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This picture is soo how I feel right now!

School starts tomorrow, I'm not ready, the kids aren't on a good schedule, I'm exhausted, laundry isn't done, backpacks aren't ready, lunches haven't been made yet, the house isn't clean, our cars are being weird, and it's too hot! I have chosen to better the situation, though. I am rearranging pictures on my wall and watching TV Land. Is that wrong?

Hey, aint it good to know you've got a friend?

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights.

I love, Love, LOVE my friends! Can you imagine a life without friends?

Just when I am sooo down and needing a friend, one of them pops up online for an uplifting conversation, a couple of them kidnap me for coffee and a surprise pedicure (YAY), another picks up my kids to take them to the museum for a few hours, or a couple get together and send me a GREAT giftbasket (with yummy chocolate) in the mail and I find it waiting for me on my doorstep after a trying day at the hospital.

I am so blessed! Thank you my friends for keeping us in your prayers, sending loving cards and encouraging emails, providing meals when I'm too tired to cook, and helping out in many other different ways over the past several weeks. I LOVE you!

Picture ME in 1959!!! What about you?

You Belong in 1959

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

(snicker) more than a little innocent!

Some good news...

Today Jon saw the infectious disease doctor. She said his blood work shows that the infection is gone and everything is the way it's supposed to be, so she discontinued his IV antibiotics and pulled his PICC line. YAY! The antiobiotic was very strong and was making him sick all the time. She put him on an oral antibiotic for 10 days just to make sure while he's still healing. We go to the doctor who did his surgery tomorrow afternoon to see how things are progressing "down there"!

The rest of our vacation...

Now that things have settled down a little, I'll post the rest of our visit to Idaho. We started a tradition several years ago of spending the 4th of July with my brother and his family in Rigby, Idaho. It's so nice up there and we love to go in to Idaho Falls for the evening 'cuz they have THE BEST fireworks show EVER. This show is rated in the top 5 largest shows west of the Mississippi. Each year it seems to get bigger and better. (to me, the only show that is comparable is the fireworks and snow at Disneyland, but this one is still much bigger. I cry during both shows!) The weather is so cool, and we get to sit and visit while the kids play, waiting for the show to start. The fireworks go off over the Snake River and it's just beautiful. Some times we're close enough to see them reflect in the water. One year we were RIGHT under them, literally, and got "shelled" the entire show. Olivia was a baby then, and her stroller tray had melted marks in it and the coats we were wearing were burned all over the place. Mine even caught on fire! It was pretty cool!

The day usually begins with parades. This year Meghan and I were the early risers, so we got to go Rexburg and see their parade. It was soooo great! A typical smaller American town parade with such cool floats! It brought back lots of memories the Helldorado Parades. My dad was a Jaycee and was always on the committee that organized the parade. When I was a little girl I'd always get to ride with him on the back of his horse while he rode up and down the parade route. Those were GREAT parades back in the 60's and 70's.

After Rexburg, we went to another smaller town parade in Menan. Lots of tractors. This was the first parade we used to hit, because they throw candy and give out chocolate milk. They must have gotten rid of all their brown cows, cuz there was no milk this year and they were WAY cheensy on the candy throwing, so I think we'll give this one a miss next time and stick with Rexburg. They threw LOTS of candy, AND the Army National Guard sprayed everyone with their water cannon. SO WAY COOL!

That evening we spent time with the family, then headed off to our "spot" on the river to watch the fireworks. My brother camped out for a couple hours to make sure we had a great view. Across the street behind us was a flatbed semi with a huge party on it and a MONGO sound system, so we heard the music sync really well this year. It was so pretty!

Ooo, I forgot to mention that Meghan also had lots of Slip 'n Slide fun and learned how to throw a Frisbee!

We had to get home the next day so Max could start the vacation he REALLY wanted to be on. Of course I had to stop at IKEA!

It was a beautiful trip, but nice to get home. Of course, we had NO IDEA what was instore for us just a week later!