Family Fun Day

My friends spent their summers at the beach or in Europe. This is all I got. A day trip to Grand Rivers, KY to see the replica Columbus ships, the Nina and the Pinta. 

The boys were thrilled. 😭 I bought them ice cream to try to make up for it, but the boys were not buying into a mini- history lesson the last week of summer vacation. Never mind I’ve tried to coax Keagan out of the house for two weeks, and he’s nixed all of my great ideas. So I did the next best thing and reserved our hotel and bought plane tickets for our vacation in November. Crossing my fingers for snow in Jackson Hole!

Our day was so stimulating, Keagan fell asleep at 8:30. 

Lake Day

My million dollar mutt is now sick with a stomach virus. Since he can’t stomach dog food, I’m at home making chicken broth and rice for his lunch and dinner and feeding him ice chips.

Really. 

What has happened to me?!?!

Meanwhile, Evan is spending the day with our neighbors on the lake. Clearly he’s not having any fun and missing me.

Drivers Ed

Another to-do scratched off of our summer list. 

Drivers Ed is done!

Evan is hinting at needing his hardship license, but since I nearly had a coronary on Monday when he drove us just two miles from our front door, I’m nixing that idea. More practice (with his dad) is necessary!

Summer Training

There’s no break from soccer in this house. We went from Regionals to summer training with only six days off. Even the rain can’t stop us. Yesterday both boys trained in the rain and had this rainbow as their backdrop.

Not sure what Keagan is doing here, but you better believe he works to earn every point when he does these drills. My two boys were the ONLY boys clapping and cheering when their pair earned points. Fifty five boys and not one other boy was as eager to “win” as mine. I’m not sure where they get that competitive spirit.

Let Freedom Ring

We spent the Fourth of July at home each in our own space and away from one another. Wes grilled. I read. Keagan played Fortnight. Evan watched projected NBA trades. It was a perfect day of nothingness.

Wes didn’t buy fireworks this year because we quickly learned someone gets scared and hides in the bathroom at the sound of the first boom. 

We got our fireworks fix three days later at the NSC game. It was a great show after a great game!

Texas

No summer is complete without a trip to Texas. And a trip to Texas is not complete without visits with family, fresh peaches, coyotes howling at night, and lazy days in the pool.