The long lazy days of summer are quickly disappearing. Us parents actually joke that "spring break is finally over"...our quarantine started the first weekend of spring break! It has been a 5 month summer. Benjamin has started two a days with football, which means he is only working on Sundays during football season. It still remains to be seen how much of a season they will have. Not sure if all the counties in our district are allowing football. They have said that as of now, there will be no spectators for the games! Will be very weird. 

School starts next Wednesday.  They are going full time to the classroom, with masks.  Sounds like middle schoolers will stay in their classrooms and the teachers will rotate.  Will be interesting to see how many mask breaks they get.  

 Here are several videos of Jacob loving summer. Jacob has been jumping off this bridge for several years but has never gone to the top. He recently ventured to the top, glad I was not around. He is the second kid jumping! Not sure the height, but guessing it is 35 feet!! The other two videos are at the skate park. I love the real time ones, but my eye sight has to see it slow mo, to actually figure out what he is doing. So the same video, one just regular time and one slow mo.

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 I headed to Texas for a quick trip mid July.  We were all suppose to head down there, but with everything going on, I decided to go solo and for only half the time.   Great to get away!  Always fun to hang with the family.  Sure wish we always did not end up in Texas in July though.  So hot!

My niece Kristine came to visit for a week.  Got out and went on a hike to one of her favorite spots.

The following morning, she and Jacob went for a different hike!

Kristine and I went and had dinner at Benjamin's work one night.  He was doing Garm, which means he preps food (not cooks it) like salads, plates dessert, etc.  I ordered a cheesecake and look what I got.  He loves me!

Yesterday we celebrated Joseph's 11th birthday.  

The day prior I took him and 4 of his friends to the local trampoline park.  Then we came back to the house for pizza, games, movies and sleep over.  I was so frustrated because two of the boys were being really loud and obnoxious and I was up until 3:30!  I finally threatened to call their parents and had to put one of them in the hallway.  Fortunately I know both of the boys fairly well, but could not believe that one of them, a ten year old, had access to his phone all night and there appeared to be no filters on it!