Ehlana and Ethan:
It cooled down today and felt like fall, but it was still around sixty this morning and sunny; so the teen-led church service was at the park; we still had a high above seventy; and that made our final round of festival fun awesome! We were with a gang of family and friends for the early buffet at the Inn after the final round of thrill rides, shows, and games; and then we were put to work helping with chores and seeing our weekend guests on their way home after that amazing meal. Naomi and Aaron still have minor roles with the teen group leading the church services, but Ethan really appreciates his girlfriend a lot; and loves seeing her shine even when that is for tiny, cameo moments while the senior teens take the spotlight. We’re actually happy with that this year; since it has been a lot of work in the past when we’ve done more with our little band.
The rest of our Saturday was great too, and while there was some weird to go with Zack’s birthday dinner at the park; we were on the edges of that while helping with next-gen cousins and kids. The food booth choices were great; so we’ll only add that we’ve had enough of festival food to last us until next year. The family dance included a lot of fun with our favorite dance partners and friends; there were only two comedy moments aimed at Naomi and me for dance cut-ins; and we even managed a bit of bonus fun with Cassie and Michael – even though they were in high-demand with everyone wanting to see them before they head to Africa in the morning.
Ethan and Aiden ended up having Jayden with them when they left the park for the Carrington’s house and Zack’s all-night video gaming with his buddies, but while we offered; Susan didn’t come with us for the girls’ night. Sophia was talked into coming along while Aaron opted to go home and get some sleep after a tough football week and all of the festival fun-so-far. Michael was far-outnumbered by the girls in his house last night, but he loved most of the fun and found other things to do when the girl chat moments got weird for him. Cassie and Brianna led the way for those hours of play time, but we also didn’t try to stay up all night either; and managed to get hours more sleep than the boys did last night.
We had it easier for Tai Chi by the river and breakfast; we dressed accordingly for the cooler morning and outdoor church service; and layered to also be ready for the afternoon festival adventures too. Let’s mention that lunch at the park was really just some snacking for us after a big breakfast and our desire to save space for the buffet food. While we also had our best friends with us a lot today, we also tried to spend time with our visiting cousins and friends – along with the parents; so our play time also felt like a series of cameo moments strung together to fill up those hours between the service and when we headed to the Inn. We can also report that this festival has been one of the most-successful in recent years thanks to the amazing weather; and that’s good for everyone involved – especially the charities that get a lot of their funding from the festival booths.
Moving along, after seeing our visiting guests off; Ethan and I helped with cleaning at cottages and homes; we took care of some extra laundry; and had a last visit with Cassie and Michael; since we won’t see them before they head to the airport in the morning. Grandma and Grandpa are heading for Arizona in the morning too, but we said goodbye to them at the Inn; and they were sleeping long before we were wrapping up our chores. Dad is ready for his week in the city and finished that up while we were busy helping Mom, so we need to head for our nap time soon; since we’ll be getting up early to see him off to Crystal Springs. That will have to be enough for this final festival weekend update. Ethan and I still did our usual bedtime computing and twin chat fun, but we are not going to mess up all of our happy with commentary on politics, world news, or anything else. Sure, the world moves along in too-many terrible ways whether we write about it or not, but life here in our little corner of it is amazing and wonderful; so we’ll enjoy that and hope for the same to be possible for everyone else someday too. We’ll do what we can to help that to happen, but for right now, we just need to get some sleep; and then we’ll be ready to get back to doing that – and enjoying our everyday awesome!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
