Boy, another week has flown by! This past week was finals week for my oldest. He also had a cold, and a big marching band rehearsal one evening during finals. He managed to do very well, thankfully. He got a perfect score on his Chemistry final, amazing! I have to say, he really had a great year, and we are very thankful. He also received notice of a very good SAT score. What a week for him.
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| Enjoying the pretty sky as we wait for oldest at band. |
The rest of us, well, we had a nice first week of summer vacation. Jeff was off for Memorial Day and Friday as well. Memorial Day was memorable as we purchased new appliances, which were installed on Friday. I feel so spoiled, yet the learning curve is steep with fancy systems to master.
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| Blessed! |
Tuesday through Thursday, besides running Ryan back and forth to school, we rode our bikes, worked on the house by putting away camping things, and just enjoyed some down time. We rode our bikes 26.4 miles this week. Awesome.
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| First fruits! Almond pound cake. |
Saturday we finally got to our local farm market. We found some soap, salad dressing, and enjoyed all the sights. We also had to do our weekly stock up trip to the grocery store since we had to empty our old fridge for the new one, and wait for the new one to be cold enough. Best part of the day for me was getting new athletic shoes. My feet were hurting from wearing the old ones.
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| My silly boy. |
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| Mom and Dad's bikes ready to go. |
Sunday was our biggest bike ride of the season so far. We packed up our bikes, and after church, and a fine lunch at my parents, we all headed to a bike trail for an 8 mile ride. We are still learning to ride together,so there were a few bumps, but the trip was proof of concept. We are hoping to do another longer ride soon.
Hope you are having a good start to your summer, as well!
We are just trying to soak up the beauty that is AK summer
ReplyDeleteI wish you were here. Can you come here to bike with me? Netherlands is a country full of people on bikes. Without a helmet. Nobody wears a helmet on the bike here. But we have excellent cycle paths and bicycle traffic lights and bicycle crossing places.
ReplyDeleteYou may be proud on your boy! And that sky on your photo is so beautiful!
How I would love to live in a bike centered nation!! We are making very slow progress here on bike paths. Some cities are better than others. Mine is struggling, so we take our bikes to other cities nearby.
DeleteWhat a happy first week of summer vacation! And your new appliances look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYes, the difference between cycling in the Netherlands and here is astounding. If you ever have a chance, Jenn, do go. You can even take the train to a good spot, rent a bike there for a trip, take the train to the next spot and repeat. There used to be some kind of deal between the train company and bike rental places..... And the paths are in excellent condition and it's mostly flat and everything is close....
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Sounds like a great week, and those appliances look nice. Good job on the bike ride, sounds like a lot of fun.
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