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***Heirs of the Magi News Flash!*** Winter has, for the most part, been mild so far - or awesome for the month that Cassie and Michael spent in summertime-Australia! They are home now and will be working from home for most of the time until Easter. The hometown work will include getting ready for their next trip, but there will be a lot of fun to get in on and share with their favorite people - including their March Break trip to Florida adventure. All of your favorite Magi Masters will continue to work and play while their future plans unfold; so... ...Visit Witch Falls often to keep up with all of their latest stories; and Happy Reading!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Cassie's Journal - June 14, 2014



Don’t fall off of your chair – or from wherever you’re sitting – but I got in trouble with the parents tonight!

Okay, not really; but Dad had fun teasing Michael and me after ‘catching’ us sneaking back in from a moonlight swim at about one-thirty this morning.  I’m grounded until breakfast time, since I’m supposed to be doing that with Michael and his family; and Mom and Dad are going to have to tell his parents about this little ‘incident’.  That seems especially funny for Michael and I right now – especially considering the fact that we at least had our clothes – or swimsuits – on for the swim.  We can’t say the same for earlier parts of the night between the time that Ethan and Ehlana went to bed and when Mom and Dad got home from their post-baseball game party at the pub.

I predict a major round of teasing for Michael and me tomorrow.

The rest of the day was amazing too – starting with Tai Chi by the river with Naomi and Aiden for bonus exercise buddies.  With eighteen to feed, Mom and Dad decided that it was way easier to take us to the Inn and let Jacob and Miranda feed us stacks of bulk-rate pancakes and what was probably about ten pounds of sausages and bacon – if my guess about how much meat the boys collectively demolished was any indication.  I’m sure that Rowen’s hoping that Tim will grow up to be like his father, but he could definitely give his uncle and cousin a run for their money in the food-consumption department – even if he can’t bench press farm equipment yet.

Speaking of farm equipment, Dad got his main Father’s Day gift a day early, and while the breakfast wasn’t planned; it did give Mom a convenient opportunity to have his gift dropped off in the back yard while we were gone.  He won’t need the snow blower attachment for a while yet, but the new lawn tractor does have a bigger cutting deck that made mowing the lawn a little quicker today; and a vacuum-mulching-rear-bagging system that will be especially nice to have come this fall when it’s time to harvest the leaves.

Dad did try it out for a while this morning too, but then let me have my usual job back; since he was supposed to be getting the weekend off from chores even if he couldn’t skip working on his real job too.  That mostly gave me time to help out with the campground tear-down.  Michael was the only other teen able to help with that because the Nortons needed to get back to the farm right after breakfast; Rowen and Tim went over to his Aunt and Uncle’s house to help with setting up for the grad party that they were hosting; and Rebecca stayed at the Inn to help her parents with the extra clean-up that had gone along with a bigger than usual breakfast rush.

While I’m thinking about Rebecca, I wanted to mention that Jenny was invited to the camping adventure last night; but didn’t want to be the only ‘single’ teen there and spent the first night of her summer vacation hanging out with some of the other cheerleaders.  I’m sure that she’ll be spending some time with Rebecca today, and all summer too; but it definitely feels strange to be having this little phase where she feels like the odd one out while Rebecca is starting her new relationship with Lucas.  Summer is here, though; and there are going to be a lot of incoming boys visiting for vacations and holidays; so Jenny is fairly excited about that!

Exciting isn’t the word I’d use to describe my extended yard work morning, but it has been a gorgeous day; so at least I got to enjoy the sun and warm while working on mowing the lawn and doing the usual gardening and other chores around the yard.  Going for a swim to cool off and get rid of the major grime before stopping for lunch at one-thirty was good too; and then I was set free for the afternoon – as long as I took Ethan and Ehlana along with me.

Yes, Dad did need to get some work done in the office this afternoon, and that was easier without a bunch of kids running around; but Michael and I weren’t the only couple enjoying some clothing-optional fun at my house today – if the smiles on my parents’ faces when we got home for dinner were any indication.  Whenever you’re reading this in the future some day, Ethan, let me remind you that it was too much information for you today too. ;^)

Moving along, while Mom and Dad worked – and played a bit too; Ethan, Ehlana and I biked over to the Inn and then went on to play at the park after Michael was able to go on his afternoon break.  We biked the trails; ran around at the playground; and hopped into the river for a swim before going to the Emporium for an ice cream break.  We had those treats by the falls; Michael got to have several hugs and kisses when it was time for him to go back to work; and then I took Ethan and Ehlana for another, longer bike ride before we went home for dinner.

We just had a quick meal tonight because Mom and Dad had their ballgame; so we had eaten and cleaned up with lots of time to spare before they needed to get to the park for their warm-ups.  It was a busy night at the park with games at both diamonds; but the top event in town was the grad party at the Landry’s house.  I was short a cheerleader because Rowen was there and helping out on the work crew with Tim and his parents; but I still had fun with Ehlana, Naomi, Leah, and a few other girls who came over to hang out with us while we were cheering for our team.

The only part of the evening that wasn’t fun while we were at the park was the end of the game – and only because we lost.  Sheldon’s Beer Buddies had been in the lead for most of the game – or at worst, tied with our Bakery Beagles; so it wasn’t really all that big of a surprise that we didn’t have enough gas left in the team tank for a come-from-behind win.  We were still down two runs when the game ended on a pretty good grounder catch and force-out combination by the Beer Buddies’ third and second basemen.  The good news for the Beagles’ players that went to the pub after the game – the winners usually bought the first round; while the bad was that they also got razzed about the loss all night – again, as usual.

Michael joined us at the park in time to catch the last couple of innings after a busy night at the Inn, and by the end of the game, we had plans to not only babysit Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden; but to have our three best friends stay overnight again – though this time, we were doing that indoors.  That meant doing a bit of running around to get overnight bags while the parents got cleaned up and ready to go out, but Michael and I had our four charges home before Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Uncle Mark, and Aunt Grace stopped into to collect Mom and Dad on their way to the Pub.

Once they were gone, it was movie time in the lounge; and we spent a happy hour and a half or so immersed in a Disney fairytale before doing the bedtime story with the kids and putting them to bed with some bonus girl – or guy – chat time.

I’ve already mentioned that Michael and I followed that up with some clothing-optional fun for two; but we were dressed and only having a little cuddle time when Mom and Dad got home shortly before one o’clock.  We met them downstairs; had a little chat; and then we all went to bed – except for those of us who didn’t and met up to sneak outside and go for that swim.  There was probably some other reason why Dad couldn’t sleep and was awake when he heard us come back inside again; but let’s not go there – or I’ll start thinking about Michael being all alone in that bed right below my room and possibly get myself in trouble with the parents for a second time in one night! ;^)

If sneaking out to the river in the middle of the night is bad; I wonder what they’d say about finding us cuddled together in his bed – or mine in the morning?  We’re not going to find out the answer for that tonight; but I predict we will some day – either here or at Michael’s house.

I’d better wrap this up and get some sleep before I change my mind about that and sneak downstairs to Michael’s room after all.  There isn’t anything else important to add to the update tonight anyway; though I’ll add a grad party report tomorrow after getting that news from Rowen and Tim at church in the morning.  It’s been another really awesome day; and our summer holidays continue to start out great!

That fun will kick into high gear again in a few hours with Father’s Day Tai Chi here and breakfast at Michael’s, so I really should get started on that nap now.  Until next time…

…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!