Weekly Wrap Up - Summer Break Check In #4

Our little town had its Happy Birthday America celebration over the July 4th weekend, complete with concerts, 5k race, parade and a huge fireworks display.   Olivia was in the parade with her jiu-jitsu gym.  Lindsey was out of town for the weekend, and came home late afternoon on the 4th.  She was sporting a new look (highlights and a cut). We had burgers and fish on the grill for dinner and watched all the fireworks in the area from our back patio.

July 6 we had a horrible storm move through our area.  There was a great deal of wind damage, with microbursts and 70-80mph winds.  The west end of our city (where we live) got hit the hardest.  Neighbors all around us lost trees, had trees on cars and buildings and power was out here for about 4 hours.  Thankfully we didn't have any damage here at the house, other than rain blew in around the back door.  Parts of town didn't get the electric back until late the following day.  With an estimate of $750,000 in tree damage, they expect it could take several months to get everything cleaned up.

This past weekend, Olivia competed in her first horse show.  She rides western/ranch style, and competed in 5 classes, and brought home a ribbon in each class.  Thankfully the weather was unseasonably cool (low 70's during the day) so it was a comfortable day to be outside.

Lindsey and I have been working on getting unwanted items out of the house.  We loaded up her CRV (trunk, backseat & floorboard) with unwanted items and got those off to the donation site.  This is the 2nd time this summer we've done this, and I feel like we're finally making progress.   

We had Lindsey's last official sports physical this week.  She's ready to play her last season of high school volleyball.  

This week, I spent a couple hours working on a getting our upcoming school year fleshed out.  Our local schools start back August 9, which to me is absurd.  Lindsey only has 4 subjects this year, and most of those look to be 36 weeks in duration.  We'll start back on August 24 so that she can be done late April/early May.  Another reason for starting in August, is that she'll be volunteering at least 1 day a week at the museum, (once volleyball season ends) and we want to get a little ahead with the lessons before that starts.  I laid out the first 2 full weeks in my lesson planner, and then I'll see what needs to be tweaked at that point.

That's about all that's going on here.  It's hard to believe this is the last "summer break" of our homeschooling journey.