I’m going to keep this short because I have
a bedroom and lounge full of cousins tonight; and I only have a few minutes to
do this between movies while we’re in our second intermission.
The weather forecasters were wrong in a
good way this morning, and we didn’t get the rain. That made everything more fun, whether it was
Tai Chi by the river or the campground clean-up after breakfast at the
Inn. The buffet there was awesome; and
we had a blast with our families. Most
of them met up with us at the Inn too; though we were also mostly at kid, teen,
or adult tables while having our food.
The camp teardown took a while, and then we
had time for a bit of biking at the park until lunch time that we didn’t take
the younger kids with us for so that we could play on the trails. Lunch was at my house, and really just a
snack; and then we had volunteer drivers ready to take us out to the ranch for
our trail ride or the corral adventure that the younger kids were doing. That was an awesome blast of fun, and while I
don’t have time for it this summer; the ride did have me missing the weekly
lessons we’ve done every other summer I’ve been here.
We mostly just stayed close to home and
swam after getting back from our trail ride; and Dawn, Jillian, and I were
recruited to help out with getting dinner ready. We weren’t doing a big family meal, but
instead had separate dinners for each house where cousins were spending the
night. We did get Grandma and Grandpa
with us, but Ethan was with Jayden at Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace’s; Uncle Adam
and Aunt Leanne had Jonathan, Jenny, and Eddie; Uncle Nick and Aunt Deborah had
Kara and Nicole; and we had Dawn, Jillian, Jaimie, and Kaitlyn. We didn’t have Tommy and Julian with us for
dinner; but they came over to hang out with Dawn and Jillian after dinner for a
while – until the chick flick marathon started after dark.
That’s why I didn’t get to spend any time
with Michael, but I’m pretty sure that he was just ready to go home and get
some sleep after staying and helping Jake and Stephanie until the Inn closed
tonight. The movie marathon with Ehlana,
Naomi, and our cousins has been fun; and Violet sent Dillon home early so that
she could hang out with us too. It might
be a while before I get to sleep, but I hope it isn’t too late; because we’ve
got another Quarry Lake adventure planned for tomorrow – this time with all of
our family going along – and a bunch of our friends too.
I’ll let you know how that goes, but I’m
getting called back to the movies already; so that’s all for tonight.
Until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of
the Light!
