Our 4th of July (by Bart)

I was just thinking I need to make Susie write something on here. Those that know her well would know that it is hard for her to sit down for ten to fifteen minutes and type a story. If you gave her a call she would be more than happy to spend at least ten to fifteen minutes telling you several stories.



Another Independence Day has come and gone and sure enough it was very eventful. Susie started celebrating her day off by cleaning a house. She left at about 8:30 am and arrived home around noon. Meanwhile, Kira and I attended the Wellington 4th of July parade. It didn't seem fair that we got to have fun while Susie worked but we really enjoyed ourselves anyway.



Kira and I watch the parade with my Parents and Laurel, Jack, and Travis who are all residents of Wellington. Susie informed me on the way to the parade that Kira had NOT had breakfeast yet so we stopped at a gas station and got a sandwich and some juice to share.



The parade had lots of animals, firetrucks, cars, and tractors including a pink one.



About every parade entry was giving stuff away to the crowd including a lot of candy being thrown at the kids lining the street; some of which ended up in horse poop. Though Kira and Travis aren't quite old enough to cash in on all of that booty, they did manage to get beaded necklaces and Travis got a plastic mini football. I also got a discount coupon for equine riding lessons for all ages- yesss!



After both of us got home and ate lunch, Kira took a nap while Susie and I finished staining the fence. It is pretty much done but still needs a little touch up in some spots. That turned out to be a big project leaving me with a sore back.

For our evening fireworks display experience we chose to drive to nearby Loveland. They put on a nice show that is viewed around their large city lake. We met up with some friends at the lake's park amphitheatre and took in some band music before watching the show. We experienced a light refreshing rain for about 20 minutes but then it stopped and the fireworks started. It was a fantastic display. We hope everyone else had a nice holiday too.



Kira watched the fireworks for a while but the poor little girl was so tired that she fell asleep half way through the show.

Let's catch up (by Bart)

Well it's been quite eventful the past few weeks to say the least. About three weeks ago Kira came down with some kind of awful bug. She was running a fever for a few days so Susie took her to the doctor. The doctor determined she just had a virus; sore throat, fever, headache sort of thing.



The illness lasted for about a week. She was just a sick, unhappy little girl and not herself. When we watched video of her when she was on our camping trip and we realized just how sick she was.



Next up we spent an evening a Great Grandpa and Grandma's place. We enjoyed a nice dinner followed by some home-made cherry pie and cobbler that was full of pits. Kira was better by then and seemed to enjoy herself there.



She spent a lot of time climbing onto and off of this foot rest which amused her for some reason.



Great Grandpa and Grandma have a lot of room for Kira to drive her toy cars around so that was fun for awhile.



She also found something else to drive around. If you can't tell what it is, it's my Grandpa's rolley walker thingy. It has a special name that I can't remember.





My Sister had a birthday on June 25th so we had a party at my parents. Kira and her cousin Travis had some fun together. Grandma Saunders has a little car that Kira could sit and scoot on and Travis decided he would give Kira a little ride. It was fun for both of them until the car eventually tipped over and Kira crashed into a large speaker.



After Kira was so sick, it is just great to see her so happy and having fun again.



Kira has continued to enjoy some good treats here and there. I'm told she has had a couple more Oreos at daycare and she definitely knows what they are if she sees them.



Last night she was being really fussy so Susie had the bright idea of giving her a popsicle which she has never had before. It made her happy while it lasted.



Our big news is the the pop-up tent trailer we just purchased on Friday. I saw an ad that same day in a free classified ad publication that comes out every Thursday and it looked like a bargain. After calling the man that was selling it we realized that we had come across somewhat of a buying competition. So I left a soon as I could after work to check it out.



When I got there, two other me were looking at it and the owner was inside on the phone with somebody. I looked it over and decided that I was ready to buy. When the owner came out I approached him with a couple of questions and then made my offer in which he accepted. After I went to the bank to get cash and paid him, he gave me $100 back and said, "tell your wife that you talked me down on the price." It all worked out very well and we're pleased with our purchase.



The trailer is a 1999 Forest River, Flagstaff. It has an option of 12v battery or 110v plug in. It also has propane for several energy options.



The fridge runs on 12v, 110v, or propane. It has a heater that runs on 12v and propane and an indoor outdoor stove. It sleeps a total of six people with the table collapsed and the couch cushions laid over it.



Well, I guess I'll wrap this post up. I left out a lot but I didn't want to go on too long. In the future we'll just keep up with the times. (My computer crashing didn't help things out at all but I won't go into that. Oh, and I didn't mention the problems with Kira's birthday party invitation that I made on my computer that crashed.)