This season of life has me feeling like we are always running at burnt ends.

I mean, I could blame it on 100 different things.

The lawsuit, career turmoil, job responsibility, life stage, parenting stage, lack of family help, lack of close friends, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, the lack of time in general, and the lack of rest in particular.

Were frazzled and tired.

10-10-10, I know.

But this has been a hard season.

I am so sorry now and then when I am the worst version of myself around you.

No kid deserves that.

You are one of the great joys of my life.

I love you.

-Dad

H and K, I wanted to note that this has been y’all first truly free summer.

Sure you have had VBS, cheer camp, church camp, or what have you, here and there…

But there is no mandatory place to be by 8 AM every morning so Mom and Dad can get to work on time.

T, you have been going to TAS still, but you have even stayed home quite a bit.

The morning starts with a little bit better pace.

Y’all get to be lazy.

It’s been nice.

I hope our summers get even lazier and lazier as these years go by.

I love you.

-Dad

We got back from Fredericksburg late yesterday.

This was technically the trip to Ruidoso that we usually go on in the summer with Pop, Gammies, and the cousins – but this year it got moved to the Hill Country.

We rented an Airbnb with a pool and hot tub on W Hackberry St.

Other than food, sleep, and the little shopping we did, I am not sure your three girls left the pool much at all.

I think one day you were in for seven hours non-stop. 😳

Biggest bunch of pool kids I ever saw.

I love you.

-Dad