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Happy 4th… however you celebrated it.

July 7, 2008 Leave a Comment

We got out of Dodge the night of the 3rd in order to spend the holiday weekend at the cabin. Certainly not a traditional 4th of July with block parties, swimming & fireworks… but this year with everything going on with Mike, we thought keeping it low-key was a good idea. (especially since the boys were supposed to be with him this year.)

We climbed to the top of a neighbor’s ridge and watched the fireworks down in the valley. (Note: 5,000 feet above it, at night, is the only way that Hemet will ever look pretty.)
While the neighbors can see the city below… I like our view better:
We spent the weekend watching movies, playing video games, doing puzzles and eating junk. It was fun… …but apparently, exhausting:

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