Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I hope you all took a minute to think of those who made/are making this day possible. I sure did.

Yesterday, Annika spent the day at Auntie Krystle's apartment so I could help paint at the new house. Annika had a good time playing and getting into Auntie Krystle's things. The only time she cried was when she was tired and needed a nap. Then, she would go over to the door where she last saw Daddy and I leave out of, go to the corner and cry. Krystle would go get her and calm her down. Annika would then walk back over to the corner, flop down on the floor and cry. Eventually, she was so tired that she fell asleep and took about an hour nap. Poor girl. When I picked her up, she was happily playing although we was asleep within minutes of leaving Krystle's. I brought her down to the new house so everyone could see her but she was still sleeping when we arrived. Uncle Mathias sat with her in the truck while I went in and started painting again. Girl took almost a 2 hour nap in the truck! Then, she happily played with everyone until it was time to go home. We got the whole house painted this weekend too! I couldn't believe it! On Sunday, Grandpa Dan, Uncle Mathias, Grandpa Dale, Grandma Lona, Uncle Dusty and Aunt Kim all came to help us paint! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all of them!

Today, I stayed home with Annika while Kris went down to work on the house some more. Grandpa Dale and Grandma Lona came to help again. They finished the last little touch-ups of paint and started working on the flooring. We should be able to pick up the laminate flooring and ceramic tile tomorrow and Kris will be working all week to install it. After working all day at the house, Kris went in to his actual job to get a couple hours in. When he got home this evening, he was dead tired and went straight to bed. Me, I'm watching the town's fireworks from my desk as I'm typing this. Pretty cool, they are.