One Year DoWn...

Just some more milestones happening here at the Dawes home...this week marks one year since we SOLD/closed on our house in Sioux Falls, SD and also one year since we closed/OWNED our home here in Sandy,Utah.  I remember knowing we only had 2 weeks till school started once we closed on our home and clearly remember telling Brandon..."I want this house running like a well oiled machine by the time school starts" HAHAHAHA!!!  I think he thought I was crazy...but one truck load at a time I emptied the storage unit (with the help of my Uncle Marv) and I did in fact have our house up and running by the first day of school.

So...I am not surprised that I have the "itch" to work on REALLY organizing the place...I am sure that also has to do with school being just around the corner...AGAIN?!?!?  Where does the time go!!  We have a 6th grader(middle schooler...AHHH!!!), 2nd grader and kindergartner...what happened to all my babies...growing up so fast yet so proud to be their momma!!!  We will continue to have four evenings of gymnastics and are adding three nights of dance to the mix...again so blessed to be able to be home and be able to run the girls to all their activities...and the continued blessing of less STRESS without the J.O.B!!

Here are some of my projects..

ABOVE:  (Before)Menu Planner and Weekly Planner

BELOW: (After)  Menu Planner and Weekly Planner...still need my handy man(Brandon) to hang them up!!

ABOVE:  (Before) Operation Organize Girls' school "stuff"...one bin per girl with one folder per year of school

BELOW:  (After) Found the 4-5 places I had the girls' school stuff stashed and loaded up the bins...looks like I kept more than I realized...OOPS!!!

Purple - Kaylinn...Blue - Ava...Pink - Bailey

Getting my menus figured out...so there is a plan but not eating same thing every week.

Shiny new lunch boxes for the 2013-2014 school year!!!  I definitely have my moments of being sad that my baby girls are growing up, however my moments of JOY that I have watching them grow up right before my eyes don't go unnoticed!!!  Cheers to another school year to all students, parents and teachers!!!

Jenn

CEO of Dawes Inc. (LOL always wanted to add that)