Happy 3rd Birthday, Faith!
Ethan:
This is going to be a short update because
I only have a few minutes before going outside again to help with the guys’
camping night now that we’re home from Faith’s birthday dinner – and the girls
are moving on to a short campfire ahead of their camping night.
Ehlana and I helped Mom this morning with
getting ready for the trip to Quarry Lake; we ended up being ready to go and
headed out there by late morning; and then we helped out with the birthday
party kid control for an hour and a half of play time before we stopped for a
picnic lunch. The younger kids didn’t
want to slow down for long, so that was a short break; and then it was non-stop
play and fun all afternoon through until it was time to come home – and over to
Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace’s house for Faith’s birthday dinner.
We were on kid control while waiting to
eat; Aiden and I did our best to keep Zack, Eli, and some of the other guys
from messing with Faith’s fun during that meal and while she opened her gifts;
and then we were eventually told to leave and move on to our camping night when
Zack got bored by the ‘little kid’ party games.
We’re not doing a campfire here, but we will play some games after dark
and likely have to do one raid on the girls’ camp too, but we won’t let that
get out of hand either; and we have some bakery treats to share too – after Zack
and Eli get away with ‘stealing’ treats from the girls. I really need to get back outside, though, so
that’s it for now; and I’ll add more if needed with the next update.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
Ethan’s being nice; and some of those
younger guys – including Zack – have been more than a little annoying today
both at Quarry Lake and back here at home.
Faith is still having an awesome day; and
Ethan’s left some of the best news of the day for me to cover too. First up, Uncle Blaine and Aunt Alison
surprised Faith by coming a day early for the holiday weekend so that they
could go out to Quarry Lake with us; and we also get to have Jaimie and Kaitlyn
with us for the camping night and campfire!
I’m sure that Faith loved her gifts too, but is happiest about the extra
time with her aunt, uncle, and cousins.
The party at Quarry Lake wasn’t huge when it came to the actual guests
that had been invited to spend the afternoon with Faith, but as usual, word
gets around; and there were a lot of older siblings and their friends and
chaperones out at Quarry Lake for the day too – along with the KidZone staff
and their kids that weren’t already going to Faith’s party anyway.
While Faith and her friends are too-young
for some of the extreme fun at Quarry Lake, we still had a blast in the lake,
on the water slides, and with the games and activities they could do – and I’m
including Ethan, Aiden, and Naomi in that ‘we’ because we stayed and helped out
with the younger kids most of the time except for one break instead of taking
off with some of our friends and the older kids and teens. That was entirely because the parents needed
the support – and because it’s fun to hang out with Faith, Brianna, and their
friends! ;^)
Dinner, Faith’s gift-opening, and the ice
cream and cake desserts was all great despite the over-the-top antics that Zack
led with help from Eli, but they added in a lot of scary or annoying moments
that I won’t write about; so let’s move on and I’ll be glad that Faith still
had fun. Then again, she seems to have a
talent for ignoring the worst – or maybe it’s just that she’s so sweet and nice
about it that Zack actually feels guilty about messing with her. That, by the way, doesn’t get him to
stop. He just picks other nearby targets
to annoy instead – like Naomi and me.
I’m writing this while on a micro break ahead
of the campfire and need to get back to the fun; so I guess that’s all for
tonight. We have one more sleep before Cassie
and Michael will be home; so I’m glad that we’ll keep busy tonight and tomorrow
while waiting to see them again. This
has been an awesome day; and we can hope for that trend to continue for the
final four days of summer!
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
