A Peek Into This Past Week (+ 4 goals for this week) and more...

We celebrated the fourth of July with a fun day with friends — ending with watching a nearby fireworks show from a parking lot. He has so much hair and it cracks me up when he wakes up with his hair all sticking up! His little wrinkled brow! 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I still can’t believe that I’ve been consistently able to pump at least 4-6 extra oz. every morning after Micah’s first feed. I usually use some of it for a bottle for him sometime during the day, but then I’ve been freezing the rest! After always having a low supply, this has just been amazing! Look at D! He started trying to take a few steps this past week! I love this shirt from Goods & Better! His face while being squished by two of his sisters is the funniest! We’ve been loving our evening walks! Micah had another weight check and we were thrilled that he gained back all his birth weight plus an additional ounce!! He’s almost 7 pounds now! C got to meet Micah this past week when we watched him his mom worked. D finally got his orthotics in! Need a smile today? Go watch this. I took the last four weeks off from any real goal-setting since my big goals were just to have the baby and rest and recover. But now that I’m feeling so much better, I’m excited to slowly jump back into goal-setting. My 4 Goals for This Week Personal/Family Goals Delete 1000 photos and videos from my phone. Take Kaitlynn on a date. Reading Goals Finish reading Resilient and Embrace Your Almost and finish listening to No Ocean Too Wide. Business Goals Finish my second round of book edits.       10 Books I Plan to Read in July In previous years, I’ve picked a long list and big stack of books I want to read that year. I’ve found that I struggle to stick with that list because I always find so many other books I want to read and that initial list makes me feel kind of guilty that I’m not following through. Instead of trying that approach again, I’m experimenting with something different in 2022: I’m going to set monthly reading goals. At the beginning of the month, I’ll pick a stack of books I want to read that month and I’ll focus on reading those books throughout the month. This way, I can make room for the many new or new-to-me titles I discover throughout the year. Plus, I can pick fewer books to read on the months that I know there is a lot going on. A few of these are titles I had planned to read in previous months and didn’t get finished, so they are on my stack again — and I’m hoping to finish them this month! Social Sanity in an Insta World This book looked like it had some great encouragement when it came to using social media in a wise manner. When Making Others Happy is Making You Miserable I am a few chapters into this book and have heard from many that it’s a book they are very interested in and wanted me to read and review. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys I’m a big fan of Sissy Goff’s book, Raising Worry-Free Girls, so I’m excited that there’s finally a counterpart book by her podcast co-host and counseling center co-director, David Thomas. I got to meet him when I recently did a podcast interview for their podcast, so I’m really excited to read this pre-release copy. Together is a Beautiful Place This looked like a helpful book on friendship. I’m always looking for good books on friendship as it’s a question I’m often asked for resources on. Becoming Elisabeth Elliot So many people have told me I *must* read this book. I’ve so appreciated Elisabeth Elliot’s writings over the years so I’m looking forward to learning more about her life. Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots One of my fellow leaders at youth group got this book for me and thought it would not only be encouraging to me but helpful as I lead teen girls. Resilient I loved John Eldredge’s last book, so I put this on my stack as soon as I was sent a pre-release copy. Embrace Your Almost This book has been highly recommended by people I respect, so I can’t wait to dig into it. Beneath a Scarlet Sky So many of you have highly recommended this book and it’s high time I finally read it. I’m about a third of the way through it. Forgiving Paris This fiction book was highly recommended to me by multiple people. I’ve really enjoyed other Karen Kingsbury books in the past, so I can’t wait to dive into this. What are you reading in July?       Latest finds on Pinterest Here are some easy recipes that make for perfect summer snack ideas! These summer snacks are great for kids and are all healthy as well! Some of the recipes you can also make ahead and freeze for on the go healthy snacking. If you want a less hectic morning, or you always feel like you don't have a solid plan for your day, read these 5 tips! Learn how to make these VERY popular cinnamon rolls that you can make ahead and freeze. You can also bake them right in a bread maker! 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