2015 Year in Review: {July, August, Sept}

Time for the fun of the Summer months! This one is extra picture-heavy because of how much we did during these months, so apologies in advance (altho I always love photos!)

{July}

~Finished up our guest bathroom reno, a much bigger project than we'd originally anticipated

~Got a new monster grill (MG's favorite new toy)

~Celebrated the 4th of July in Philly

~Started working at summer school

~Had a party at the house with some of our friends

~Read a bunch of books: Paper Towns (boo), Wild (yay), Bread & Wine (double yay!)

~Jessi and I started our What's Hap-"Pinning" Wednesday link up!

~Went back up to Philly to see our friends from MN who were in town, and finally got to meet their adorable new baby girl, and go out for a night on the town with them (since they had built-in grandparents for babysitters!)

~Saw Magic Mike XXL with my two sisters-in-law, and my MIL--amazing!

~Talked about some Loves and Hates

~Got a bunch of stuff from the Nordstrom sale

~Went to see The Book of Mormon, which was my gift to MG for our anniversary

~Discovered the magic of Cize, and am still loving it!

~Got to meet two of my friends' new baby boys

{August}

~Got my Kate Spade watch that I'm still in love with and wear probably more than any of my watches, and discovered Essie's Limo Scene nail polish color--one of my faves:

~Had friends over for dinner and cooked vegan for the first time!

~Went to Chicago for a long weekend with MG--and it quickly became one of my most favorite cities! (Check out the recap here)

~Reviewed the awesome Mira water bottle (like the Swell bottles, but half the price--a great stocking stuffer gift!)

~Went into DC and watched my friend's husband DJ at the W hotel

~Had 2 of our favorite couple friends over for a dinner party at our house

~Got a Sisterhood of the World Blogger Award and answered some questions about myself

~Headed up to the shore in NJ for a week with the fam and had some fabulous guest posters while I was away

~Did a post about the highlights from our beach week:

{September}

~Started back at work and got my office organized for another school year

~Had a weekend of date nights with MG in the city

~Teamed up with Owen and Meghan to talk about the #GiveGrace campaign

~Rocked my earrings from a Rocksbox set (that I eventually bought) to a double date dinner at Mussel Bar with one of our favorite couple friends

~Read The Royal We and absolutely loved it!

~Had another happy hour blate with Christy

~And in the following weekend had a triple date with friends, and a double blate with Christy and The Pilot (2 blates in a week!)

~Went to my friend/coworker's baby shower, and won a prize by doing the word scramble (my baby shower game of choice!)

~Talked about the fluffy love of my life, Cooper, before his 7th birthday

Phew! I told you that was a lot! The summer months were definitely packed with tons of fun trips, friend and family time! 

The next post will be on these last 3 months of the year right before the end of 2015: October, November and December!

Merry Christmas Eve, friends!!