Ethan and Ehlana:
It’s cooler again today, and some rain overnight left everything wet; so Tai Chi was indoors today – and still awesome thanks to sharing those moments with Cassie, Michael, May, and Lee. We had a special breakfast too; and then we were busy with getting ready for church, packing vans, and then the teen-led holiday service kept us entertained for a couple of hours – including the social time before and after the extended blast of music and special messages. Our day felt very compressed with so much going on, but we still moved on pretty much straight from church to the Inn for the noon buffet. Miranda and Jacob went with the extra buffets today; and Mom picked the first one so that our collegians could still get home with lots of time to get friends to their various apartments and then settle back into their townhome. We can skip the details like dropping off the rented vans, but they had a safe trip and everyone is apparently happy and ready to get back to classes again on Monday.
Once our weekend guests headed home, we still had some family fun ahead of us – since some of our cousins stayed around until later in the afternoon. For the Rice clan, that had a lot to do with spending time with Violet and her family; and nobody will be surprised to find out that Jaimie and Kaitlyn were reluctant to say goodbye to Micah and Jeremy. We did some visiting after a bit of work at home that allowed us to get first loads of laundry started, and while Dad needed to work in the office for the rest of the day; we still had a bit of play time too – including a short bike ride; a band practice; and, eventually, the rounds of goodbyes when our aunts, uncles, and cousins hit the road for their homes. We got back to work after that; had a leftovers dinner with just Mom and Dad; and kept working into the evening – cleaning bedrooms and bathrooms; keeping up with laundry – especially for towels and bedding; and a bit of family business work. Bath or Jacuzzi time was ordered at nine-thirty; and now we’re clean, ready for bed, and in need of some quality sleep. While we were going to offer commentary on weekend drama, we don’t really feel like doing that tonight, so we’ll save that up for tomorrow; and probably be able to add in more news once Ehlana and Naomi get the latest holiday gossip from around school! For now, that’s all we have; so off to nap-land we go!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
