31 things I’m grateful for in August

  1. Morning walk to the beach

  2. Skipping rocks with Finch

  3. Bumping into friends—four hours from home

  4. Lunch date by the lake

  5. Pizookie from Topog

  6. School supply shopping with the kids

  7. Joyride candy taste test

  8. Planning our Christmas trip

  9. Finch’s third Magicamp

  10. Rooney’s annual checkup

  11. Back-to-school clothes shopping with Rooney

  12. Chalk drawings on the driveway

  13. A new mattress for Finch

  14. Shock Doctor football mouthguards

  15. Renting our lake home on Vrbo

  16. Pips NYT Game

  17. Iowa State Fair with Rooney

  18. Rooney playing school volleyball

  19. Playing pepper with Rooney in the street

  20. Finch opening his teacher letter

  21. Rooney’s school schedule

  22. Adventureland with friends

  23. Topgolf as a family

  24. Surviving the first week of school

  25. Being female

  26. Women’s sports

  27. Short book chapters

  28. Allergy eye drops

  29. Band-Aids

  30. Going to the creek with Finch

  31. Signed Mike Williams Chargers jersey gifted to Finch