Last Camping Trip for the Year

See I told you I would only post about every couple of weeks or so. Sorry for delaying any entertainment our family provides for you.


Anyways on with the blog. Like I started we took our last camping trip of the year a couple of weeks ago, and boy am I glad it was the last. It was relaxing, but we were busy. We went out on Thursday night and got up early Friday morning. Lindsey still had school and Jeff and I still had to come into work. It was a long day because I knew I was going to get to relax a little for the weekend and not have to worry about anything with the house work. Well, Jeff got up Saturday morning and went fishing. The girls and I layed around for a little and then I figured I would get up and start getting things ready for breakfast. Lindsey was riding her bike and Kaylin was "helping" me. I asked Lindsey to watch her for just a minute, her reaction was typical of any six year old "AW MOM". So I took Kaylin inside with me in the camper, it was a cool morning so I just had the screen door open. And if you just think screen door, camper screen door and 15 month old. Yep you guess it, just one little push from Kaylin and the door flung open and down she rolled 3 metal steps, with non-slip gritty pading on them. When I got to the door she was already at the bottom. Her face looked like someone had taken sandpaper and just sanded her face. Crying did not last long. She is one tough little booger. After that I was able to get breakfast started. The day went by pretty fast and that late afternoon we came in to Camryn's birthday party and headed back out later that evening. It stormed early Sunday morning but it was clear by the time it was time to get up. We ate breakfast and loaded everything up and came home. It was a quick weekend, but it was nice to get away for one last time for summer.

This is how Kaylin spent most of her time when we were outside. She loves that wagon. If she had someone to pull all day, she would ride all day.

It was getting dark when I took this picture, but Lindsey rode the tires off her bike that weekend. She would get going fast and then skid on her tires. She has bald spots on the back tire. We are going to have to replace before to long. She has really just gotten the hang of riding a bike this summer. She has come a long way in just a couple of months

Relaxing Labor Day Weekend

We did not do much this weekend. We just kind of hung out at home. The girls played outside all weekend long and I did catch up on house work. Jeff powerwashed the whole outside of the house. Living on a dirt road it can get pretty dirty. Saturday afternoon I went to the store to get groceries, Jeff called me to see what I was getting for dinner and we decided on brats. So we got them grilled and ate on the deck and listened to the Razorback game. It was a nail biter, but I am glad they won. Hope they play better in two weeks or it will be a bad thing. While we were cooking the girls were playing on the swing set. I think the swing set gets more play time now that Kaylin likes to play on it. She has become our little monkey climber. While playing she ate dirt, grass and Jeff said she also ate rocks. This girl will eat anything.

Our little female version of PIGPEN!!! They were have a ball playing. I pull this picture up on my desktop and you can really see all of the dirt and grass.

Here is out little monkey. We really have to watch her now, because when she is outside she will disappear around the house and before we know it she is climbing up the ladder. She just started this, this weekend. She is really trying to do what ever big sis does now. She is catching up fast.

Sunday we went to my mom's for burgers and hot dogs. Scotty, Leann, Emma and Cannon came. Cannon is getting bigger, but he is so stinkin skinny. He is a cutie. Can not wait for his birthday at the end of the month.
Today Jeff finished the house and I took the girls to the mall to walk a round and I had to return something to The Children's place. We got some jeans for both of them and they played on the little play park. Like I said not a big weekend. We are getting ready to go camping this coming weekend. We tried to get a place for this weekend but could not find a place open. This will probably be our last outing for the year. Next year will have to break the new camper in real good. Hope everyone had a great week and try to stay dry this week. Hopefully Gustav won't bring to much rain.

Over The Rainbow

Thursday night last week is was raining. The sun was shining and it was misting. I was cooking dinner and Lindsey and Jeff came in to tell me to come out and look. When I first saw it, is was a double rainbow. One rainbow on top of another rainbow. The lower rainbow was really bright. You could see where it ended in the tree line in the field in front of out house. The other end ended behind the house across the road. We tried to get Lindsey to go ask the neighbor if she could go and find the pot of gold. I don't think she believed us.

I AM BACK!!!!!!

Sorry have not posted in a while. We have had computer problems. We could not log on to the internet and then we could not get e-mail anymore. I have never felt so disconnected. It is really sad we have come to depend on computers so much these days. Below I have posted what has been going on. Hope everyone's summer has been a great one. Hope you enjoy catching up with us.

First Day of First Grade

Well, we have started school again. This year we are in 1st grade. Try saying 1st day of 1st grade 5 times real fast. It is a tongue twister. I don't think Lindsey was nervous at all. I was a little scared and excited at the same time. I took Kaylin to daycare first and then we came back to Lindsey's school and went inside to wait for a little bit. I think that helped with the nerves. Just hanging out before she would go to her classroom. So far so good for the first week. We will see once they really get into the full swing of things. I can not believe my baby girl is growing up so fast. She keeps telling me "I know mom, I am in First Grade"

Before we left the house

Before she went into the school

Lindsey with her teacher this year, Mrs. Pannell. She says she really likes her and she says she is really nice.

Jill picked up Lindsey on the first day of school. I just thought she would have fun visiting with Cadyn after the first day. Jill took a picture of them so we can compare at the end of the school year to see how much they change.

New Camper Maiden Voyage

We took the camper out for a week Aug 3 through Aug 9. We went camping with the Meredith Family. It was fun. It was very hot early in the week but by Thursday it turned out to be very nice. It was cool but not cool enough not to still enough swimming. I think Lindsey could have stayed in the water all day and all night. While we camping we decided to take Lindsey and Cadyn to Silver Dollar City on that Wednesday. We left the babies with my mom and Jill's mom. It was a fun day, but by the time it was time to go we were all ready. We camped out at Lost Bridge so Friday night we decided to go to Across the Creek Resturant for a seafood buffet. It was good, and because we did not have to cook anything. They had to roll us out of the resturant because we all ate so much.

Just a few pics from the trip

All of us in the water cooling off

Kaylin did not like her lifejacket very well. Just wish they made better jackets for babies that small. After a while she was ok. We got her in and out of the water acting like she was jumping off the back of the boat. I would put her in the water while Jeff would catch her. She liked that a lot.

Lindsey doing her CANNON BALL off the boat

Cadyn doing his backward jump

Camryn was our little fish. He would jump in and would start swimming on his own. He did not care. I think he would have swam all over the lake if we would have let him.

One of the days while we were camping the mower people came to mow the grass. I had Kaylin and Camryn in our camper while Jill had to take care of some things in their camper. To keep them occupied they were watch the "tractors" mow. That was right up Camryn's alley. Kaylin liked it too. It was fun, they both just yelled and laughed as loud as they could.

Padres Last Ball game

Saturday July 19th was Lindsey's last baseball game. She had a great game. All the team hit the ball very well. You could tell that they came a long way from the beginning of the season.

The weekend before on July 12th she played Cadyn's team. I know I mentioned it before but she road home with Jeff in the truck and she was worn out. She had spent the night with her Grammy on Friday and her cousin Emma was there also. I think they stayed up all night.


The picture below was taken when they got home. Jeff said she fell asleep before they got out of the parking lot.


Just had to add this

She was sawing some serious ZZZZZ's