Campfire Collage

Here's a little Campfire Collage from Saturday night's S'More Feast while we were trying to keep warm. It was actually quite cool at night and all the kids were searching out blankets to wrap up in. We had our usual S'Mores using Hershey's Chocolate Bars, but also tried out a new version using Hershey's Cookies and Cream Chocolate Bars. I must say that I prefer the original ones, but some of the kids liked both of them. I must say that Small T had a great time around the campfire. She posed with Grandma and with Z, one of her cousins of the same age. Once again, I think she's the one that took a photo of me. Ugh! I look horrid! I'm sure getting older and can see my wrinkles in this one. Oh well!

Favorite Photo

This is my favorite photo of the entire weekend! (Big C is in the back of the boat.)

Fishing

Here we are at the Family Reunion this past weekend. On Saturday morning, everyone spent some time and went fishing. It's one of our favorite past-times.

Oh....My....Gosh....Becky!

..........sigh.........do you ever feel like you just can't get caught up? like you're beating your head against the wall.........that sort of thing? i feel that way today. ........sigh......i have so much that needs to be done and yet, i think i'm going to take a nap. i'm worn out. but all the driving this weekend was worth it. nothing like a good old family reunion to make your heart sing! i have lots and lots of photos that i took this weekend and i will share a few when i get them put on the computer.

alas, i have no news to share in regards to my crafting because.....i haven't done any this past week. it's horrible!!! i know!!! but i think i'm starting to feel inspired again. one source of inspiration is my nephew DK and his girlfriend Rosie. they are expecting a baby in august and this past saturday i put my hands on her tummy and talked to baby E and she kicked me. so....baby E needs some things made for her and that's right up my alley.

i also received a phone call last week from a nice lady asking me to put some of my handmade items back up at the dimestore. so....i need to find the time and do it.

well....my beloved doggies are finally back home after four days of being at the kennel, so i think i'm going to take Pepper and go have a nap! catch you all later!

Campfire Photos

Here's a little photo editorial of our great time camping. These are the ones that actually sat around the campfire at night. By the way, these photos are "pre-shower" photos. We had bigger smiles after the showers. LOL Missing from this photo editorial are my youngest son and my oldest son's girlfriend. They are not "outdoor" people and spent most of the time camping inside of the camper in the A/C where there weren't any bugs. LOL

1st camping trip of the year

Here we are at our first camping trip of the year. We took our new camper. It was the maiden voyage of it you could say. As you can see by my husband's photo, it did nothing but rain for three days. Seriously. We were not able to build a campfire one time. That killed all of the cooking. A real bummer. I had planned on making S'Mores.

The kids were smart enough to bring things to do with them. Like texting their friends on their cell phones to say what a lousy time they were having, or playing their DS.

We did learn a few things though while we were there. First...all three popouts leak. Second...the heater only heats the bathroom. And third...the hot water heater developed a hole sometime during the winter so we had no water in the camper. As I type, I can say that the camper is back at the dealership getting things fixed on it. However, they just can't understand why the popouts leaked. I told him to put a water hose on it for three days and then they will see it. The popouts leaked rain water like a waterfall. Even the kitchen cabinets were covered in it. Hopefully they can get this fixed and fixed correctly as this very camper is going to be pulled behind the truck on our trip to Washington D.C. this summer.

Our New Camper

Well, we've gone and done it. We've bought a camper. No more tent camping for us! We are thrilled to have the camper and can sleep up to 10 people in it. There are three queen bed "pop outs" as well as two double beds inside (the couch folds down and then the dining table and seats convert to a bed). It has so meany features and extra's that it would be hard to list them all but my daughter is thrilled with the bathroom...complete with shower and toliet. LOL So it looks like we'll be camping even more in the coming years than we have been doing. The three weeks we were gone in June ended up being very hot for us so we now have A/C and can stay out longer. We also have heat in the camper, so camping in the cooler months is possible too. I just wanted to share our excitment in our new purchase.