Day 1410. After having gone to bed late last night, they got up later than they have been, just after 7 am, and it was Emmy who was the first one up again. Our friend brought us some  breakfast, then we put our swimsuits on and went to the pool. The kids were excited to be going swimming.

Day 1409. The kids were up at their usual time of 6:30 am, and the first thing they wanted was to open the door so the cat could come in, which she always does. I went straight to work finishing packing our 5 suitcases, while Randy went downstairs to make breakfast.

Day 1408. Today was America's Independence Day, but unfortunately we did not do anything special. We had planned to go to what the closest town had planned by a lake nearby, but then there was a thunderstorm, and it rained hard, so we could not go.