La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

We celebrated Father's Day with a custom family D&D adventure.   We had a really fun kubb tournament with the Beattys to celebrate Midsummer.  The tournament was followed by popsicles and ice cream.  Tyler & Alexa playing kubb: https://youtube.com/shorts/hiJSXhTUVFo?feature=share Alexa and I went with some friends and neighbors to get tea at Grand America.  We each got a different tea pot with a unique flavor inside--their specialty is dandelion and we also got hibiscus, mint, lavender, and a hot chocolate just for kicks.  They had a big stand of mini sandwiches, cookies, scones, etc. that were all delicious.  It was a really fun experience.  They also had live harp music while we ate and visited.  Tyler joined the Saratoga Springs community orchestra and got to play at the City Days.   For our date, Nathan wanted to paint Mario characters so he painted an awesome Mario and I painted his buddy Yoshi.   Alexa joined...

We spent our anniversary in a glamping dome at Bryce Canyon to celebrate our 17th anniversary and Kyle's 40th birthday.  Mike watched our kids again (thank you!). I threw Kyle a surprise Italian murder mystery party for his 40th and our friends did not disappoint.  They came in costume with fabulous accents and leaned into their characters perfectly.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids were our waiters and Tyler serenaded us with violin music at the fake Italian restaurant.   I was excited to meet up with a great friend from Toronto, Emily Trujillo, while she was in Utah for a wedding.  I can't believe it's been 18 years since I left Toronto.   Alexa broke her bat in half on a softball hit (!!) and went with her friends to a school dance this month.  She said she wanted a staycation for her 15th birthday and I asked if she wanted to come to Chicago with me on a work trip instead.  We flew out on her birthday and got to fly first class, ...