Post 4th of July

We had a very nice long fourth of July weekend here in the Quad Cities. Everyone got to do some cool things.

On Thursday, Davenport/Rock Island's annual Red White and Boom took place on the river outside of the baseball stadium as fireworks started on time at 9:30pm. Last year Jamie took us to the Bill's Moving and Storage offices which is near the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island for a great view. We did the same this year, made a fire, cooked some 'smores, had a few drinks, set off our own fireworks and stayed for a couple hours. We had a real good time. Ambrose came with us, he pretty much slept through the fireworks.

We also discovered Thursday morning that our computer crashed again....the one I bought in November. It is still under warranty, HP is sending a box so we can ship it somewhere so it can be fixed. It should take more than a week, a real bummer, I was not happy on the phone!!!! Saturday I went into to work to check my home e-mail and set my fantasy baseball rosters. My normal routine will be thrown off a bit for a while. This time I did manage to save a few things, like contacts and photos, unlike 3 months ago when we lost everything.

Friday we worked on yard, mowing the lawn and cutting some branches off the trees. The weather was outstanding. We grilled some chops for dinner. Gabe hung out with some friends and attended the Bettendorf fireworks display. We had some left over fireworks from the night before so we made another fire for more 'smores and I did the honors of lighting some the rest of the stuff off. Abbi and Elli ran around with sparklers, again Ambrose just didn't care too much for it.

Saturday Elli had a birthday party for her good friend down the street Carly. At 4pm we left home and headed to Tiff's Aunt's place in Davenport, Cheryl and Terry's. They cooked out and we drank a lot and hung out with them and some of Terry's grand kids who live here in Davenport. Ally and David and their kids also attended. They have a very big back yard, so all the kids had fun chasing Jamie and David. We stayed for 5 hours, the time went pretty quick, the food and drinks were good on such a beautiful July Saturday.

Sunday we cleaned the garage out and did some more work outside, it was very humid. Later on I decided to jump in the pool for my first swim of the season. The water was a little more chilly(73 degrees) than the normal 80 degree water temperature I require, but it was refreshing and water looked very clean and clear. Ally and David came over for a meatloaf dinner, every one's favorite! After dinner Tiff broke out her new toy, a chocolate fountain, you know, like the kind you see at weddings and parties. She received a gift card a while back and saw it and had to have it! She melted some chocolate and we all made a big mess dipping pineapple, angel food cake, bananas and strawberries in it. It was very tasty!

Oh and......happy anniversary to this blog, found July 4th 2007. I have fun sharing things and posting videos and photos to everyone who tunes in!