Summertime and the living is easy

I always feel like our summer really kicks into full gear right around the fourth of July. And by full gear I mean that we are sleeping later than ever and I haven’t cooked dinner in at least a week and the stress of the school year schedule is but a distant memory.

Which is great for life but not great for writing a blog because I can barely distinguish one day from the next.

However, I guess last Wednesday stands out a little bit because that’s the day Piper and Mabel got dismissed from their second camp of the summer. That’s right. Two time losers. I even took them to the dog park for an hour before we went to camp in the hopes it would burn off their stress and energy.

To be fair, they did last about one hour longer at the second camp than they did at the first. However, I still had to make the walk of shame into Pawderosa Ranch to pick them up after their expulsion.

Normally Mabel does all the writing and journaling, but I think she was too stressed out by her two hour camp experience and she just curled up right next to me like the raging codependent she is.

But Piper actually put her thoughts to pen and paper this time.

KAMP IZ 4 LOOZERS

Um.

She lacks some of Mabel’s eloquence.

Many of you suggested that Gulley and her boys could watch the girls but this is problematic because they are actually going with us to the beach. And so I’m now looking into finding a pet sitter that can come to the house. Mimi and Bops have also offered but I’d really like to find a solution that will always work and doesn’t depend on them being in town. I mean one of these days we may all want to travel together.

In other news, we had a great July 4th weekend. We started Saturday morning at our neighborhood parade.

And then we headed up to the pool with Gulley and her family later that afternoon. The kids attempted an egg toss competition with results that weren’t optimal, but Will brought home the belly flop championship so it was a proud day for all of us. Jackson and Caroline decided they were too old to belly flop this year and it was time to give the younger kids a chance at belly flop glory.

After Will received his winnings, we packed it up and came back to our house to grill hotdogs and shoot off fireworks. Which resulted in the police doing a drive by and caused all the adults to relive our teen years because we immediately all ran for cover and left our kids to fend for themselves. Fortunately, they gave the neighbors a warning about their fireworks and totally missed that we were doing them also.

On Sunday morning we met for our Community Worship Service and served communion for the first time which was great except for the gluten free wafers I ordered. They were proof that sometimes you need a little gluten, even when eating the Lord’s supper.

Then that evening we ordered pizza and watched the U.S. Women bring home the World Cup title which was just the best. Particularly this moment that caused us all to lose our minds.

And so that’s what’s been going on here.

As for tomorrow, I have big plans to buy dog food and make a run to the grocery store.