All under one roof. It just makes me SO happy.
Monday was a BIG day!
Actually, we were missing Mike. He had driven my Mom home Sunday evening and we determined that it would be better to spend the night in his own bed rather than risk driving over the mountain, late at night, arriving around midnight. So he did that. So I slept alone on the bottom single bunk ( and not very well. . . I ended up taking an Aleve after laying there for an hour with achy hips).
Monday morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast burrito that Nick's family provided. Plus fruit. Chocolate milk. Yogurt. We always eat so well at these!
Pajama Time! ( Me and Rachel)
Lots have enjoyed working on the jig saw puzzle in the living room. Eric and Matt were up till 2 am so he could wind down from the stress of the very long day. It's fun to see them enjoying things together.
And this makes me smile, too. The shoes.
Always lots of shoes. Well, there ARE 25 of us!
Gail, Tandy, others and I affixed our schedule to the wall so there's no question of what we are doing, and when, etc. You can't really tell from this, but we are VERY well organized. Haha. With wiggle room and the ability to be flexible. Which we have already done! And it's helpful to me when a grandchild asks me what we are doing, I can just say truthfully, " I can't remember exactly what it is we are doing, so that's why we have a schedule on the wall. You can go look and see for yourself what the plan is!" And they do.
Monday morning had a game of Bingo complete with a pre-bingo craft and way cool prizes. (THANKS, Gail!) It was a pretty competitive game and Mike got back here just in time for that.
There were LOTS of prizes, all provided by Gail.
SOME People can multitask and put together a jigsaw puzzle AND play Bingo.
Jane is a serious bingo player, too. She eventually filled IN each Xed box, solidly.
Lots of winners, but a few sad folks, too ☹️.
The Bingo and craft activity pretty much ran into lunch time. Gail's family is in charge of lunches. Lots of sandwich fixings and veggies and fruit. And some gathering time to visit.
Then it was pool time. We came over in waves ( pun intended) and once we were ALL there, save a few hold outs, we were a formidable mob and pretty much chased the rest of the guests away. Ha.
A couple of hours and sunburns later, we came back. Tired. I have been SO tired every day. So very tired. And sore. These hard tile floors are very hard on me. I wear my house slippers all the time.
And pickle ball for these two competitive kiddos ( Ella and Braeden).
Others have also played.
I took some fun videos, too.
Here's the completed puzzle! They will start another.
I'm pretty sure all those bodies belong to our family.
After the pool, we were tired. But we still managed to have a TON of fun.
We had dinner, we played corn hole, we played a quick practice game of Kahoot. Then we played a patriotic -themed Kahoot that Nick put together for us. It was based on the "Lap Book" I brought for families to learn about America's founding.
It's important to stay hydrated. The amount of water bottles is indicative of that. This is a small sampling.
Oh, and Candy and soda pop. 😄
I love seeing such cooperation. This is Seth and Damian cleaning up after lunch.
And the Kids all participated with "Paint and Pass" with Tandy and Gail. So cute! So fun!
And the finished products:
Mike enjoys the recliner.
And after all the fun, as we were thinking about maybe star-gazing and/ or going to bed that the power went out all over the resort. It scared Nick's family. I went to bed
It was after 10 pm and I was pooped. When I woke at 12:38 a.m. there were lights on in the living room and kitchen. I got up to turn them off and accidentally turned ON the very noisy garbage disposal! So loud in the middle of the night with everyone asleep. But no one heard it, surprisingly. I awoke a sleeping Mike and said he could put on his c-pap now. Haha. But I did know it would help him sleep much better in the long run.
