July Random

 Here are some random pictures from July.

Gaylord Trip

       My district starts in late July.  We always try to do some kind of special trip at the end of summer with my mom.  Even though things are much different, we were still able to book a trip at the Gaylord. I think things were a bit different because of Covid, but it was still an amazing trip! Emmy ended up staying home with Joey because she does not sleep well at all at hotels.  Gracie was spending some time at her grandparents house in Buena Vista, so it just ended up being the four oldest kids who went. 
   The Gaylord does a lot of fun family activities at night.  They did Bingo and trivia.  Ella was a Bingo champ and won two times!  The trivia was a lot of fun. 
    We spent the second day at the pool.  My mom rented a cabana, and it was really nice to get to relax by the pool while the kids had a great time swimming.  We originally had planned to only stay one night.  We were having such a good time, we decided to stay a second night.  We got to play some more Bingo and do some more trivia. I think we all won at Bingo that night.
     Even though we didn't go far, it truly felt like we were on vacation and it was just what I needed before heading back to work. 

The kids working on a scavenger hunt

The restaurant we ate dinner at, has a huge wall of tv's

Playing social distanced Bingo

They had a hula hoop contest

Our cabana

Zoo

   Our zoo recently reopened.  Katy decided to take the kids.  My family's charitable foundation donates money to the zoo each year. Because of this, we get to have private animal interactions at the zoo.  They got to spend some time up close and personal with the bears.   I wasn't able to go to the zoo because I was tutoring, but the kids said it was the coolest experience ever.  They even got to feed the bear.  It was definitely a memorable experience for all!