Thursday July 28

We made it to Evanston...safe and sound.

The way today went, we weren't sure if we would even make it here today!

Brent was on duty last night and had a fire until 3:30 this morning.

Got back to the station and got a couple hours of sleep.

Then while he was waiting for the guy to come and relieve his shift, they got a call of a wreck on the freeway where they had to cut the guy out.

So, he didn't even get home until after 10:00.

Then our Trailer was still at our house, so we had to take that back before we headed out of town.....so he went and did that.

While he was gone, I noticed that our car battery was dead.

The day before, I unrolled the windows to air the car out (the kids say the cars smell gives them a headache for long drives....silly kids.)

Well, I forgot to turn the key back off.....so the battery died.

Anyway, he jumped the car, and after a few other mishaps, we were on our way....a little after 12:30.

But like I said....we made it safe and sound!

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Grandma saved Elsie's birthday gifts so she could open them with Grandma there.

I am so glad we did....cause Elsie has the best reactions, and they are just so much fun to be there in person!

Grandma even had a special birthday cake for Elsie!

Dad lit the candles and Elsie was so excited to blow them out, she started to pull it closer to her...really close...

Dad grabbed the plate and blew it all the way out before the flames hit her chin....

But poor Dad....see his forearm....well, it landed on a still very hot match.

And he know has a little burn to prove it.

Now that is a great dad right!

Putting his life on the line for his little girl :)

This could be one of my very favorite pictures!

She doesn't hold anything back!

It is all or none with her.

So if she loves you, you sure are lucky!!!!!

What an excited little girl!

She decided to name her horse Vanilla....but silly Grandpa keeps calling her Chocolate.

He is such a tease!

After the 'party' we unloaded the car.

The boy was pretty helpful....even with no pants :)

 But we did find some pants and went to visit Dussy boy and Uncle Dave, Aunt Cindy, and Aunt Sandra.

The boy got to help out with the fork lift.

He always loves that!

Then of course we stopped to visit Strip.

We will ride her tomorrow....but first we all need a good nights sleep!!!