Our plan had been a weekend on the lake in the boat. Alas, the thunderstorms that rolled in early Saturday morning had other plans for us. But the boys enjoyed the thunder and lightening that woke the entire neighborhood just before 5am on Saturday. As Teenie, Jim and Rodney scrambled to take the boat out of the water, I enjoyed my morning by finishing breakfast and watching lightening scorch the sky at dawn. We tend not to get very much lightening in Seattle--so even though it ruined our plans for part of the day, it was a treat in a different way. The weekend was filled with old time remembering, good time memory making, shuffled in with a few trips out on the boat, as the weather permitted. Brayden tried very hard to coax Alex into the lake...but didn't have much success. Alex must be Rod's boy, as he is not a fish unto the water like me. Brayden, however, is very much my kind of kid--"Lake? Water? Where!? Let's GOOOO!" Needless-to-say, it was a great weekend.
As we returned home to Kirkland, I had the opportunity to reunite with several friends from high school--both in person and via Facebook. April and Rodney are beginning to plan their 15 year reunion from Hazen High School (gosh we're getting old) it's prompted me to begin digging through old photos and even posting some of them online. We were young, we were beautiful, lots of memories from a lifetime ago. Memories which are stored in boxes we never bother to look in anymore. It's funny how a picture can bring back a 1000 emotions from a time before our lives ever really began. I guess that's what reunions are for--remembering--if only every 5-10 years.
Today was a day of firsts for my kiddos. It was their first trip to Kennydale Beach. A beach I spent quite a bit of time at as a teenager. It was a little bitter-sweet. As I watched the lifeguards from afar, I couldn't help but think of Tracy. Kennydale was Tracy's beach. She guarded there for several summers--even part way through college. I remember hot summer days coming to visit and play--stopping for lunch breaks as we would chit-chat about boys, gossip and plan our summer nights and future lives. It is a special beach. Watching Alexander and Joseph dig in the sand, as the Blue Angels roared by this afternoon, is how I hope to continue remembering Kennydale.
As I posted in an earlier blog, it's been a while since I have really spent anytime in Renton. But as my son, Alex, gets bigger and I begin to think about things to do and places to share with him, many of them are in Renton. Perhaps, it's because I don't have a big enough imagination to think out of my "Renton box". Lord knows, I love living in Kirkland. Or maybe I'm just a mushy geek who is overly in-love with her own history. It was a good history. Either way, I find the older I get, the more I like visiting Renton--at least North Renton. Hehe.
Next week shall prove to be interesting, as Rodney will be out of town the entire week for business. He gets to swelter in the humidity that is NYC in August. I thought for a while about joining him but can't quite get over myself to leave my kiddos alone with grandma and grandpa for five full days. It's just too long and Anna, at least, is still too young. Not to mention, my irrational fear of flying...but that's for another blog. Maybe next year, when she's two. Instead, I'll be home with my in-laws, who have very graciously and lovingly agreed to come and stay with us for the entire week to help out. Grandma and Grandpa both work for the Renton School District and are great about trying to spend as much summer time with the kids as possible.
My in-laws are wonderful at doing the things I don't do well. They play, they pretend, read the same story over and over and over again to Alexander--all of course without any worry of who will do the cooking, the laundry, get the mail, feed Anna, or take out the trash. As I "waste" my day with this blog, I worry that I am not using my time wisely. It's mentally fulfilling but lacks the ability to help me keep my house in order. I guess it's a win some, lose some type of deal.
So that's where I'll close for today. With the knowledge that I've had a great couple of weeks but that there is other work to be done...namely, figuring out what's for dinner tonight. Take out.
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