Moving Day

Today we moved on to Lewisville, one of our favorite urban parks. On the way we stopped in Denton to have lunch with Kelley. It was great to see her again and get updated on her life. We went to Luigi's Pizza and shared a really good Neapolitan pizza and salads while we talked.

We next went to Camping World to look for a few small things we needed for the rig (always something). Then on to Lake Park. This time we got site #73 in the 50 amp row, which is usually reserved for larger rigs, mainly motorhomes. We're glad to have the 50 amp to run the air conditioning. Even though the heat wave has passed, it's still over 90 and humid here.

Once we got settled we headed over to visit the kids. Cate and Sam ran out to greet us--and both of them had the same first words: "Did you bring your Wii???" Sad to say I had forgotten the Wii, but I promised to bring it the next time we came.

Jesse has really been doing lots of growing and learning new things since the last time we saw him in April. He just turned seven months old and is becoming both verbal and mobile. He also knows when strangers approach, and he sometimes takes a while to warm up to new people. We gave him plenty of space to get to know us, and by the end of the evening, he was flirting and smiling at us and letting me hold him (although he did give me some long inquiring looks).

After dinner Cate and Ed and Sam and I played Chinese checkers. Cate really likes to set up the long jumps. Ed and Sam beat us--they had the longest jumping superhighway!

Ed is taking Cate and Sam to Longview to visit their grandpa for the Labor Day game day. They'll leave Saturday after lunch and come home on Monday. Meanwhile, Julie and Jesse will be home, so we'll get a chance to visit them without the gang around.

Tonight we played Rummikub again, and I managed to make a sweep of the three rounds. We've been ignoring point counts and just noting who wins each round. We've decided we need to change that, since the entire strategy of the game changes when there's no penalty for keeping playable tiles in your hand.