Rained out 4th

We returned from Oregon safe and sound. There was some turbulence, but overall the flights were good. Charles was a trooper and was good the entire time. There was a little misunderstanding between us and the airlines about the possibility of us getting on an earlier flight out of Denver. Uncle Brian was great with the United Customer Service representative and insisted he look to see if we were listed as passengers on the earlier flight. We were and they let us on the plane (even without our baggage). The story is far more complicated, but I won't go into all the details. We were glad to get home about 11:30pm rather than 12:30am. There were storms in Denver so both flights left later than anticipated and arrived in OKC late.

On the 4th of July Charles and I got up and drove home. Grandpa and Grandma Sharp and Great Grandma Heusel were waiting with Russell for our arrival. We spent the day visiting and then headed to Russell's cousin Brady's house for a 4th of July Fiesta--we decided to forgo the traditional BBQ for fajitas. They were excellent.

Sadly it was raining so we didn't get to do any fireworks, so Charles missed out this year. Next year he'll get to play with sparklers and the snap-n-pops!

Russell took the rest of the week off so we were able to get some things done around the house while Grandpa and Grandma watched Charles. I took Aunt Christy to Hillsboro to get her wisdom teeth pulled and it was nice not to have to tote Charles around while killing time during the appointment.

Charles has to be on the verge of walking. He can stand unsupported for a while--until he realizes he's not holding on to anything. And, he has a toy he can push while walking. I took a short video clip but it's still on the camera. I'll add it sometime soon.

We keep getting rain. Russell mowed on Sunday and it's Wednesday and looks like it's past due for another trim. We had HUGE mushrooms (humongous fungus!) appear overnight. Our poor south facing door and window need to be replaced and all this rain has made it even more urgent because the wood isn't drying out. Hopefully it will be nice enough for us to go to the zoo tomorrow morning. When it's not raining it's HUMID.