I Love Fall...

Okay, so our trees are still green here, but the weather is fabulous. So pretty and clear and cool. Love that.

Not much to report on this chilly Monday. This weekend was a little more lowkey than the last two. Friday night we went to Eric's mom and dad's house, where she had cooked crab stew, shrimp stew, fried shrimp, fried fish. A feast. The whole family was there, which is chaos in itself, but fun chaos.

Cameron had a dentist appointment this morning. He had to get 3 of his permanent teeth sealed and one with a little defect filled. Eric took him this go round. Some of you that have been reading my blog for awhile might remember this post. Let's just say that it was pretty much the same this time. They wanted to pull 4 of his teeth as well because he's sooooo crowded. But we decided against that as one has already fallen and another is loose. We'll just let it run it's course and keep the money in our pocket. Lol. But needless to say, I'm very happy that Daddy was able to take him and experience it this time. Just in case he thought I exaggerated a little. ;) Eric told me that once they gave him what I call the silly medicine, he was watching Diego and just started cracking up laughing. Eric asked him what was so funny and he just kept saying over and over "I thought that the llamas were singing." Yes, apparently the medicine makes 7 year old boys laugh at Diego.

Well that's all for now. Happy Monday!!

Weekend Fun...

So we got the idea that we would try out camping for a weekend. We went to one of the local campgrounds nearby and rented a cabin for 2 nights. The weather was so unbelievably gorgeous. Cool and not a cloud in the sky. The nights and mornings were cold. Perfect camping weather. ;) We rented a cabin that had a full sized bed, a bunk bed and a table. Walking to the bathroom was a bit of an adjustment, but it wasn't bad. We got there Friday at about 4:30 in the afternoon and got settled into the cabin. All the cooking has to be done outside, so we stopped and bought a little grill to cook on. And on Saturday, Eric brought his burner and fried some shrimp and the lone fish that we caught.



My favorite part by far, was sitting out at night watching the campfire and roasting marshmellows. The kids loved it too. Although Payton was exhausted and didn't last very long either night. Eating outside was pretty fun too. Thankfully, it was cool enough to keep the flies and most of the mosquitos away.



We tried our hand at fishing. You should see Payton cast, she's quite the little fishergirl. Cam gets bored with it pretty quick. The entire weekend, Eric is the only person that caught a fish. One fish. No one else caught anything (other campers included). It's a really big lake, and our hunch is that the fish stay in the middle where it's deep.



On Saturday, we fished, played puttputt and rented paddle boats (which is a LOT of work to paddle). There is a playground for the kids that was right across from the cabin, that they played at alot. Oh and a swimming pool, that was open. And lots of kids were swimming. I can only imagine how cold that water must have been. Cam and Pay wanted to swim, but I didn't need 2 sick kids this week. The kids rode their bikes. Eric and I are going to look into getting a rack to bring ours next time. We would have loved to be able to ride with the kids, but there wasn't room for them this time.



Anyhoo, lots of pictures to share. We really enjoyed it and are hoping to get one more trip in before Eric's busy Christmas season starts. Apparently, we are going to be a camping family. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful week!! :)

Today's Funny...

Not that I know what she's talking about. ;)

Fun plans for the weekend. I'll give you the rundown Monday. Happy finally-feeling-like-fall weekend!!!!

Glorious Weekend...

That went by way too fast. Friday morning was spent cleaning the house, but then I spent a few wonderful hours at the scrap table while the kids were at school. It had been a really long time. Scrapped some pictures that had been waiting to be scrapped and got to mG's belated birthday card. (Just need to post it now). Once the kids came in and got settled, we headed out to Mimi and Poppy's. That's right, date night!! We ate at our favorite restaurant ever and then headed out to see Fireproof, which we really enjoyed.

Saturday, we picked the kids up and headed out to the zoo with Lance, Pam and their 2 kiddos. The kids had lots of fun. And lo and behold, I remembered my camera. ;)The monkeys were everyone's favorite. Especially when they brought out the food and with all the yummy looking fruit on the table, and they fought over the lettuce.



The biggest monkey in the zoo. My husband, ladies and gents.
The gators. They were all tired and resting. Would have loved to see them swimming around. Oh well.

The giraffe, who, apparently prefers to eat the fence than the food they feed him.
The beautiful white tiger. He's a ham, he was always looking at whoever was taking the picture. Lol.

Sunday was very low key and included church, shopping, lunch, napping, oh and guess who learned to ride without training wheels?

She hasn't quite got the hang of the turns, but she's almost a pro on the straights. And she decided that she needs a new bigger bike, so that's on the Christmas list. We were all very proud, especially Cam. :)

Bad Blogger....

That's me. With good reason, life has been hectic, to say the least.

We celebrated Cameron's 7th birthday party. We had a really good turnout. More boys than I've ever had at the house at once. Very rambunctious boys. I was thankful for an outside party. LoL.

We had the ever popular pinata pitch. Every year once it breaks off of the string, Eric proceeds to pitch the pinata to the kids. We do things a little dangerously here. LoL. You don't even wanna know how Cam and his cousin popped the leftover balloons. ;)
Payton being flung down the waterslide.

Payton had silly sock and shoe day at school.And had some really cute monkey pigtails.

Mommy's been painting alot.

Our good friends Brandy and Steve welcomed an ADORABLE baby girl to their family a few weeks early. Congrats!

Phew! It's all enough to exhaust even Cameron. (who fell asleep like this watching tv, yesterday.)

Happy almost Friday!! :)