Week 761AZ - Back in the blog+boat

12 weeks ago, I went kayaking, and I wrote a blog. This week, I went kayaking, and I’m now writing a blog. The last two weeks saw a fair few adventures: Kayaking, Wicked the musical, and some fancy masks!

Week 749AZ - Summer 2024 - That’s a wrap

Today ends my 6-week summer vacation! We wrapped up the week with a fun family adventure in Victoria.

Week 738AZ - Camp Chaperone; Amelia Teenager; Love as shoes

The top of my priority list is being a school chaperone. Getting to see the kids in their natural environment, interacting as people is great. Getting to see how awesome the teachers are - also great. Last year I had an amazing adventure at Mount St. Helens, this year is Deception Pass with Zach! They say kids are 10 going on 18, and that’s certainly where Amelia is at.

Week 734AZ - Some great lines and middle school and grade 4 are a wrap

We were eating Wagyu burgers for dinner, honestly, they weren’t that good. Definitely not worth the calories. Zach piped in yup, it’s like wiping your ass with 100$ bills. Sure it looks cool, but it doesn’t really clean anything, and it’s not that comfortable.

Week 732AZ - Tesla camping with Zach

I love being spontaneous. Thankfully so does Zach. So today at 5pm, (we were gonna leave at 4, but Tori was making a tasty dinner), we jumped in the Tesla with a sleeping pad and a sleeping bag and drove out to a campsite. Slept in the Tesla, then came back at 6am, to get Zach back to school for picture day. Perfection!

Week 731AZ - Amelia turns double digits

Give me a hug you turned double digits! And a great hug I got. I had some great conversations with Amelia this week and I’ll record them as they make me happy. I also got in some other stuff I love, which I’ll also record for myself. Lastly I’ll remind myself something a very wise friend told me. You can’t pick when your kids want to hang out with you. The best you can do is be around, so that if the mood strikes them, they do! And here were several examples where I was around, and the mood did strike

Week 721AZ - Friends and Photos

When it comes to happiness, the science is clear - relationships. I’m incredibly blessed to have lots of amazing peple in my life, and when I remember, I snap photos w/’em! Here’s a dump of some of I’ve seen the last few weeks.