4th of July & the Mortenson's "Vacation"

Darren & I actually had 11 days off together with no planned vacation (no road trips this year with gas prices this high)......not an easy thing for Darren to do. We weren't quite sure how we were going to survive. Well......we ended up staying very busy and having a lot of fun!

First.......we remodeled the bathroom: This is kind of a goofy and crooked picture - but if anybody has one of those older mirrors in their bathroom that has the clips and it's attached to the wall - they have this great stuff at http://www.mirredge.com/ (and you can buy it at Lowe's) that goes around your mirror to update it - and it's super cheap. We did this for under $20! It's super cool. We also removed wallpaper, textured (thanks for your help Mom & Steve), painted and put in a new vanity, sink, lightbar, etc.

We watched Fireworks at the Fairgrounds on the 4th!! Hailey loved them!

Then on Saturday we went to Pleasant Valley Days in Scofield and watched the Rubber Ducky race with Nana & Papa!

And then we took an overnight trip to Grand Junction to stay in a hotel and go shopping and swimming. Nana & Papa went with us too! It was a nice little get away and Hailey LOVED swimming. Last year she was afraid to get in the water - but this year she seems to like it a lot more! Mom & Dad had fun swimming with her too!

It ended up being a pretty fun family vacation.......now today it's back to work for us both!