I know summer doesn’t officially start until June 20th, but I have been dealing with temperatures in the mid 80s since the end of April. I don’t mean it has been that warm every day. It did drop into the 70s every once in a while. Like the day I went strawberry picking with my grandchildren – it was only in the mid-70s – probably because it was cloudy.
With school out, I look forward to spending more time with my seven wonderful grands. In talking with my daughters, I find that with mission trips, day camps, swim teams, away camps, sports camps, day trips, etc., it may not be that easy. Truthfully, I am glad that they have activities that include things they enjoy and look forward to, where they make new friends and reconnect with old friends, where exercise is fun, where they learn new things and broaden their horizons.
Our youngest grandson has some fun day camps to go to, but I expect when he gets home, he’ll want to come to my house. Not necessarily to hang with me, but to watch the construction of his, soon to be, new home. Our porch is the perfect spot to watch the action without actually being on the site. As close as his home is to ours now, having his family right beside us and across from two of his cousins will be wonderful! I am the envy of all our friends, having two of our families right here and the other one only three and a half hours down the road. I would be lost if they all lived on the other side of the country…