It's a September Like Never Before

September always bring big changes.

Ellie's birthday, and this year it was a milestone. 13. An official teenager. And although we weren't able to do a full birthday bash, she was able to spend time with her best friends. Hopefully we'll be able to fully celebrate soon.

That's the one thing that COVID has really done. It has robbed us of the moments. While we talk about celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and everything in between the longer this goes, the more we'll be ready to just move on. Which is a real bummer.

The house got a little bit of a makeover with new hardwood floors. Its been a long time coming, but the carpet is gone and the hardwood is in every room. It looks good, but does require a lot more swiffering.

COVID-19 has us distancing learning and 4th grade is hard. For me and Lukas. More so because he can't get the attention he needs. We have to piece it together between work calls and meetings, and work with him on things that we aren't fully prepped for. He's taking it in stride and seems not to be bothered by it, but hopefully he's able to tread the water until he can go back to school. And that might be sooner then we thought. Word is that St. Justin will let some of the younger grades come back in October. Fingers crossed.

We did get a chance to go to Lake Almanor this August, and for longer then we ever had. COVID cancelled the softball season, so there were no tournaments to try and get to. So we were at The Lake for two full weeks. Two very full, relaxing weeks.

And at the end of August we made a quick trip down to San Luis Obispo for Isela's birthday. It was a nice get away, and although we were still in COVID restrictions we got a chance to tour around town, drive through Cal Poly and visit the Mission.

The hope is that we can get the RV out a little more often and take advantage of the distancing learning. We'll see if that happens.