It's football season-all is well

[Mtnman]

Another good day. W texted me early about my fathers MLB bday present. She wants to get jerseys and hats for everyone. I played along but she seems excited.

Later she texts that we should do something this evening "to make a family memory before school starts." She had a mtg to attend and left it up to me. I decided to take the family to a small lake in the mtns for swimming, and a picnic by roasting hot dogs and marshmellows (s'mores). I had it all ready when she texted me to ask. I told her to put her bathing suit on and we'd pick her up.

It was great. This lake is so small there were only four other people there, and only us by the time we left. There is only one picnic table on the whole lake, and we got it and the platform dock. The boys swam while I got the fire going. W didn't wear a bathing suit so she watched and played on her phone (oh well). We had our picnic and lots of laughs. Afterwards it was time to swim again. The platform dock is 12-15 feet in the air. Instead of wading into the water I decided to do a can opener off the dock. The boys were beyond tickled and immediately ran up to do it too. It took some coercing but eventually they did (just straight in for them). They were so proud of jumping from that high and we all continued jumping off the rest of the time. W took videos of us all. She commented later that she regretted not being able to jump in and swim with us, but would next time.

After swimming we roasted our marshmellows for s'mores, packed up, and got home by dark. The boys really enjoyed it and so did I. W had fun but somehow had one bar for cell coverage and that was all she needed.

I miss her and still hurt to think about what she's doing and wants to do to us. I can't imagine why she wants family memories when her intent is to destroy the family. She's going to have to really be sick to walk away from what we have. Days like today can only help my case.