It is SOO NIIIICE to not have to be dropping off or picking up a kid every 3 hours. Heaven!

We have a fantastic summer planned. We started off the evening of the last day of school with a family picnic potluck in the park with a bunch of friends. Now we’re enjoying a few days of friends and relaxing before we leave Glen in San Mateo and go off to a camping trip in the redwoods, near the beach.

We finally bought our own tent instead of borrowing Grandpa Jim’s, so we practiced setting it up in our yard yesterday and slept in it last night. Jared was very nervous about possible raccoon attacks but I convinced him to stay with me and his not-at-all-nervous-but-giggling brothers. Glen can’t take sleeping on the ground with his bad back, but it suited the rest of us just fine!

Something about sleeping in a tent – we all wake up at 6 a.m.

Grandpa Jim, we will still need to borrow sleeping bags!!!

Ah summer! We have so many fun things planned, with just the right mix of nothingness.