We've certainly had some good, hot, summer weather the past few weeks! We were up at the cottage for the 4th, and the weekend following, and it was perfect weather to be at the lake. We are getting to the point of needing some rain, but hopefully we can hang in there a little longer as I don't think there's anything predicted for a few days.
We had such a great time with Tom, Tera, Luke, and Jude while they were in town. I love it that all the boys can just pick up with each other as if no time has passed. We had splash pad playdates, hang out time at our house, time at the cottage, and Levi was able to do an overnight with them at Grandpa and Grandma's house. It is rare that he gets to spend time with a cousin his age (since there are none on the Steenwyk side, and all of the ones his age on the Krol/VanBeek side live far away), so it was neat that that worked out. We started making some general plans for our trip to Kenya next winter, and we're getting more and more excited!
With everything going on, Mike and I weren't able to go out for our anniversary, but we hope to fit in a date soon! It was on a Sunday, and we just took the kids to Wendy's for lunch like any normal Sunday. :) I love my life, I love my marriage, I love my family, and I love it that we can be flexible together.
I've been staying a little busy with volleyball. Most of it is just that I have so much to learn before the season begins. We had an open gym last week; I met with the previous coach; and there was also an afternoon that I went to watch Unity Christian's volleyball camp and I had a chance to talk with their coach (so helpful!). Whenever I have spare time at home I'm looking up YouTube videos and researching all things volleyball.
Last Friday and Saturday the three older boys had Chess Camp at school, and I think they liked it. At least Caleb did - he won 2nd place in his age group. :) Beforehand Levi was saying he didn't want to go, but I think he ended up enjoying it. On Friday I toted Jackson around for a bunch of errands, and he did great!! We had such a nice time together. He was pleasant and patient. My momma heart really needed that after some rough times with him.
Saturday evening my high school graduating class had a TWENTY year reunion! So crazy. It's amazing how quickly so much time has passed. I'm not surprised this was our first reunion - our class didn't exactly like each other, and I think pretty much everyone was glad to be done and move one. And we all stayed in touch with the people we wanted to see on our own. Anyways, it really ended up being a nice time to reconnect.
It's been a strange start to the celery harvest. Usually things are getting pretty crazy by now for Mike, but they just started the second packing line today. And, over the past two weeks that the other line has been running, it's been pretty light, even taking a day or two off from packing and some lighter days. I would imagine soon they'll be getting into the better celery and things will ramp up!
Things are starting to happen in the garden. I've been getting some peppers, zucchini, and beans. Of course I'm having trouble staying on top of the weeds. At least I can still tell what's what out there. With as dry as it's been I have been doing some watering, which I don't normally need to do.
We've been busy with random things, but nothing pressing like the week of VBS was, and it's been SO great. I love summer like this!
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