I've been taking my dad to the pool almost every week for the last 4 weeks. It is so exciting to see his progress. The first time he lasted less than 5 minutes. The next time was around 30 minutes. The most recent was the best and he swam for almost an hour. He even got to kick back and forth with his fins.
Kade's coach asked for the boys to start running 3 miles, 3 times per week to get ready for an upcoming tournament so they could be in shape for the field. I took Kade and Tag Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays to the rec center to get in their miles. Tag didn't have to but wanted to. He is a good runner too and has a future in cross country. Both did a great job running through the month of January.
The girls and I met up with all of the Lowry girls to see Beauty and the Beast. It was a snowy day but thankfully that didn't keep us from going.
Sienna and Tag had the best field trip to JA Biz Town. I was a chaperone. It was probably my most favorite field trip that I've ever chaperoned. It was basically like a mini city that the kids got to run. Every kid had a role and purpose and once they received instructions they were on their own to do their job. It was nice as a chaperone not having to keep kids on task or keep them all together. They all got Chick-Fil-A for lunch as part of their work day. It was such a fun place and learning experience for them. Sienna worked at Megaplex.
Something good that has come from my dad's stroke is that my siblings have connected more. We have had a few zoom calls together and it's pretty special.
We discovered Sienna is the best at making guacamole. Her guacamole is seriously so good! Lately we buy avocados during he week so they are ripe by Sunday. Then she makes it for an after church snack. Mmmmm!
James's soccer team played in the President's Cup in Mesquite. As a team they decided to have it be a team travel instead of individuals going with families. So they drove in vans together, stayed in Airbnb's together, ate meals together, etc. A few moms went as chaperones. It was so weird sending James off and not going with him. In the past this tournament was a fun moms and sons trip for his teammates and their mom and me. Also in the past his team lost all of their games so we never got to stay through Monday. This year they won or tied so they got to play Monday.
We were able to watch some of the games live through streaming. Unfortunately his back was hurting him and by the last game he didn't get to play much because he was in too much pain.
We got a gift card for Christmas from the Tibbs for the Milkshake Factory. Marshall and I tried it out. It was fun to try and yummy. We took some chocolate bark back to the kids for a treat.
