Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/9 - 8/15)

This was our last full week of summer break and we really packed the fun in to the week!! I asked the boys what they wanted to do and then made a plan to do it all. We also left a lot of time for sleeping in, relaxing and playing video games since there won't be much time for those things when school starts either. We started the week with Daniel's friend Patrick coming over to hang for the day with the boys. Tuesday we dodged a few thunderstorms and spent the whole day at Zoombeezi Bay riding all of the slides, then went to see Space Jam: The New Legacy in the evening. We had an awesome day, probably could have stayed longer at the Bay but we all really wanted to see the movie too. I think next year we'll go back to having passes for Zoombeezi and make more frequent trips.

Wednesday and Thursday we had a few appointments including the dentist for AJ & Daniel, a Biology Zoom for AJ and schedule pick up for Daniel. Daniel also had a make up art camp class one day where he finally made his own t-shirt. Wednesday night the boys and their friends started up a new Dungeons and Dragons adventure together while Adrian served as their DM again. The parents wanted to wait until after fall sports since our days are so busy, but the kids really wanted to start now so we're doing the best we can to make it work. They had a great time playing, but especially seeing each other after a break over the summer. Thursday we went to Urban Air to jump for a few hours and Friday we finished up the week with a trip to COSI. We met up with some friends there which was awesome. We checked out energy, space, oceans and the traveling animation exhibit. We also watched a movie in the planetarium which was a really interesting look at the solar system.

The fun continued over the weekend, but Adrian was involved for all of that. Saturday morning we got up early and headed to Hocking Hills to canoe 5 miles down the river with AJ's Scout troop. Daniel sat this trip out since it's too hard to have 3 in a canoe and stayed home to take care of Rocky. AJ and I were in one canoe & Adrian and Zak in the other. We had a good time, although we also had a few struggles. The water was really low in some parts and we kept getting stuck on the bottom. But we made the best of it and made it to the end, fulfilling requirements for both of our Scouts. We were all exhausted after the trip so the rest of the day was a lot of TV and relaxing! Sunday we headed to church and then Daniel went over to another friend's house for the afternoon while Adrian and Zak went bowling and I worked for a few hours. Then we all came back home and got ready to head out to the drive in for the night. We saw Jungle Cruise & Free Guy which were both great!! It was a super late night and we didn't get home and in bed until 2am. It's going to be rough getting going tomorrow!

Here's how I did on my goals this week.

Working on Myself:

• Lose 50 20 pounds by exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year hitting 10,000 steps everyday -  Once again, I did better with this goal this week but am still struggling to hit 10,000 steps. I averaged about 7,500 steps each day this week, and did hit 10,000 on Tuesday when we went to Zoombeezi Bay. I tracked my calories most of the week and then took Sunday off so I could eat what I wanted at the drive in. I was again rewarded on the scale with a loss of 4 pounds, for a total of 9 pounds for this year. 
• Read 15 20 books for fun - I read another 25% of "Babyville" this week and am really enjoying it so far! I only have about 20% left so I plan to finish it next week
• Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 227 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.
• Attend 12 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August September when I'm back to teaching. I will be taking this month to get my stamina back up and hopefully can do a virtual jam in early Sept.

Working on Family:

• Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We were exhausted after the busy week and canoe trip so we decided to just play a few favorites this weekend. We played Everdell and Castles of Burgundy and had a great time playing both! So far we have played 106 of our games so far and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!
• Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement but we didn't do anything this weekend because again we were super busy and tired.
• Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.
• Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched 3 movies this week "Space Jam: New Legacy," "Jungle Cruise" and "Free Guy." We went to the theater to see Space Jam which we all enjoyed and laughed thru. Then we saw the other 2 at the drive in and enjoyed them both. Jungle Cruise was hard to see because of the dark scenes, but we made the best of it. Free Guy was by far our favorite movie of the week - it was great and the boys already want to see it again! We have watched 34 movies so far this year.
• Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated National Book Lovers Day, National Smores Day, National Raspberry Tart Day, World Elephant Day, International Left Handers Day, National Creamsicle Day and National Relaxation Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay