4th of July and Sickie B

Happy belated 4th of July!  Seems like a common theme around here - belated - although we figure it's better to be late than never :)  We enjoyed a relatively cool 4th here, about 80 degrees although some humidity.  Given the nice weather we took a bike ride to Desert Ridge shopping area and had some Einstein Bagels.  It almost felt like we were back in MN doing our Saturday morning ritual!

The boys swam a bit after nap but Sara stayed out of the pool.  After swimming in the Flamingo pool in Vegas she developed an itchy red rash from the chest down (ie the areas that were in the pool).  Could either be swimmer's itch or a chemical burn :(  Yuck!  Luckily it cleared up in a week....

In the evening we were able to watch our community's fireworks from our balcony.  That was great and they were so close!  We couldn't believe how long they lasted.   Even Trevor gave up after about 30 minutes. 'That's enough' he announced and went to bed!  Now we know what our HOA goes to ;)

Wednesday night B started feeling a little under the weather with aches and pains which surprised Sara given how much rest we got in Vegas (ie sleeping by 9pm, up at 8am or so) but even the rested come down with the sickies :(  Thursday night he was really having hot flashes and what not after the Dambowy clan left so he went to bed and stayed home from work Friday to feel better.  He just couldn't kick the fever, aches/pains/headache all weekend so mainly stayed in bed.  He went to work Monday not feeling the greatest and again on Tuesday but finally went to the doctor and learned he had a virus going around.  The doctor said his body was just hanging on to it longer than most.  How lucky :( 

We're just glad it wasn't Valley Fever which Brian's parents thought it could be because about a week ago Brian dug small trenches in our backyard for some new rock speakers by the pool and apparently something lives in the dirt here that causes people to get this airborne disease.  Good to know - next time Brian will wear a mask when digging!  Happy to report though that Brian is all better now and Trevor and Sara each only had it for less than 12 hours!