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Our Fourth of July could not pass without some drama.

Everyone in our house arose as usual except for me. I actually slept in till 7 a.m. local time. Kel was up at 4 a.m. and I heard the kids were up around 6-6:30.

We cleaned the house up a bit, and had a simple breakfast. Being the Fourth of July, I watched the "Liberty's Kids" dvd on "The first Fourth of July". Yes, we still enjoyed it.

Kel's parents came over around 10:45 a.m. with a smorgasbord of food. Kel's dad always seems to go overboard with cooking on the holidays. But it provided everyone leftovers the next day.

Since we cleaned the pool out last weekend, the kids wanted to play in it. It was too cold for me, but Kel's dad jumped in there with them.

All in all a good day.

We pre-bought tickets to see Transformers the movie (just the kids and I). I enjoyed watching it with the kids. It wasn't like I thought it would be, but a pretty good movie. The story revolved around the two young actors, not the robots (FYI).

As we were heading home, I received a call from my dad. He wasn't feeling good at all. I, with the kids, swung by and took him to the hospital. Fortunately, Kel came shortly after and grabbed the kids. I stayed with him in ER from 7 p.m. to 10:40 p.m.
Fortunately, he was able to go home, blood work came back fine.

He had been sick all last week and most of this week. He went back to work Tuesday, and I think it was just too much for him. A bag of fluids in him, with some rest, brought the color back to him.

I made it home nearly 11 p.m after dropping him back home.