Lenin was out of town and Thais had a full day at work. Situations like this make me happy. I picked up Avery from sports camp at Jesuit, then Carson at zoo camp, then everyone had dentist appointments.

Several times during the afternoon, Avery sat down at the piano to practice.

I got dinner started, Thais came home, and I got to hear about Sophia’s upcoming trip to St Mary’s for a Christian Brothers student council retreat.

I picked up Avery and Carson after their sports camps at Jesuit. We pick up something for lunch, went home, and each of us settled into individual activities. I was counting on this time so I could continue to read the Staff Report – a total of 387 pages! – for tonight’s Active Transportation Commission meeting. Then Carson asked, “Grandma, can we play a board game?” Not a difficult decision. First game:

Then a new one for me, Catan. Carson won.

And a bit more time to keep reading the Staff Report. I left in time to get to City Hall by 5:00, the meeting started at 5:30.

Summer is the time for sports camps and a new interest for Avery. He is taking piano lessons.

This was also the day my 7-year-old grandson boosted my ego. At noon, I picked up Carson and Zane from basketball camp at Jesuit. As we walked to the car, I heard Carson say, “My grandma rode like 40 miles .. (no response from Zane) .. Grandma, are you like the best bicycle rider in California?” … pause while I think of something clever to say …

“In my age group, yes.” No response from anyone. LOL!!

A final successful day.

Last day of Little League. Last chance for a hot dog from the snack shack.

A new game arrived. Tapple: a set of cards with categories, like “boys names” “cheeses” “professional athletes”. Choose and press a letter from the outside edge, name something or someone that starts with that letter within 10 seconds, and press the center button – a timer. Fun!

I was grateful Carson didn’t know that Walter Cronkite wasn’t a professional athlete. Shh, don’t tell him.

Monday. A nice lob into center field, base hit.

We all got together at Justin’s for brunch. Justin and Lenin did a great job of getting everything ready to make breakfast burritos.

Baby pigs arrived a couple of weeks ago:

Justin currently has 2 cows, each with a calf, and 2 yearlings:

The neighbor next door has a lot of sheep and lambs:

A very good day. I’m so lucky to have a family like this.

I picked up Avery and Carson after school. Everyone did their own thing for a while, then Carson decided we should play some board games. He chose four. As he chose the first one, he said, “Frozen Memory … you know I’ll win.” He’s right. But also Connect Four which I’ve beat him at more than once .. and I did this time also .. although he regretted telling me where I should drop my winning red disk. (Silently, I was belly laughing.)

He was a good sport, but .. it was time to move on to the next game, Sequence, which he quickly won.

Great Thursday afternoon entertainment.

The championship game at Our Lady of Assumption. St Ignatius v Merryhill.

St Ignatius won! Cousin Leo is #8 in the back row.

The school sports season came to an end with this game. Avery didn’t play Little League this year. Instead he played volleyball plus two more sports. Golf:

And track and field. Long jump, shot put, 100 meters, 100-meter relay. He set a new school record in long jump.