Anna’s school group in Beverly Hills

On Monday morning this past week Anna and I were out the door at 7:15am to drive to the airport. A bunch of seventh and eighth graders were heading to Los Angeles for the week on a school trip that has been months in the planning.

Anna and Ella at the La Brea Tar Pits

Anna was beyond excited and we were so happy for her to go. There were a few last minute covid cases in her school which meant some people missed out but Anna stayed covid-free thank goodness. It was great for Anna to experience something that seems close to normal.

Sitting on the Friends couch at Warner Brothers studio

They had an action-packed five days in LA. They went to the Santa Monica Pier, Hollywood Boulevard, the Chinese Theater, Universal Studios, a Dodgers game, J Paul Getty Museum, Warner Brothers and more.

At the J Paul Getty Museum

Anna said it was over so quickly and she was sad to leave. She had a wonderful time with her friends and it seems the whole group got along really well.

Anna and her roommates Ella and Chloe on their last morning

We picked Anna up at the airport around 8pm on Friday night and she was in great spirits and not even that tired. She was right back to refereeing on Saturday but it was a low key rest of the day

Today, of course, was Mother’s Day. Marcy wanted to focus on the yard and so we went to the gardening store and Home Depot. We bought lots of plants for the yard and we even found the perfect fountain. We have talking about getting one for years, today was the day. It was super heavy but the four of us managed to get it from the car to its spot in the backyard.

Celebrating Mother’s Day with our new fountain