Missy has turned 21! Legal drinking age, so we all went out to Applebee’s for her to get her fist drink. We had dinner though, and by the end she didn’t really feel like it so we didn’t. She couldn’t find anything on the menu that she thought she would like, so she decided to do it some other time. We just did presents and an ice cream cake for her at home. Aunt Judy came to visit for the day as well to see her. We got her some clothes and some cool pottery for her room and some books, and finally presented her with the pink knitted dragon that I bought for her at the craft fair in the spring without her noticing I was doing it (see 3/2/25). She loved that. 

There was no softball game this week, because we postponed it because several of our players were helping out at True North VBS this week at church. Including me. Beth and I were guides for the 3rd and 4th graders this year, so basically the same job we’ve done for a few years now… we had some good kids but we also had a few kids that did not want to participate and basically didn’t want to be there in the first place. Unfortunately we also weren’t as impressed with the VBS program this year… we didn’t think it was as interesting and engaging as the Lego program last year or Keepers of the Kingdom or Making Waves from the past few years. There was a lot of talking to the kids, enough that they invariably got restless and bored, and the songs weren’t as memorable or as fun. It was good, but just not as good. Anyway, we had a good time with the kids and they did have some fun and learn some Bible lessons. 

This weekend was also Father’s Day, which I never like to make a big fuss about so we just grilled for dinner (so I usually wind up fixing most of the special meal for me anyway…) Beth got me a nice present this year; a power washer. I guess she’s got some work for me to do. I’ve already tried it out and surprisingly it does a pretty good job. I did some washing of the backyard patio and it works better than I was expecting. I assumed that an electric washer bought from Amazon wouldn’t have much cleaning power (like the ones I rented from Menard’s last time) but this one seems to do a pretty good job. At the hardest setting, the washer was taking some surface layers off the stones and concrete on the patio. It also takes dirt right out of the driveway concrete so I’ll have to give that a full wash sooner or later.