6/30 - We went to the neighborhood pool and met up with several families including friends from out of town. the boys had fun playing football in the pool. the girls had fun making up games and hanging out together. We got pictures of all the boys together and all the girls together. The adults got to hang out and talk for a while, several of the moms got in the pool for a little while. We ordered some pizza and enjoyed lunch with some friend. Great time for all.
6/29 - A friend who moved away several years ago came in town. Several ladies went out to dinner at Wild Salsa. We had a semi private room which was perfect for a late dinner and a few drinks. It was fun catching up with friends, several of them our sons played baseball together when they were younger. Fun times
6/26 - We had dinner together, and then had family time outside in the pool. we are all thinking that we need to get a pool at our house :)
6/24 - Today we slept in some, had breakfast together, went through Kasey total breakdown and then headed to the house to work on stuff. We have to start getting stuff moved out of the bedrooms so they can do carpet soon. We also did some minor dusting which is hard to do.
On our way back we grabbed some pizza from Papa Murphy's. We hung out for a while when Greg went to the store then Kasey got in the pool and really wanted the pool for herself until it was time to shower and get ready for bed. Tomorrow we are all back to some normal schedules - me at work, Kasey has camp and Landon starts performance course to help get in shape for football.
6/23 - We left early to get the kids from camp. We thought Kasey's pickup was 9:30 so we left early enough to get there at 9. As we got closer we discovered it started at 9. Needless to say we were late. I knew Kasey would be freaking out that we weren't there. She was very happy to see us. She had a fun week and was ready to sign up for next year on the spot. The counselors give the kids character traits that they see in them over the week - Kaseys were authentic, enthusiastic and devoted.
After that we went to get Landon. He looked super tired but was also ready to sign up for next year camp right on the spot. Landon's character traits were reliable, teachable, and persistent.
Glad they had fun. Kasey and I both took naps on the way home. Greg got to take a short one after we got home :)
We had the grandparents over for some BBQ for dinner and some pool time. The grandmothers and I sat on the Jacuzzi edge with our feet in the pool. Grammy and I enjoyed some wine. The kids were playing and spent some time talking to us about camp. Kasey tried to teach us some songs, but we weren't very good at it.
It was fun to all get together and hang out. The grandfathers talked outside the pool and Greg did several things :)
6/18 - 6/22 - Greg and I had a week without kids, but we didn't really go anywhere because of all the stuff going on with the house. I worked Monday and Tuesday and we spent most of the rest of the week shopping for house stuff. We decided on our backsplash, our carpet for bedrooms and looked some more for furniture like couches and entertainment centers. We will get there someday :)
That week we started staying at a friends house in McKinney. We have been very fortunate to stay at friends houses while our house gets updated. Greg and I got to have a few nice dinners that week in McKinney. Once at Gregory's Bistro and one at Harry's on the Harbor. Even being hot outside we sat on the patio Friday which was nice except for the flys. Lots of flys.
6/17 - Today was the day we took the kids to Pinecove. We started out slow. Had mid morning brunch and got everything ready. We left around noon to drive there. The kids read in the car. We stopped at Buccees and got a drink and snack to eat on the way. We got there pretty early but still had a line to wait in.
We got Kasey in and settled, Greg and Landon went to his camp. Kasey passed her swim test, got settled in her cabin with her counselor Guacs who is an Aggie. I went with a few other moms to the boys camp. They did their swim test and we hung out a bit then let the boys get started with their camp.
Greg and I drove back. It rained pretty hard in a few places. On 635 there were about 4 wrecks from people sliding from the water on the road. We got back and went to dinner at Fish and Tails oyster bar. We watched some baseball and had some good food and a few beers.
6/16 - Greg let Kasey and I got to sleep in after staying up til after midnight at Twilight camp. We got moving slowly but all got showered and dressed. We decided to go out for lunch after watching some World Cup soccer. We ended up at Biergarden in Richardson. We had some good food and Greg and I had a few beers while the kids had milkshakes. We had fun. We stopped by Starbucks for some tea. They stayed in the car having a paper fight while I got drinks. Interesting :)
That evening we went to dinner with Grammy and Gramps for fathers day. We had some Brazilian food which is always good and very filling. Fun dinner with family.
6/11 - 6/15 - This week Kasey and I had Twilight camp. I worked during the day, actually worked out early 3 days, and we went to Twilight camp each night. Twilight camp is one of my favorite activities in Girl Scouts which is why this is my 4 year to volunteer at it. Its a great camp that goes from 6-10pm except Friday which was 6-midnight. The camp is organized and activities created by older girls that this year included STEM, a fun MAZE, water activities, a relay, archery, crafts, a scavenger hunt and a night of cooking where the girls learn to use knives for cutting and learn fire safety. We didn't sleep a ton, but it was a great week an the girls had a lot of fun.
Kasey actually slept in some days til 9:30 or 10 which is not normal. That helped some with the late nights.
Landon was with his friend Colin. Tuesday Greg flew to Tennessee to get Landon. They came back Wednesday evening. They got in and came up to camp so I could give Landon a hug after not seeing him for a week and half. Seemed like he grew quite a bit somehow.
Landon had fun but was a bit tired when he got back.
6/10 - We had yummy breakfast with Grammy and Gramps. We all got showers and got dressed, worked on Twilight mail some and then headed to Allen. We got lunch to take to the house, Greg went to pick up Landon's gear from the Scout trailer, and Kasey and I started working on Pinecove packing at the house.
after that we went to get Kasey some stuff for camp at Academy, went to Grandmas to start washing Landon's stuff from camp, then headed back to Grammy and Gramps to work on mail for twilight camp. We all got involved printing, labels, putting candy on them.
Gramps went to get Pizza for dinner which was yummy, and we enjoyed the girls working together :)
6/2-6/9 - Landon was at Summer camp for a week. He earned First class, 4 merit badges. Here is summary of camp from one of the leaders who was there.
Day One Summary:
The weather here is fantastic for summer. All slept well and woke up ready for the days activities. The scouts got familiar with the merit badge classes and locations. We have daily inspections for our campsite, so we are learning how to keep our personal areas clean. The evening activity centered on camp wide contest for scouts while adults attended an appreciation diner. Last night was the first of our mandatory shower nights, so everyone got a good nights rest. The troop is working well together and is already improving on efficiency. We are ready to take on day two.
Day 2 Summary
We had another great day at camp. The troop is adjusting well to the schedule and learning how to get from the trading post to their class in record time. The care packages are arriving and we are sharing them with scouts at 4pm. Last night was troop night at the waterfront and scoutmaster vs staff volleyball. Everyone had a great time ( including the adults). Before going to bed, we took a few scouts to work on night navigation skills. Everyone went to bed and we have already started classes for day 3.
Day 3 Summary
Scouts are having a great time at camp. The weather continues to work in our favor with beautiful days and cool nights. It was another full day of merit badge activities. We received another set of high marks for inspection thanks to our SPL and PLC leadership. We enjoyed cooking hot dogs in camp ( vegetarian options were provided ). Our troop submitted entries into scout/scoutmaster rifle contest as well as Dutch oven dessert. A scout is “clean” so we had our second mandatory shower night last night. All went to bed and woke up this morning to start day 4.
Day 4 Summary
Camp continues to provide lots of fun and new opportunities for our scouts. Even though some are tired, I receive responsive and smiling faces from all. We had another excellent camp inspection report and even earned extra points for our scouts direct participation in the commissioners questions. We had a great time at the water carnival and enjoyed watermelon and cracker barrel at camp before bed. We are well into our last day of classes where many scouts are completing their final requirements.
Day 5 Summary
Scouts had a good last day at summer camp. All attended their final classes and enjoyed the last opportunities at free time and spent the remainder of their funds at the trading post. Our scouts attending the mountain men program were reunited with the troop just before diner where our troop performed closing flag ceremony. Some scouts went on a five mile hike for a rank requirement while all others started getting camp ready to go home. We ended with a campfire where our troop earned awards and performed skits. We held our last mandatory shower night and some scouts gave election speech’s since they will be out of town next week.
6/9 - today we woke up making sure Landon got to go home with friends from summer camp in Tennessee. He was heading to spend a few days with a friend who used to live in town. Greg, Kasey and I walked Patch and Landon facetimed us while we were walking. He looked tired but was smiling. I told him I was proud of him for earning first class. He said he earned 4 merit badges at camp.
We went to have lunch with Grandma, Pops, Cindy and Carlos. We got Kasey ready for her dance recital. She took musical Theater where they did some of Annie including Jazz dance. Kasey had a few lines, and did well. This year she enjoyed putting makeup on which she hadn't much in the past.
Kasey performed well. It was a few numbers and they had fun. At a part of it because it was Annie they took off their smocks from orphans into dance costumes. One of the girls lost her smock but really wanted it. Kasey went with her back stage as they tried to find it.
Greg headed to FC Dallas game. Grammy made hamburgers for us and we all watched Justin win Belmont and triple crown. After dinner Kasey, Grammy and I watched Mamma Mia. We all love the music and Kasey sang and danced around for several numbers. Fun!
6/6 - Today was a busy and long day. I woke up at 4:45 so I could go work out at 5:30am. I came back to Grammy's to shower and get ready for the day. It was take your sons and daughters to work day. Kasey came with me. She was more interested in hanging in my office than seeing all the cool demos they had in the hallways.
We found Elisabeth who was excited to see Kasey and walked around some. Fun introducing kids to co-workers, and several of them remembered Kasey from selling cookies. We got to see robotics, play the violin, eat lunch in the cafeteria, meet the team and hang out in the office.
Kasey did some drawing, drew on a co-workers board for the 2nd year in a row. After lunch we hung out in my office. Kasey spent at least 40 minutes in my office playing medical office administrator. She was on the phone talking to patients, Drs and nurses. She had fun and was very busy. She was even taking notes. She continued her pretend on the way out talking about how the phone system was good because it would tell you which Dr or nurse was calling you. Not sure where all of this came from but it was fun to see.
I took Kasey to meet Greg and gastro Dr. We spent some time with him telling him what has been going on with her getting sick and what we had done with allergy testing and over the counter medicine suggested by the general practitioner. He was pretty certain and diagnosed her with cyclic vomiting syndrome. They don't know the cause, but its similar to migraines and is neurological. He is going to try a low dose medicine that is fairly old and mainly used to treat things like this now. There is hope she grows out of this, and hope that this fixes her issues. We will keep praying that is the correct diagnosis and we have a fix in place.
After the appointment, Kasey and I went to the house for a little while. Then I took her to a friends house to play for the rest of the afternoon. I headed back to the house to work.
This evening we had a girl scout event. 6 of our girls were there as an older troop was going to cross over from junior to Cadette. The older girls talked to our girls about what they liked best about being a junior and talked some about their bronze award which is a big step in girl scouts that happens as Juniors.
After this our troop all went to Laynes for dinner. We let the girls sit by themselves and moms got to talk some too!
6/5 - Today we picked wall paint colors for bathrooms and rest of the house. We also picked grout color for kids bathrooms. They have started putting in tile which is fun to see the progress of it.
Landon was able to get his scoutmaster conference before he left and he did his board of review while at summer camp. He earned first class at summer camp. We are very proud of him.
6/3 - We kind of had lazy morning. At one point Greg and I were joined by Kasey and Patch in the bed.
We all had breakfast and got ready. Grammy, Grandma, Kasey and I were heading to Ft Worth to see Mamma Mia the musical at Casa Manana. It was so fun. We listened to the music on the way there and back we enjoyed it so much.
After we got back we headed to Babes with the boys for some more yummy food.
6/2 - Landon was leaving for summer camp and a friend visit. We had to get him to Allen by 6am. I let Kasey sleep til 6am then we headed up there too.
After that we headed to the house to look at paint samples and get ready for the day. Kasey and I were going to Hawaiian Falls with a friend because she sold more than 600 boxes of cookies. We had a nice time on the lazy river, Kasey and I rode a few slides together, we all went across a ropes course with big floating things in the water, and we spent some time in the wave pool. We enjoyed a hamburger for lunch as part of it then headed out after that.
Kasey and I hung out at the house, took showers and then headed to swap making party and my co-leaders house. That was fun. The moms worked and so did the girls.
After that we headed to Grammys where she was making tacos and enchiladas for dinner. So yummy. Greg missed out because he went to FC Dallas game with Doug.
6/1 - I had part of work day doing community service with group at Bonton farms. We moved mulch around, turned over and added to compost pile, and worked on cleaning up around their new building that was going up.
Really cool place, I'd like to go back and help again.