July 4, 2025

 The Grounds

Roseville, CA

20 years ago, we purchased a small camper so we could take Kellisa deep into the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia to get her as fas away from fireworks as possible.

Little Kellisa couldn't handle the unexpected and loud noises. It was terrifying to her. She would scream and cry uncontrollably. We would lay with her while covering her ears, but there was nothing we could do. It would take hours to finally calm her after the last firework exploded. For parents, it was excruciating.

Besides getting away from the noise, we enjoyed many trips with that camper, especially on July 4th and New Year's Day! 

Kellisa has matured over the years and she not only handles the noise of fireworks, but can't get enough.

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A Perfect Father's Day

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Father's Day 2016 started with a morning 3.35 mile walk on the trail system behind our house with Kellisa:

The morning was already hot and sunny, so Kellisa was a little tired and stayed home while Laurel got to go to Sunsplash Waterpark. It's a good thing that Kellisa stayed home because she ended up having a sun related seizure. Sunsplash is Laurel's reason for loving her new house. In the parking lot picture below left, you can see a row of houses (center right) in the distance, that's our neighborhood less than a mile away and Laurel is beyond exstatic to be living so close.

After an easy (no cook) dinner of shrimp and rolls, we enjoyed the end of our day making and eating S'mores:

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