Sisi with Aunt Kimmy at our going away party February 2006! Love ya!!!!!!!!! Over Memorial Day weekend we went camping with four other families from church. We all have kids around the same age. The youngest was Brooklyn and the oldest was Avlynn (2nd grade). There were 11 kids total. It was a lot of fun! We camped at a place called Bing's Landing. We were all nestled in our own little spot but close to everyone. We all congregated at Matt & Ambers campsite for food and fun.
Burr, Matt and Contessa had gone out a day early and set up tents so we would have a spot for sure. Well the wind blew like crazy that night so when we got to our site- our brand new tent had blown over and was all busted up. After a temper tantrum by my husband- we decided to go home and get our little tent. We ended up taking the broken tent back to the store and getting a different one. Once we finally got back to our site and got our tent up, Amber had some delicious Chili and cornbread waiting for us. Travis and Heather came a bit later and got their stuff all situated. Finally we could all relax and hang by the fire.
The kids were all in heaven- they loved being able to walk around and explore the woods. And of course they were all in awe of the fire. Brooklyn was satisfied with a shovel, bucket or dump truck and some dirt.
We all FROZE our butts off that night (except William and Contessa- cheaters). The next morning we had a really tasty breakfast- eggs and pancakes- complements of the Wolverton's. Each family was in charge of a meal- that was nice! Although I was looking forward to Travis' dessert- sorry Trav!! Burr and Jaime brought some delicious hot dogs, sausages and watermelon- yummo
It rained most of the day- I don't know why they do weather forecasts- are they ever right? Let's just say it wasn't supposed to be such a crummy day. The rain didn't stop the kids from having fun though. They didn't even slow down one bit! The guys put up a tarp to prevent all of our hangout area from getting soaked- so it was bearable.
Around 3:00 everyone kinda decided that another night was probably not going to happen. BUMMER!! I had made everyone tinfoil(hobo) dinners for that night- I was not going to take 20 of them home- so I sent everyone home with them. We all packed up and headed home.
Even with the weather and all OUR issues, we had a BLAST! We are so glad that everyone was able to come. We definately should do it again this year and make it an annual thing. Thanks for all the fun!! 
Silas started swim lessons last week. He goes for two weeks Monday thru Friday for 25 minutes. He was so excited about it- until he had to get in the water. He didn't want to do it. After his teacher, Miss Desirae, finally got him in he was fine. Until she wanted to take him away from the edge. I was not really expecting him to act this way- but I'm sure a big swimming pool without Mom or Dad in there is scary to a 3 year old. After his first lesson I asked him why he was so scared and he told me "That water is big Mom." But then he made sure we were coming back again. These pictures are all from his first day- which was interesting. All but one other kid had done lessons before. You can see the little girl that had not done lessons behind Si in one of the pictures- Just check out her face!
I will say though that each day Silas got better. He will now do a 'bob' (go under), blow bubbles, push off the edge and jump to Miss Desirae, and relax when he is not hanging on to the edge. He did these things each day (other than the first) and tried something new each day too. I think he finally is enjoying it. It will definately be awhile before he is even close to swimming but he is getting a good start.
Okay all you Moms that cook- I am in need of a recipe!! My kids totally love asparagus, but eat it better if it is in something. I have made a couple things with it but am just out of ideas. Some recipes online have other things in them that my kids don't like or they are too complicated for what I have time for lately. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Also- I am working on getting my pictures organized from our big camping trip so keep watching for a new post pretty soon.
The kids and I took a walk down to our mailbox last week. Silas drove his tractor while I pushed Brooke in the stroller. There is a big sand pit behind our mailbox, Si just couldn't resist. We decided to hang out there for awhile and play in the sand. It is not quite like the beach, but hey we were outside- that was all that mattered. There is a big hill that Si kept running up and down, until he had a wipe out and decided that was enough. Brooke didn't quite know what to think of the sand on her bare feet at first. Once she figured it was okay, she had a lot of fun. We walked over to a nearby pond to let the dog have a quick swim. Si thought he wanted to wade in the water until he felt how cold it was. They really had fun exploring somewhere other than our yard. Hopefully the weather decides to stop teasing us and warm up so we can have more days like these.
Just wanted to let you all know that I have two new posts coming in the next few days. The kids and I took a walk down to our mailbox and I actually had my camera- I got some cute pictures of the kiddos playing. We also had a fun and interesting camping trip with our friends this weekend! Some really cute pictures and stories to share with you. Until then- there are 4 posts that are fairly recent. I just added A Fun Saturday today, but it posted after the first 2 since I started it before them. So scroll down and enjoy! Hope everyone enjoyed or is still enjoying their Memorial Day weekend!
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