Jennifers wedding
California State Fair
We were up in the air about actually going to Reno to Hot August Nights. We go every year, but didn't seem like we really were into it this year. We decided last minute (shocker I know!) to go ahead and spend last night up there. We met up with my parents, my Uncle Jim & Aunt Sue at Grand Sierra resort. We watched the cruise for a bit walked around & then headed over to Sparks to meet up with our friends Jay & Monica. Stayed there till it shut down at 10 pm, headed over to A&W for their cruise and cars till they shut down at midnight. It was nice to see everyone & we ran into a few other friends while walking around. Definitely was worth the last minute choice! Pictures of course are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28
I am happy to report it was cooler then past years & perfect weather! :o)
Last weekend (July 31-Aug2) we made a quick unplanned trip to Weiser, Idaho. Ben's sister & family live up there. We also had lived in the area about 10 yrs ago for a short time. We have not seen them since before Ben left to go in the Army so about 6 yrs! Our nephews are all grown up now, 1 is married & has a daughter Grace. The other has a baby on the way due in Feb. I believe. :o) The kids loved playing up there with everyone. It was VERY hot!!! Over 100 each day & the humidity was almost 50%! That kind of weather and me do NOT get along!! :o) Our pictures are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28 . The drive is about 8 hrs from here, friday night we left about 8 pm. It was a long day & nothing had gone right! We originally were supposed to go to Phoenix, AZ. to see my sister. We needed to get tires on the suburban before going anywhere, so I ran errands & picked the tires up in Reno. We refuse to buy them at a tire shop when we can get them from a distributer for half the cost. Well of course the day got away from us & Ben was already getting off work, so I switched cars with him so he could go get the tires mounted.. AND... they were not taking any more orders at any of the gardnerville stores, they were all that busy! Crazy! So by that time it was getting way to late to make a 12 hr drive to AZ. We decided to pack it up & head to Carson to get the tires on & then head up to Idaho since everyone was ready for a road trip and nothing was working out for it. We arrived up there at 3 am (they are an hour ahead of us) we decided to stay at a hotel in Ontario, OR (about 20 mins away). Saturday we hung out at Marti & Alan's house with the kids & our nephew Jake's family. John our other nephew & girlfriend came over later that night for a BBQ. Sunday we spent sometime over there with a huge breakfast & just hanging out before we took off for home. Before leaving the area we drove out to our house that we used to have. Loved that place! It was a cute little farm house on 40+ acres of farm land with a pond & grapevines, walnut tree etc. We finally left the area around 3 pm & made it home about 10 pm. Ohh... and if you have never heard of a donut peach.. You NEED to find them!! They are AWESOME! The juiciest best tasting peaches I have ever had! I forgot to get a picture.. darn it!
The other day I was making dinner in the crock pot so it was up on the counter and very hot! Kody is like McKena and can never stay out of anything or off of anything! He always has to be in whatever you are doing & his new phrase is " What chu doing mommy" ( or daddy, or whoever he is talking to). I was cutting up some watermelon and he decided to climb up on the counter, he usually gets up where the sink is at & then climbs onto the other section from the "L" part of the counter.. that is where the pot was.. By the time I saw him & went to grab him he probably had his arm against for a good 30 or more seconds trying to get off without falling. When I grabbed him it had already blistered & skin was peeling off. Needless to say he screamed for a long time & Ben decided to take him to urgent care to get the right stuff for it. He is the first one to ever get a burn like that out of 4 kids.. I must be doing something right.. lol He has some great burn ointment & a bunch of it, the pharmacist said to keep it around & if its put on immediately a burn won't blister. :o)
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