A Ton of Fun in 2021: Week 37 Recap

How many people get to spend their Labor Day celebrating one of their most favorite people in the world turning 88?! This girl! Sylvia (my mom's mom) AKA Granny has circled the sun 88 times in her life and she's still living on her own, gardening and feeding the cats. I simply adore her and don't get to see her as much as I'd like and I should because she's one of my biggest fans. As the first grandchild on that side, it's no secret I'm the favorite (LOL- sorry to bust your bubble Megan!). There are plenty of girl grandchildren - actually 5 of us and then my brother. So us girls always joke we're all the favorite. At any rate, for Granny's birthday we all met at Sue's to celebrate. We sat around talking while our kids swam (or those who weren't old enough crawled around) and we just enjoyed each other's company.  It was amazingly perfect in every way. Oh, and Tom's sweet corn is AMAZING! Olivia and I had at least three ears each!

I could have stayed at Aunt Sue's for days, but my kiddos had their first day of school Tuesday, Sept. 7.  Isaac is entering 5th grade and Olivia 4th.  Both were so excited to get going, as they did have four months off and all the area schools have been back for several weeks.  In our typical traditional style, we got first day pictures of both kids before seeing them off. I'm so happy that Jeremy goes into work late in order to see them off too.  Maw also comes over wish them well!  

Ok, so we are trying out a new gym this fall for tumbling. Infinity Gym in Ottawa is where Olivia will now be taking tumbling. Our old gym seemed to not be helping her progress as quickly as we'd hoped. In fact, she was doing back handsprings and still in with other girls who couldn't do cartwheels. It was time to either quit the gym or get somewhere where instructors would push her and have her progress. This week was our first night. Olivia said they did lots of things to see where their skill levels were so next week they could appropriately place them.  

Monday and Wednesdays every week we have volleyball.  This week practice was moved due to team/individual pictures. Oh my goodness this group is a hoot! I grabbed my phone and snapped a few of the 4th graders who are on my team. Brandy, Sophia, Lia and Olivia!

Thursday is always a crazy day of teaching and then PRSSA in the evening. But this week was pretty anticipated as Chris Nelson was coming to speak. Chris worked at Ketchum when I interned there and he had Steve Iseman (my prof and late in life colleague) as a professor at Ohio State. At any rate, he's one of the best in the field concerning crisis PR and always still makes the trip to ONU to speak to the group.  Steve was able to come enjoy the evening with us too, so all and all it was outstanding reunion!

This last picture is just the kids getting on the bus on Friday.  I think it's funny that they alway open up the back hatch of the vehicle and sit in there waiting for the bus. I've really never thought too much about it, but wanted to capture this moment as it's just something they do throughout the year and wanted to be sure to include it in the blog!