Our Trip-Day 12-14

July 4th (or Day 12) We spent the day at a lake where Dave's cousin's live. Oh, what a beautiful house and view. Very relaxing. There were a lot of family there to celebrate the fourth. We also had a surprise party for Mary's 80th there. Al and Lori got a cake and balloons for her. It was nice to celebrate again with a lot of family there. The day was very warm, which was good for swimming. The kids had a great time splashing around and riding the jet skis. Amanda just liked getting her feet wet, Megan was a little more adventurous. Derek was like a little fish, he kept jumping off the dock. The guys all took a tour of the lake early in the afternoon and the ladies took one right before and during the sunset. I got some great pictures of that. It was gorgeous! I'm glad we waited until evening for our trip, the guys had a very choppy, windy ride. Ours was smooth sailing. The best part was the fireworks. There isn't any established fireworks, but it seemed like every house on the lake had their own mini version of a display and it was beautiful. To see the whole lake erupt in sparkles was amazing. I hope to do this again. If we could only get the mosquitoes to quit-o eating us-o. I had so many bites on me, I'm amazed I don't have West Nile.

The next day, Dave and I took a trip to the nearby optometrist. I had been and still have a spot in my vision that won't go away. So annoying. It's like having a camera flash go off and you have that little spot that lingers, only mine won't go away. Any way, we drove an hour to go see a top notch guy, and he did all kinds of tests and all they come up with is that I have a floater and to get used to it. Groovy! We had fun when we got back though. Dave, the girls, Lori and Megan and I all walked to the city pool and spent about an hour tootling around in there. It was a lot of fun. The girls really enjoyed themselves.

On day 14 we went to visit the old farm where Dave and Al grew up. His cousin owns it now and they have been making some changes. Oh boy, have they made changes. It looks great, nothing like I remember. Amanda liked the cows and the horse we saw when we were leaving. We stopped to see if they would come close. Only the horse really did. Amanda didn't want to get too close, but Dad could feed it. She's chicken just like her mother.

That's all for now. I'll post more soon.