2nd weekend of visitors - Gary & Kathy Meyer

With just barely enough time to catch our breath from my mom's visit and the week in Indiana, Duane's parents arrived on Thursday, July 17. Duane and Olivia spent the day at home with them on Friday but I had to go into the office. The 4 of them worked so hard so I'm kind of glad I was at the office! They pressure washed the front and back patios, the deck furniture, cleaned windows and cleaned out gutters. As I was about to leave the office, I texted to Duane to ask how Liv was doing and if we were going to meet at Como Park. He told me that around 1pm, she touched the exhaust on the pressure washer and burned her left hand. She was in a lot of pain and hadn't napped and was only able to stop crying if her hand was in water. I rushed home and after I saw her doubled over in pain, I knew we needed to take her in for medical help.

Duane and I took her to an urgent care center and sure enough, 2nd degree burns on the palm and fingers of her left hand. They put salve on her palm and wrapped up her hand really well. There were A LOT of tears but it had to be done. Thankfully she was able to sleep that night with no interruptions and seemed back to her old self on Saturday morning.

Saturday morning I ran errands and Olivia stayed at the house with Kathy. We cleaned windows and our deck for about 2 1/2 hours and then I said, "We are done. I can't do this anymore!" We woke up Liv from her nap and headed to Como Town. (What a disaster - Como Town was HORRIBLE!!! MN friends - avoid that place like the plague!) Olivia had a great time with the rides but Duane and I were so grossed out with everything that we cut the evening there short. (Sorry, Liv!) We ended the evening with a delicious dinner at Sea Salt.

riding the swings with Grandma Kathy

Gary and Kathy left before any of us were awake on Sunday. With some errands to run, the three of us were out the door after breakfast and headed to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market. We were there longer than expected so we had a quick hot dog for lunch. Even though Olivia's hand was wrapped up, she was not about to let that stop her from enjoying her hot dog!