Owen’s Prep Meet

Owen’s coaches wanted him to participate in the city prep meet. This is a meet that requires a swimmer to swim all by themselves the length of the pool with no coaches in the water. They felt that he could do it! I was not so sure! So they practiced a few days ahead and sure enough, he could doggy paddle all the way down the length of the pool, i.e. freestyle. When he remembered to put his face in the water he would go significantly faster than the doggy paddle. But he could do it! So we signed him up! He was super excited on the day of the meet and they all dressed up as superheroes! I reminded him that he could use the lane line to hold onto if he felt he needed it. I did not want him to forget what he was doing with all the excitement of the meet and the crowds. And there would be no help in the water. So I reminded him of this a few times. When it was his turn he jumped off the block and doggy paddled his way down the lane. But remembering my reminder about the lane line, he held the lane line about every two seconds. I think his nerves and his excitement got the better of him and he held the lane line the entire way down the pool! He was a cute little guy but it was a little bit comical. I’m glad he had a great experience and Was able to participate in this event!

Blackberry Farms

Since we missed strawberry season this year, Emily‘s family and our family went blackberry picking. I love to do this every year, I think I kids are getting slightly bored with it :-) but they still entertain my excitement. We did come home with almost 3 buckets full of blackberries. Now that I have big kids to help me Pick it goes a lot faster! We did come home and make blackberry jam and Dawson was a great help with that. We even did a water bath to can them and put them all in the pantry.   We have been enjoying blackberry jam on our toast and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!  

Simplx Safety Training

Every July we hold a Simplx safety training day. We do OSHA related topics for all of the technicians as well as emergency action plan and hazard chemical safety. It’s always a fun exciting day. We brought a food truck from Salsa Grill in for lunch at the end. Here a few snapshots of the training groups!

Simplx Summer Party

Our Simplx Security summer party was held at the downtown Fort Wayne Promenade Park pavilion. We had a great BBQ dinner by Shigs and Pit and great music by our live band, The Noise. Families were invited so we got to meet everybody’s significant other and their children. We did a raffle as always and raffled off all kinds of fun items. We had a golden ticket this year and the golden ticket winner was Noah who got to take home $100 cash! The kids got goodie bags created by Holly and Hannah and spent time playing chalk and bubbles and the other activities found in their goodie bags all evening. There was a chance of rain but it held out and it was perfect weather. Not hot and sticky and Not too cold either. Everybody ate good food, mingled and played, a little bit of dancing and drinks! The whole thing was a great success!

Jon & Suzy, Marti & Jerry

Allison & Boyfriend

Angela and her son Keegan 

Right to Left: Everett, Jeff & Girlfriend, Jeff’s daughters

Felix & Gabby

Nathan & his wife-expecting in October!

Ian & Halle

Jonny & girlfriend

Christian, Q and Kyle

Jacob & girlfriend

Holly, Justin & Junior

Suzy & Jon

Kayleigh & Cameron

Janna & her sister Karen

Tiffany’s family

Michelle, Nate & Pam

Kids!

Pam won the scooter!

Dancing

Tara & Kids

Cooper’s Summer Job

Cooper spent the summer working for Symplex. He worked for Kurt in the warehouse as a warehouse assistant. He learned how to receive shipments and check them against purchase orders. He learned how to create purchase orders. He also learned how to check equipment out to technicians based on their job and work order. He has been an asset to the team and has his own key to the inventory room.  We just hired an intern for the school year from Carol high school. Cooper helped train him! Cooper also has helped Felix fell and recharge fire extinguishers. He helped at our annual safety training to teach about fire extinguisher safety. The staff all love Cooper and he has been a lot of fun to have around the office over the summer time.

Nate’s High School Buddies

We went to a wedding for Adam Kugler, one of Nate’s high school buddies. He found more of his buddies there and hopes to get together with all of them in the future. Left to right is Adam Kugler, Nate, David and Nathan Hathaway.

Grandma & Gramps Visit

Grandma and grandpa from Utah came to visit us during their St. Louis and now their trip. I’m so glad they made the drive out here!  Kids enjoyed their presents and so did I. We spent time swimming in the pond, went out to lunch, and they made sure to spend time with each kid individually. They are super intentional about that and I think the kids felt their love. I’m so grateful for them.