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Another crazy week!

Well, this week has flown by. Yesterday, Friday June 25, we went to the county fair. It's an annual tradition for our family. The kids talk about it the whole year. Shelby wanted to have her birthday at the county fair. She was disappointed when we told her the county fair isn't going in January.
The first thing we saw there was a tortoise exhibit the was pretty cool. There was a huge turtle just hangin out eating squash and lettuce. Then we heard a loud gun shot noise. We walked on and found a gunfight in progress. It was some kind of western show. It was a little boring so we walked on. There were booths full of saddles, sunglasses, western pictures and clothing. We visited all the barns and all the animals. Lacey liked the goats and bunnies. We walked through the building full of 4H stuff. The kids really like the 4H stuff that other kids made. We visited the petting zoo. A cow mooed in Shelby's face. That was funny. A duck chomped on Koty's finger. There was kangaroo demo but the lady that did the talking was so boring and dull. The babies in the little pouches were sweet. She let everyone pet some of the animals. We saw some extreme dog tricks at another demostration show. The dogs did cool tricks. Last but not least we visited the carnival. I had to ride with Shelby on one ride because she was to little to go by herself. That ride made me dizzy. I rode the ferris wheel with Lacey and she thought that was fun. Koty and Shelby rode together on mose of them. Lacey got a pony ride. The day was great. We were beat when we got home.

We survived a busy weekend

The kids are feeling better so they left for grandpa's house on Friday. We decided to rent 2 movies, the new Rambo and Untraceable. Those were the stupidest movies. They were sick, twisted and something I just don't care to see anymore. I guess I'm just getting to old for all those killing movies.
Saturday was busy. I woke up in a cleaning mood. Cleaned the 2 upstair bathrooms, swept and mopped everything that didn't have carpet and picked up. I was bored and waiting for Kristin to get here so we could go on the garden tour. She finally arrived at 11 so off we went to the first house. The garden tour was definitely interesting. I learned alot and was able to get the names of the plants I have growing in my front yard. We stopped by Subway for lunch then visited 2 more gardens before Kristin had to head home. Larry was at the fire dept. so I decided to go to the garden party that started at 3. I couldn't believe this garden that belonged to the hosts of the party. Their whole back yard was beautiful with rocks, flowers, trees, benches, trellises, veggies, waterfalls and pond. It was great to walk through it. I want my back yard like that.
Larry and I finally ended up at home around the same time and decided to go to Chilies for dinner. It was gooooood. I got the usual Buffalo Chicken Salad. After dinner we went to Lowes because I was itchin to find some plants that I saw on the garden tour. Lowes had all kinds of clearance/distressed plants that I got for a dollar or two. They were great bargains. I was so excited.
Courtney got her car on the road with new tires and oil change. She drove it to work and for some reason it's overheating. It shut down on her way home. And instead of sitting there with her car she called her friend to pick her up. She would wait out the car cooling off at their house. Well, at 1 am I get a phone call from Springs police telling me that a car registered in my name is sitting in the road. He said it needs to be moved or he will have to call a towing company. I told him it was my daughter's car and that I would call her to come get it. It took 3 calls for her to finally answer. BRAT! She almost lost her car. Today she found out that it's got a crack block or head and will cost $1500 to find out for sure. She's now on the hunt for another car.
Sunday was the fire dept. family picnic. Larry made is "famous" and "popular" potatoes salad. They roasted a pig and everyone brought side dishes. It was a good time. Everyone was actually nice with little complaining.
After the picnic we dropped off Kerry's hottub that was on our trailer. He ended up giving us a game table with foosball, pool, air hockey, ping pong and so much more. That was an awesome gift. The kids love it.
After Kerry's house we headed to Calhan to buy some fencing stuff I found on Craigslist. It was a long ride out in the middle of nowhere. But worth it. She was selling the wooden posts, t post and wire real cheap.
Grandpa brought the kids home about 7. Lacey had thrown up at his house earlier but she seemed ok. When we got home she had a 102 fever. First thing we thought was strep since the other 2 had it a week ago. I called the doctor Monday morning.

The week is only half over?????? UGH!!!

Well, this week has been one of those weeks where you just want to start over. Shelby and Dakota both came down with strep. This past weekend they were running high fevers and complaining of their throats hurting. I took them to the doctor on Monday and sure enough, they both have strep throat. They are both doing better today. So far, no sign of Lacey getting it, thank goodness.
Sunday night we discovered that our basement was flooded. We spent have the night and all day Monday sucking up water and pulling up carpet. The house smells so bad. Tuesday we sucked up more water and hung up some more carpet. It is a mess. We are hoping the carpet will be ok to lay back down.
Larry picked up his new iphone on Tuesday. That is the coolest phone. I've only had my phone, a tilt, for a couple of months but I told him that I wanted an iphone now. But I guess I will keep my phone.
Hopefully the rest of the week will be smooth sailing.

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