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burritos and fajitas.

YUM! I had a nice holiday weekend. I got to spend Sunday with my sweet little family at the Apple Orchard in 90 degree weather... I loved every minute of it, including wiping the sweat from by boys' brows. Despite the sweltering heat, we did polish off a bag of donuts and of course a half gallon of Cider. I am surprised we did not get ill from all the sugar! I found the clearance section and scored some CUTE fall decor, I think that may be an addiction... After the Orchard, we headed into town to look at all the home improvement stores, and just as I thought... everything we needed was too expensive while everything we wanted was sold out. Good, because I went home and did some online shopping...another addiction... Visited Kohls.com, found a patio set we wanted- used a gift card, 25% off, earned $40 Kohls cash and our patio set will be here in a couple of days... why cant all shopping be this easy?! I am pretty excited for our set to arrive, we have not had patio furniture since Nov 2011 from the huge storm that blew through Harvard when Jordan was just 6 weeks old. It will be nice to relax outside if the weather ever is tolerable. At least it will be here for us to enjoy this fall and for Jordy's party...speaking of Jordy's party. Josh and I have started planning Jordan's 2nd birthday-I am so excited about it, I cannot sleep! I really am not sure what his 3rd birthday will entail after planning this one, but I better get a second job... and addiction number three rears its ugly face... ;) I am going to get back to Pinterest on my phone for fall decorations and party ideas, while I look at Etsy and Target for cute things at bargain prices...

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