A Ton of Fun in 2021: Week 21 Recap

 

It's officially SUMMER! ☀️ The pool is open.  Who wants to come swim in the green swamp? LOL. No takers? The winter brought plenty of algae, so we have our work cut out for us.  We dumped 10 gallons of shock in for the opening and another 4 gallons throughout the week! It was forecasted to be high 80s later in the week and we want it clean to swim. 

 

Monday and Wednesday night we went different ways (one-on-one) with the kids as they both play in opposite directions every game the rest of the league.  I went with Isaac (Jerm with Olivia) on Monday and Wednesdays I'll go with Olivia (Jerm with Isaac). Isaac played amazing on Monday at home. He got three hits and tagged a kid out trying to steal third. He played unbelievable and it was so fun to watch.  Olivia plays catcher and I think her dance flexibility of popping up and down quickly really aids her ability. She got a pop up to the pitcher and a single!

   

  
Tuesday nights are for track meets. This week we were at home hosting every single other track team. I burned up 25 shells for just the 100.  Holy smokes! We thought it would be a LONG night, but it wasn't too bad.  We got out early enough to head to Beer Barrel for dinner. I'm not cooking!

Desserts are what make the world go round right? Or at least that is my philosophy. When Isaac asked to make cupcakes, we went through Olivia's cupcake cookbook and found chocolate cupcakes with cookie dough centers. They were absolutely delicious. It only made 12 cupcakes, which is all we really needed since Jeremy isn't helping us eat sweets.  His loss!

 

This week was the perfect temperature to go get our flowers and mulch. We went with Maw and Paw over to Amhurst to pick out our flowers.  I was shocked at how picked over they were- no white geraniums. 😳Yet I still filled the pickup with flowers for both the front and the back.  We planted the front on Tuesday and the back on Wednesday. Thursday we started with one scoop of mulch, which led into doing the entire front and back with 4.5 scoops all said and done. I had two pretty good helpers for a little while until they headed to the pool. Jeremy had to finish up the back while I went to Spencerville to officiate high jump at the district meet. It's all done now and ready to withstand the summer!

Friday was Maw's birthday. The kids asked to each take $20 of their own money to head to TJMaxx to find her a gift. When we got there, I told them I'd supplement some as well to make her a beach bag full of goodies. She came over in the afternoon and we were able to surprise her with her gift.  She loved it and the kids were so excited with what they had picked out for her. 

 

Saturday morning I headed back to Spencerville for the last day of Districts. When I got home, I found some neighborhood boys hanging out in the driveway playing with Isaac.  It eventually led to some backyard pool fun before they headed home. After a few more hours of floating, Jerm asked us if we all wanted to go golfing. I enjoy taking the pictures and riding with Isaac in the cart so we all had a great evening on the golf course.