Monday Bryn reluctantly visited the dentist for a 2nd time for some side fillings. She was hesitant to go back because of the many shots of novacaine to freeze her mouth the first time. All is good now though.

I worked solo on July 3rd. Don't worry - it was a good tradeoff. We could choose to have our "floater" vacation day either the 3rd or the 7th and I picked today! Work was very slow and quiet on the 3rd and I'm not complaining.




After work, we joined up with the Seeds to watch our Village Parade at 7pm and fireworks at 9:45pm. It was a beautiful evening and we didn't get caught up in the "reserve your spot" frenzy that precludes our village parade route. We actually lucked out by sitting in a left-turn lane that no one could stake out or put their chairs in early!!! Ha!

My brother Craig stopped by to take Abby and Alex out to dinner for her graduation present. I think they had a nice time. Craig continued his drive up north while Abby joined Alex's family for the fireworks.

Friday morning we woke up and left for the Cabin by 8:30am. Weather reports predicted a great weekend and it delivered! We swam, went tubing, fished, jet-skiied and had a campfire. Abby and Jeff drove into Appleton Saturday afternoon to meet Alex since he had to work Saturday morning. Abby took Alex for a jet ski ride that was a bit uneventful, but Bryn took him for a much more exciting (bit faster and actually went over the waves instead of avoiding them) ride later. But Abby got Alex back by calling him a weinie when he immediately decided he was done swimming after being bit by a fish. You do have to keep moving. We all enjoyed ourselves and relaxed and had fun! We returned Sunday evening and met Alex's family to return their son and to tell them all about the weekend over pizza. And it's so nice having off work today to do all my errands before I start up my workweek again.

The girls got a call for a new babysitting job nearby thanks to my sister Kristin. Kristin works with the father. The girls are able to walk to the house. They'll be watching a 10-1/2 month old little girl for 2 mornings a week. One day Bryn will go and the other Paige will shadow Abby. Their first day is tomorrow.