Monday, July 17, 2023

They're Here, They're Here!!

 


It was the annual summer meeting of the clans with LaX, EC and OH making the drive to GB on Thursday.  We hit the Winery for music the first night, eating at the food trucks and drinking from the brewery and winery.  Friday was a pretty slow recoup from travel day. We made some food runs, played pass the baby (Finn) and generally chit chatted our way through the day and evening.  Not having all been together since Christmas. Saturday had an uptick as we made it to the farmers market downtown, titletown district, and even Coccon before coming back for a solid Kubb tourney.

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Summer is in full Swing

 

Summer is in full Swing and Merrick has gotten me out to the golf course several times.  We have hit the driving range a few times, the par three course and even a early morning July 4 full 9 at Hilly Haven.  The good news is that I haven't gotten any worse and still play with the same consistency that I did in my youth...the bad news of course is that I was never very good.  Merrick had  plenty of laughs at my errant balls but still had a few surprises when I managed to hit one straight.  He on the other hand is playing fairly often both in reality and virtually.  The kids did challenge use to Kubb game in which Amy and I pretty much crushed them, but it was fun evening that included appetizers that everyone picked out at the hoggley-woggley.  Plenty of campfires but smore's aren't much of a draw anymore so that is mostly Amy and I.  Work is in fully swing for the kids, Grace, Merrick and Sophia at the pool and Ella at the factory.  Grace has a Basketball Team Camp and has been working the youth basketball camp as well so everyone is plenty busy.