Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15,2025

Saturday:  Chase, Mama and Daddy left Santa Rosa, Florida at 6 a.m. on Saturday. They got back to Columbia about 5:30 p.m. Mama came over to Nanaw's house about 6 p.m. to pick up the boys. Nanaw had picked up all their belongings and put them on sofa to make it easier for Mama to get things in the car. Nanaw went over to visit Chase a little after 6 p.m. She took along her Truman and Chase's Ty, Pepper and Mac/Banana. Chase was in his room, on his bed, under the covers. Mama said he and Elias stayed up till 2 a.m. on Friday night. He slept some on the way home but Mama said he was still tired. Chase gave Nanaw a present: a little basket of seashells from Florida. On Friday night, Nanaw put her other seashells they gave her in glass jars; on Monday she'll have Chase put the new ones in the glass jars. Nanaw went home when it was time for devices -- for Chase to play on his phone. Sunday: Chase had baseball on Sunday, and played three games, winning the first two and losing the third. His team got a second place medal. Because of Chase's baseball tournament, they couldn't go to the Father's Day lunch/celebration at Uncle Mike's house, and Nanaw drove up there by herself. They had pork steaks and hot dogs, two kinds of macaroni salad and Caesar salad. For dessert, there was a Jello cake. Nanaw had nice chats with Kris, Robbie and Joey. Lindsey and Dylan left to go to the grocery store before Nanaw had a chance to talk to Lindsey. Nanaw got home about five and went to visit Chase at 5:30. They were having KFC for Father's Day dinner, because that's Daddy's favorite. Mama asked Nanaw if she wanted any but Nanaw was still stuffed from lunch. Chase and Nanaw went out in the back yard, and Nanaw pitched balls for Chase to hit. He did a good job. Daddy and Mama suggested that twice a week Nanaw should take Chase over to his house for him to practice his hitting.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June11 to June 13, 2025

The fun continues in Santa Rosa, Florida. Mama sent pictures detailing the fun Chase and Elias are having -- and the adults, too. There's been a lot of eating out -- pizza, tacos, and all the usual fast food. Nanaw doesn't know if they did any cooking or grilling but she'll ask. The first photo below is the most exciting one of all. Mama, Chase and Elias got to go for a ride in Big Daddy, Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan's big Bronco. Uncle Stan took the doors and roof off for their ride. The second photo shows what Big Daddy looks like minus the doors and roof. The third picture is one that Nanaw texted to Chase, featuring the red bat Nanaw bought for Chase, Nanaw's Truman, Pepper, Mac/Banana and Ty having fun. The fourth picture is Chase and Elias playing water baseball in the swimming pool. The fifth picture shows Chase and Elias taking the Corgis (Destiny and Lulu)  for a walk. That photo is the one that Mama liked best. She gave it lots of hearts in her message.

Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 10, 2025

Here's what Mama the stringer reported from Florida for Days of Chase: "Lots of swimming in the pool and golf cart rides the past couple of days. We finally went to the beach this evening, and it was nice out. The boys couldn't go far in the past couple of days because of riptides , marine life warnings, etc." Mama sent most of the pictures below. Chase sent a picture of Truman to Nanaw saying that he and Truman missed Nanaw. Nanaw replied about Mac, Ty and Pepper having a swimming party without any water -- silly Nanaw. Then Chase sent Nanaw a text saying he can't wait to see her. His two texts made Nanaw so happy because sometimes she thinks Chase doesn't pay much attention to her.

Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, 2025

Here's what Mama said about Saturday: "We left at 3 a.m. Saturday morning and stopped in Belleville to get Kristen and Elias. Chase and Elias sat in the back of the van and slept a little and played on Chase's phone a lot. They had a great time. It took forever to get here. We stopped and met Becca and Stan and ate. Brooke and her daughter and daughter's friend met us there, and then we came to the house. The boys swam a lot last night. On Sunday, they swam and played Xbox. We are a late lunch at a place that's close, Then they went to the beach but couldn't get in the water. They came back and played in the pool and then Will and Chris took them to the beach. We did our Walmart shopping today, Stand and Becca and I took a 45 minute walk to Stinky's -- SO hot -- then Brooke and Kristen picked up in the golf cart." The first picture is of Chris and Kristen's Corgis, Destiny and Lulu. They couldn't find a dog sitter for them. That may be why there was a change in houses. The one they're in is pet friendly so they could bring their dogs. The last two pictures are from Nyeal's graduation party on Saturday afternoon. Aunt Becky and cousin Nichole did all the cool decorations. Plus Nichole make super graduation cookies. There were delicious sandwiches, especially the chicken salad ones in croissants - Nanaw was in heaven. She stayed six hours, a record for her staying anywhere. She found out all about Peggy, which was her goal for the day.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Friday was the day before Chase and his family went to Florida for a week's vacation. Chase was excited that Elias was going to ride with them in the van they rented. Mama had half a day off on Friday and Nanaw wasn't sure if she'd have Chase all day or half a day. It turned out that she had him till 4. At noon, Nanaw drove Mama to Enterprise to pick up the van they rented for the vacation trip.  In the afternoon, Nanaw did emergency surgery on Tee Tee's ear; it was coming loose. She also sewed the other ear tighter so it didn't get loose. Then, Chase and Nanaw had a little school session. First, they listened to the Masterminds book. Both Chase and Nanaw like the book. There's a third book in the series. Mama came to get Chase at four o'clock. She told him he had a baseball game at 8:45 that evening, and he complained a little because it was so late. Mama brought Sylvester and Taylor over to Nanaw's when she came to pick up Chase. Nanaw's kitties immediately hid from the intruders. In the evening, Nanaw sent Mama pictures of Sly and Ty.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Chase had running club at the big park today, and he and Nanaw left in plenty of time to get him there before 7:30. When she picked him up, he was soaking wet from their water play. At home, Nanaw put his clothes in the dryer and Chase changed back into his pajamas, For lunch, Chase had 5-cheese zita and said he liked it.  Chase said the sweetest thing to Nanaw about his Florida vacation. He said he wished she could go with them to Florida because he was going to miss her. That made Nanaw so happy. Nanaw explained  that she couldn't go because she had to take care of Sylvester and Tyler. Chase had a haircut scheduled in the afternoon  so they were going to have a shortened school time. They listened to the Masterminds book first and both of them fell asleep, which is so funny. That meant there wasn't time left for school. Tomorrow, Mama is only working half a day so Nanaw only has Chase for half a day, and they won't have school. Mama might have them take her to pick up the van for their trip or maybe she'll have Daddy do it. The second picture is Chase's new haircut. Nanaw likes it a little bit but it's still not the one she likes the most.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

When Mama and Chase got to Nanaw’s house, they told her Tee Tee was lost in Chase’s room so he hadn’t come with them. A little later, Mama sent a picture of Tee Tee snuggled up with the Santa guys. But she didn’t say where she found him. So Nanaw will have to ask her. Chase spent the morning playing on the computer with someone. Nanaw found out later that it was Hunter, one of Chase’s best friends. They were having a great time playing Roblox. Chase told Nanaw the other day that it had been a while since he played Roblox. So it’s good that he and Hunter played. Nanaw ran some errands at noon and bought Chase a bat and ball and a bag of candy at Dollar Tree. They had a good school session and listened to Alexa read the Masterminds book for over a half hour. Nanaw likes the two Summer Bridge books she bought for Chase. They did some of the pages together, and Nanaw enjoyed that. When Nanaw took Chase home, he wanted her to come in to see Tee Tee so she did. Chase was so happy that Mama found Tee Tee.