Beach Bowl Bowling with Paige and Caleb

Andrea, Paige, Caleb, and Shawn all decided to go bowling recently. It was something on Paige's summer bucket list with Caleb and she was happy to have her parents come along, so we all went together. My back was hurting from tennis, or I'm sure I would have won everything (I've never won bowling). Andrea won the first game handily and we ran out of time before we finished the second. We were certainly not the most impressive bowlers, but we had a good time and had some snacks too, so we were all winners. 

Paige at Camp Pinnacle 2026 - Wolfpack Year 2

Paige attended Camp Pinnacle for the seventh time this summer, it was her second year of the leadership program "Wolfpack". Last year she attended session two for the first time, she had always done session one previously, and this year she decided she wanted to do session two again since she made so many great friends last year. 

Andrea and I picked up Paige on Friday, July 10th, and we stopped by Cheesecake Factory on the way home so we could hear all about her adventures.

Andrea Visits Kansas City - Summer 2026

 

Andrea flew to Kansas City on July first, and spent a week with family. She mostly spent her time helping her mother with some tasks around the house and around town that are a bit too difficult to tackle on her own. Andrea helped her pick out a replacement refrigerator, get a painter to give some quotes on painting, and various other things. 

It wasn't all work though, Andrea went swimming with Amanda and her family, ate McAlister's Deli quite a few times, watched World Cup Soccer, WNBA games, and they even drove out with Amanda to visit Renie. 

Grandma Genie's always grateful that Andrea's willing to help her out, and Andrea's got a lot of patience and she's such a capable person.