Xlear at Lagoon; Swim Meet; IHOP

The next weekend was Xlear's Friday at Lagoon. Michelle took Joe & Jessie (I never even saw Joe), and Peter & Adi were there with their kids but Timothy and Joelle were overbooked for the weekend so they missed out.

Julieanne and Jessie came home with me for a sleepover and then in the morning we went to watch Timothy and Joelle in relays at the swim meet. After that we headed to IHOP for breakfast and then back to the meet for a bit. Joelle came over later and we had another teaparty while watching Hotel for Dogs.

Seattle to Welcome Rebecca

The weekend of the 11th I went up to Seattle to the shower for Rachel and Rebecca -- at least that was what the invitations said. It was a lot of fun -- particularly seeing the books that everyone chose.

Morgan is a real cutie pie -- and Vixie is looking great!

After everyone else left we went down to the lake. Looks like Patti was missing her kids who were scattered around -- Heather & Chris in Reno, Katie in India, and the rest with Dave in Boise. Paige, despite the picture, had a lot of fun in the kayak with Tim. Hunter, on the other hand, was a very reluctant kayacker.

Born on the 4th of July

That would be Jessica (who was born on the 4th of July) -- we started the celebration the evening before with a barbecue at the Scera Park. Bugs' karate team was in the parade, so they didn't make it but Hinckley, Dean, Joelle, Timothy, Nathan, Jessica, Mark, Amy, Tessa, Sawyer and Rigdon, and Jim & I showed up -- along with about 40 from his side! Unfortunately, Elizabeth was in London that weekend.

Tessa and Sawyer and I had to make a trip to Wally World to get him a birthday present. He tried out lots of things but finally settled on a little plastic horse. I might have expected that from Joelle or Jessie, but was surprised at Sawyer. Then he had to have a ride on the Wally World Stallion. You can't tell from the picture, but the horse was broken and wouldn't gallop at all.

Tessa preferred posing on Dumbo. Gee, I do have cute grandchildren!

Of course we all went to the parade on the 4th. Jim was a great chef and we had pancakes, sausage, and juice -- to the envy of all around us. We had a pretty big crowd so nothing to share!

Look at all the Red White and Blue. That's Mike Lee and his twins in the back ground. John was just diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and Sharon has had to feed him with a nasogastric tube every night.