We’ve had an awesome day!
Tai Chi by the river was a great way to get
our day off started; I was at Michael’s for a gourmet breakfast that Jake and
Stephanie joined us for – and that included a chef’s duel for the food between
Jake and Jacob; and then Michael and I had to rush the clean-up before heading
to the park for the teen praise team warm-ups ahead of the church service in
the park.
We had a lot of fun with that; had more
work to do when it was time to pack up our gear and make way for the first ‘act’
of the afternoon; and then we were on kid control for lunch and the co-ed
ballgame. I’m happy to report that we
went five-for-five this year for family championships, and while I battled
against Miranda for the cheerleading competition; my squad won that battle too –
despite the fact that Miranda pretended to be mad about losing on her fiftieth
birthday weekend. I give all credit for
that to Brianna and Faith; since they managed to keep Miranda distracted on a
regular basis so that she didn’t have time to cheer for ‘her’ team. While that was fun for us, there was a
fairly-entertaining ballgame to watch too; and the Roughriders won the day over
the Ranchers by a score of eighteen to eleven.
The game was a bit closer than the score looks; and this was another
case of a really good inning for our team being the game-changer today.
After the game, some of us went for a swim
to cool off; we played games after that; and then Michael and I were on kid
control again for the dinner rush. Add
in park clean-up duty after that; and we were kept busy until after the dance
started. Once that work was done, we got
to play with our family and friends again until the dance ended at a bit after
eleven. We danced a fair bit; socialized
the rest of the time; and then helped with all of the work that went into
packing up our day camp gear and getting all of the kids home. The cousins are back with their ‘host’
families tonight; Ethan’s staying with Jayden; and Ehlana’s with Brianna
because she couldn’t say no to the invitation after Brianna found out that some
of the cousins were getting sleepover buddies.
That’s worked out nicely for Michael and
me; and he’ll be here shortly for our sofa sleepover. Sleeping will be what we’ll be doing; since
we’ll be at the Inn early to work another breakfast buffet – and then work the
holiday buffets that’ll be going on from noon until we close tomorrow
night. I might get to do a bit of
holiday shopping on my breaks too; but I won’t get to spend much time with my
family. I do want to get to that sofa
sleepover fun with Michael, though; so let’s wrap this up.
I guess the only news I’ve skipped is from
last night. The part of the campfire I
was there for was fun; Michael and I took a turn playing and singing for
everyone; and we had some quality cuddle time with Brianna when she picked us
for her ‘fall-asleep’ cuddle buddies.
The camping was fun too, and we had some chat time with the older kids
and teens before we went into our tents and got some sleep; but it was fairly
low-key; and there really isn’t anything else to add about that. We had an audience this morning for Tai Chi,
but Michael and I missed out on the crazy-busy breakfast rush; and we didn’t
have to help with the kid control either while we were at his house – and then
at the park with the teen praise team.
Okay, that’s it, and I really need to get
some sleep while cuddling with Michael – as soon as he gets here; so, until
next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
