Dave went to Dietrich's and I stayed at our cottage. Lorie didn't want dogs at their place (even though she ended up with 3) so Jamie, Jen and I stayed at our place instead of going with the rest of the DuBords to Lorie and Brent's lake home. It sounds like they all had a lot of fun. We did too.
Saturday night we had 20 people and 7 dogs spend the night. On Sunday we ended up with 40 people 8 dogs at our place...... but surprisingly it was no hassle at all. No whining, barking or fights! Bo entertained us all day by playing fetch. Gene's dog hid from the fireworks under his chair. Ron's dogs were inside on the lower level. Max was hiding from the fireworks in the house, which left two little cuties, Sky and Mikey, for Sierra to dress up and play with. BTW, each one of the dogs sported a red, white and blue neck scarf. lol.
I think it was the best 4th of July ever. Granted we missed a lot of people in the 4th of July picture, but everyone was entertained..... tubing, swimming, eating. Jen, Jamie etc took off for part of the day on the pontoon. In fact there were 4 boats there that stayed busy. (Ron's, Matt's, my brother Bob's and the pontoon.)
We watched the fireworks from lakeside this year, tying the boats together. The weather was perfect, the lake was calm.
After the Fair Hill's fireworks Ryan and Sierra shot off their stuff. We had a bonfire and smores. Jamie went to bed early, she was understandably tired, but the rest of the kids (age 20-something) stayed at the fire until 4am. (The party pooper that I am, I went to bed at 1:30)
Monday, everyone had gone home except Jen & Matt and Jamie & Ryan and me. The water heater died so the kids found a clean place to swim and wash up...... over by the mansion. While they were gone, Dave and Kathy & Kerry showed up. We sat on the deck and had some good conversation. Kerry had brought me all the pictures that were taken at the Dietrich's. I am currently uploading them and the pictures that were taken at our cottage so you'll have to check all of them out.
Kerry & Kathy DuBord
After everyone went home, the place was so peaceful. I remained for a few hours and just enjoyed the place to myself for a while..... and thanked God for the cottage, family and blessed weekend.
