Time passes quickly. Didn't even realize we were late, but we'll pretend like it was 4 days ago. With the summer nearing the end we heard of a pretzel festival in HB that we were excited to go together as a family. The line was out the door so we opted for going to BJ's since they have a great pretzel anyway. Because next was the inevitable start to the school year. Cienna had her Junior orientation then Kaylee with her Freshman introduction to High School! We weren't ready to take is seriously quite yet, so the girls packed in one last sleepover with the Waters, and we planned an amazing Staycation for just the four of us!
We booked the weekend at a fantastic resort in Dana Point. We spent the first day relaxing at the pool, eating great food, playing corn hole and ping pong, doing scheduled crafts and being together. The next morning we ventured to RJ's Cafe at the Marina, all walking distance, before our family parasailing adventure. The guides and captain were all part of a family and made it an even better experience. We finished that day at the beach and of course with ice cream. We went back to the Marina in the morning for breakfast on our way back to the reality of home and the start of the school year.
A little nerves, but mostly just the excited kind for the first day of school! Although back at the same school together, different start times leads to more trips back and forth. We almost bought a car, still in the market, to lessen the commuting since we do have that extra driver. Kaylee went through the process of getting in to Gymnastics for PE at school since her original schedule had her in regular PE, and that didn't sound as appealing to her : )
Since there seems to be a three day weekend just a couple of day after school starts given the proximity to Labor Day, we even made some time to work on the Bronco together. We finally figured out how to fix our Summer Time air horn tune. It was just a couple of mixed up hoses. We also Had the Marshalls over for dinner and a nighttime bike ride to Handels. Cienna even came up with a cool idea for her friends to do at the beach. She brought a bunch of Canvas and paint supplies for them to enjoy some art on the beach along with the sunshine and each others company.
Millikan has a pretty great Football student section, think they're rated pretty high on the awesome scale. Cienna enjoys being in ASB and get to hype up the crowd from the track around the field. They had they're black out game, Kaylee's first as an actual Millikan Ram! We also got to puppy sit Lacy for the evening, and then another sleepover happened, at Julia's this time. Always ending in free Crispy Cream doughnuts. The following Friday was another football game which they did white out since it was supposed to be an away game but the other team came to us due to fires in their area.
Last but not least we celebrated Nicki's 15th birthday. She had all her buddies meet at the beach for fun and a sunset, Mark and I helped pick them all up and drop them off at the Marshall's for firepit, tramp, and hot tub time. We then had both Adi and Nicki over at our place for a Three Musketeer sleepover! They were excited to have so much time together the following day. Cienna also went that day on a boat ride in Naples which Shawna invited her and some other close friends for a special day out on her Uncle's boat.
Then Daddy was of on an adventure for his new hire orientation in Menlo Park! We are so proud of him and are happy that he is now part of the Meta team. He is such a hard worker in everything he does and deserves everything that comes to him. They are lucky to have him, just like us...well we're more lucky. The beginning of the trip was a success, and Cienna took on more driving responsibilities while Mom was at work.
Bring on What's next!
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