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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Ethan's and Ehlana's Journals - May 31, 2023

 

Ethan and Ehlana:

We’ve had another awesome day, but not much play time or excitement.  Tai Chi by the river and breakfast with Mom and Dad made for a great start to our last day of May; we had fun at school with bonus outdoor time while we took lesson reviews out into the sun – not that more light necessarily brought clarity to those reviews for all of our classmates!  We played at the lab or archives after school despite the sunny weather, and while we still have time before our summer break; Naomi and Aiden are also getting more work to do at home or the bakery; and we’ll all be working more this summer than last year.  That’s a fact of life around here, and we wouldn’t complain about any of that; since we’re among the luckiest tweens when it comes to our chores and part-time jobs.

Ehlana and I were home in time for dinner with Mom and Dad; they let us meet up with Naomi and Aiden for some play time at the park; and we ended up doing more biking on the trails than helping out with the younger kids during the co-ed ball practices because there was already a lot of parent and grandparent support.  Cassie and Michael stopped in to check out the baseball action; we chatted with them for a while; and then they went along with us for one more short bit of trail riding before we needed to come home and do some exam studying.  Naomi and Aiden stayed with us for that; we studied instead of doing any family business work; and Mom added in a Magi lesson that allowed us to get more done on that studying in less time.

Naomi and Aiden are home now, and we walked them there while taking Silkie out for the walk too.  Bath or Jacuzzi time was needed next, but we kept that short; and now we’re winding down with our usual bedtime twin chat and computing.  We’re ready to move on to June now, but don’t plan on staying up to see it arrive; so that’s all we have for this report.

Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Ethan's and Ehlana's Journals - May 30, 2023

 

Ethan and Ehlana:

Happy 3rd Anniversary, Lucas and Rebecca!

Cassie and Michael attended the anniversary dinner at the Norton’s farm tonight, but other than being in on a family gift that they delivered for us; we didn’t even see the happy couple today.  That was still a top story of the day for Michael’s family, though, and we hope that his sister and brother-in-law have had a happy day.  We heard that they’re getting a kid-free night for one of their gifts; and won’t want or need details at least for that part of their celebration!

As for our day, the weather continues to be sunny and awesome; we have been happy all day from Tai Chi by the river with Mom and Dad through breakfast, our academic adventures, and after-school fun that included some biking, a swim in the river, and the usual Tuesday night baseball practices and Pizzeria pizza picnic dinner at the park.  After getting home, we got busy with some family business and chores work, a Magi lesson with Mom, and then bath or Jacuzzi time that we needed to get cleaned up after the outdoor play time and ball practices.

The other top story we have for today comes from Dad’s office.  Anna Marie Palmer officially joined the law practice today, and while that is going to be awesome for everyone at the office; we’re expecting that Dad will be busier for a while before Anna Marie will be able to take some of the workload from Dad and make his job a bit easier.  We’ll keep you posted on that now and then as we go along, but Anna Marie is brilliant; and she is going to be an amazing lawyer!  The jokes have already started – usually at Dad’s expense, and while we won’t offer all of them here in our journal, for one example; we’re very glad that Dad was the only lawyer in town when the Magi council found out about Mom and Cassie because they might have made a different decision back then if they could have afforded to lose one lawyer.  Since we might not have been here otherwise; Ehlana and I are very glad that Anna Marie was still a kid back then! ;^)

Moving along, we got a lot of work done thanks to some time phasing, and now we’re really tired; so that’s all we have for this update.  Getting some sleep is next on our agenda, and while that might not seem very exciting; it is what we need most right now – so we’re going to call it a night and crash and nap for a while.

Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!

Monday, May 29, 2023

Ethan's and Ehlana's Journals - May 29, 2023

 

Ethan and Ehlana:

Memorial Day – another holiday that we celebrate without adding in any salutations like ‘Happy’ or ‘Merry’ to describe the way we’re supposed to feel.  That’s true even in our little corner of the world where we both remember our ancestors and then celebrate the lives we get to have because of their sacrifices.

We’re thinking about that tonight because we’re also looking into the future as Cassie and Michael will now be getting to work full-time starting tomorrow; and our future plans are really going to kick up to the next level as they get ready to travel the world and grow our family business and charities while also battling our Dark Magi enemies.  While there, let’s also add that our favorite Dark Magi Master is making her own moves, and thanks to the checks Mom did tonight; we know that Hathorne Industries just hired two of Cassie’s college classmates – Philippe and Pamela.  If you’ve read Cassie’s journals, you’ll know that she had some personal trouble with Philippe; and Pamela hated Cassie – and likely still does despite the fact that she ‘won’ Philippe and they’ve now been together for years.  We’re sure that Gwyneth hired them specifically because of their connection to Cassie, and while we wish that they weren’t drawn into this battle; there is nothing we can do about the situation.  They are on the way to Spain tonight, so we’re a bit jealous of that, but Gwyneth is on her summer break from Princeton; and we need to stay here for school and everything else we have going on this week.

While our day hasn’t been trip-to-Spain good, we have had an awesome, full day.  The buffet dinner at the Inn, campfire at the Carringtons; and sleepover at our house last night were all really great, and yes, we got to have a co-ed sofa sleepover in the lounge with Naomi and Aiden while at least two teen cousin couples got mixed up with their guest room assignments.  We are not going to add details; so let’s move on!  Tai Chi by the river this morning was nice; we had a major breakfast that we helped with both the cooking and clean-up; and then we headed out for the parade and service at the cemetery.  Naomi had to head out early to meet up with the school band, but the rest of us were still early for the parade and had time to chat with everyone around us until the parade reached us.  Watching Naomi playing with the band was my personal highlight, but we enjoyed the parade, the service, and the family stories that our grandparents shared with us after the service and while we walked around the cemetery.  Having another hot, awesome day helped to make all of that even better compared to previous years when we got rain; and that’s why we spent more time on that tour and story time.  We did eventually need to get home again, though, so we did that and then got everything ready for the picnic at the park.  Everything was loaded into Dad’s truck; we helped with unloading the truck at the park; and then we were put on kid control while our family day camp was set up and until we gathered for lunch.  That meal was a crazy blast of busy; and then we spent the afternoon playing games and having fun with just one break for the National Moment of Silence.  Okay, there were other breaks for drinks or frozen snacks, and some of us went for a short swim in the river to cool down, but we played most of the time through until it was time to pack up and head for home again.

That’s one thing about this holiday weekend that can be different from the others – the need for our guests to hit the road for their own homes by late-afternoon.  We helped with the work at the park; with getting vehicles loaded up; and some chores around our house.  We got to say goodbye to all of our weekend guests before they left town, but those were cameo moments that blasted past from the first one at the park through until the last guests left the Carrington and Everett homes.

It was time to do more work at home after that, and between the chores and family business work; we kept busy until Mom sent us upstairs for bath or Jacuzzi time.  We had a snack dinner too, but after all of the great food at the park; none of us really wanted to eat very much anyway.  The tub time was needed; and we feel better after getting cleaned up and ready for bed.  We did some time phasing to get all of the work done; so we’re also getting tired too.  Life is going to get back to normal tomorrow, but we still need to be rested up and ready for it; so that’s all for tonight.  Stay tuned, since ‘normal’ in our little town can and does get very interesting and weird – especially when you least expect it! ;^)

Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Ethan's and Ehlana's Journals - May 28, 2023

 

Ethan and Ehlana:

We’re doing another early update, but since we’re covering the news from last night too; get ready for a full day of news! ;^)

The barbeque dinner was definitely a major event for our families and friends, and while we celebrated Violet and Dillon’s anniversary too; we were on the edges of that fun while hanging out with our cousins and friends instead.  We helped out with some of the work before and after dinner too, but we got to play too; and got in on a little canoe ride and some of the back yard games.  We were spectators for the volleyball action at the Emersons, but there weren’t any kid games; so we didn’t play too.  The campfire was definitely the entertainment highlight of the night for us.  Having Naomi and the Holiday Harmonies offer our musical contributions was great – including the song we did for Violet and Dillon, but we also loved sharing the musical spotlight with Cassie and Michael as they did two rounds of duets that included two songs for Violet, Dillon, and their kids and a second set of ballads for the parents and other couples to dance to and enjoy.

While the campfire went fairly-late, our adventures weren’t finished.  We took a small gang of teens and tweens home with us; video games and music in the lounge was especially-good for the couples that got to have the extra cuddle time; and then we won’t write about any co-ed sleepovers that might have happened in bedrooms or the lounge on the third floor!  Ehlana is laughing at that, but only because Aiden went home last night after his campfire visit with us; so there are no stories to be told about them!

Moving along to today, we had extra exercise buddies by the river this morning; breakfast was a blast of busy that included a fair bit of work for us along with taking turns getting ready for church.  We got there with time to spare; and the teen-led service was really good.  That might sound a bit weird for a somber holiday weekend, and everything from the music to Pastor John’s message was appropriate for Memorial Day, but there never seems to be a ‘right’ way to comment on these more-serious services; so we’ll go with ‘good’ and move on.

After getting home, we were able to escape the pre-lunch work by helping out with canoe rides for the younger kids – though we helped Cassie and Michael first because we wanted to round up extra bikes and kid trailers for the biking we wanted to do after lunch.  That meal felt like an on-the-fly blast of food and fun; and then the biking on the trails around town and at the park kept us busy for a couple of hours – including stops to play at the park and by the river.  We went for a swim in the river – or some of us did; since the water was still pretty cold; and now we’re getting ready for the late buffet at the Inn.  We’re not all doing that, since Aiden and Hailey needed to meet up with their family for the third buffet sitting, but we’ll still have almost-all of our family with us; and we are going to have fun – even if we end up on kid control for the meal too.

That’s pretty much got us caught up on the news to now, but before we wrap this up; we’ll add that our plans for the evening will include a teen and kid campfire at the Carringtons and another sleepover here at home for at least a few of the teens and tweens that will definitely include Naomi and Aiden.  Those stories can wait for tomorrow night, and we do need to get going again soon; so that’s all for today.

Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Ethan's and Ehlana's Journals - May 27, 2023

 

Ethan and Ehlana:

Happy 6th Anniversary, Violet and Dillon!

Happy 22nd Birthday, Reid Spencer!

We’ve had an awesome day so far, but this update is early and the rest of the news for our day is still ahead of us to be lived; so we’ll only cover our story-so-far.

Violet and Dillon are celebrating their special day, but that has mostly been while hanging out with our families and friends.  The family dinner we’ll be heading to soon will be part of their anniversary celebration too, but we’ll have more on that with our next update.  As for our day-so-far, after Tai Chi by the river and breakfast, we went shopping for most of the morning – or at least that was true for Ehlana, Naomi, and a lot of my favorite girls.  I was with the guys for the shopping and we returned home earlier than the girls.  Aiden had to help out at the bakery this morning, but he caught up with us for lunch and went along for the trail ride at the ranch that was the entertainment highlight for our afternoon.  We haven’t been home from the ranch for long, but we wanted to get cleaned up; and now we’re going to help Mom and Dad with hauling our dinner contributions to the Carrington’s house because they’re hosting the dinner and campfire tonight.  We don’t expect to have time for any computing later tonight because we’re hoping to have a sleepover here with Naomi, Aiden, and some of our cousins.  That’s something else we’ll need to let you know about with our next update, but we need to get going now; so we’re out of here!

Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!