COVID-19 Quarantine Day 95 - Weekend Pictures

We went to Glenn and Linda's this weekend, and while we're stayed at their house almost the entire time, here are a few pictures from the last few days to catch you up on what we've been up to.  😊

After long wait, Connor finally has his new, big boy bike!!!  We intended to get him a new bike in May for his birthday.  Glenn and Linda sent him money to get one.  But there was a shortage on bikes because of the coronavirus, and everything was sold out!  We finally ordered this one a week ago, and by the end of the day when I went to show Michael the picture of the bike we got, it was sold out again.  😳  Glad we got it when we did!  I'm 98% sure the kids will be out riding bikes at some point today.  😊  Shanna, Michael's aunt who we're going to visit in 2 weeks, asked if we had space to bring the kids' bikes with us when we came down to Tennessee.  She said they have  great paved bike track near them.  I don't know if my car has a hitch to be able to haul bikes though.  This might be something we look into in the next couple weeks before our trip.  😊

Couldn't go to Topeka for a weekend without taking a walk down the street to the winery!  Glenn and Linda are always willing to watch the kids for a bit so we can go over there.  It was great to go wine tasting again!  We haven't been since we went to San Diego in November!  Glacier's Edge is always coming out with new wines, so we like to start with the tasting tray before we decide on bottles to bring home.  I told TJ we were going and offered to pick him up a bottle too.  He found two he thought he'd like, so we came home with 4 bottles of wine.  😂  Just stimulating the local economy.  😉  Gotta keep the winery within walking distance of my in-laws afloat!!  😁

Before we left Friday I blow dried my hair and put on a little makeup.  I just love my pink hair!!  😍💗🤩

I guess those are all the pictures I took this weekend.  Wow.  Sorry about that!  I meant to take pictures of Linda's giant hosta garden under their deck!  It's beautiful!  (Also, my phone tried to autocorrect hosta to hostage...  😳😳)  Glenn and Linda set up a slip and slide, a sprinkler, and a little plastic pool for the kids to play in.  They had a really good time!  I couldn't find Connor's swim shirt before we left, so he didn't wear a shirt to swim.  This sounds like a perfectly normal thing for a 6 year old boy, but Connor has NEVER swam without a swim shirt.  Not because we won't let him, but because he refuses!  So it was a pretty big deal for him to do that this weekend.  He's got the same farmer's tan his dad has.  😂  Then, when we got home from Glenn and Linda's last night, we went to the pool in our neighborhood and he went without a shirt again!  This time because he decided not to wear one!  Crazy!  It's only taken 2 years to get him to be comfortable with that.  🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

That's about all that's happened lately.  We'll be mostly home the next couple weeks before we leave for vacation, cleaning house, doing laundry, and packing.  If everyone is up for it, I was hoping maybe the whole family could go have dinner together on the patio at Norton's on the Thursday before we leave (in a week and a half).  That was we could see everyone and have a meal together since Michael, the kids, and I won't be able to join everyone for the 4the of July this year.  Speaking of which, just one more thing, then I'm out...

We figured out our plans for the end of our trip.  We're going to leave the morning of Saturday, July 4th from Murfreesboro and head to St. Louis.  We'll drive right through Shawnee National Forest in Kentucky on our way out, so there's a chance we could call an audible (like we did with Badlands) and stop there for a few hours before continuing on to St. Louis.  I got us a high room in St. Louis for the night, so if there are fireworks going off, hopefully we can see them well, if nothing else, maybe we can se the Arch!  Most of what I'm reading online says that fireworks shows in major cities have been cancelled or postponed.  We'll just have to wait and see.  Then, Sunday, July 5th, we'll head back to Wichita.  We'll try to get over and see the Arch while we're in St. Louis sometime.  It's about 6 or 6.5 hours from St. Louis to home, so it won't be too bad of a drive that last day.  Then, since Michael is still working from home, and Karen wouldn't dream of letting him come back after being out at several different states, he can take it easy the next day and even week without having to ask for more time off.  And, bonus!  Since the 4th of July is over a weekend, the 3rd is a floating holiday at Michael's office, so he'll only have to take off 4 days of work for our 10 day vacation!  😁  Not too shabby, if I do say so myself!  We are greatly looking forward to this trip!  Chuck and Shanna were two of the best hosts we've ever had on our vacations and we've got so many fun activities planned!  I just can't wait!

Have a wonderful Monday!  I love you very much!  Talk to you again soon, probably with some poolside pics!  😉💗🕶🎉