We had a great 4th. We went to the big parade in Mandan. We sat right at the beginning because the parade is so long, when it was over we drove over to the other side of Mandan to go to Art-in-the-Park. When we got there the parade was just barley beginning. It was really nice because there weren't very many people at the park, so we got our lunch right away and look at some of the booths before it was over.Later on Saturday night we went to the capitol grounds to watch fireworks. They had the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony playing so we went up at about 9:00 and listen to them for an 1 1/2 and then watched the 15 minute firework show. Logan kept saying he was scared but then he would say he wanted more. Such a funny kid! When we got home we decide to have a "sleepover" in our room. On Sunday we bummed around and I made a big breakfast. It was a really fun weekend!

Yesterday my sister Katie came up with her 2 kids (still getting used to saying 2 kids). We had planes to go the zoo, have a picnic lunch, and then go to the amusement park. When we were getting ready to go Layne started complaining that his side hurt. I didn't think much of it and figured when we got to the zoo he would for get about it. But I was wrong. I ended up pushing him around in the stroller while the little boys walked. After we left the zoo we went to eat our lunch and Layne was crying in pain and wanted to go home so we ended up leaving the park and taking him home. Once we got there i gave him a laxative and some Tylenol (I thought he was just constipated) he threw up twice and laid on the couch all day. He woke up in the middle of the night crying and cried on and off for a couple of hours. When he got up this morning he felt better, but was a little tried. So I hope he is all better because we have a wedding to go to this weekend.