Sunday

What a beautiful day!  This was just about a perfect day!!  We went to church at a different church today.  Our friends were singing at Westminister Presbyterian this morning. 

They've been singing together since they were 17!  They've done this particular set for 27 years!  It's a patriotic medley.

After church we went home, put on a tenderloin roast and took off to walk then run errands.  This evening we took the roast to Bryan's for supper with them and Erin's family. 

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Saturday

Dave and I went for a walk after breakfast.  It was pretty humid here today and looked like rain up until about 20 minutes ago, so we walked in the mall.  When we got done there, we went to both Sam's Club and Walmart because we needed groceries after 5 nights of camping. 

This afternoon, after a short nap, we finished all the laundry.  Took all the camper laundry out to the camper and took the camper out to it's parking spot.  Felt good to get all that done. 

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Friday

We got back home to Waterloo this afternoon.  Got the camper unloaded and everything put away.  The laundry is started!!  It was a good trip...except for the rain!!  Other than this morning early, we haven't seen rain today - hooray!!  It's going to take a while for our rug to dry out! 

Here's sweet Kaitlyn before breakfast.  She's such a smiley little one!  I took her for a walk in her stroller to put her to sleep this morning, while Aidan was watching cartoons in our camper.  Allowed Bryan to get his camper ready to go.  After Kaitlyn fell asleep I parked her over by Bryan & Erin while I went into our camper and got it ready to go!  Feels good to be home!!

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Independence Day

Today was a day for going our own way.  Bryan and Erin and the kids went to Ames for a free pancake breakfast and the parade.  We went to Ames, but not until later.  I really, really wanted a crispy meat burrito from Taco Time...Taco Time is no more...grrr!  Those were so good!  We ended up eating at the Boulder Tap and Grill.  I didn't want much so I ended up having an order of avocado fries...yum!  Never heard of them, but they were definitely good!

After lunch we went to Cindy & Joel's for a visit with them and their family - 2 of the 3 kids were there with their children.  That was so much fun seeing them all again!

Tonight after cooking burgers on the fire, Dave, Bryan and Aidan went into Boone to watch the night of destruction at the Boone Raceway.  They got to see a bit before it started pouring again!  It's been raining for an hour at least.  I'm sick of rain!!

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Wednesday

This was a fun day...except for the torrential downpours!!  After lunch, we went into Boone to ride the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. 

We've watched Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3...too much rain!!  

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Tuesday

We had a very  rainy day today...surprise!!  We got to eat our breakfast outside this morning, but by noon it was raining pretty hard.  We put a movie on (Toy Story 2) and watched half of that before the sun came out.  Once the sun came  out everyone went to the water except for me.  I have no desire to be in water that also has fish or any critters in it!  They were gone for over an hour.  Came home with 2 really tired kids.  Miss Kaitlyn did take a short nap on her daddy's lap while we were watching Toy Story! 

Later this afternoon, we ran into town to go to Walmart.  It's only about 3 miles away.  After we got done shopping and on the ride home, Aidan fell asleep in the car.  He was able to take a bit of a nap, but the kids are exhausted. 

Still raining tonight.  I hope the Des Moines River doesn't flood because we might be stranded!! 

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Monday

After a wonderful breakfast of eggs and bacon outside, we got cleaned up and went to Ames to the Reiman Gardens.  It was beautiful today even though it was hotter than Hades.  We spent about 3 hours there.  What a gorgeous place!!  Took a bunch of pictures, but the computer is not working properly tonight.  Sorry!

After walking in the heat, we went to Hickory Park for a late lunch.  Of course, after  lunch we had to have ice cream! 

This evening we sat around outside.  I held Kaitlyn for a long time and even gave her a bottle.  This picture is when Grandpa took over!!

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