It's finally here! It's finally summer! Truth be told its come in with a bang, but more on that in a sec. Merrick had a big week early on with the big milestone of completing elementary school. Due to the pandemic we didn't get to have a big ceremony. We didn't get to go on a jet boat ride, as is customary for the graduating 5th graders at his school. Instead he got a couple of celebratory zoom meetings and a quick drive thru at his school. He didn't seem too deflated by it though. I think he is happy to be done with elementary school and is ready to move on to middle school. For one of his zoom parties I had to put together a slide with pictures of him throughout his life. It was giving me all the feels. I am just thankful to have been along for the ride so far.
So that took us through Tuesday. What have we being doing since then? If you guessed baseball (the safe bet), you are right. Merrick has practice 4 days a week and tournaments most weekends. We are currently in the middle of our first tournament. After yesterday we are in first place and will head back out this afternoon to play. Unfortunately, we are in the middle of the biggest heat wave Portland has ever seen. Yesterday, our first game got canceled because the other team forfeited due to the heat. The game they did play was great! Merrick's team mercy ruled the other team. Before that happened, Merrick pitched a shut out inning and hit a home run. We will see what happens today. Actually...scratch that...the rest of the tournament just got canceled. It's supposed to be 115 degrees here and 109 where we were supposed to play. Hopefully we will be available to play when they schedule the make up games.
Other than baseball, we have had some other fun as well. We have gone to the pool, gone to the river, gone fishing, gone to the splash pad (you may notice a theme here), had a lemonade stand, and taken walks (we like shady trails the best).
If this week is any indication, it's going to be a fun summer!
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