I am blog illiterate so i am struggling with the photo thing. Typically, it shows my pictures and I can type under them but this time, it is showing the HTML junk so I will just have to give you a run down. All of the pictures are from Sunday afternoon and not in any particular order but I feel confident that you will be able to figure them out...1.J wearing his "Indiana Jones" hat, 2. The ducks as Matt was chasing them, 3. Matt fishing, 4. J having to bait Matt's hook because he is scared of worms :), 5. L taking a fish off the hook (for Matt)- you have to love a pretty woman who isn't afraid of worms or fish, 6. large mouth bass that J caught, and 7. Skeeter in her dress. Cassie was still at the house or I would have a picture of her in a dress as well.
I guess we will start at the beginning of our four day stay-cation...
Friday:
Matt's friend, Cody came over to hang out. The girls played on the slip-n-slide and a wet trampoline. I became a little more than nervous about the trampoline so it didn't last too long. After running around in the backyard all evening, Matt, Cody, and I watched "Alice in Wonderland" and Matt and Cody played video games. It was a nice start to a vacation.
Saturday:
We filled up the kiddie pool and played outside most of the morning. Late afternoon, we joined our best friends at their community pool, swam, ate pizza and cupcakes, swam some more and finally headed home around 8:30. After giving the girls their showers, we pretty much crashed.
Sunday:
We enjoyed a nice morning at church and then headed to Kentucky to visit my best friend from college and Matt's best friend from forever. The kids went swimming in their pool (which Matt remembers swimming in when he was a kid, it's just moved locations), then to the jacuzzi, ate some pizza, and headed out for more fun. The kids got to ride on the Rhino (a 4x4 utility vehicle). They chased the ducks, played with the dogs, and fed the goat. They went fishing in the pond and Pumpkin Pie caught the first fish, which happened to be the biggest catfish caught from it. Sweet Pea had to of course fall in the mud and get her behind filthy. Bugaboo (J and L's daughter) is a hoot...she was kissing the fish, trying to stick them in her daddy's pocket, and even tried to feed one the worms that they were using for bait (which makes sense). They threw back all of the fish that they caught but Bugaboo had to play with each one for a minute before she would allow it to be thrown back. J gave each of the girls time in the tree swing which essentially sent each child propelling about 15 feet into the air with tree limbs all above them. At least they were strapped in and he was willing to do the same with his own child. The kids loved it. J made a camp fire and the kids got to roast marshmallows and eat smores, although my girls had to be difficult. Pumpkin Pie only wanted graham crackers and chocolate bar. Sweet Pea only wanted an unroasted marshmallow with chocolate bar in between. We relaxed for a while and the girls rode around on the power-wheels and took turns for trips on the Rhino again. We left Kentucky around 8:30 so it was nearly 10 when we got home, bathed the girls, and crashed again.
Monday:
We joined our best friends at Cracker Barrel for a delicious breakfast before heading over to Dollywood. We hung out there for several hours and enjoyed many rides with the kids, along with my favorite thing about Dollywood- frozen cherry lemonade. After Dollywood, we headed to Tanger so I could pick up a present for a friend's son's party in two weeks and we headed home. After we got home, we mowed the yard and cleaned off some outside toys to get rid of. You can imagine by that point, I was exhausted.
Tuesday:
We got up today and cleaned up, then headed out to take some pictures of the girls since I haven't taken any in a while. Unfortunately, the sun was so bright and the day was so muggy that the girls were not into it and I only got a few good shots. We ran a couple of errands and headed back home for another afternoon of playing outside. It was very noticeable that the kids are completely run down and looking forward to returning to their normal schedule tomorrow. I have definitely enjoyed the time with the kids and with some great friends. My body couldn't handle too much more of this vacation stuff.
Our weekends are full for the next four weeks at least. I get to spend next weekend with my best friend and we have a birthday party each of the following weekends to attend. I will also be celebrating my 8th wedding anniversary in a few more weeks. More about that when the time comes. I also have to fit Father's day in two weeks as well. Hmmm, where is the time to sleep and rest!
