A glimpse into what it is like to be in our family just this moment.
Intentional Outdoor Hours: 510+ hours (of 1000)
We snagged plenty of time outside this week at practices/scrimmages. We are also loving our back porch and the blacktop. Grey got his hand-me-down bow from Chum (thank you) and was eager to get it sighted in and shoot the target 8 million times. My birthday walks are adding to outdoor time too and I have enjoyed them so much I made time to squeeze in some non-birthday, but just for me walks too! Hoping this is a habit that sticks!
Reading Wool by Hugh Howey and The Luminaries by Susan Dennard...but truthfully we are in the lowest interest of reading time period for me of the whole year. It will pick back up as soon as kids are in session at school and we get back into a routine - but this lead in where I'm not exactly sure how this is all going to play out has me completely distracted and scatterbrained. So getting in a few pages here and there but I'm mostly planning or disassociating (hah, but for real).
Birthday Miles: Mile 31 with Mimi (.22 m), Mile 32 with Krista (3.41 m), Mile 33 with Juice (1.06 m), Mile 34 with Kev (1.42 m), Mile 35 with JP (4.57 m!) , Mile 36 with Becky C (1.21 m), and Mile 37 with Shelly C (1.34 m via phone PA to WA)
Visiting Mimi for lunch. Our whole family headed out to Brandon's grandma's house and she whipped us up the most delicious brunch (like she always does at the last minute - how do grandmas do it?!) and we spent the afternoon sipping coffee, chatting, and even got in my birthday walk with her - at 85 years old with a replacement hip, knee, and shoulder - Mimi killed that .22 miles! love you Mimi).
Book Club finally! Our book club meetings happen about every six months due to scheduling madness (hah!) but every time is just so worth it and renews our hopes and dreams about being more timely with reading and discussing. We met at Pappy's pizza this time which was kid-friendly - so I loaded up 4 of the kids and while we all ate - they played in the arcade and the grownups talked books and teacher (the whole group is teachers from various local schools!) Next on our book club reading list: The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
Loving our back porch! Mr. Darren is doing incredible work. He got the electric meter and the radon pipe all boxed in under the porch. It finally looks finished, tidy, and beautiful! He also finished the shake siding and all the roof pieces and moved onto the upper siding of the back of the house. We chose a sage green horizontal siding and it turned out so nice with the brown/red shake, the light tongue&groove on the inside, the dark brown tin roof, and the brown/red brick accents. Gah - I am just so happy to see it all coming together! Thank you Mr. Darren!
Getting sucked into a tv series like the dissociative distraction that I need to survive right now. (Laughing about that FOREVER). I started watching The 100 because it seemed like the perfect poorly acted, giving all the Passions soap opera vibes that my wretched, overstimulated, anxious heart needs in this time of back-to-school-all-the-sports moment needs. Hahhaha, so ridiculous but also an amazing new addition to my life at 4a everyday.
Visiting the middle school for orientation with Gemma. She was so excited to practice her locker combo and thankful to visit her classroom/teachers to see where she will be going each day. She is going to do so great in the 'big' school and I can't wait to see all the ways she will blossom even more. Love you, Roie girl.
Paying our respects to a local family who tragically lost their momma. One of the family's sons is Rusty's classmate and former teammate when I coached them both in U6 soccer. Even though it is sad and scary to go, we believe it's important that our kids get practice in being there in grief with their friends and family. Rust did a great job and played Legos with his friend for a long while and we talked together about how we can help carry sad for the people we care about - but we also get to help celebrate happy too and that is the whole point of life; to be there for each other.
Happy for my parents who sold their house in under a week! They officially signed the papers this week and then had Gem and Vi over for a sleepover and had all the kids visit on Friday while I went for a birthday walk (thank you!) It's wild to think that the kids' visits there to play are numbered now, both sad and thrilling. So excited to see what their journey has in store next!
Summertime playdates. Vi had a day at Giada's house, Gem went to decorate her locker with Evelyn, we did our annual last picnic of summer with the Conns, Valentines, and Huffmans at the Que on Thursday. Gem and Vi had a sleepover with my parents at their house too! And we had a Morgan Wallen dance party in the parking lot of the football stadium after the ice cream social with the Valentines too while we waited for some players to get picked up! (love you guys)
Basketball court debut party with Grey's friends at our house on Saturday night. We hosted some friends at our house to share our new basketball court. They played bball, but also football, and cops & robbers, and werewolf. Hah, it was a great night just hanging out and laughing and being chill before the school year gets started.
Sporting and it's GO TIME baby! All fall sports are in session! Rusty had a flag football practice and a scrimmage (he did great at running back, linebacker, and QB2), Violet and Gemma each had 2 cheer practices. Grey had Heat Acc week followed by two days of full pads practice for football. Grey, Gem, and B all had fall sports pictures this week too. B had a coaches meeting heading into Camp week then he had football camp every day from 8a-5p including a community service day on Friday where the team worked around the school district weeding, painting the Path of the Pride, spreading mulch on the playgrounds, and painting. On Friday night, we all attended the annual ice cream social hosted by the football boosters. B handed out 'awards' to the players for their hard work at camp all week (complete with sashes and custom walk up music!) and Grey & Bryce came in at second place for the cornhole tournament. Then Varsity football had their first scrimmage at Purchase Line on Saturday morning. Gemma assisted the trainer on the sidelines and the rest of us were there to cheer on Coach Daddy and the boys.
Special shout out to Red and Olive who are practice/scrimmage/game CHAMPIONS. Man, these kids just find friends, eat their weight in snackies, and learn all the terminology and skills right along their older siblings and teammates. God bless the little brothers and sisters who have been attending practices and games since utero. Thank the good Lord for their adaptability, it will serve them well in life.
Making crockpot beef au jus sammies, Korean ground turkey with rice and green beans, BBQ chicken sammies, sheet pan kielbasa and pierogies. For the basketball court debut party we had a hot dog bar (with lots of different topping options) and buffalo chicken dip. For breakfast this week - I made chocolate croissants, french toast, strawberry granola breakfast cake, and chocolate pumpkin muffins for the trip out to the scrimmage.
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