Ethan and Ehlana:
Faith’s birthday adventures were amazing for her – and a blast for the rest of us too! For us, having Cassie and Michael home again is our best news of the week; so our play time at Quarry Lake, the birthday dinner, campfire, and camping night will have to come in second – and only for the work week; since we do have an awesome holiday weekend ahead of us! While at Quarry Lake, we did a fair bit of swimming; got in on all of our favorite activities from the rock wall and zip line to the Aqua Bikes and water slides. Faith’s birthday dinner included just a bit of time for us with Cassie and Michael, but we were busy helping out with the kids; and that trend continued into the evening and through to the campfire. Cassie and Michael only stayed for the first hour or so of the campfire because they were tired after their long trip home, but their musical contributions were a highlight of the night; and we had fun with our music too. The parents left it up to the teens and tweens to wind down the campfire, but we still stayed up late after that and the camping ended up being a lot of hanging out together into the wee hours of the morning and just a bit of nap time that wasn’t of the co-ed variety due to the junior tent buddies we had with us for the night.
That brings us around to today. Our morning adventures included helping out with the large gang of kids and getting them ready for the day and fed. That kept us busy for a couple of hours after the quieter Tai Chi by the river start to our day; and then Faith, Brianna, and their buddies were set free while we moved on to help with the campground clean-up. That work along with some chores at several homes after that kept us busy all morning, and while we were doing that; Cassie and Michael were spending time with his family – starting with a mid-morning break at the Inn with his parents, sister, and nephew followed by some play time with Luke because they kept him for most of the day while Rebecca went on to the Pizzeria. We know that Faith, Brianna, and their friends stopped in for a visit with Cassie and Michael; they ended up joining them for lunch – along with Jake, Stephanie, and their kids; and then they played together for most of the afternoon in the back yard and on or in the river. We stopped in for some of that fun, but spent more of our afternoon out on our bikes and on the trails; and now we’re doing this update ahead of helping Mom with making dinner ahead of our usual Wednesday evening co-ed ball practice ‘work’ with the younger kids at the park.
We do not have Cassie and Michael with us for that meal because they’re busy with Rowen and Tim instead, but we are going to do a co-ed sleepover at their house tonight; and expect that they’ll play with us – and the other kids – for at least some of the time while we’re all at the park after dinner. That news can wait for our next report; since we don’t plan on taking our computers with us after the ball practices. Speaking of that, we also should have mentioned that the usual ball practices were still on last night too because they are also the last practices before the championship games, but we were there for most of the birthday fun with Faith before our practices; and got home ahead of the campfire and didn’t miss much of the action.
Mom wants our help for dinner and we’re pretty much finished packing our overnight bags now; so that’s all for today. Stay tuned; since now we’ll be busy getting ready for the holiday weekend tomorrow and Friday; and then we’ll hope for some quality, non-stop fun while we have a gang of weekend guests!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
