Camping

The boys made it out alive from their first camping trip.  We didn't go far, just to Sleep Hallow but we had fun.  They liked sleeping in the tent in their Lightening MacQueen sleeping bags.  I barely got my camera out.  Don't really know why but just didn't.  I did get a couple with my camera but it was quite dark and they little shits wouldn't hold still to save their lifes.

 1st we have Paul he's not happy with me.  He was a bit of a grouch that weekend.  But to my right is the fire pit, my left is the tend.  On the left of this pic you can see I caught Matthew mid air running.

 This one is David on the left, Matthew on the right with flash, this is how dark it was when I took this pic.

This one was taken no flash, looks brighter outside but it wasn't really this light.  David's blurry because he could not stand still.   But you can see our tent and stuff behind them.

They had fun.  To much fun.  They cannot wait to camp again.  We only stayed two nights Saturday and Sunday night.  By the time we got up Sunday Matthew was ready to go home to his 'big house'.  I put them to bed last night and I swear it took them maybe 30 seconds to fall asleep.

Next trip is Ionia State Park.  We tried to change it to Waterloo but they wanted to change us another $24 in fees to transfer our reservation.  How freakin stupid.

Updating

I really want to get the blog rolling.  I have some favorites that I read quite often and noticed they have links at the top leading to other pages so I wanted get mine like that.  I have one that is about David, Matthew, Paul and I.  CHD facts and Twin facts.  Check them out!

Happy Anniversary

Paul and I are on vacation without the boys!  We are having fun but Mommy does miss her boys awful bad.  We ventured out late Friday because Paul's boat was supposed to be getting fixed.  Damn boat place.  Grand Pointe Marina SUCKS.  Anywho... we got to Higgins Lake and set up camp.  It was cold but we made do, at least it was still daylight out.  Camping in the cold was not all that fun.  We had the little roll things that Paul thought would be fine to sleep on... NOT.  We did stay sorta warm in our sleeping bags but we only got about four hours of broken sleep that first night.  

We woke up at 4:45am and had to pee so we trucked off to the potty.  Got back and in our sleeping bags, then it started to rain.  Not to heavy.  About an hour later we got up, it started to rain a bit more and we couldn't sleep so we got in the car and went down to check out the boat launch.  We went back to the tent and ate cereal, it had started raining much harder by this time and we discovered the tent isn't quite waterproof.  The rain fly leaks.  Not bad but we put what we could in the storage tubs covered the rest with a poncho and went to Mackinaw City for a little bit.  We came back to a couple small  puddles in the tent so not bad.  We did get the boat out for a few hours but it was COLD.  We did sleep a little bit better that night.

Yesterday we drove down to Houghton Lake and stayed at the cabin with my best friend Kellie and her Dad.   Paul went out on the boat while I played bingo with Kellie and Neil.  Then we went for a boat ride.  Luckily the sun had come out and it warmed up.  We slept AWESOME.  Yesterday was our 7th Wedding Anniversary.

Today we are at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort.  We have a nice room for the night.  A pedestal tub in the room, an NON WORKING fireplace and the floor lamp has a burned out bulb.  Not to happy.  I'm typing this and then going to talk Paul into a dip in the pool.  Then back down to gamble some more.  I've already gambled away to much.

Hugs to all.

Today was an adventure

The boys stayed with Grandma Barb & Grandpa Ray last night.  They had fun.  Then today was My parents 46th wedding anniversary!  Congrats to them!

We decided to drive down to Cabela's today and take my parents with us so they wouldn't set home on their anniversary and do nothing.  Paul wanted to take the boat out but we were supposed to get storms.

We got to Cabela's and everything was cool as a cucumber... well not outside.  Outside it was HUMID.  We had just went upstairs to the camping section to check that out then head out.  They came across the speaker and told everyone to go to the shoe department and back into the warehouse because there was a TORNADO WARNING.  I was a little freaked out.

My Mom had just walked away with the boys so Paul and I could look at the camping stuff since we are starting that adventure.  Dad was off.... somewhere.  But I KNEW she didn't hear the speaker so I took off toward her and apparently she knew something was wrong by the look on my face.   Paul ditched the cart and took the boys down the steps.  I got my parents toward the elevator since my dad was in an electric scooter, he has super bad knees.  Then I ran back toward the stairs and down them to find Paul and the boys.  I was nervous until we were all together again then I was fine.  We were back in the warehouse for almost and hour before they let us out.

Luckily nothing bad happened.  But after getting home and as I am typing this the FOX news in on and there was a possible tornado in Eaton Rapids, Mason I think they said, and Perry.  They are saying it'll either be straight line winds or a tornado but the national weather service has to verify it.  They did just say the one by Perry was confirmed.

Yikes!


I've had it with this weather.


Well I am off to bed since Paul want's to get up before six in the morning to go fishing.  The boys are NOT going to like that.

Kindergarten Here We Come!

We had Kindergarten round up last Friday.  I was very surprised they had us leave without the boys.  I didn't totally like that but it was fine.  Testing the kids without the parent influence isn't a bad idea I just we had been warned before hand.  I wouldn't have taken the whole afternoon off work.  But they enjoyed themselves.

I CANNOT BELIEVE MY BABIES ARE GOING TO BE IN KINDERGARTEN

I just want to cry.  Where did my babies go.  Oh, and the smart mouths and potty talk they've picked up at school.  Lordy, it's awful.  We had to remind the boys to act like David and Matthew not like the other kids at school.  I mean it's not extreme but still... very annoying.  I know it only get's worse.

Then poor David woke up during the night with a 102' degree fever.  I gave him some tylenol and when he woke up in the mornin... excuse me... when I woke him up the next morning it was still 100' and since the pedatrician is open until noon on Satruday for sick kids I called them.  We were the last appointment.  I told them "when you ask him what feels yucky he touches his throat".  They took him to weight him.... 34lbs.  When we got back in the room they were ready to swabb him.  Strep Throat.  So guess what... they decided to swab Matthew, they weighted him... 40lbs.  Then I heard them say to the doctor "Two positives on room four".  That's us... two cases of strep.  Awesome.... NOT

Luckily for Matthew they caught it early enough that he had no clue he was sick but she said my Monday he would have been feeling sick.  So antibiotics for both boys.  Chewable... much easier then trying to get them to take liquid.  That's like trying to give a cat a bath.

So that's where we are at.  Summer vacation is almost here, not sure yet what we are going to do with the boys all summer.  I have a few ideas that I need to make some calls on.  I'm excited for Kindergarten next year but sad.

TTFN