Violet finally had some free time to play with Rowen, Ethan, Ehlana, and me this afternoon while Dillon was working at the Inn. We had a lot to talk about, and managed to do a little canoeing, swimming, and just laying around doing nothing by the river too.
There was rain in the forecast today, but it didn’t get here until after the Arrows’ baseball practice. Rowen and I watched Ethan, Ehlana, and Naomi while Mom, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Leanne practiced, and after getting home; Uncle Adam and Violet helped me with getting the twins ready for bed while Mom and Aunt Leanne worked on the shopping trip and birthday party plans for Friday.
After Ethan and Ehlana were sleeping, and Violet was off to meet up with Dillon, Mom did a short Healing lesson with Uncle Adam and me before he and Aunt Leanne went home. Mom and I were both ready for some Jacuzzi time by then, so I’ve had a nice long soak first, and have been working on my computer since climbing into bed with Mandy. The usual email and entertainment check didn’t take long, but I read through the archive material Mom assigned us to go along with the Healing lesson tonight, and then I did a little work on couple of our future plans projects.
That’s had me thinking about the near future, and it’s probably time for an update.
I’m not involved in the first two weddings of the summer, but Grandpa Grant and Eleanor Byrd are getting married a week from Saturday, and Amy White and Jared Spencer are getting married the Saturday after that. We’re not invited to either reception, and Grandpa Grant and Eleanor are just doing a small ceremony with family and a few friends, but Rowen and I are planning on going to the church to see Amy and Jared’s ceremony. Aunt Deborah and Nick have their big day five weeks from this Saturday, and Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam will be doing a lot with them for that once we get past the shopping trip and fourth of July holiday. The last wedding of the summer for our families is Rob and Trish’s on the second Saturday of August, but it will only be the Johnson and Carrington families going on a road trip for that wedding.
Since Mom and Dad got married in the fall, and Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne had a spring wedding, this is really my first summer with a lot of family or friends summer weddings. With the extra parties and everything else, there will be something wedding-related going on for at least half the summer. I won’t have much extra happening with all of that, but the adults will be quite a bit busier than usual.
Moving on to other summer plans, the Fourth of July is on Wednesday this year, so we aren’t going to have the usual family incoming, but the parents are working on the details for kid vacation visits. Mom and Dad are working our end of that around what Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne will be doing with his cousins, but it looks like we’ll probably have the younger cousins here for the week after Aunt Deborah and Nick’s wedding, and the older cousins for the two weeks after that – ending in time for Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne to take their cousins to Rob and Trish’s wedding.
Other than the weddings, what hasn’t been worked out much at all is what we’re going to do during those three weeks. I’m a little scared about having two weeks around here with Chris and Martin like we had last summer – especially if my older friends are hanging around them all of the time again. Let’s not think about that until we have to, and move along.
The last bit of news I have on the summer plans is that Rowen and I will be doing the riding program at the Ridge River Ranch again this summer; starting the day after the Fourth of July holiday. Mom’s setting up some weekend rides too, and I think that Violet’s looking at doing some extra riding with Dillon and their friends; though that would likely be on their days off from the Inn.
It’s getting late, and I’ve got another busy play day ahead, so it’s time to call it a night. Two more sleeps to the big shopping day – and Ethan and Ehlana’s first birthday. That is going to be an awesome wrap-up for the work (summer play) week! Until next time...
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