June Part 2 & Happy 4th

Everyone's been going in different directions, but I'll try to sum up.

Ben & Derek had a good time at football camp.  Ben got a bit of playing time.   

The next morning I dropped Ben off at Lake Wenatchee to work in the camp store.  Sarah had already been there for a few days.  They had a fun time--especially during their off duty adventures, hiking, swimming, etc. 

Hike day

Leavenworth maybe? 

I also had a fun hike day--checking out the Franklin Falls hike with my 5th grade teaching partner Ellie.  It's a great hike. We're going to kick off girls camp with a hike on day 1! 

Libby went and helped out at Summer Duals.  (She spent the week grounded and getting rolling with her Intensive Outpatient Therapy, so she was glad to get out.)   She also used it as a chance to try wrestling a bit to decide if she should get the surgery recommended by the shoulder doctor.  She decided yes--she should have the surgery.  So we're all scheduled for July 14th, hoping for a cancellation on July 10th so Derek doesn't have to miss the family reunion to be with her. (Not all that hopeful--but you know--wishing?)

Derek worked the Pride parade and saw his favorite pride celebrants. 

I spent a weekend going deep on Geneva's house.  Leanne came into town and was a huge help.  We got so much cleaned out of the upstairs bedroom so it could be painted and prepped for carpet. 

More hiking

Not sure about this...but okay. Fun times. 

Geneva had water damage in the back wall.  So goodbye wall.  They'll put in the new wall this week. 

Sarah and Ben did a swim competition this week. 

Ben really wanted to make this flag jello to take to the 4th of July when they got home.  We worked on it together--it was pretty fun, but people didn't really chow it down.  Not a lot of Jello eaters at the party. 

Happy 4th!  Ben and I went to Maren's house.  Sarah was on her flight to Scotland, Libby went to Richmond Beach with friends, and Derek was working.  Pretty typical!  Happy 4th! 

Sarah getting ready for Scotland flight with choir friends. 

June Part 1--Trish

 Okay, I'm off having my own adventure right now (I actually go home today.). 

But for the June recap, we finished a great seminary year.  I took pics of all the fun things we took down from the walls.  

I headed up the 5th grade Moving On ceremony.  It was a lot.  It turned out really great--except we ran out of time for my principal to speak.  Oops.  We didn't time it all out well enough.  Too many kids to fit into a short time.  I had such a fun class this year.  I will really really miss them.  

I've also been managing the major renovations taking place at Genevas.  It's going to be really beautiful, but it's been an unexpected huge time demand.  I'm looking forward to getting her settled back into a nice, clean, and more livable house. I painted her bedroom and decided I'm done painting.  (Except now I've got an idea for painting my bathroom.) Ignore, Ignore, Ignore! 

I also had to prepare several days of sub plans while I was prepping Moving On, because I decided I'm going to take my writing a bit more seriously.  I missed the whole last week of school for WIFYR (Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers) conference.  

It was awesome.  I was in a class with Carol, the founder and leader of the conference.  My class loved my manuscript. I got so many good suggestions.  I'm really looking forward to making revisions, as well as writing book 2 in the series this summer.  25 minutes a day of writing/revising is my goal.  I also want to build an author website.  But of course today I'm working on the blog.  A little writing procrastination.

My WIFYR group. 

I got to spend the whole week with my mom.  Amazing. She did the afternoon workshops with me.  And, Shadow Mountain asked for her Christmas Card List manuscript this week.  Yay! 

Got to have dinner with Bradshaw.  The best!

We also went to 2 shows!  My Fair Lady at the Hale.  Incredible.  Wow.  The sets, the voices, just WOW! 

Last night we went to Fiddler on the Roof at the Hale.  It was so good.  Me with Tevye.  I aspire to pray like Tevye.

I did have a disappointing job interview fail.  But I have another interview with the same middle school this week for a different position.  I'm not sure that the Lord is ready for me to graduate from 5th grade, even though I feel ready.  I'm excited to go home today.  Miss my family.  But it's been an amazing week with so much learning. 

June Part 1--Libby

 Libby has had a rough time finding a job.  I heard a radio report that it's a problem for teens right now...especially if it's just a temporary job.  So that's been annoying.  She's a little like a baby right now--with days and nights mixed up. She stays up most nights and sleeps large chunks of the days.  Doesn't help with the job search.  

We're also trying to get her shoulder fixed up.  It's been agonizingly slow.  But MRI is complete, so now we just have to have the follow up appointment with the shoulder PA.  Doesn't seem like surgery will be recommended.  So hoping a PRP will fix her up like it did with the elbow.  

She's doing some intensive therapy through Pathlight.  This year was rough.  Her anxiety has been really high.  So hopefully this will help.

She's been pretty pleasant to live with--keeping the mess mostly contained to her room. 

We'll go visit Iowa Western in a couple weeks.  Hopefully we'll have her shoulder all sorted by then so she can get registered and get it all arranged to have a fresh start.

We are trying to help her remember to take her meds.  Money talks for this girl, so her allowance is now daily--paid out when I get a video of her meds being consumed. 

Plenty of time for makeup and photoshoots.  I could add 10,000 photos from these.  
Even though she's lovely--I'll spare you.

She has been a little helpful sometimes. 

Her car did not come through transport unscathed.  So annoyed at how much it cost to get this car back--and how it is permanently scarred. Not sure if she'll be taking a car back to school.  

She also gave me an hour or so to help with Moving On set up.  

So anyway, happy summer.  I guess.