Friday 7/22, We were supposed to all go on an easy hike but when we woke up it was raining and had been for most of the night. So the girls decided to go into Leavenworth and from there I made plans with B for when he was coming over etc. First we went to the shop with Kassie’s boots and looked around there, then we ate at the café again and I got a piece of Peanut Snickers Pie, it was good, but not as good as Kassie’s strawberry crepe. That was delicious. I should have gotten one too, but they were twice as expensive as what I got, so I had a couple of bites of Kassie’s and that satisfied me. After that we just walked around a little then ended up at Starbucks to see if we could get internet access there to check the status of the house cause it was being auctioned that day, so we finally got access through Starbucks for signing up for a free day pass, then I bought the new Coldplay cd for Dad cause he keeps talking about them. We didn’t find out anything about the house, but did notice a cute guy with terrible shoes on and he looked like he was right up Kassie’s alley. Finally we left and got gas, and that boy was at the gas station too and he was lookin at us, but nothing happened…Aubs and I wanted to follow him but Kassie had no interest, so then we went to the health food store and some guys were checking us out in the lot but didn’t make a move, but that’s ok cause they we’re probably 19 or something, then we went back. I don’t remember what we did when we got back but I’m pretty sure we just hung out and the weather finally was clearing up so we probably spent time outside either under the mister or down by the river. Eventually Aubs, Kim and I were on the tramp talking about all sorts of grown up things and while we were in the middle of our conversation B rolled up so I did introductions and then before long dinner was ready, pork roast this time. After dinner we celebrated my birthday with an angel food cake and presents from Auntie Heidi, Uncle Brad and Hailey (candles and soap), Rose (little cute box with jewels and frog plus $$), and Mom and Dad ($$). It was a nice birthday celebration. Then we went out to the tramp and they were all doing tricks and flips and B was trying to keep up with them and the funniest move was the donkey kick. We were also trying to get the neighbor boys’ attention so finally Kassie, Kim and Aubs went over to invite them over for the fireworks show. It started to get dark so we broke out the fireworks that Uncle Dick bought and started doing sparklers and little Ross came over and he’s kind of cute, but apparently a Christian so that won’t do for Aubrie, but he was nice anyway. So I broke the ice with him and we were chatting then it was time to go down to the river and light off the big ones. So we go down and start to light them off and they’re HUGE and soooo fucking loud…at one of them, Hailey was like “Oh shit!” it was so funny. After we lit quite a few of them off most of us took off and left all of the stuff down there so Dad and Ross came up carrying it and we started hearing people yelling so we stashed the evidence in the garage and just as all of us kids were coming out, someone on the road yelled, “Knock it off” so we all just hung around the fire and started talking. The neighbors showed up earlier that day and were now having a screaming match next door…interesting. Along with the other neighbor shouting at us. THEN, we got out the marshmallows and fixins and made smores and little Ross stuck around for that and said that the guy yelling wasn’t his dad and to not worry about it. Then Aubs and Kim were like, “we’re going on the tramp if anyone wants to come” so no one did, then a minute later Ross was like “I’ll go out there” and we all raised our eyebrows to each other over that one. Morey went to go pick up Chloe and said that one of the neighbors said they couldn’t hear a thing, but that he also saw a patrol car coming down the road and driving slowly so someone must’ve called the cops over the whole thing. The rest of us finally went up to bed and started playing mad libs and the three tramp kids came in but Ross had to go so then Aubrie spilled everything about him and what they talked about and we all had a good time discussing that. Good day.

Thursday 7/21, All of the girls were going to go into Leavenworth and the boys (all two of them) were going to go golfing. So Mom, Heidi and Rose went in Heidi’s car and I drove the rest of us girls, but we took off first and had to go the long way cause of construction on the Chumstick. We parked by the pool and started to walk to Starbucks and we all made our phone calls and while we were doing that the Moms drove by and all of us were on our phones, funny sight. We decided to get lunch first and the Moms had an idea of where they wanted to cause they had had coffee there the previous summer. I called Kassie as we were walking over to it and then we were standing outside the little shop that’s right next to the café and Aubrie is like “Aren’t those the boots Kassie has?” while I’m talking to her and they are, two pairs of them! So I tell Kassie, and then I tell her how much they are and she gets pissed cause she paid more than that for hers. We sat down and ate lunch, I had a really delicious turkey breast panini, I was very impressed. After lunch we went and looked in the shop next door some more and they had all kinds of cute things but then us kids split off and went to the other store and Hailey bought a bracelet. After that we went up to the bookstore but didn’t buy anything, then I needed to mail some stuff so we went back to my car, turned on the AC and drove to the post office. After that we just decided to go back cause it was so hot and we were all kind of tired. Construction on Chumstick wasn’t bad at all and when we got back no one was there and we watched Mean Girls then got our suits on and hung out. Then Dad and Uncle Brad got back and we all went down and played in the river and walked across to the middle. I hung out with UB for a little bit then walked back across and got Hailey then I went and hung out with Dad and the girls cause they had found a really soft sandy spot under the rapids. Then it started to get chilly so we all went in. For dinner we had prime rib and it was delicious, just as we were done eating at like 9:45 Kassie rolled up and she ate some of the food cause she was starving. I forgot to mention that Dad tipped his chair over just like Morey did last year, but managed not to spill his dinner, but as he was getting up hit his head on the awning. We were all laughing hysterically…poor Dad. After dinner we lit the fire, but some of us stayed inside and Rose was trying to look up Kassie’s skirt and wanted to see her boobs…um, yeah. Think we all just went to bed after that.