All Things Anne

It’s 9:45 and we haven’t eaten dinner yet.
You’re supposed to start all blog posts with something to catch the reader’s attention, like a question or an outrageous statement. There it is! (For another very outrageous story, keep reading! It’s in the next paragraph.)

Today was a hot one…got up to 103º, so we went swimming! Everything had to be clean before we left, though, so we didn’t get out the door until about five. We usually bring the dog with us, and this time was no different. He doesn’t have a collar, because hey, we live out in the country! So Ben brought two zipties and they locked it around his neck, and hooked the leash to that. All that to say, we had the dog while we were walking down the trail to the lake! Boy dogs are…boy dogs, and they do what boy dogs do, so Duke was peeing on a tree, and Jay wasn’t watching where he was going and walked right into it and Duke peed on his leg! That poor guy…the expression on his face was priceless!! He didn’t know whether to cry or laugh! He ended up laughing though, but he kept a funny look on his face!

We had tons of fun…the boys jumped off the log (same one we had last time)…I taught Kate how to float on her back and swim on her back, and I taught Em how to float on her back (and she’s almost got the hang of swimming on her back!). Gives one a very…accomplished feeling to be able to say “I taught Kate and Em how to float on their back and swim!”

After the lake we went up Roundup Road to see the Extreme Makeover house they were building. They sent the family to New York for the week, and they’ll be back tomorrow. We had a ball. There were people standing there directing traffic, lots of police and security guards, and a ton of cars! There was a woman waving at everybody (the boys called her a Walmart greeter), and a sign that said Visitor Hours: 8am-10pm. Visitor hours?!? Good grief!! Joe got a bunch of pictures on his camera (when Dad gets home we can use his cable to connect to the computers, I think). There was a whole parking lot full of cars, and a crowd of people! We were…amazed!

Dad was at the Cenex by Airport Road, so we were going to go meet him there and say hi. Well, on the way back to town, this white minivan with a Utah plate passed us, going super fast, and it was a no passing zone! He dived back in front of us, narrowly missing the oncoming car, and raced off. “I sure hope he’s going to the hospital!” Mom said.
Well, when we got to the gas station, who should we see pull up, but that Utah van! Full of security guys (Californians with their sunglasses on their heads…sorry, kind of a family joke!). Two guys hop out and one goes in and one takes a picture of the self-serve gas pump. Weirdo!!
We said Hi to Dad and met the guy he’s training (an Iraqi war vet who was injured), and went to Albertson’s because Ben wanted to buy us all pop. Nobody had quarters on them, so Mom bought chips–buy one, get one free–and a case of 12 pops. Woohoo!

Now it’s 10pm and dinner’s ready, so I better go!