Here we go again! Always good! Dad was off at his onboarding experience for his new position at Meta in Menlo Park while Mom took the girls optional team to the Gold Over America Tour with Simone Biles at the Crypto Center VIP style. Mom then took Kaylee and Nicki to watch Adi in her first Choir Concert of the year at Los Alamitos. It was so well done and Adi shined as always. When Mark got back home, we installed some white boards for college planning, squeezed in a LA Force soccer game with the Marshalls, and went to celebrate Erin's Birthday with good friends for an adult dinner out.
Only a few days later Mark was on another adventure to celebrate Uncle B's 50th Birthday. He set of to Nashville first and got to see Brandon's beautiful home and family of 4. Brandon toured him around town, and then they were off to Germany for Octoberfest! A world traveler! A load of food, fun, and activities all packed in to a couple of amazing days later they came back with experiences that will last a lifetime!
Meanwhile us girls did some bike rides, made food and crafts together as we navigated the weekly life of work, school, and gym! Kaylee was also invited as Emery's only invitee for her first time getting her nails done at the salon for her 11th Birthday.
Dad came back, we did some habanero dehydrating since we got more than expected, but love it. Girls had fun watching their football team win some games on Friday nights after gym. Cienna is running the show down on the field with her ASB buddies, and Mom and Dad went to their first game against the most challenging opponent...Poly (which is the school that two of their gym teammates go too...also went to the game) Millikan won for the first time in 50 years!
On a separate note, Cienna enjoyed Shawna's 17th Birthday party on another boat excursion in the bay. As well as a beautiful fall theme birthday for Lily. She applied for Youth Leadership Long Beach, filled out an extensive application, did interviews, and got accepted!
Dad headed back up to MPK for another work trip where he had planning meetings with his team and got to play with kittens in the mall (a fun suggestion from his manager, Manal). Mom had a great time representing the gymnastics family at Betsy's Baby shower. Excited for both her and Gloria's little girls to arrive soon. Nacho cheese on hot Cheetos and all : )
Loved watching and listening to the girls very first concert of the year. Kaylee nailed her first high school performance and Cienna was the finishing act. Even had a duet as the second highest Soprano some how (she has many vocal ranges)! With Francesca also in both Cienna's vocal classes, they almost make up half of their gym team, and so of course the rest of their team showed up to support!
Cienna showed up to take her PSAT, but the Wi-Fi wasn't cooperating...postponed. Really early the morning of the 18th, Dad took mom to the airport to head up north for her 30th High School Reunion while Cienna went of to Camp Oaks for a retreat with her Concert Choir! Kaylee went to school, and Dad came back to work for the beginning of a very busy weekend for all.
Mom cruised into SR, took an Uber to Grammy's, exercised before bothering Jenna and V. We all then went downtown to meet up with AMAZING people and friends that it's been to long since we've seen! More on that next next month!
