July 2013


July 31st: Amazing! Even with the month ending in the middle of the week, Dad pulled off another web site update!


So the first week of July started off with a bang. Actually, it started off hot, and then got down right cold for the bang on July 4th. We didn't end up huddled under blankets for the Forest Grove fireworks, but we would have if we had thought to bring one! I didn't take any pictures so I could actually watch the show this year. The fireworks were pretty good, though this year they didn't set a whole bunch off at once by accident like last year... (At least for now you can see last year's "oops" on YouTube) That meant the show went on longer, but I think a lot of people just wanted it to end so they could go inside and warm up.

As always, lots of work. I've been trying to get away from it on the weekends at least a little bit. Putting some miles in on the bicycle, but sadly it just keeps reminding me that I'm getting older... at least I don't think I walked funny after a long ride when I was younger. Now walking funny is an improvement over not being able to move at all!

We went to see Despicable Me 2. I thought it was pretty funny and I think Lucie really liked it after she got over her initial grump about having to do anything at all with her parents. We also went to see Monsters University this month (getting pretty crazy - two movies in the same month!) It was pretty funny too, but Monsters Inc. was better...

And Lucie went to Horse Lovers Camp. I guess she had a good time, but after the first day she really didn't want to tell me about it. Probably because she already told Caroline about it before I got home, and you know how Lucie doesn't like to do the same things over and over again... wait a minute - she loves doing the same things over and over again! Now I'm hurt that she didn't want to tell me about camp...

After going so crazy on movies earlier this month, we decided to go all out on the last weekend, and we went to the Airshow Friday night and the County Fair on Saturday. And since they were right across the street from each other we got to see part of the airshow again... We had much better seats on Friday though. They sold us tickets for non-existent seats and then had to make some available, so we were right in the middle of the show... worked out pretty well for us :-) Like the 4th, it got cool before the evening ended with more fireworks, but they put on a really good show, so it was worth it. And then a grand time was had by all the next day at the fair. Both Caroline and I were foolish enough to go on the Ring of Fire (aka Circle of Hell) with Lucie right off the bat. After that, things were pretty tame, but I still let Caroline enjoy more of the rides than I did... We won't talk about how much I ended up paying for Lucie's newest stuffed Penguin at the dart toss game, but fortunately Lucie failed to win a live goldfish...

It's not a big pool, but I still know how to have a good time! Fourth of July in jackets! Oh yeah - we had sparklers too... This year's fireworks brought to you by Mom's iPhone... Everybody, this is Petunia. Petunia, this is everybody. I got to take care of Petunia at horse camp!
And this is Dixie! Looks like we're flying across the arena doesn't it? Mom wanted Dad to use a different picture, but I wanted to photo bomb her instead! Here we are at the airshow... can't you see how excited I was to see the planes? Look! The airplane crashed right into my monkey!
Dad thinks he is being clever with Photoshop... the sky wasn't really that blue! But the Patriots were pretty impressive... That silly goat tried to eat my hat! (at the fair, not the airshow, you goof!) Look at all the fun rides! Don't let Dad fool you. He was being all cocky before the Viper really took off... The monkey really enjoyed the Ferris wheel...
I tried the dart toss game and didn't do so well... then the guy running the game "helped" Dad and I got a giant penguin... Isn't it cute! (Don't ask about the monkey... he jumped into a lot of pictures...) Mom took me to the zoo so I could feed the lorikeets, too (and look! another monkey picture!) Pretty cool bird, huh?