We’re having a camping night for the
cousins and a few friends in Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s back yard; so I’m
writing this micro update while grabbing my overnight bag now that the campfire
is over for the younger kids and we’re taking a break before continuing it for
the older kids and teens. Look for a
partial double update with the next report.
Tai Chi and breakfast were quiet at our house
with only Jayden here for company. I
helped out with some chores for Mom and Dad after that for a while; and then
was on the kid entertainment committee for the rest of the morning. Our family lunch was in the back yards for
both the Carringtons and Everetts; and I needed to eat fast before going to get
ready for my ball game and heading over to the park with Rowen.
Our game was at one; the Piranhas were the
home team against the Stingrays; and we won fairly convincingly with a score of
sixteen to six. We didn’t have much time
to celebrate our championship because Rowen and I moved on to cheer for
Michael, Tim, and the Arrows as they won their championship too with a
seventeen to nine victory over the Cannons.
Yeah for us, but we were all worn out by then already after more than
four and a half hours out in the hot sun – and it was really hot out again
today.
Dinner was pretty much ready by the time we
got to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house, and the camping decision had been
made by then too; so there were tents set up by the river and half of the
campers had their gear there already.
Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I all went for a cool-down swim before getting
in line for food; and that worked out anyway since the younger kids were set up
with food and drinks first. Since we
didn’t do any of the pre-dinner work; all baseball playing teens were drafted
for the clean-up; which is why it was heading toward dark by the time we’d
finished all of the work – including the campfire set-up.
Most of our family stayed for the first
couple of hours of the campfire; we played music, sang songs, and told scary
stories; and then the parents have just finished helping us out with getting
the younger kids ready for bed and tucked into their sleeping bags. I came home with Mom and Dad to get my bag;
and we’re not going to even write about what they’ll be doing with their
holiday weekend kid-free night. ;^)
I know that Michael and I won’t be doing
any co-ed sleepovers. Jaimie and Kaitlyn
are with me tonight for some girl chat time; Rowen’s taking Ehlana and Naomi;
and Michael has Ethan, Aiden, and Jayden with him. That’s going to be fun; but not as great as a
sleepover with Michael might have been!
We won’t get any more sleep, though, and
some of us have a church service to lead in the morning; so I’d better get to
the campground and started on that cousins’ girl chat time with Jaimie and
Kaitlyn if I want to have a chance of getting any sleep later tonight.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
