July has been filled with traditions of summer, including both girls enjoying CYO camp, going to an Indy Indians baseball game, a family reunion along with watching some fireworks. We have also enjoyed several hours at the pool with friends from school.
On July 4th weekend, we kicked it off with a cookout in our backyard with the Sniadeckis. We enjoyed catching up as both families have been busy with sports and traveling. The kids enjoyed playing in the backyard and chasing Timber. Deb and I went to an adults-only party at the Eckharts which was a good time. We have started leaving the girls alone for a few hours before it gets dark and it has been working out, so we don’t have to get a sitter each time we both need to leave the house. On the 3rd, we went to the Bailey’s house and enjoyed hanging out with friends and all the fireworks we could handle. For the 4th, we hung out at the pool and enjoyed a relaxing day.
My uncle Don passed away in early July after battling cancer for a long time. I went to Louisville for the wake and funeral and aside from the somber reason we were all getting together, it was good to see so many people over the short visit. We enjoyed several hours hanging out, telling stories and playing cards. While it was sad to say goodbye to uncle Don, I’m sure he was happy to know we were all together for those few days.
As we try to continue to do “new things” as a family, I was fortunate enough to get offered a suite to an Indians game so we invited the Biberstines, Verspelts and Sipes. The kids enjoyed watching the game and having some great seats. The parents enjoyed the air conditioning and beer in the fridge. We also went with the Stones to an Indiana Fever game at Hinkle Fieldhouse. It was well attended as the Fever were playing the best team in the WNBA.
We were able to go to Bluefield, WV for our annual family reunion. We went on Thursday and came back on Saturday so we could get Allison to camp on Sunday. We enjoyed dinner at Buffalo Trail with several family members. We also got to hit in the batting cages at the local baseball field and the girls ran through the sprinklers in the outfield. We had lunch at DQ and a catered dinner at Bubby’s house. We were able to have a few moments with everyone at Chuck & Heather’s and then got up and left the next morning for the 7-hour drive home.
Sarah’s Things of the Month
Sarah has a fun time at CYO camp this year with her and most of the girls in her class. They went to the shorter version of the camp which is 2 days long. She came back singing all the songs and ready for a full week next year. She went to the CKS girls’ basketball camp and has also started her kickball practices.
Allison’s Thing of the Month
Allison spent a full week at CYO camp and enjoyed every minute of it with several of her friends. She enjoyed meeting kids from other schools and getting to stay longer than last year when she went to the shorter version. She went to the CKS girls’ basketball camp and has also started some kickball and cross-country practices.
A few more items from this month:
- As I prepare for a rim-to-rim hike in September, I’ve continued my training and did a 16-mile hike on a Saturday this month. It was a 4-mile loop in Fort Ben and I did 2 loops by myself and 2 more with Jeremy as he was training for a hike in Colorado. When we got done, we went to Ale Emporium for some food and beers.
- While Allison was at camp, Sarah had an overnight at a friend’s house so Deb and I enjoyed a quiet night going out to dinner at Provision and hanging out with Timber.
- The McCurdy’s invited us to a pool party at the K of C. The kids had fun hanging out with their friends after dark at the pool.
