Mom finally checks in

What a fun family I have, thanks Mem for starting a blog, and now thanks to Mem and Dani I can even add to it!

Fourth of July weekend

Well lets see, Dad started baling, but because it was so hot some of the hay dried to fast, and they(dad and david) wound up stopping, coming home to nap, and returning to finish baling at 3AM. Though friday morning they had to stop because one of the balers got barbed wire wrapped around the intake like three times! The parade was fun to watch of course, and the family picnic went well, lots of food, and lots of fun. Then after we cleaned up the picnic, a lot of us took a nap, 'etcept not mom, 'cause she was at the book sale.
Then we watched a movie or two, and mem made carmel corn, which was 3/4ths gone before the movie was even over, and then mom and the boys went to the fireworks and forgot the rest of the carmel corn, yeay for those who stayed home.
This year the fireworks were set off from the spud, and mom and the boys watched the fireworks from the gravel road. When they went to come home, Jake was impatient and got mad at mom when she tried to get on the highway, and told her to just stay on the gravel road. So to prove to him that the highway would have been faster she stayed on the gravel road. When he saw that the cars on the hoghway were moving faster than they were he decided that it would be alright to go on the highway, but when mom turned onto the connecting road she ran into a washed out area of the road, and cracked her pan! So once they got onto the highway, they had to go 35 because any faster and the car made bad noises! So at the next road they got off again, and after a few more findings of washed out areas of the road they made it home, it taking them 45minutes to an hour to get home.
Oh, Jake was so pushy to get home 'cause he burned his fingers playing with fireworks, like mom told him not to, and when mom had told him to bring water, he said that he didn't want any, so he was burnt without water to sooth it, and anxious to get home, and angry and frustrated, and not very good companionship.
Then the fith, mem, anita, and Megz started back to rexburg, but when they pulled away from the gas tank the park brake light was on, and it wouldn't turn off, so after 45min of messing with it by dad and david, they finally got the brake to release, and then the car wouldn't start, cause the battery was dead. That wasn't a new problem, the Jimmy had had to be jumped three times before that. So dad said, while you are in IF, go to walmart and get a new battery. SO mem took the Jimmy to walmart, where they pulled the battery out of the car, charged it and said the battery is fine, we think it is the alternator, you should go and have them (an auto shop) test it. When mem told dad, he said, "i don't believe it, get a trickle charger and an extention cord and attach them to your car, and if it starts easier tomorrow it wasn't the battery, but if it starts the same, then it was the battery. Grrrr!