Last Monday was Fourth of July and our friends Joe and Amy have an amazing view of fireworks from the comfort of their own back yard. They moved in 2 years ago and now host an annual Fourth of July party so that's where we spent Monday. All wrapped up in that party was a small celebration for our friend Dave who ran off and got married without telling anyone. He's not a guy who likes lots of attention but the ladies told him it wasn't about him any more and Mariko, his new wife, deserves a celebration. After eating a ton of good food and hanging out with a lot of good people, we watched the fireworks and oohed and aahed and had a generally good time.
Thursday night was the last of my swim meets. I got moved up into a faster heat for both my free style and backstroke but I still won both heats. I didn't win by a landslide this time around but a win is a win. I'm actually kind of bummed I don't get to swim anymore this year. There is a winter team but I'm not sure I'm that committed to it.
On Friday morning, we left for a weekend camping trip with some of our favorite people and oldest friends. They really are family, thus the title "framily". Get it? Friends+Family=Framily. So clever my mom is. Anyhoo.
We spent the weekend at Fool Hollow Lake up in Show Low. We got there a lot because Grandpa Vern spends his summers up there so we always stop in to see him before heading to the campground.
We had our usual camping crew of Audrey, Mike and their daughter Madeline and then Joe, Amy and their two girls, Grace and Anna and finally Eric and Janet joined us as well. Plus two dogs. It made for a crowded, fun time. Grace is 7 and Anna is 3 so Madeline and I were in charge of them and we did a great job making sure they stayed all in one piece. Ms. Janet's kids are all grown and she is desperately waiting for grandkids so she happily kept all of us youngins occupied while the adults relaxed. It was a win-win-win!
It was pretty toasty here, even up in the mountains so we got some quality lake time in. Even Ginger got in and swam a few laps and then we all swam all the way across the lake and back. I turned it into a mini-Olympics as Ms. Janet is from Canada, so she was team Canada. Dad and I were Team Korea and everyone else was team USA. Team Canada took the gold (Ms. Janet is impressive in so many ways), Team Korea took silver and Team USA came in for the bronze. The dogs got participation ribbons.
We headed home Sunday, back to 105 degrees and a long work week ahead but I have no sports for the next several weeks so we're going to enjoy some down time. Have fun!
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