Sunny Saturday
Today was one of the most laid-back days we've had in a long days and totally a family day at that. A day that I'll look back and smile on....Only bummer part was that I forgot my camera.
There is an older couple in church that babysat alot for Payten and Kyler when they were just babies. They occasionally watch the girls now for a bit if the older ones aren't home but are now in their mid 80's. Anyway, a friend of theirs owns a pontoon boat that he he keeps out at Big Creek Lake and we all went out on it today....just a nice, sunny, 72 degree cruise and some stops for fishing. Golden child Jaden caught the one and only fish!! A tiny little something or other that we threw back but fun just the same.
Payten, who is usually far too cool to hang with us for an entire day, did. Jaden locked the keys in the car but I found out that I still have 1 AAA lock out service left on my membership which expires next month (between flat tires and lock-outs we get our money's worth each year).
Tomorrow is Ryann's little birthday party. 19 days late but we've tried having her parties on the date before but everyone is always busy with 4th of July stuff. This year we are going to High School Musical at the DSM Playhouse. She is just having two friends come along. She does better in small groups and frankly, so do I. Plus it will be a "whole family" day again and with just 2 friends we fit perfectly into one whole row....one more person would have thrown the balance off!
I spent recent hours planning vacations. My dad told me recently that there were three things he wanted to do before he died one being visiting his sister in St. Louis (we are going there in August), the second being going to the Crystal Cathedral in California (over Christmas break) and the final one visiting Billy Graham's library in North Carolina. I think he'd like to visit my cousin Julie in Oregon again too but she's up and moved to Japan to teach for the next year and that's just a little too exotic for him (and actually me too).
