A Fun Saturday!

We had a fun day planned for Saturday. 

But then my car's cooling fan went out, my radiator went dry and I got stranded downtown. I had Jasmine and River with me, so thankfully I was able to get the car safely off the road. 

Jessica came and rescued me. (She was getting ready for work, which is why I had River). The car had to be towed. Rick's van is having problems and Ty has only driven his around town, so we weren't sure how it would do going clear to Tallahassee. 

So we were debating whether or not to try and go. Adam and Tara had planned to go too, so we didn't really want to cancel. We had decided to try and take Ty's van when Adam messaged and said I could drive his car, and he and Tara would take hers. So game on.

We left early to go to Wakulla Springs just south of Tallahassee. I hadn't planned on staying there really long because Tara had to work at 4:00, and I didn't know if they would really like the springs or not. I thought people might just do the 22 foot jump twice and want to leave. I was wrong. They could have stayed there all day!

 In the summer, there is a very long wait to jump, but there were only a few other people there yesterday.

Kayla's 22 foot jump. This is a spring, so the water is 78F year round.

Tyler's 22 foot jump.

The girls making the 10 foot jump. Tara was stalling on the 22 foot jump. 

Tara on the 22 foot jump.

Adam on the 22 foot jump

We were supposed to be at Sky Zone at 12:30. It's a half hour from the springs, but at 12:25 we were taking this picture. Obviously we didn't make our show time. Our jump time was 1:00. We got there at 12:57. But it took so long to check in that it was 1:13 when they got us checked in. They said we could have a 1:15 jump time. I was afraid we were going to miss it!

 There was an open jump area

 and a foam pit

 and dodge ball

There was also a basketball area that I don't have pictures of.

We'd only signed up for 30 minutes, and that went too fast. From there we went to Chuck E Cheese less than 10 minutes away.

Tara didn't want to leave, but she had to work. She left very reluctantly. We left shortly after she and Adam left. It was a really great day, and the ones that didn't go want to go soon. But there is too much going on to go again soon.

Coming and Going

This has been a summer of coming and going. 

It started with Jasmine leaving on a ten-day choir tour to Colorado the day after school let out followed by our marathon Smokey Mountain trip. 

From there Kayla went to camp, Ty and Rick back to work and Jasmine and I went on to Indiana. Jessica joined us there. We were able to meet up with my step daughter and her family and get a picture of all three of my grandchildren together.

Jessica returned to FL, and Jasmine and I went on to Cincinnati to the International Christian Retail Show, which was really small this year. We stayed with a friend for a few days.

Then Jasmine and I returned home by way of Chattanooga. 

You've seen most of those photos in previous posts, but I'll post a few here for those who missed it.

Jasmine in Colorado

Most of us in the Smokey Mountains

Indiana for a four generation picture

With Rick's parents

Visiting my step daughter and her family

Griffin, Phoenix and River

 Signing three books in Cincinnati

 Downtown Cincinnati

Talking with my fiction coach in person

 At a friend's house taking life easy

 At one of the publishing house booths at ICRS

 The best part of ICRS is meeting up with other authors

 Talking with Pat Boone about his recent projects

Teresa gave me this pencil. It's going to hang in my office

 We added Chattanooga because we weren't quite ready to go home.

When we arrived home, everyone was there except Kayla, who had already been at mission camp for a couple of weeks. We'd been sending her postcards along the way.

But then on Sunday the 10th, Kaleb left for camp, Adam left for California and Jasmine and I left for Gainesville for her surgery. That was in the previous post.

My marine in California

Off to camp

Jasmine and I got home on Wednesday. Kaleb got home on Saturday and left again on Sunday for his second week of camp.

Jasmine went to a couple of hours of percussion camp today to see how she'd do. She was not in good spirits when I left her, but Jessica picked her up for lunch and a movie. She just got home and seems more relaxed now.

So, what's ahead?
Two weeks of band camp for Jasmine
Surgery follow up on August 1 for Jasmine. We plan to make a quick trip to Jacksonville after that.
Kaleb will be home on Saturday and no other trips planned.
Kayla will be home on the 28th and no other trips planned.
Tyler turns 26 on Saturday and we're going to the Chinese buffet.
Adam should be home sometime next weekend.
Ty and I are supposed to be completing advanced scuba but the shop we signed up with had a major turn over in instructors and basically there is no one for that class. We are going to start over with a different dive shop.

We plan to go back to Wakulla Springs and let anyone who wants to make the 22 foot jump do so. We have to wait until after Jasmine's follow up though. She has to keep the cast on her nose and dry until then. 

Ty, Jessica, Jasmine and I also want to make a springs dive and we have to wait for the same reason.

Try outs for the Missioula Children's Theater play are August 8.

So that's where we are now.

We go back to school August 18th.

What about the rest of you? What do you still have planned and when do your kids go back to school or start homeschool?