Dancing with Daffodils

 Last Friday we had Joel here for the day and we tried to go to the pool until a random rain storm kicked us out after 20 minutes. So we came home and made peanut butter Oreo ice cream that was so delicious! I had invited Sam and Joel to stay for dinner so Josh grilled us some delicious fiesta lime chicken and we had dinner and then Emma, Brandon and I went to see Ethan in Bye Bye Birdie. It is not my favorite show and I really would not have gone unless the Howells offered us free tickets but Ethan really wanted Brandon to come see it so that was sweet. Rachael and Ethan were both great and the show overall was well done; it was just far away and late and some parts of the show really bug me but Ethan was so happy to see Brandon afterwards and it was so kind of them to share their comp tickets with us.  Saturday morning we went over to the Hendersons for some wake boarding. It was such a beautiful day and a perfect one for sitting on the dock and watching the kids go zooming ...

 I love summer. When my kids were younger I enjoyed the freedom from a school schedule and being in charge again. I feel that I've lost that as my kids all go in different directions and I don't get to plan fun outings anymore but it is still wonderful to relax and sleep and play.  The last week of June Brandon did the county's summer arts camp Monday through Thursday. I was excited for him; his major was band and his minors were percussion ensemble and musical theater. He enjoyed being in the play so much this past year I thought he would like theater but he was the only boy in a large group of middle school girls so that was a bit awkward for him. He liked percussion ensemble and band a lot though and was happy to find some of his neighborhood friends were also at camp. Bummer then when the AC broke so they couldn't have camp Wednesday or Thursday because it was also like 100 degrees that week. But they were able to do camp on Friday and we got refunded for the one da...