http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=ovazriq.52zy2rni&x=0&y=-vwd6ca&localeid=en_US&cm_mmc=site_email-_-site_share-_-core-_-view_photos_button
Link to some camping pics....
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Camping!
We spent this past weekend camping at Crystal Grove campground in Oppenheim, NY. (I think the link is in a past post) As I think I mentioned before, we were celebrating my parents 40th wedding anniversary and the birthdays of my sister Eva, Aidan, and my BIL Christian. I think it was the first time my entire family was together in one place since Eva's wedding in May. We had a very good time, and everything seemed to work out--even the weather was rather cooperative! It only rained lightly and pleasantly while we were sleeping.
It took us about 3 hours to get there--We should have taken a picture of the car with all of our stuff and the kids and the dog crammed in there! I think if we are ever planning to be away like that for more than a couple days we might be forced to take two cars. That sort of seems to defeat the purpose of a family vacation of togetherness, but.... with this much family, I guess you don't have that much choice!
The kids had fun with some of the mining opportunities at the campground, where they had a diamond mine and sluice run. They came back with bags of cool rocks and gems-- a couple of the kids had arrowheads in their treasure. We didn't end up going to the rock mine, but the kids made friends with a family who gave them a bag of Herkimer diamonds they dug up and banged out of the rocks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_diamond I don't know how valuable the diamonds are, but they are pretty. Alannah figured out a way to create necklaces out of them and made them for all the kids in the neighborhood when we got back.
Other than that, we spent the rest of the weekend EATING (as if you can imagine with our family) and just hanging around. I mean, who else would you eat cheesecake for breakfast in the woods with? In addition to the cheesecake there was a chocolate cake, a yellow cake, chocolate chip cookies, a sausage smorgasbord, fresh corn and blueberries, and homemade pancakes. (burp!)
My one year old niece Stephanie was a major source of entertainment as was her dad who had never been camping before. We enjoyed watching his trepidation melt into joy at each new discovery of camp fun. He was a great sport trying all kinds of new things like sitting around a campfire, roasting marshmallows, and playing cards by kerosene lamp. He was very amazed at how big some of our tents were--he had really conjured up some scary ideas about camping! Josh was having fun terrorizing him with stories of REAL camping. You know, the kind where you take a blanket, hatchet and shovel with you into the wilderness? Shiver! We were pretty cushy where we were staying. Besides, Andrea was very merciful to Christian on his first time out and had rented one of the cabins.
Stephanie charmed us with her growing vocabulary. She would sit and point around the campfire and say everyone's name. When she did, everyone went "AWWWWW!!!!" Of course, most of us are either "grandma" or "eva" but who cares? The older kids were constantly running from the campsite, the playground, the field, the creek and the (of course) bathroom building. They made a funny parade: The kids, followed by more kids from around the campground, the dog, followed by Stephanie toddling after them and her mom and dad not far behind.
Us "grown up" parents just sat back and watched the show. (ha ha--wait til I put the pic of Scott up here!!!!)
It was over too soon.
Now we are home and finally suffering real Summer weather. It is hot and muggy--blech! But we are starting to get tomatoes to eat from our garden, so....happy Summer! How long do you think before I am sobbing about hating tomatoes? Heinz 57 got nothing on us.... yikes!
Our friend Julie is over today with a pile of bridal magazines she got for free at a thrift shop. Tonight is a pottery class at the library and tomorrow our friends Natalie and Sarah will visit! Yay! :)
It took us about 3 hours to get there--We should have taken a picture of the car with all of our stuff and the kids and the dog crammed in there! I think if we are ever planning to be away like that for more than a couple days we might be forced to take two cars. That sort of seems to defeat the purpose of a family vacation of togetherness, but.... with this much family, I guess you don't have that much choice!
The kids had fun with some of the mining opportunities at the campground, where they had a diamond mine and sluice run. They came back with bags of cool rocks and gems-- a couple of the kids had arrowheads in their treasure. We didn't end up going to the rock mine, but the kids made friends with a family who gave them a bag of Herkimer diamonds they dug up and banged out of the rocks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_diamond I don't know how valuable the diamonds are, but they are pretty. Alannah figured out a way to create necklaces out of them and made them for all the kids in the neighborhood when we got back.
Other than that, we spent the rest of the weekend EATING (as if you can imagine with our family) and just hanging around. I mean, who else would you eat cheesecake for breakfast in the woods with? In addition to the cheesecake there was a chocolate cake, a yellow cake, chocolate chip cookies, a sausage smorgasbord, fresh corn and blueberries, and homemade pancakes. (burp!)
My one year old niece Stephanie was a major source of entertainment as was her dad who had never been camping before. We enjoyed watching his trepidation melt into joy at each new discovery of camp fun. He was a great sport trying all kinds of new things like sitting around a campfire, roasting marshmallows, and playing cards by kerosene lamp. He was very amazed at how big some of our tents were--he had really conjured up some scary ideas about camping! Josh was having fun terrorizing him with stories of REAL camping. You know, the kind where you take a blanket, hatchet and shovel with you into the wilderness? Shiver! We were pretty cushy where we were staying. Besides, Andrea was very merciful to Christian on his first time out and had rented one of the cabins.
Stephanie charmed us with her growing vocabulary. She would sit and point around the campfire and say everyone's name. When she did, everyone went "AWWWWW!!!!" Of course, most of us are either "grandma" or "eva" but who cares? The older kids were constantly running from the campsite, the playground, the field, the creek and the (of course) bathroom building. They made a funny parade: The kids, followed by more kids from around the campground, the dog, followed by Stephanie toddling after them and her mom and dad not far behind.
Us "grown up" parents just sat back and watched the show. (ha ha--wait til I put the pic of Scott up here!!!!)
It was over too soon.
Now we are home and finally suffering real Summer weather. It is hot and muggy--blech! But we are starting to get tomatoes to eat from our garden, so....happy Summer! How long do you think before I am sobbing about hating tomatoes? Heinz 57 got nothing on us.... yikes!
Our friend Julie is over today with a pile of bridal magazines she got for free at a thrift shop. Tonight is a pottery class at the library and tomorrow our friends Natalie and Sarah will visit! Yay! :)
Monday, July 20, 2009
Garden Update
Just wanted to let everyone know that we are eating the first fruits (er, veggies) from our garden this week! We have peas, although 6 pea plants don't provide very many. I have picked them every other day for two weeks, but only have about 3/4 of a cup. LOL. The Jolly Green Giant totally blasts us off this planet for pea yield. I also have had a few wax and green beans-put them in the most awesome vegetable beef soup for dinner. (Thanks for the recipe, Elaine and Denny!) The best thing right now are the cucumbers. They are very sweet and perfect. Scott is very good keeping me patient and not letting me pick them too soon. There is one tomato that is starting to turn red.... yay! Should be ready very soon.
Today will be one of the last really nice days for awhile, according to the weathermen. (although they are fairly lousy, so who really knows?) I guess it supposed to rain like the dickens tomorrow and then be really hot and muggy the rest of the week. (blech!) We spent about three hours at the beach this morning. The kids swam and played in the sand...I snoozed in my beach chair. I took some funny pictures of them at the beach, but I have to figure out how to get pics off my phone onto here.
I have already killed all my library books for the month--can you believe it? (Ok, anyone that knows me will say YES.) I wasn't planning to go back to the library until the end of the week, but we may have to make a book run before that. I finally got around to reading The Poisonwood Bible, and I found a new book, Julia's Chocolates that was VERY good, a bit intense, but EXCELLENT.
There are so many kid programs at the library this Summer. I was kind of waiting to go to the library later on as we will probably end up being there 2 or 3 days this week as it is. There is a teen painting class this week. Every week they have a movie day, and there are story hours twice a week. Unfortunately we missed the Fancy Nancy Tea Party. That would have been very cool!
http://www.beardsleyandmemorial.org/
After the beach we did a major house tidy, half the laundry and I made the soup. It smelled sooo good all afternoon! The kids were all very good and quiet hanging out on the big trampoline with all the neighborhood kids. I was listening to them while I folded laundry. Coal and Kitty snoozed all afternoon--guess it is getting too hot for furry creatures.
Tomorrow (assuming it will rain as reported) we will make a BJ's run in preparation for our big camping weekend. (Oh do I miss Sam's Club! Just not the same) We will be meeting my sisters and parents in Herkimer to celebrate all the July birthdays and my parents' 40th wedding anniversary! Hopefully the weather will hold out, and wouldn't it be cool if we found a huge diamond in the mine there at the campground?
http://www.crystalgrove.com/
Today will be one of the last really nice days for awhile, according to the weathermen. (although they are fairly lousy, so who really knows?) I guess it supposed to rain like the dickens tomorrow and then be really hot and muggy the rest of the week. (blech!) We spent about three hours at the beach this morning. The kids swam and played in the sand...I snoozed in my beach chair. I took some funny pictures of them at the beach, but I have to figure out how to get pics off my phone onto here.
I have already killed all my library books for the month--can you believe it? (Ok, anyone that knows me will say YES.) I wasn't planning to go back to the library until the end of the week, but we may have to make a book run before that. I finally got around to reading The Poisonwood Bible, and I found a new book, Julia's Chocolates that was VERY good, a bit intense, but EXCELLENT.
There are so many kid programs at the library this Summer. I was kind of waiting to go to the library later on as we will probably end up being there 2 or 3 days this week as it is. There is a teen painting class this week. Every week they have a movie day, and there are story hours twice a week. Unfortunately we missed the Fancy Nancy Tea Party. That would have been very cool!
http://www.beardsleyandmemorial.org/
After the beach we did a major house tidy, half the laundry and I made the soup. It smelled sooo good all afternoon! The kids were all very good and quiet hanging out on the big trampoline with all the neighborhood kids. I was listening to them while I folded laundry. Coal and Kitty snoozed all afternoon--guess it is getting too hot for furry creatures.
Tomorrow (assuming it will rain as reported) we will make a BJ's run in preparation for our big camping weekend. (Oh do I miss Sam's Club! Just not the same) We will be meeting my sisters and parents in Herkimer to celebrate all the July birthdays and my parents' 40th wedding anniversary! Hopefully the weather will hold out, and wouldn't it be cool if we found a huge diamond in the mine there at the campground?
http://www.crystalgrove.com/
Friday, July 17, 2009
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=ovazriq.cqwfewri&x=0&y=-ykgtnf&localeid=en_US&cm_mmc=site_email-_-site_share-_-core-_-view_photos_button
Here is the link to all the birthday photos. Just ignore the comments I made about the photos not being flipped.... I figured out how to fix them! Enjoy! :)
Here is the link to all the birthday photos. Just ignore the comments I made about the photos not being flipped.... I figured out how to fix them! Enjoy! :)
Happy Birthday Aidan!
Today is Aidan's 12th birthday! It was quite a day. Her big wish was to have her room redecorated, so that's what we did. Monday Grandma Gray came and we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond to find new bedding. They found very cute bed sets that included pretty much everything from the comforter and bedskirt to shams, decorative pillows, wall decorations and even a canopy. We have been collecting new curtains and other stuff all week.
Today we went and got the paint, and me and all four kids painted Aidan and Susie's room turquoise and candy pink. (yes, I am a candidate for INSANITY!!!) I am very glad that I mustered up the patience to let all the kids help paint. We were all crammed in there with rollers, edgers and brushes. At supper Dan was just busting his buttons. He said: "Scott, I bet you are glad Mommy borned me because that painting wouldn't be so good without my help!" It really wasn't that bad. They were all very good at keeping things tidy, and helping to clean up afterwords. By late afternoon we had two coats on, and it was dry.
After dinner--steak, baked potatoes, fresh corn--we had Aidan's cake. I have been relinquishing control of the birthday cakes to the older girls. I used to decorate them myself, but the older girls seem to like planning and doing their own. Aidan made hers into a house in honor of her design interests. It turned out cute, but she kind of messed up the frosting--just threw all the ingredients in the bowl, melted the butter.... YES, creaming the butter and sugar makes a difference!!!! ACK. But... no worries, and the kids didn't seem to mind one bit.
At dinner the kids had me tell all their birth stories. It is amazing how that never gets old for them!
Now they are out watching a Disney Channel special. Scott is sleeping-his shoulder and back are still bothering him and often leave him very tired at the end of the day. It is over at 9:30 so I am trying to rush this on here so you all can enjoy the birthday pics and the new room.
Tomorrow we are going to try and do some fun family things and take it easy. It will be our first weekend together as a family in a lonnnnggg time.
God Bless! :)
Today we went and got the paint, and me and all four kids painted Aidan and Susie's room turquoise and candy pink. (yes, I am a candidate for INSANITY!!!) I am very glad that I mustered up the patience to let all the kids help paint. We were all crammed in there with rollers, edgers and brushes. At supper Dan was just busting his buttons. He said: "Scott, I bet you are glad Mommy borned me because that painting wouldn't be so good without my help!" It really wasn't that bad. They were all very good at keeping things tidy, and helping to clean up afterwords. By late afternoon we had two coats on, and it was dry.
After dinner--steak, baked potatoes, fresh corn--we had Aidan's cake. I have been relinquishing control of the birthday cakes to the older girls. I used to decorate them myself, but the older girls seem to like planning and doing their own. Aidan made hers into a house in honor of her design interests. It turned out cute, but she kind of messed up the frosting--just threw all the ingredients in the bowl, melted the butter.... YES, creaming the butter and sugar makes a difference!!!! ACK. But... no worries, and the kids didn't seem to mind one bit.
At dinner the kids had me tell all their birth stories. It is amazing how that never gets old for them!
Now they are out watching a Disney Channel special. Scott is sleeping-his shoulder and back are still bothering him and often leave him very tired at the end of the day. It is over at 9:30 so I am trying to rush this on here so you all can enjoy the birthday pics and the new room.
Tomorrow we are going to try and do some fun family things and take it easy. It will be our first weekend together as a family in a lonnnnggg time.
God Bless! :)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Summer is off on the right foot.....er.....hand
We are all here--our first morning with all the kids and no more extra "support" from the wonderful company we've been enjoying! The weather is gorgeous--a little cool for July, but lots of sunshine. The kids have been out from morning til night--only coming in to eat. Well, ok....that means the door is slamming constantly as they go in and out, in and out, in and out.... Next year I will have to plan to start stocking the freezer in December rather than May!
We had a great time with Elaine and Denny--Scott's mom and step-dad. We enjoyed watching the new Star Trek movie at the little dinner theatre, explored several antique shops, took the girls kayaking, and Scott and Denny went fishing. We enjoyed the sun on the deck, the campfire and our signature BBQ. It was over way too fast! My mom and dad came Sunday with Susie and Dan ready for their long Summer visit. We were able to all enjoy lunch together before we had to drag Elaine and Denny off to the airport.
Mom and Dad were planning to stay until Monday lunch, but ended up staying later because Aidan had a little accident while washing the lunch dishes. Hence the blog title, she sliced her right hand on a glass. Scott decided it was deep enough for a trip to the ER. Susie was appointed medical assistant by the (most excellent) ER doc and Aidan is back home good as new. It was a heck of a way to get out of dish duty for a few days, but.... I guess we can find a bunch of dry jobs for her to do instead! She is fine--in another day and age she would have come home with a few stitches. Now they have this fancy glue they fill the cut up with. It doesn't seem to hurt her very much, which is nice. The neighborhood kids were in AWE of her elaborate looking bandage. Good grief! :)
(by the way.... our parting ER instructions included the Dr's insistance that we get Aidan ONTO A STAGE. He was dying laughing the whole time at her! Ha ha ha ha ha ha--don't we all know it!!!!!)
In other health related news, Scott is healing, but slowly. His back is still bothering him, but it probably will for a long while. The orthopedic surgeon seemed to think he would heal up without needing any surgery on his shoulder, so that is good news. Hopefully the rest of our Summer can stay accident free!!!!!
Mom sent me a great picture of Susie and Dan--I will try and put it up here before I have to take Aidan to the orthadontist. (shiver!!!!) :)
We had a great time with Elaine and Denny--Scott's mom and step-dad. We enjoyed watching the new Star Trek movie at the little dinner theatre, explored several antique shops, took the girls kayaking, and Scott and Denny went fishing. We enjoyed the sun on the deck, the campfire and our signature BBQ. It was over way too fast! My mom and dad came Sunday with Susie and Dan ready for their long Summer visit. We were able to all enjoy lunch together before we had to drag Elaine and Denny off to the airport.
Mom and Dad were planning to stay until Monday lunch, but ended up staying later because Aidan had a little accident while washing the lunch dishes. Hence the blog title, she sliced her right hand on a glass. Scott decided it was deep enough for a trip to the ER. Susie was appointed medical assistant by the (most excellent) ER doc and Aidan is back home good as new. It was a heck of a way to get out of dish duty for a few days, but.... I guess we can find a bunch of dry jobs for her to do instead! She is fine--in another day and age she would have come home with a few stitches. Now they have this fancy glue they fill the cut up with. It doesn't seem to hurt her very much, which is nice. The neighborhood kids were in AWE of her elaborate looking bandage. Good grief! :)
(by the way.... our parting ER instructions included the Dr's insistance that we get Aidan ONTO A STAGE. He was dying laughing the whole time at her! Ha ha ha ha ha ha--don't we all know it!!!!!)
In other health related news, Scott is healing, but slowly. His back is still bothering him, but it probably will for a long while. The orthopedic surgeon seemed to think he would heal up without needing any surgery on his shoulder, so that is good news. Hopefully the rest of our Summer can stay accident free!!!!!
Mom sent me a great picture of Susie and Dan--I will try and put it up here before I have to take Aidan to the orthadontist. (shiver!!!!) :)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Mother is always right: Don't go begging for trouble!
Well...I guess I should never have stuck my tongue in my cheek and made that silly little "we're not dead yet" comment. Har har har. Yesterday Scott took a nice fall out off of a ladder while cutting a big dead branch out of one of our giant oak trees. Luckily he is O.K. Banged up, but will be fine in a few days as things knit back together. ......Sigh! You just never know, and you can't be too careful, although things still have to get done.
Anyways, will take advantage of the extra couch time Scott is taking to update all of the recent photos! There should be graduation photos, garden photos, mini-vacation photos....etc.etc.etc!
Let's see.... Where we left off from last time:
School, of course, is over. Alannah and Aidan ended the year both on honor roll and recieving several awards for acedemic excellence. I got so much praise at the high school I was embarassed! It was a very nice send off. Of course, no sooner had Summer vacation started than the Summer reading lists arrived! Got to love New England education. Lucky to have a great library nearby, and girls who enjoy reading.
The garden is in full gear. The weather has been insane. It rained 28 days in June--and the temperature never got above 75. The peas, cabbage, lettuce, carrots and tomatoes are very happy--the peppers not so much. I was encouraged to see new leaves and buds forming after we've had a few warmer days lately, and they have decent root systems. There might be hope yet.
This past week Alannah and Aidan went to stay with their dad. Susie and Dan are on vacation with their dad and grandparents. That is giving us a very rare ten whole days without any kids! With the exception of Scott's fall, we have enjoyed getting a lot of things accomplished. We also enjoyed a little mini-trip to Newport, Rhode Island.
First, we drove down to New Haven with the intent of eating at Lou's Lunch--a vintage establishment with the claim of creating the first hamburger. http://www.louislunch.com/ We arrived, and were informed by the parking lot attendent that the resturant was closed for the holiday. He very generously pointed out a different resturant--Richter's--which was very good. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS294US294&ei=-YxSSrn_HYqwMJPN-L8B&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=richters+restaurant+new+haven&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=1992162589510241789He admitted that while Lou's certainly boasts a culinary pedigree, it is totally no frills--you get a BURGER. That's IT. :) We took pictures, and will try and get back for the "real deal". We stopped in Mystic for a short driving break and enjoyed some of the sights. It was a gorgeous day for a nice little drive along the coast.
Newport is a lovely town with a lot to see and do. http://www.gonewport.com/ We took the scenic ocean drive, the downtown mansion drive and then walked the cliff and seaport walks. We attempted to win some money at the Newport Grand Slots emporium, but....no dice. (ha ha, that was a little gambling joke!) We won $2.00, but then promptly lost it. Oh well! We took the hotel's suggestion to eat at Anthony's for a good seafood dinner--wow--the freshest seafood we have ever had! It was a fun place--very laid back and family style, reasonably priced. http://www.anthonysseafood.net/There was a coffee place down the road that had a very tempting sign--Hot Malasadas's every Sunday. They looked like some kind of fried dough/doughnut thing. Too bad we left Saturday afternoon. Our last stop was Foxwoods casino in Norwich. http://www.foxwoods.com/?gclid=CKPZvOicwpsCFYZM5QodYns-BQ If you like that sort of thing, it is a beautiful resort. Beautiful hotels, gardens, pools, shopping and resturants. We aren't that into gambling, but it was fun to watch some of the table games and walk around to see everything. Scott had a nice run going at craps....but....well....I guess you know how that ended: that's right--crappy. (har har har!!!!)
Maybe the best thing was coming home! The kids next door came to greet us, and informed us that they and the guy accross the street had fireworks to set off. We were treated to a very cool show. We could also see all of the other fireworks going off around the lake. The town doesn't have any official fireworks, but people in the town take them very seriously! It was better than any show I've seen anywhere else, and we didn't have to leave our house for any of it! Scott is all signed up to be a major neighborhood investor come next year. The guys in the neighborhood had been worried that we wouldn't be good fireworks people--are we ever! :)
More good stuff! Scott's mom and step-dad are coming to visit this weekend, and we are so excited! Alannah and Aidan are coming home, and mom and dad will be coming Sunday with Dan and Susie in tow. Let the Summer begin! (again, and again, and again!)
Enjoy the pictures!
:)
Anyways, will take advantage of the extra couch time Scott is taking to update all of the recent photos! There should be graduation photos, garden photos, mini-vacation photos....etc.etc.etc!
Let's see.... Where we left off from last time:
School, of course, is over. Alannah and Aidan ended the year both on honor roll and recieving several awards for acedemic excellence. I got so much praise at the high school I was embarassed! It was a very nice send off. Of course, no sooner had Summer vacation started than the Summer reading lists arrived! Got to love New England education. Lucky to have a great library nearby, and girls who enjoy reading.
The garden is in full gear. The weather has been insane. It rained 28 days in June--and the temperature never got above 75. The peas, cabbage, lettuce, carrots and tomatoes are very happy--the peppers not so much. I was encouraged to see new leaves and buds forming after we've had a few warmer days lately, and they have decent root systems. There might be hope yet.
This past week Alannah and Aidan went to stay with their dad. Susie and Dan are on vacation with their dad and grandparents. That is giving us a very rare ten whole days without any kids! With the exception of Scott's fall, we have enjoyed getting a lot of things accomplished. We also enjoyed a little mini-trip to Newport, Rhode Island.
First, we drove down to New Haven with the intent of eating at Lou's Lunch--a vintage establishment with the claim of creating the first hamburger. http://www.louislunch.com/ We arrived, and were informed by the parking lot attendent that the resturant was closed for the holiday. He very generously pointed out a different resturant--Richter's--which was very good. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS294US294&ei=-YxSSrn_HYqwMJPN-L8B&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=richters+restaurant+new+haven&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=1992162589510241789He admitted that while Lou's certainly boasts a culinary pedigree, it is totally no frills--you get a BURGER. That's IT. :) We took pictures, and will try and get back for the "real deal". We stopped in Mystic for a short driving break and enjoyed some of the sights. It was a gorgeous day for a nice little drive along the coast.
Newport is a lovely town with a lot to see and do. http://www.gonewport.com/ We took the scenic ocean drive, the downtown mansion drive and then walked the cliff and seaport walks. We attempted to win some money at the Newport Grand Slots emporium, but....no dice. (ha ha, that was a little gambling joke!) We won $2.00, but then promptly lost it. Oh well! We took the hotel's suggestion to eat at Anthony's for a good seafood dinner--wow--the freshest seafood we have ever had! It was a fun place--very laid back and family style, reasonably priced. http://www.anthonysseafood.net/There was a coffee place down the road that had a very tempting sign--Hot Malasadas's every Sunday. They looked like some kind of fried dough/doughnut thing. Too bad we left Saturday afternoon. Our last stop was Foxwoods casino in Norwich. http://www.foxwoods.com/?gclid=CKPZvOicwpsCFYZM5QodYns-BQ If you like that sort of thing, it is a beautiful resort. Beautiful hotels, gardens, pools, shopping and resturants. We aren't that into gambling, but it was fun to watch some of the table games and walk around to see everything. Scott had a nice run going at craps....but....well....I guess you know how that ended: that's right--crappy. (har har har!!!!)
Maybe the best thing was coming home! The kids next door came to greet us, and informed us that they and the guy accross the street had fireworks to set off. We were treated to a very cool show. We could also see all of the other fireworks going off around the lake. The town doesn't have any official fireworks, but people in the town take them very seriously! It was better than any show I've seen anywhere else, and we didn't have to leave our house for any of it! Scott is all signed up to be a major neighborhood investor come next year. The guys in the neighborhood had been worried that we wouldn't be good fireworks people--are we ever! :)
More good stuff! Scott's mom and step-dad are coming to visit this weekend, and we are so excited! Alannah and Aidan are coming home, and mom and dad will be coming Sunday with Dan and Susie in tow. Let the Summer begin! (again, and again, and again!)
Enjoy the pictures!
:)
Sunday, July 5, 2009
We're not dead, yet!
Hi! I know, I know! We've been having just way too much fun outside to be sitting in here by the computer blogging. But I have sooo much to tell, and many, many, many new photos to share. I promise I will get on here in the next couple days and give you a very good update of our lives. Looking forward to getting back in touch! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
