July 3 to Present

Good Morning!

We are at Jennifer and Joel's house awaiting the arrival of baby boy 2. The weather has been awesome. Since they have come back home from being evacuated for the fire, they have had mild temperatures and since we have arrived they have had 3 rains. Yesterday's was pretty significant. It rained into the night and we actually had to close our window. This morning everything is still wet and dripping. Right now the temp. is 54, the humidity is 93 and the high for today is supposed to be 67. I actually brought clothes for the right temps. Before the fires the highs were in the upper 90s.

We celebrated Ellis' 2nd birthday and the 4th of July together. We made a flag cake for the 4th and a birthday cake for Ellis' birthday. We went to the celebration down at Woodland Park. They had booths set up from different vendors and organizations. As you can imagine, the firefighters was one of the popular ones. There were signs everywhere thanking them for what they have done for the town and the individul homes. There were bands that were playing in the park gazebo and in a few other places. We got a snowcone, and Jennifer got a red, white, and blue bracelet. We went home and fed Ellis and then put him down for a nap. While he was sleeping we decorated the house with balloons and red, white and blue everywhere. He was so thrilled with the balloons. He is still playing with them. Great Grandma Holloman and Tim sent a toy for him. It's an old fashioned rocket ride wind up toy. I was not quite what we were expecting. It says (on the box) "For adult collectors only". But he really likes it and is patient to wait for someone to wind it for him.
Last night Jennifer and I went to Walmart and got a pedicure in preperation for the new baby boy! We both got blue polish! That wasn't planned but it was fun.
I am working on a quilt for Ellis. He is moving into a toddler bed, so we are getting his new things ready. It is an airplane theme. When I get it done I will put a picture of it on email or our blog.
We haven't seen any bears yet. I did see a trash can they had gotten into down at the end of the road yesterday morning. Green Mountain Falls wouldn't let people back into town for a while after the fire evacuation was lifted because of the bear problem they were having. I'm not sure what they did to get them out of town, but they are back to the normal now.

Well, I will close for now. Have a blessed day!