Summer Work and Play

School's out!  Our summer has officially begun.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.  Kara had a 1/2 day of school on Monday, making the last day for us June 22.  Neighboring towns and districts went to school an additional 2 or 3 days, since they took a couple more snow days than we did this past, very snowy winter.  So because of that, we feel lucky!  We "only" went to school through June 22!  ha.

BACKYARD S'MORES.  She hosted a "games" afternoon and "camping" sleepover for those who could stay overnight, where they put up the tent in the backyard.

 We also just got one of those little firepit things, to build a backyard fire and roast marshmallows!  It's not really a pit.  It's a metal bowl on legs.   We fought off the mosquitoes and made s'mores.

Here they are playing volleyball...














then the goofy balloon relay game where you are trying to run up and pop the balloon by sitting on it.

Popsicles, ravioli dinner, and s'mores.

There were about 15 during the day, and 7 could sleep over.  The weather cooperated and I believe a good time was had by all.

CAMP COUNSELOR.  Kara is currently doing a "CIT" program at the high school. Counselor In Traning.  Each week, the town of Wayland (parks & rec) have a different summer camp for elementary aged kids. They have paid counselors, and they also have 2 CIT's help out.  These CIT's can then, the next summer and beyond, apply to be the actual counselors next summer, or whenever.

She's helping with this week's camp and next week's camp.  The kids can be Kindergarten through 5th grade, I think.

Teresa has an interesting combination going on this summer...

LEARNING ABOUT KNIVES.  She is going through training to be a sales rep for Vector, selling Cutco knives.

She will make appointments to present them in people's homes.  Lots of college aged kids do it.  We figure it will be good for her to learn about pyramid-structured companies.  For every Mary Kay, Nu Skin, Silpada, Pampered Chef, etc., she'll have an idea of how they work.  One perk with Vector is, she'll get a little bit of pay for DOING the presentation.  It's not ALL commission.  Of course she'll get paid more if people buy lots of knives.  But at least she'll get a little for showing them in the first place.

DOG BOARDING. The other opportunity came up just a couple of days ago.  She interviewed at Best Friends Pet Care, just about 2.5 miles down the road from us, and got the job!

 It's a boarding/grooming/training place for dogs, and there is some cat boarding too.  She could be out front checking animals in, or cleaning the kennels: they can board something like 400 pets at the time, so there are lots of kennels.  She could take dogs out for walks, or "babysit" the dog rooms.  Small dogs and large dogs socialize in different rooms, and staff has to monitor them and play with the dogs when that is their assignment.  There are also people working in the kitchen, washing dog dishes and preparing their food.

For one week in July, she'll go to YW Camp and be one of the youth leaders.

Anyway, we think it will be a good mix!  She'll enjoy being around the dogs so much at Best Friends, and she'll learn some new things at Vector.

It is weird to think that Teresa has less than 8 weeks before she goes to BYU.


STILL EMPLOYED.  Frank just (digitally) signed the (email) paper that says he still has a job.  HP will officially split into 2 companies on November 1, and he'll be with Hewlett Packard Enterprise.  Here's the logo.

I know...it's a green rectangle.  A little boring, but I'm sure that many hours of thought, discussion, meetings and philosophy went into that logo!  We are VERY happy Frank still has a job, and a good one at that.  We'll take the green rectangle :)

Have a good weekend!  Kari