First week of summer school and swimming lessons at Stapley was intense! Ethan starts swim team at 7 am each morning, and then heads over to a classroom at Stapley for CB02 (a computer class) for 7th grade. The first morning I walked him over and totally had a back to Jr. High experience- nervous tummy and all! Eli and Jo are taking a beginning diving class, while Janie and Sadie have swim lesson at 11. Then the girls and I have some snacks on the grass under a big umbrella while the boys have their lesson. All while I melt in the sun! It has been so hot! My phone and my care give me different info about the actual temp, but by the time we get into the van at 12:10 or so my face is sweaty that my sunglasses are sliding all over, and my back is sticking to my clothes! Whisk Jonah over to Mountain View for Basketball Camp, and then back home to get Eli some lunch. Back in the car with Eli, pick up Jonah and friends, drop Eli and friends at Mountain View, and home once again for good this time! Eli comes home at 2:30 with a buddy. The afternoons have been really warm because we have been keeping the air off from 4-7 pm, in an effort to save some money on our utilities. I don't know how long this is going to last, because 2 out of 5 nights I was sweet talking CJL into picking something up for us for dinner because I literally couldn't think of a single thing to make. Of course it was the heat! Haha!
I have been reflecting this week on how things have changed so much in the last 6 months, and how also how much they are the same! As a family our surroundings and friends have changed since the move, but many things have not. Kids are still fighting, laundry is still piling up ( I know, even with that nice big washer and dryer), meals are prepared and eaten together. CJL and I still gravitate tour computers Sunday night and catch up on Facebook, watch funny videos, and I attempt to blog! Did someone say the more things change, the more they remain the same. So blessed to have all those moments of joy, frustration, annoyance, tickles and giggles, and getting elbowed in the stomach by Janie Kate climbing on your lap. Life is really, really good.
