Summer Continued.....

It hasn't been a normal summer at our house.  We've spent most of it mowing the lawn.  Make that he's spent most of the summer mowing and I've watched or did something else.
We did manage to have two picnics this summer which is two more than we've had in quite a few years.
July 4th was a combination celebration of Independence Day and my 70th birthday.  As you can see, I'm not quite as old as the United States but still proud to be born close to her birthday.  We decided to stay home this year instead of traveling to Wisconsin to watch his nephew set off fireworks.  As it turned out we had a spectacular show from our back deck.  Aerials going off in a 180 degree circle.  People must have spent a fortune on pyrotechnics.  Ron's brother and his wife, Bob and his girl joined us till around midnight and by then we had our fill of ooos and ahhs. 
Labor Day weekend was also a nice cookout with family.  Monday capped off a double celebration.  Betsy turned 50 on Wednesday and Bob's girl turned 48 on Friday so we had a lot to celebrate.  Bob even brought a cake decorated to them both. 
Sorry I haven't written often but it has been an uneventful summer with a couple exceptions.  A lunch and visit with friends from Cactus Country on their way back to the east coast for the remaining time.  A visit to the Sandwich Fair.  It's the last county fair in the state of Illinois and we think it's the best.  Some things changed this year.  Less farm machinery to crawl over and ooh and ahh at the prices.  It rained on us so we didn't get to see as much as we liked, especially the harness races and the campers but we did get a meal at Fay's.  They sell pork chops and chicken cooked on an outdoor pits by their tent.  The price went up but we went ahead since it's a once a year treat.  The other change there was no white bread, only wheat. It's the first year with no white bread. 
Thanks to the Illinois Lotto we kept dry.  They aren't paying the lottery winners but they were giving out free rain ponchos.