We've had an eventful week and a half. It all started with an awesome trip to the ranch to celebrate July 4 with Mom and Dad, and John, Susie, and Luke. We spent the nights of July 3-4 there and there was much fun had by all. Lots of floating in the lake and eating good food. We set off fireworks both nights at Pou Beach, including the kickass "War of the Worlds" box-o-fire. There were quite a few spectacular fireworks displays going on around us - rumor had it one of the Pous' neighbors spent a cool 4 grand on theirs. On Friday we banded together to run the cows through the shoot to de-worm them. Mom and I did some great herding =D
Matt and I had our next big adventure on Tuesday when we visited Hurricane Harbor. Getting there right before it opened and having pre-purchased tickets, we managed to get something like seven rides in during the first hour. We tried the new "Mega Wedgie" (twice) and "Tornado," and hit up old favorites like The Black Hole (shh, don't mention that one to John Wiley Price), Blue Niagara, Der Stuka and Geronimo, Shotgun Falls, Hydra Maniac, Blue Raider, Kamikaze, and of course, a circuit around the Lazy River and a dip in the wave pool. Thanks to diligent application of SPF 85 sunscreen, we didn't even get burned. We also enjoyed the new locker technology. I wore a plastic wristband with a paper-thin chip in it that, when held in front of the locker panel, popped open our locker for unlimited access to our things. Aside from the $10 fee, it was pretty dang cool! But not too bad when I think back to the olden days, when you had to pump something like $3 in quarters into the locker every time you opened it up.
We just got back from another trip to the ranch, this time a Hall family gathering to celebrate birthdays (Uncle Mike, Jerry Washam, Dad a couple weeks from now). Lisa, Eric, and Miles, Mike and Eve, and Carolyn were all there, as well as the Pous and Washams on day two. Also, much to Pene's delight, she finally got to meet her cousin Travis (Lisa and Eric's big yellow lab) and they played and played. Pene has been passed out on our loveseat ever since we got home - she's exhausted! The highlight of the weekend was probably Carolyn's Better than Sex cake (the superior Hall family version, made of two layers of yellow cake with vanilla pudding, homemade whipped cream, pineapple, and coconut).
Other than that, things have been going along uneventfully. We're preparing to head out to Colorado at the end of the week. Miss Pen will be spending the time with her grandparents and Mike Shannon. Matt is adjusting to his new position of manager at work, which he's handling with ease. He is getting a Blackberry sometime this week to enable him to keep up with work e-mail and client contacts as a manager, and it'll be fun to play with. I finished the Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey a few days ago, and it'll be nice to have that all beaten before going on vacation. I'll probably resume playing Final Fantasy III on my DS for my next gaming adventure (FF IV comes out for the DS later this month and looks very cool).
We're having dinner tonight with the Roberts at Gloria's - Em and Rick are in town this weekend looking for apartments and it will be great to see them.
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