Some (not as many) big guys

Bs friends left about 10 on Saturday morning and then Ads and his swim buds showed up for breakfast (which was perfect because we had made WAY too much). 

 

Bs Birthday

B had some summer swim buds and some friends from Stanley over to celebrate his birthday.  A couple of them stayed the night (note, I did not say "sleep" over because that is not what they did.  

 

SLO First Trip

My good friend and I went out to SLO to visit our boys a few weeks ago.  It was such a fun weekend.

We did lots of coastal exploring, hiking, eating good food and just hanging out.

                     

Random End of Summer

The routine of hiking once a week is so nice.

R, our neighbor, is so good with B (and our whole family, we all love her so much)

Long time friends rented the rooftop of a newly renovated motel on Colfax, such a fun adult evening.

Having our pool close each summer is always tough, but my VV bookclub started a tradition of an end of year brunch which was so great this year.

And the pickleball twins that rarely win, but did this day!

 

First day of 13th, 11th and 5th

 

Cal Poly Drop Off

We were all supposed to go to California for a family trip and then to drop LT off.  However, with B's injury, he wasn't able to fly so we pivoted.  I was originally going to stay with the boys, but Ads offered and as one of my friends said to me, "You have one chance to drop your kid at college, don't miss it".  I'm so glad I went, and also so glad B wasn't there struggling to keep up with a very long, hilly and tiring day.

But the goodbye between the brothers was heartbreaking.  They all cried, I cried watching them say goodbye.  

Our flight getting to Cali was an adventure in itself.  What was supposed to be a 2 hour flight, turned into a 6 hour flight.  Because of the flight delay, our car ride went from 4 hours with no traffic to 6 hours.  We ended up arriving in SLO at 9:30PM.  We all slept well and then headed over to campus for his 9:15 AM move in slot.  

He's not in a traditional dorm, rather an apartment.  While he thought he was just having two roommates, he now has 5 others.  I think in the end, while different than envisioned, there is a lot good to this situation.  But, its on a mountain.  The furthest place from the main campus.  

It has a full kitchen, and the moms fully stocked it for them.

A living area.

2 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms (1 with desks, 3 with 2 people each in them).  LT is in the back bedroom with his roommate, Jake (in the apartment is also Blake and Drake, no we didn't make this up).

This is out of his room window.  We even saw deer out there!

LT and his roomie Jake.

Lucas, LT and Drake.

Drake, Lucas, Lucas's brother, Landon, us, Lucas's parents.  Ray and Blake had not arrived at the time we said goodbye to Landon.

 

Entertaining B

While B can get around pretty well, he can't swim, hike, sit in long car rides, or do many outdoor activities.  He's spent a lot of time laying on the couch, with us around or not, watching TV.  But, he's also had a lot of fun friends visit to play games, do puzzles, and put together many Lego sets.

Apparently I was sitting in her spot, so she just got up anyway.

 

Unicorn

When I went to pick up my daily Starbucks on Saturday, the baristas were all wearing unicorn headbands.  I inquired and found out they brought back the unicorn drink from 2017 for just the weekend.  Naturally I needed to get them for our kids (and the neighbor friend).

 

Dim Sum dinner for LT

While we were supposed to be in San Francisco this week, LT is enjoying a few extra days in Denver with his friends.  We took a few of them, our nephew and one of Brian's and my good friends to Dim Sum for dinner.

 

Papa turned 85!

My dad (papa) turned 85 on Thursday.  We were able to get all of us together, plus some of his friends, to celebrate him!  

Grandma got a cake for him, Nicholas (whose birthday is the day before) and LT who was supposed to leave for college the day after.

These guys have a great time together.