Father's Day and an unexpected trip

I think John quite enjoyed his Father's Day. Chloe bought him a mini LEGO-like elephant from the zoo. (He really liked the tiger she bought herself awhile back, so she thought he needed his own.) She also made him a rainbow loom Hulk (see it resting on his shirt?). Jesse bought him a new lighter shaped like a fishing rod. And I bought him a new Avengers t-shirt and a new spatula for the grill. His other spatula broke at a work function, while he was cooking. Someone threw away the spatula part, but saved the wooden handle. People are just dumb.

Monday, John was leaving for a work trip to Charleston. He left something at home, so on our way to meet friends at the zoo, we dropped it off at his office. We didn't get a mile from his work, when my friend sent us a text they were not going to make it to the zoo. Since we were just there with John a week ago, we decided not to go. I told Jesse to call her Dad and let him know we were not going (he was worried about us going anyway, because of the heat). He told me to go home and call him when we got there. So I did.

I called him and he informed me the hotel he was going to be staying at accepts pets. And wanted to know if we wanted to go with him. Well, of course we did! So, we had 2 1/2 hours to get ready. Not only did we need to pack, but I needed to do a load of laundry, move some plants to the raised bed so I could leave the drip hose on the plants and take the trash. We managed to be ready just in time for his arrival home. We had lunch then headed down the road to Charleston. We had a great time. We strolled through the Market, swam in the hotel pool, went to a dog park that was just a mile from the hotel, and generally had a good time.

At the dog park

At the kids play park
 

Since we missed starting school on Tuesday, I've decided we'll start Monday. I don't see starting on a Thursday as a good idea at all. lol