No Luck, But Lots of Fun

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In our 1/2 day of work today we all finished the back of our roofs and are close to finishing the front. All of us should be done tomorrow morning or early afternoon and then we will be ready to start on another house.  The forecast tomorrow is sunny (not cloudy...) with a high of 100 degrees with temperatures rising quickly from the early morning.  Lots of water will be drank tomorrow!

This evening we went to a park to hang out and read some letters from our beloved Homefront Warriors.  Then we went to get some dinner at firehouse subs.  When we pulled in it began to rain...shocker, rain on our evening off, 3 years running!  We waited it out for a little bit, called the Speedpark, and decided that it wasn't going to happen....again.  So it was off to Dave and Busters to play lots of games.  Afterwards we went to the Cookout to get milkshakes, they have 40 flavors, and they were delicious!!  Then it was back to the church to hang out a little and head to bed.












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