I'm Hoping for None of This...

I took this picture earlier this week. Suddenly it started to rain and the drops were so big that they formed bubbles on the pool. But mostly I'm hoping for no rain because I am leaving tomorrow to go camping for a week with the 'sistas'! We'll try to keep the laughter level to a minimum for the sake of our neighbors. I'm sure we'll all have some stories to tell when we return!

A Camping we will Go!

We are going camping one last time tomorrow so I will be taking a break from the computer. My kids always have these two days off in October for Teacher Convention and the campground has started fall festival weekend. It doesn't look like the weather will be too great - rain :( But hopefully we'll have a few decent days in there. See you all when I get back.

Camping in Montague

We had a great time camping this weekend aside from some problems. We went with Chuck and Sue, a couple we went to China with. We wanted to leave on time to avoid congestion. We left on time but ran into construction. And then we went into Burger King for supper and they were slow. After we merged onto the highway there was a traffic jam because of an accident. So it took us about 2 hours to get there. There was a pool for swimming which was 10 feet deep so I tried teaching Shaelyn how to dive. She was willing to give it a try. I kind of helped her and she did it - right into the 10 ft. section. She was pretty proud of herself for that. Granted, some of them were sort of belly flops, but pretty good for a 4 year old. Chuck always cooks up a big breakfast for us. It was great except he grabbed the wrong meat from his refrigerator and cooked up hotdogs instead of sausage for his family. (you can see the big "sausages" on the grill) We laughed because Dave had brought our meat out and when I questioned what he took, he had taken our brats instead of our sausage too. At least I caught this before they were cooked. We went canoeing and kayaking on Saturday. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do this but it went great. Katelyn and I took a 2 person kayak and Dave, Chelsea and Shaelyn went in the canoe. I was going to take my camera but since we were there in the afternoon and it was hot, I thought we might be splashing a little too much to risk taking my camera. Now I wish I would have taken it, because I could have gotten some great pictures. We did a 1 hour trip. Shaelyn did great. She did ride in the kayak with us for a while too, as well as with Chuck and Sue. For never having done this before, Katelyn and I did great. We got beached on a few trees in the river but it was fun. Next time, we want to take a longer trip. I would highly recommend this for great fun.
Because we were camping in the middle of a state forest, there weren't many lights and the stars were very bright. It was beautiful to look at. We had a thunderstorm Saturday night, but we really needed the rain. At least we weren't packing up in the rain. We got home Sunday afternoon, tired, but having had fun. Now I'm not camping until mid-October. We've got to get used to school schedule again.

Millie's camping adventure

Here are pictures of Millie's first camping adventure. Since she had never really left her previous home, this was a new experience for her. She never wore a collar or walked with a leash. Chelsea has made great improvements with her this week. She did not appreciate walking with the leash at all and would not budge her back feet at first, but now she is actually walking to the dog run most of the time, instead of being carried. Other than that, she is enjoying being held and cuddled for the rest of the time. She has not been barking at other dogs or running off. We mostly let her wander around our campsite while we are outside and she tends to sit by us. We'll see how the rest of the week goes, but so far, so good.