Friday (7/3) - Happy 1st Birthday Rocky!! We all started the celebration by sleeping in a bit this morning then she went on a nice long walk with Adrian. Once we all got up and showered, we played a few games together as a family including Just One and The Mind. We did pretty good on The Mind this time, we made it to round 6. Then we gave Rocky her birthday presents so she could play with them today. We got her a frisbee, balls, rubber chicken, tug of war rope and fuzzy squeezy animals. She seems to really like them all!!
The rest of the day passed quickly with us mostly relaxing and taking the day off. Adrian played video games with the boys since they've been asking all week and I finished watching "Dirty John." Adrian and I also played some board games including Roll for the Galaxy (I finally won!) and Wingspan (Adrian won). We had a delicious dinner of grilled steak, potatoes and roasted brocolli. After dinner, we had birthday cake for Rocky and cupcakes for us to celebrate her birthday. She loved eating the cake, finishing the whole thing very quickly. After the celebration, the boys headed upstairs to play video games and Adrian and I watched "Hamilton" on Disney+. While it was obviously better in person, it was still great watching it on TV. I especially enjoyed seeing the original cast!! And I caught things I missed the first time, that's what good theater is all about. I'm sure I'll watch it again! After the play was over, we put the boys to bed and headed to bed too since it was pretty late.
Saturday (7/4) Happy 4th of July!! We slept in a little this morning and then hit the ground running to get a few things done around the house. We were super productive this morning and got a big chunck of stuff done. Shortly after lunch we took a break to play a game as a family and played Space Base and I won big! Then we spent most of the afternoon getting stuff done around the house again. We took another break late in the afternoon and played Roll for the Galaxy and Adrian won in a very tight game, he beat me by just 1 point. Then we cooked a delicious dinner and took Rocky for a walk. After cleaning up the kitchen, we set up the Jones drive in for the night. We were going to go to the drive in tonight but it was super hot and we didn't really feel like leaving the house. So since we had both movies on our streaming services, we pulled out our junk food here and did a double feature in the comfort of our living room. We watched the live action "Jungle Book" and "My Spy" both of which were really cute! We took a break during the first movie to go out and watch the neighborhood fireworks shows. Our neighbors really outdid themselves this year, there were a ton of great shows to watch! After both movies were over, it was really late so we all headed to bed together. It was a really great night!!
Sunday (7/5) We accidentally slept in this morning and missed live church services. So we had a lazy start to our day, then started to clean up and get the house ready for company later this afternoon. We got the food prepped and got some cleaning done and were ready when Carl and his family arrived in the early afternoon. We spent the afternoon hanging out with them. The kids played upstairs together most of the day, occassionally going outside to play but it was SO hot they didn't last long. The adults hung out in the living room chatting and enjoying adult beverages and the new recliners. The dogs hung out together and mostly got along, although there were a few dust ups as the day went on. It was a great and much needed day with family!! After a delicious BBQ, they headed home for the night and we cleaned up a little here. Then Adrian and I played a game of Takenoko and he won. We got the boys down to bed a little earlier than we have been since there have been so many late nights. Then we watched two episodes of "Parks & Rec" before heading to bed too. Happy to not have to get up and moving tomorrow since Adrian is on vacation all week!!
Monday (7/6) We all slept in pretty late again today, I think all of the late nights this week have caught up with us. We had a super lazy morning for Adrian's first day of vacation this week and then finally got moving around lunch time. We each planned a day for this week and today was Daniel's day. We headed to Big Bounce this afternoon for an hour of trampoline jumping as a family. We had a great time and had the place pretty much to ourselves. When we finished jumping, we ran two quick errands and then headed home for the afternoon. The boys had some free time and Adrian and I played Castles of Burgundy which I narrowly won.
Then we cooked dinner together, Daniel's choice of gnocchi and alfredo sauce. After dinner, I headed out to teach my Zumba class at the church. I had a smaller group than usual, but we still had a great time and got an awesome workout! While I was there, Adrian took AJ to his Scout meeting which was at one of the leader's houses that has a pool so they could work on swimming and water rescue requirements. When we all got home, it was pretty late so decided to postpone our family movie night and instead enjoyed our brownies for dessert while watching the first season finale of "Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events" as a family. After we got the boys to bed, we watched an episode of "This is Us" from last season and then headed to bed as well. It was a great first day of vacation for us!
Tuesday (7/7) We were up a little earlier than we wanted to be today, but that was OK because we were having a relaxing day at home. We had a lazy morning of coffee, breakfast and TV and then Adrian ran out to Lowe's to get all of the supplies we need to complete our 2 home renovation projects this fall. While he was there, I did a few things around the house and baked some Amish Friendship Bread to enjoy over the next week. When he got home, we played our next month of Machi Koro Legacy as a family and Zak won in a close game! AJ is the only one of us who hasn't won yet, but he's been so close each time.
After that family game, the boys headed upstairs and Adrian taught me the game he's wanted to teach me since his conference, Trickerion. It is really complex and while I got it eventually, I didn't love it. Adrian won big, but I did pretty well for my first time. I don't know that I'll want to play too often, but I know he loves it so I'll play again for him. After the nearly 4 hour long game, we made Zak's pick of tacos for everyone for dinner. Then Adrian and I played a quick game of Roll for the Galaxy and I won big! We finished up our day with Zak's dessert pick of cookie pizza and Daniel's movie pick of "Infinity War." It was another great vacation day!
Wednesday (7/8) We again started a little earlier than we would have liked, but we had to make sure we dropped Rocky off to day care before 9am this morning. While she was gone, we had another great stay home family day and it was AJ's game picks all day. Before we started playing games, we each made a tie die shirt to remember this summer. Then we played a great game of Clue and Adrian got super lucky and won one turn before AJ was going to win. Then we played Shapes and Beats as a family and had a ton of fun laughing while playing that.
We took about an hour break to each do what we wanted, including Adrian going to get us Starbucks drinks. Then we played AJ's second game pick of Super Mario Brothers Level Up. We had a great time playing, it was our first time and a super fun game! Zak pulled out the win and did really great with his strategy. When we were done with that board game, we headed back upstairs and played Mario Cart on the Switch and once again had a ton of fun laughing while we played that. After about an hour of playing that together, we took a little break so I could cook dinner and Adrian could go pick up Rocky.
We had a delicious dinner of meatball subs (and kale for the adults) and then played AJ's final board game pick of Fortnight Monopoly. It's a different and fun spin on Monopoly and plays way quicker than traditional Monopoly. I was the first person eliminated and Adrian eventually pulled off a super close win. Then the boys had some free time and played video games while Adrian and I cleaned up from dinner and took Rocky for a walk. We played another quick game of Roll for the Galaxy and Adrian won by 1 point! We finished our night by making our own sundaes and watching "Holey Moley" together as a family. When we got the boys down to bed, Adrian and I watched an episode of "This is Us" and then also headed to bed. It was another fantastic vacation day for us!!
Thursday (7/9) We got up and moving pretty quick today so we could head out on our adventure. We were supposed to go to the zoo, but it was SO hot that we knew that wouldn't be a good fit for us. So instead we took Rocky to the dog beach in the area to go swimming. We had so much fun watching her swim in the lake and run around with the other dogs. Zak and AJ got in the water a little bit with her, but Daniel wasn't a fan of it. We spent about an hour splashing around with Rocky and then took her to the dog park right there to run around and dry off a bit. It was a fun morning out together!
When we got home, the boys headed upstairs to play video games and Adrian and I played some board games. We had a few that we each wanted to play this week so those are the ones we did today. We played Lords of Waterdeep (Adrian won), Back to the Future (we lost, but just barely) and Viticulture (I won). In between the games we also made homemade pizza for dinner and our first ever dessert (smores) pizza. It was all delicious and we ate too much!! It was a fun day, somewhat relaxing after the morning. And Rocky spent most of the afternoon sleeping after so much excitement the past few days!!
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