Adventures in La La Land

Whew! What a week!  1.  After months of planning, we finally put on our second annual Soccer Camp for kids this week. It went so  well. The weather was absolutely beautiful - high 70s/low 80s and cloudy most of the time. There was about 10 minutes of rain on Monday, but no thunder or lightning, and the most of the kids thought playing in the rain was a blast! We had an amazing team of volunteers that worked hard to teach soccer, have fun with kids, share the gospel, make snacks, build relationships, organize everything, and clean up. By Monday morning we had over 200 kids pre-registered! But we never had more than 180 a night actually show up, so it was manageable. My position on the planning committee is mostly marketing, content creation, and registration, so I didn't have a ton to do at camp every night. And yet, by Thursday night I felt like I'd been run over by a truck. My body is not used to so much standing and walking (#embarrassingbuttrue).  2. Lucy is offic...

1. We spent 4th of July at the pool as per usual. It was the perfect day for swimming, even if the pool is as warm as the air. Justin's parents and brother even stopped by in a converging of the families. The kids had a blast swimming with Grandpa and Uncle Jesse.  Many moons ago we always did fireworks at Niki's, but we haven't the past few years. It's no skin off my nose since I hate them anyway. (#anxiety) We found some leftover sparklers from last year in the garage and let Lena and Levi play with them at home until it started raining, so we're not total duds.  2. In an effort to spend less time on my phone this week, I broke out a 1,000 piece puzzle. It was maddening - way harder than other puzzles I've done. And it hurts my neck to bend over the table for long periods of time. I'm too old and out of shape to do puzzles. Is this rock bottom? 3. Of course, I'm too much of a millennial to just sit quietly and do a puzzle. I had to listen to a couple a...

 I don't have much to share this week.  1. We spent almost every day at the pool. I didn't take any pictures. 🤷  2. Justin had Friday off so we went up to Luke's lake to fish off his pontoon boat and swim. Nova and Ruby came with us. Everyone loved fishing. Nova and Lena were the only ones to actually catch fish.  I swam in the lake too, but nobody took my picture. When we swam under the pontoon boat, Levi said, "This water looks like Mt. Dew!" 😂 3. On Friday night, we went to downtown K.C. for fireworks. Levi was in his glories running around, talking to people he knew, and petting every dog in a one mile radius.  Levi actually enjoyed the fireworks this year, and didn't even wear his headphones once they got started! 3. Last night, Justin set up the tent in the backyard so he and the kids could have a campout. Lucy was not interested. Lena came in around 11:00 because people were setting off fireworks close by and she was too nervous. Levi and Justin laste...