Summer Fun - Week 2

Week 2 of summer was a busy week!  

Monday - June 12

Today we actually hung out at home.  We are moving slow into our "routine" as I like to give them time to decompress from all of the busyness and expectations of school. 

Tuesday - June 13

Nate's Connection Academy Year End Field Trip happened today for the first time since Covid!  It was a fun day! 

They all ran the "Fun Run" (a mile) together.  Our friend Cooper came in 1st, Josh came in 6th, Nate came in 9th, and Maeve came in 13th.  There were about 25 runners.  

Nate and his on-line home room teacher - Mrs. Jones.  He said she is his favorite teacher from Connections Academy.  

Wednesday - June 14

Josh had a hair appointment and Darryl and I had a date night :-) 

Our day started with me taking Darryl to work on Wednesday morning so that we wouldn't end up with two cars in Grand Rapids.  Its been a lot of years since I've been able to take him to work (or needed to) so it was actually kind of fun despite the early hour.  Later in the afternoon, I headed into town to meet Darryl at work and then we headed to dinner.  We went to the Adobe, which we both love (best Tacos ever!).  We had a little down time so we went to the John Ball Zoo Park and enjoyed a shade tree and maybe a little nap HA!  We also so the cute mother duck and her duckling.  

Our Date Night was a concert!  It was actually Darryl's birthday present.  We saw the Fleet Foxes - which are an Indy band that Darryl has been listening to for years and had always wanted to see in concert.  Their music is pretty cool - kind of relaxing and enjoyable to listen too.  It was a great concert. 

Thursday - June 15

Today was a quiet day at home :-)  I did finally take our year end photos though! 

  

Friday, June 16

ANOTHER field trip HA!  This time with our Co-Op group to a place called MOOville.  We had a picnic lunch, got to see the animals in the petting zoo and they all got an ice cream treat. 

Saturday - June 17 - A quiet day at home.  Nate had a friend over for the afternoon.  

Sunday - June 18 

Father's day! We took Darryl to the lakeshore for a picnic by Lake Michigan and then we enjoyed just hanging out at the beach. 

Sitting in the sand, enjoying the waves and the view.  

Darryl and his Guys. 

Nate loves the water and always goes in - that is as far as he went but it was COLD!  I mean like ice cube cold HA!  The rest of us went in about ankle deep and that was enough.

Our picnic!  I made some of our favorite salads, picked up Subway Subs, and we had chips.  After spending the day at the beach, we went and got ice cream.  :-)