Ehlana and Ethan:
We’re getting ready to hit the road for Brookbridge and Aaron’s first football game of the season and his high school career – though Ethan and I will also admit that we’re really going to brave a damp night for Naomi’s first game on the cheer squad!
Since our last report, We had a blast at Quarry Lake while also helping out with kid control; Faith’s birthday dinner barbeque was an adventure with some scary food moments thanks to younger brothers and guy cousins playing their usual pranks and games; and then Naomi and I helped the girls to have an awesome rest of the night without boys except for a few fathers. Thanks to the weather forecast, Faith and her overnight guests opted for an indoor sleepover instead of camping. That’s why we ended up watching Faith’s movie picks; doing mini-makeovers; and enjoying a lot of quality girl chat time! We stayed up too-late, but that goes with the territory for a sleepover; and the lack of nap time was a fair trade-off for helping Faith out with having another amazing birthday. Naomi and I have decided that we haven’t done that often-enough lately, and while we miss our favorite boys too; we are going to schedule more girls-only time this fall. Naomi and I didn’t get much sleep, but still got up at normal time for Tai Chi with some of our favorite girls – and Uncle Adam – despite the wet lawns and a few sprinkles that we couldn’t dodge with the slow-motion Tai Chi movements. The post-party breakfast was a minor adventure; Naomi moved on to her cheer squad practice after that; and I stayed and helped with the sleepover clean-up and getting the younger kids packed up and heading home before the first round of thunderstorms rolled through town.
I met up with Ethan after that; and we’ve kept busy with chores and other work to get homes and cottages ready for our incoming holiday weekend guests. The Malloys and Proctors will be at their cottages this weekend; we’ll also be getting some of the Rice clan here in town; and about half of the Johnson-McEwan clan will be here too – or already are; since we have had some early arrivals. We’ve been helping out with some of those arrivals and keeping younger kids entertained indoors, but we’ll be missing the family dinner and evening entertainment while we’re at the football game. We’re also going to be having dinner in Brookbridge, but we can include all of those stories with our next report. Supporting Naomi and Aaron at football games will be a significant change in our schedules for the next few months, but then that’ll be just one of many changes coming our way this fall – and not just because Ethan is now dating a high school cheerleader! ;^)
While I could have fun with a commentary on that topic, we need to go and meet up with Naomi and Aiden soon; so that’s all we have for this report. Stay tuned, since there will be a lot more coming as the fun level kicks up again for our last holiday of the summer!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
