets all the glory for this one-- you know what a crummy market it is these days. we have had such a smooth process-- after 5 weeks on the market, we had an offer; now, two months later, someone else is taking up residence at our beloved maple grove home. we are truly thankful!

{who's your star?} as pathetic as it is, i look forward to the day each week (usually tuesday) when foodnetwork.com posts their most recent episode of food network star! i watch it during one of our several-a-day nursing sessions and then i am all caught up til the next week's showing! my favs are retro emily and sorta-out-there justin. anybody watching this season? who are your favorites???

{goodwill hunting} i totally scored at goodwill this weekend. i ran in to quickly peruse their furniture as i have been in the market for some sort of shelf/table/something to hold books and toys for the boys room. (note i ran in: the boys were home with daddy, making this errand run possible!) i immediately found the piece i liked and heard a man announce their 50% off furniture sale! i also needed a few children's books for ethan's upcoming birthday party-- they were 30% off! i almost couldn't believe it. i think that is the most fun and successful Goodwill experience i have ever had!

the fun purchase! ten bucks. score.

{books, books, books} i am a terrible salesperson, but hopefully a good messenger :). my online USBORNE book party is still going! check it out for some great kid's books! the book party will close this Thursday, June 28th at 10pm (PDT).

{it's a party} speaking of parties and speaking of books, we will be in party mode around here soon! we delayed my two-year-old's birthday party for a month (until family is in town in July!) and i am getting all the props and ideas together for this fun occasion! i am far from creative, but i can follow someone else's ideas, so between pinterest and some other online help, we are having a classic children's book party! hopefully i can get some projects done this week-- i am super excited about them, just need to make the time to get them done. party and pictures to come soon!

linking up with carissa today for this miscellany monday