4th of July

We went to Stephen's Lake Park again to see the municipal fireworks. We got there a little bit beforehand & listened to the last band (I think the same one that's performed the last few years!) 

We were set up at the very top of the amphitheater & it didn't seem crowded, but when we walked around the lake there were several thousand people at the park.  

Jim was at camp up in Wisconsin over the 4th! They saw some fireworks there, but he wrote about it in his letter home that he didn't know / maybe was disappointed that he'd miss the 4th with us. 

Here's the rest of us: 

Amelie had to be cajoled into wearing a patriotic shirt. I guess I could have asked someone else to take our photo all together! 

Sleep Study

After some arguing with the insurance company, Jim had a sleep study done. He & I went and checked in at 7pm. They hooked him up at about 9pm & the tech let me know that we got the only room with two beds - I was prepared to sleep on the fold out chair but glad that I didn't have to! I think we both ended up sleeping better than normal, which is probably not the usual outcome. Jim did promptly fall asleep and then snore all night, though, so there's that. I'm curious to see what the results are. 

He wanted me to take a picture of the electrodes. The goo was all in his hair the next day. 

The instructions said that the participant should get some exercise/spend some time outside the day of the study (and no napping during the day!) so I dropped Jim & Amelie off at the pool & unfortunately he got sunburned - he said it wasn't bothering him but it sure would have bothered me. 

(He also requested that I post this!) 

Summer goals

Amelie’s mowing the lawn (she did this a tiny bit last summer) & Leah took off her training wheels. 

Mini Golf

 We played a quick game of mini-golf out at Midway. Amelie got THREE hole-in-ones, but Sam still won the game. 

Crazy Hair Day

 Summer school is over (Leah's the only one who went again this year). They did a spirit week the last week & we didn't get pictures, but we remembered!- PJ day, sports day, tropical day, and crazy hair day. Leah had a plan for her hair, even though we didn't have all the rainbow-colored pipe cleaners. 

Oh, also I wanted to add this one - one of the older girls in the neighborhood did Leah's hair - she wanted me to take a picture so that she could see!