Happy 4th

We celebrated the 4th by taking a hike up to Scout Falls. It's a fun hike through forests and scrub and covers about 1000 feet in elevation over several miles.  The wildflowers were amazing, and we passed several small lovely waterfalls on the way to the large one.   The path was quite narrow and because of the holiday, it was very crowded.  On the way down, as we passed a large group, Chuck took a misstep and fell down the steep embankment.  Luckily, there was a tree that stopped his fall and he survived the adventure with just some scrapes.     After our hike and cleaning up Chuck's wounds with our first-aid kit we ate out for a late lunch.

Quaid came down for the evening and he and Ruth cooked us dinner, and then we enjoyed fireworks in our neighborhood.  Our neighborhood is crazy on the 4th and there are plenty of fireworks to see right from our front lawn.

A Most Expensive 25 Minutes

Jared had his wisdom teeth out on Friday.  He was in and out in a very short time and his recovery was really quick.   I didn't take any photos or videos of the event because Jared didn't want any, but Jared was really funny when he came out of anesthesia.  On the way home he told me how much he enjoyed the drugs and how he wants to take drugs every day. Once home he played xBox and didn't seem to do very badly considering how out of it he was.   On Saturday he was feeling well enough to make a lemon meringue pie from scratch, crust and all.