Long Awaited Entry....

Well here I am FINALLY!! This might be the last one I can post pics on because my camera decided to take a crap! It has done this before and came back to life....lets hope that is the case again. If not, I will have to steal Cyds old camera when we go to AZ. I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. We had alot of fun. Apparantly Fourth of July in Bend is one of the best holidays celebrated here. It starts with a pet parade downtown and then goes to Drake Park where there is a HUGE festival. So far, the biggest one we have been to. There is music and food and old fashioned potatoe sack races. Later in the day they put on a bike parade where a ton of people decorate their bikes (and themselves) and ride around town. As we came to find out, this event was more for the younger crowd that likes beer...alot of beer! It was really interesting to watch though. Luckily, we live in the best part of town. It is walking distance to everything going on. So we get alot of people traffic by our house. Let me just say, there sure are alot of interesting people that live here! Take a look for yourselves:



Yes, that is some random guy on stilts and some guy stuck in the 80s. The guy in the bottom picture is our neighbor John. He did the bike parade.


Anyways....Thank God Journee was feeling better by Friday. It was a rough week. I ended up staying home with her all week because her normal daycare lady was on vacation and she was suppose to go to someone new for the week. I couldnt bring myself to drop her off at someones house she didnt know when she didnt feel well. Pretty much the whole week we were trapped in the house getting better. I thought Thurs. she could help me wash my car but she was much more interested in playing in the water filled pothole. I thought it was pretty disgusting but it didnt bother her at all.





Here are some more pics from the 4th to enjoy:










Those last two are her giving Sam (our dog) hugs and kisses. She loves him!

So In other news, I have some exciting news to tell you all about. I am going to be starting school full time this September. I have decided to do the dental assisting program. It will take one full year to finish and then I will be certified to look in people mouths. I am very excited about it. I am going to quit this job the first of September and start my new life as a student. I will prob. look for a night job after the first couple of months when I get used to the whole school thing. Until then, I will be living like a college student: Top Ramen and water. just kidding. We will be just fine. The last thing I have to do before I can register for the program is take my placement test. I have to score a 2.0 to be accepted to the dental assisting program. I am very VERY nervous due to the fact I printed off a sample test and all was good until I got to the math part. Eek....needless to say, I scheduled my test for the 16th so I can study Algebra. The great part about the dental program is I only take classes pertaining to dental assisting. I dont need to take math (even though I need it) or english or any of those core classes. And dont worry, if I dont get accepted into the program for one reason or the other, I am still going to take my general classes and re-apply next year. Wih me luck!!

Hmmm what else is going on.......We will be in Havasu in 2 weeks and 2 days. The countdown is on!!! I cant wait to see everyone, even though it is a shorter trip than we usually take. I think that is about it for now. I will update soon and HOPEFULLY, my camera will snap out of it. X0X0