It’s official! After wandering for more time than we thought possible, we’ve moved in to our forever home. For those of you keeping score at home, this was our 6th move in 7 years. But now that we’re here, and now that it’s done, it seems worth the wait. Everyone has their own bedroom, there are lots and lots of windows, and we’ve got a huge yard. This turned out to be especially important, as we just adopted a puppy! (Yay!) Her name is Iris, she’s a 3 month old Newfoundland mix, and she is a snuggler. (Double yay!) The kitties are getting used to her, and she’s getting used to the house and her new family. She especially loves running like a crazy lady around the 2 acre backyard. (Yes, we did say 2 acres.) It’s great! There’s still much to be done to the house both inside and out, but we’ve got time. It’s ours!
We got here just in time for a summer packed with fantasticness. Asher already had a week of art camp where he built a portable castle filled with characters and weapons. He created a backstory for each character as well as an enemy for the castle inhabitants to fight. So creative! Emmett also just finished a camp. He was gone at a 2 week long outdoor adventure sleepaway camp during the move, and he came back to a new house and a new puppy. He hiked, biked, canoed, kayaked, rock climbed, did archery, and generally had an amazing time. (Riley and Tessa go to the same camp at the end of July.) Up next is Ninja Warrior Camp for Tessa and Riley and Cosplay camp for Emmett; Asher is set to do an outdoor Survival Skills camp and a sewing camp; and everyone will go to Zoo camp. Throw in swim lessons for Asher, rock climbing club for Riley, and violin lessons for Emmett, and we are pretty booked.
But wait, there’s more…
We are going to Maui in August! We did our Scuba classroom and pool lessons last month, and now we need to do our Open Water Dive portion of the certification. This will be our first big vacation in years. Years! We can’t wait. We are staying right on the beach, and we are scheduled to kayak and snorkel with sea turtles (in addition to Scuba-ing). Plus, we’ll have plenty of time for just hanging out in the warm Hawaii sun. Ah, just thinking about it feels good. Imagine what it’ll be like to actually be there.
Lots and lots has been happening. We’ll keep you posted as more things come up. Asher is turning 8 (eight!), we start at a new school the week after we come back from Hawaii, Mom and Dad are opening up two new practice locations for the business. So, lots of stuff is coming up. But now that we have a home base that won’t change for the foreseeable future, maybe we can do all of our stuff with a little more ease.
Wishing all of you out there in Pig Country a great summer.
Be well,
The Pigs
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