Fathers Day with King Oil

Father's Day featured some awesome gifts for Doug and a trip to Baltimore to see Granddad.

What's an awesome gift? Pillows for family, $10 bills so Doug doesn't have to scramble around every Sunday morning, and approval for project Whitetail porch!

Kids and Doug played King Oil for 2 hours

Notes on King Oil game:

• Julia's land must have been home to the Texas Fire Marshall. She never had a fire
• Julia consistently drew cards with $4,000/well royalties.
• RJ's properties would have been better for farming than oil drilling

Busch Gardens, 2025

To celebrate the end-of-school we headed to Busch Gardens just like last year.  Key notes and take aways:

• Doug should have purchased the unlimited soda cup
• RJ and Julia should have gone for the unlimited meal plan
• Sara needs to remember to sneak gluten-dairy free food into the park
• Doug appreciated Ken (Francis's husband) as a roller-coaster buddy
• 10am - 9pm is a long day

RJ, Logan, Julia at the entrance

When we pulled up to the hotel, we saw Finn Carr sticking his head out of the car. RJ was excited to see Desi and Liam who were there for Tommy's and Liam's lacrosse tournament. 

RJ, Desi, Liam, and Logan hung out and rode nearly all of the roller coasters. RJ didn't say no to anything this year.

Desi, Liam, RJ, and Logan on Finnigan's Flyer

The Big Bad Wolf 2 was Julia's favorite roller coaster. We renamed it the Small Fluffy Puppy.

Three rides were enough for us to rename it the Small Fluffy Puppy 

Sara rams Julia (proof that Sara did something other than carry the heavy backpack)

Julia's sports wrap up

Julia played on 2 soccer teams and a volleyball team in the spring. For the most part Julia enjoyed hanging out with friends and competing. Winning over 30% of the games would have been more fun.

Volleyball

Girls 3rd-4th grade CYO volleyball team was a chance to hang out with friends. The fourth graders were getting the ball over more often towards the end of the season.

3rd-4th Grade Girls Volleyball Team

Volleyball game in action, May 31

ADP Soccer

ADP soccer was a more expensive option to the rec team. The team was assigned to play on the crummy Bluemont Park grass field most of the time. This resulted in several cancelled games so the season didn't end until June 8. Coach Olu was a welcome addition!

Team pic on a rainy last day (5-1 loss, but 5-2 win Saturday)

Rec Soccer

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Late Night Pizza

RJ decided that we would start making home-made pizza at 7:40pm. Julia had a second dinner, RJ ate 1 1/2 pizzas, and Doug found a second-appetite so we only had a couple pieces left. 

Note for next time: the expensive bread-dough flour made all the difference with dough consistency and overall deliciousness. 

Late night (8:40pm) pizza on the porch.