Donut Day

 6-29-2021 - Tuesday

On the way to dinner last night, we saw two peacocks, but I didn't have the camera ready.  So every time we go someplace now, we are on the lookout for peacocks.  We got Andrew a license plate game so he watches every car to see what state it is from.  The kids like riding in the Jeep.  After dinner, we stopped off at a couple car lots -- Bridgette is wanting a new truck. When we got back home, we played a few hands of an old game Rack-o that I had left from when our kids were young.  John didn't remember playing it as a kid, but he had. 

Today we took the kids to the donut shop -- Joe had fond memories of taking them there the last time we were here, and Catalina was all for it, so that was first on today's agenda.  Andrew had thought about going into work with his mom, but in the end donuts won out.  

Catalina is a bit of a ham -- she likes to have her picture taken, but thinks she has to pose.

Donuts were a hit.

Then we shopped Walmart for a little bit.  The kids had a friend over today (Bridgette is actually going to tutor him this summer), so they were occupied this afternoon.  John spent his entire day in phone meetings, so we only saw him briefly, even though he was in the same house.  Andrew found a sticker book at Walmart he thought we could work together, and we spent a little time on that.  I told him we didn't fit in the chair as good as we did last year, so he was going to have to stop eating so much.

I finally got a good picture of Catalina.  I may have to print this one.  She is such a cutie!

We played a few games this afternoon, it's too hot to be outside (at least for Joe and me).  When John finished his work day, he and his dad made a trip to Home Depot and Lowe's, looking for parts to install a box for us to plug in to electricity here, and for John to be able to plug in his camper.  Bridgette and the kids were waiting for their friend to get here, so I sneaked off and got a nap.  When the guys got back, and the company left, we went out for pizza.  It started raining just before we left, and continued into the night.  The pizza was good, but we all got a little wet.

Joe and I are all set up in our mother-in-law suite.  Very comfortable, and very convenient.  We may stay until they kick us out.  Tomorrow Bridgette has to take Andrew to the dentist, so we are in charge of getting Catalina to her horse-riding lesson.  We will see how that goes, but we do know where to take her.

Before the rain, it was sticky hot, another yukky day weather-wise.  Bridgette  has a water quality grant that she works on, and had taken the kids Monday to take water samples.  She told us they saw lots of dead fish, due to red tide.  We were very sorry to hear this.  We hope to get to the beach sometime, but we may have to go below Tampa Bay to find good water.  Maybe tonight's rain will help move the red tide out.