May 17
I don't know what else I did on this day, but Sydney broke out her ice cream maker that she got for Christmas and made some delicious mango sorbet that she kindly let me eat. So here's a picture of that.
May 21
On Saturday I headed over to babysit for a while. The kids are really easy and cute so it's always a pleasure. They are twins who are almost three and they basically just play with each other which is nice for me. I babysat until late at night and rushed home to go to sleep.
May 22
On Sunday morning I woke up bright and early to drive to Mesa for Zach's farewell talk and parties. His talk was awesome and everyone there could tell how passionate he was about missionary work and how ready he was for his mission!
After we heard his talk, we went back to the Richardson's house and bummed around a bit while we waited for the lunch to start. We played around with Snapchat a lot and I was excited about the fact that there are two dog faces now (thanks Kim Kardashian). Unfortunately (or fortunately?) Snapchat is pretty glitchy so sometimes you get two filters on one person. I liked it.
We went to the Walton's house for lunch and it was fabulous. Then we went back to the Richardson's house to take naps. Later that evening we went back to the Walton's for Zach's open house. There were tons of people there and yummy chili, but the best part was Sing Star upstairs. I think I did like 12 karaoke songs. At least. After the party we went back to the Richardson's house and I watched part of the Billboard Music Awards.
May 23
On Monday I was still in Mesa so we went to BJs for lunch, then I drove back to Tucson.
I'll spare you the boring details of the few weeks that followed because I basically didn't do much. Babysitting, Jillian Michaels 30 day shred, grocery shopping, Institute, etc.
June 3
On Friday I drove back up to Mesa since I had a flight out of Phoenix the following morning. I hung out with the Richardsons around the house for a little bit and then we went to Tempe to meet up with Clark Wager for dinner. I had never been to downtown Tempe, and it was really cool! Unfortunately it was roughly 180 degrees outside so I was dying. Honestly it felt like my face was being cooked.
June 4
One of the people I work with at camp over the summer asked me to help her with her move, so I flew from Phoenix to Ontario (the Southern California one, not the Canada one). Susan picked me up from the airport and we immediately started our road trip. We made a few stops and switched drivers a couple of times so all in all it wasn't that bad of car trip! We made it to Berkeley at around 4:30 and then started the move. Their new house is on a hill and there around about 25 steps just to get to the front door of the house, so I had quite a fun time moving all the boxes and suitcases up into the house. We finished off the night with some dinner at home and went to bed early.
June 5
After doing some more unpacking and organizing, we went to this really cool art store in Berkeley to buy supplies for camp. We spent a long time there and the staff was really helpful! We got PLENTY of materials and I think the kids will really appreciate it.
After the shopping, we ate some lunch and then started on some sample art projects for camp. One of the sessions that is going to be led is on making things called "inchies". It's essentially just a 1inch square of paper that you can do whatever you want on, so we wanted to make sure the kids had some examples of what they could do. I painted and cut large sheets of paper until we had over 1200 squares. Then, I went forth with the idea to make various sets of inchies that were related, and mounting them in a group of four.
This one was done with some stamps that Susan had and then I drew around them and of course added glitter. We have to use glitter glue this year because we were banned from loose glitter after leaving a mess behind last year.
Since I am also going to be teaching a Zentangle session, I made sure to make some Zentangle inchies. I worked on these both Sunday and Monday.
We went out to a really amazing restaurant on Sunday night called Kiraku. It was like a Japanese tapas place and every plate we ordered was unique and delicious! Definitely a treat.
June 6
On Monday we woke up and went back to the art store to buy more supplies, then we started working on more projects. I finished up some more inchies and started making a sample for a session Susan is running where you paint watercolor blobs and then turn it into an imaginary animal. I wasn't sure how it would turn out or if I would like this activity, but I really like how it turned out!
I flew back to Phoenix and my flight got in around 7. Pat picked me up from the airport (holla - thanks Pat) and took me back to the Richardson's house where my car was. I was really tired so I decided to spend the night in Mesa again.
June 7
On Tuesday I woke up and drove back to Tucson, showered, then went to go babysit again. The family I babysit for has plenty of pets but their chihuahua has never really taken a liking to me before. In the past he has snapped at me when I get close to him. For some reason, this time he kept crying and trying to jump on the couch. I wasn't keen on trying to pick him up, so I sat on the ground and let him come to me. To my surprise, he curled up in my lap and sat for the full two hours that the kids were napping for. So I made a new friend. After I babysat I went to the mall to run some errand with Syd and went to bed. All four summer roomies are finally together! We should be able to get up to some crazy fun in the next two months.
