Happy Belated 4th of July!

KRL-N came over & spent the day with me on Saturday so we could go to Bayview's Independence Day Street Fair. However, once we got down there it was very depressing. The same booths as last year. Nothing interesting. We did get some great bbq sauce.

Came home & put the bbq sauce in with our beer-n-brats in the slow cooker. Later that night we had brats, garlic potatoes, sauerkraut & watermelon. Yum.

On the night of the 3rd, we drove our FMF to Bayview to watch the fireworks. Very nice 30 minute display, but it was SO overcrowded with cars. Took us about 30 minutes to leave after the display was finished.

Sunday morning I made bacon, sausage, eggs & waffles for K&hubby. Then we got lattes & walked the dogs. Then shopped at WalMart, Old Navy, Harbor Freight (K&I went to Hastings while hubby shopped HarborFreight) and then stopped at Olive Garden for soup, salad & breadsticks. Went home to puppies afterwards.

The night of the 4th, we went down to A-town to watch the fireworks. Really great. We parked KRL-N's Jeep in the ditch, got lattes at the stand, & stood up to watch gathered around the area. Talked to Leo S, Rudy R (fire commissioner) and a couple other people. KRL-N went over to talk to her in-laws and rejoined us just before the fireworks started! We stood there with tears in our eyes, feel very patriotic & viewing the absolutely fabulous bursts and hugged our baby. It reminded me of the time when she was small & we were a family of three! Sentimental mommy.

Watched a movie on tv and finally went to bed at 1:30pm.

Early Monday morning we walked dogs up along Priest River deserted subdivision. They had a ball. Over an hour of walking along the road, in the swamp & thru the mud! Angus even managed to accidentally submerge her whole body in a grassy swale that was full of water. The poor look on her face. She was shocked. Packed them all up in the back of the Dodge truck because they were too wet & dirty to ride in front with us.

Then went into CDA to shop at Costco. Saw a former co-worker of mine from the State of Idaho - about 10 years ago. Ralph Reed is over 80 now...did not remember me at all. He is way smaller than he used to be. He was a giant of a man that was a former L.A. police officer that retired in North Idaho. It was so sad to see him.

Came home to the puppies - it started a deluge down pour when the weatherman predicted at 3PM. As K&hubby had already shared a hotdog at Costco, I fixed myself a salad. KRL-N took a nap on the couch before leaving at 5PM for Cheney. Hubby hung my custom wood flag on the deck. Then he rested in front of the tv for the remainder of the night. I updated his RMOR blog. Then went to bed early.