My sister and her family came over on July 3rd. We had lunch and played Apples to Apples (Luke's request). The kids swam for a little bit and we went through the box of my mom's stuff. It had been a long time since we had all gotten together and we had a good time. We missed JD, who is on a mission in South Dakota (at some point, he is supposed to go to Japan, but Covid is still interfering).
On Independence Day, we went and saw my dad's new apartment. He showed us around the building and we met some of the other residents. They have a lot of different activities and clubs. One person described it as a cruise ship on land. My dad is still very excited about the move and I am crossing my fingers that he continues to be happy with his decision. It is a large complex and they have three different levels of living. Right now, my dad is in the independent section, but they still have some safety precautions in place. For example, they have something on the door that they reset every night and it moves when the occupant opens the door. The staff will check on you if your door hasn't been opened. It provides a bit of peace of mind.
After visiting with my dad, we went to a Flying Tigers game. Usually, there are maybe 100 people at a game (in a stadium for thousands). But, because of the 4th of July fireworks, there was actually a really good crowd. We had bought tickets that included a dinner buffet and allowed us onto the field for the fireworks. Everyone had a really good time. Kara was maybe even happy that she had to come home from camp early.
The work week was relatively uneventful. Anna had skating, Jack had basketball. Sophia came over and spent a day with Kara. Luke didn't have any camps or baseball. He had no idea what day of the week it was most of the time. Everyone spent time in the pool. It was an easy week.
Saturday night, Thomas, Kara, Jack and I went to Universal. It was an odd combination with Kara and Jack. Not bad, just odd. They used to be good buddies, but I would say they do the least together of any of the kids now. Anna was tired after ice skating and said she didn't want to go. That was good news for Luke who also did not want to go. I think right after Anna spoke the words she regretted them, she loves Universal, but Luke was too excited for her to feel like she could take it back. She said they ended up having a nice night together.
For a Saturday night in July, it was a surprisingly light crowd. We had dinner at Krusty Burger and rode some rides. Thomas and I are rereading Harry Potter, so it was fun to revisit Diagon Alley with the books fresh in mind. We were eating ice cream from Florean Fortescue's when we felt the first rain drop. Rain hadn't been in the forecast, so that was a little surprising. We were on our way to take the Hogwart's Express to IOA and continued on. While in line, it started pouring and we pulled up the weather and saw that thunderstorms were now forecasted for the rest of the night. We got to IOA, got soaking wet and decided to see Poseidon's Fury. We had never done it before (a walk through special effects show). Thomas, Kara and I really liked it. By the time we got out of there, the rain had stopped, but there was crazy lightening. Most of what we wanted to do was outdoors, so we decided to call it a day and to see if we could make it to the car before the rain started again. I was a little disappointed, as we had planned on doing the water rides, but it was still a really fun night.
Sunday we did the first of our back to school shopping. We went to the outlets and ended up doing a lot of shopping. Jack got sneakers and a new backpack; Anna got two pairs of Converse high tops, a wallet and some leggings; and Kara got clothes and some fun sneakers. We also went to Five Below and Books a Million (where Luke was rewarded for his patience and everyone else also got books) and then had lunch at Johnny Rockets. It was a fun, but expensive outing!
Now, it is another work week. I have to go into the office for an all-day meeting on Tuesday. I am not dreading the meeting, as I think it is important and will be productive. But, I do have to go in 2 or 3 times this week, which just messes with the schedule. Luke is doing a baseball camp, which he is very excited about.
In final good news--we got the end of the year test scores back for the older kids and they crushed it! The tests are scored on a scale of 1-5, with a 3 being a passing score. No one got lower than a 4 and two of them got straight fives!
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