Summer Shenanigans

 When our Summer break first started, we didn't know when we'd be moving. So we didn't plan a lot for this Summer. Usually we are on the go so much that the start of the new school year is when we actually get to slow down and relax. Ha! This Summer is much like our 2020 Summer without a lot on our calendar. We've gotten together with friends for BBQs, the trampoline park, baseball and dinner dates for me. But we've also had a lot of down time at the house....and WAY TOO much screen time for all of us.

The highlights of our Summer was P going to church camp, his 13th birthday celebration, the end of E'a baseball season (with a couple wins!!) and our trip to Cali. We went to Cali at our usual Summer time  but this time we didn't stay as long due to uncertainties with E's baseball schedule, P's church camp and our move. On the way to Cali we had a long layover in Vegas so I paid way too much in Uber/Taxi fees to take the boys to see the strip for the first time. We watched a snipit of the Bellagio water light show and saw some of the famous casinos. Then we made our way to NorCal to visit my parents, where we fished, fed fish, went to a small town parade, ate great food, swam at the lake and went to a baseball game. Then we topped it off in SoCal with my brother and his family, going to Disneyland for the boys' first time, touring the USS Midway, looking for shells on the beach and eating great food. As my mom likes to say, "We crammed a lot into the little time we had together." We always love our Cali time, but I especially loved spending extra time with my brother and his family this trip!

Once we got back, I went to into "move mode". We also celebrated P's birthday. A friend of mine made a custom Ole Miss cake for him, which is probably the best red velvet cake I've ever eaten. We also grilled steaks and corn on the cob at his request. Then, a couple days after his birthday, we celebrated with a few of his friends by going to the movies to watch Top Gun: Maverick and then having dinner at his favorite local Mexican restaurant. It was a low-key, but fun, way to celebrate our boy becoming a teenager.

Well, I'd write more but I'm off to pack more before doing a photo shoot and then watching E play baseball on a friend's team. Happy Saturday!