When we arrived home Sunday night around 9 p.m., I went straight to my bed and didn't move until around midnight when I realized my laptop was in the unlocked motor home in the driveway. I got up long enough to bring it in the house and then I was out again. . . Rob and I were both up early on Monday even though we had no reason to be. More than 2 weeks straight of early rising had re-set our internal alarm clocks!! He had a 3-hour meeting he runs sound for once/month that needed to be set up in Caldwell at 1:00, so we made our way to the shop to load up the van. It sounds easy enough- just load the three cases he needs into the van and he can be on his way. . . Unfortunately, he had failed to get the required emission test several months ago and since we hadn't been driving the van due to high gas prices, it wasn't that big of a deal when the registration was revoked. . . Anyway, we loaded up the cases and headed for the downtown emission place where we take all of our vehicles when they are due. That's about the time we noticed the license plates were missing from the front AND the back of the van. I had noticed this briefly when I re-parked the van sometime between Mule Days and Cherry Festival but it didn't really register. . . The emission testing didn't go so well. Months of sitting in one place caused the van to fail miserably. By this time, Rob needed to head for Caldwell so we loaded the cases into my car -big, heavy cases, small car. I called the police to report our stolen plates and spent the next several hours filing a report, getting an oil change, driving around and around and around the back streets of Garden City to make the van emission-friendly. . . all in a van without air conditioning or windows that roll down in 90 degree heat. I wouldn't say I was cursing Rob's name, but I was thinking about a few things I'd say to him later. . . The van passed the emission test on the second go-round and I headed for the DMV to register Rob's van and get new plates. Monday isn't a great day to go to the DMV. After only about 45 minutes, my number was called and it only took the clerk 15 minutes to figure out how to tell the computer that I needed new plates to replace stolen ones. . . She was nice, though, so it could have been so much worse. . . I ended up driving out to Emmett (in the heat, without air conditioning. . . ) where we had left the short stage decks and several sheets of plywood on the grass and they were now in danger of getting hit by the sprinkler. . . Zach and I did what we could to rescue them and I finally made it back to my house in the early evening. It was a long, hot, blurry day.
Tuesday was much better. Way back in May when Rob installed a new sound system at the Hawks, we were given 4 season tickets as part of the package deal! We have beautiful seats behind the catcher for the entire season!!
We sat there and basked in our good fortune. . .
. . . who knew that someday all of our hard work would pay off in such a beautiful way. . .
The speakers sounded beautiful, the weather was perfect and the Hawks won the game!
We had so much fun that we went again on Wednesday evening!! My nephew was with a group of young ball players that took the field during The National Anthem. He's in the #11 black jersey:
It was another perfect evening. . .
On Thursday, I went to out to Nampa to give my Daddy his Father's Day Present and wish him a belated Happy Day!!
We messed around with the timer on my camera and took a few family photos:
After spending a couple of hours with my parents, the kids and I met Rob and Kurt at Nampa Nights for another evening of music. . .
The band for the evening was The Janet Driscoll band.
The kids entertained themselves and we all sat back and relaxed. . .
On Friday, we had a "swap" with the Adams'. I had the girls at the shop for a few hours and Rob put them to work. They didn't seem to mind and I don't really think it was work. . .
On Saturday we went to the Meridian Dairy Days Parade. I missed both of the festival parades so it was kind of fun to sit back and watch the floats go by. This talented boy is actually doing gymnastics while the float is moving!
After the parade, Rob met Kurt down at the shop and they finally had the time and the favorable weather necessary to put a coat of paint on the stage trailer!
On Saturday, we pulled the trailer onto the fairgrounds to set it up for a corporate party on Sunday. I'm still impressed with how easy it is to set up! It levels out in about an eighth of the time it took us on our old stage.
A storm was moving in so we set up the lifts and the truss for the canopy but left the top off to protect it from the elements.
Saturday evening we went to my sister's house for her 2nd annual outdoor neighborhood movie party. The kids played Guitar Hero while we waited to see if the storm would pass. . .
We finally made the call to set up the screen, projectors and speakers in the garage. A good crowd showed up and we all enjoyed the movie, RV, on the big screen. It was a little close to home since I just spent two weeks in an RV. . .
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