Time to play a little catch up

Yeah, yeah. I know! It has been WAY too long since I have posted ANYTHING! I have sat down many times to find a picture to post, write about something or just post SOMETHING, but, alas, have gotten interrupted in one way or another.

So here it goes:


Jake got to go to Camp Smith for 3 days of Cub Scout Day Camp... Had a BLAST, but I didn't get any pictures of him going or coming or anything. He made clay creations, binoculars out of toilet paper rolls, shot bb guns and bow and arrows, had water fights and always came home exhausted!

Chris went to Gilbert Ranch for a 3 day, 2 night Cub Scout Camp. He was nervous about going and it showed when I got a random call from him saying Hi - only to hear in the background after a min some other boys saying that he wasn't supposed to be using that phone and then it hung up! I did get a call on the last day from the camp "nurse" (they called him something else but I don't remember what it was) because Chris had a nasty spider bite and the "nurse" wanted to give him Benadryl and needed verbal consent - go for it! Chris also got to do bb guns, bows and arrows, arts and crafts, tent sleeping, horseback riding, and I am sure much more that I will hear about. He also got a pocket knife that he now doesn't get to use!

So Summer has been just that, Summer.

Late nights, movies and too much TV, sleeping in, naps, Tangleboxing, swimming and more swimming, laziness and hard work, hot days, friends and family, travelling from one place to the other and back again, fun and (of course) some not so fun... But, like every summer with kids, I am both looking forward to and dreading the start of school. This coming week marks the Annual Lowen Camping Trip with my mom's side of the family. From my Grandparents to the great-grandkids, we just about take over the campground with 7 cabins, 2 tent sites and 6 RV sites (I think that I got that right)! It is one of my favorite times of the year and it never seems to last long enough for before we know it, we are packing up to head back home to the daily grind of life - but it is worth it!

Off I go to try to pack and get ready for our camping trip!