We had such a fun weekend. Friday night we kicked off the weekend with an early bonfire, we cooked out hotdogs and had chips, pop (ghasp) and smores! Not the healthiest meal, but it was fun... the kids each burnt their dogs over the open flame. The kids told us ghost stories... and we were laughing so hard... great belly laughs, with Mason's--he even had to get up and stand in the yard and was doing gestures and special voices... it was so funny! A memeory I will always have of him!
What a beautiful blessed weekend... and while we missed church this weekend, we did feel spiritually connected-- easy to be when there is so much to be thankful for!
Saturday we rolled out of bed at our leisure... Paul had a few things to do in the morning and I quickly cleaned the house while the kids played outside... then it was a quick pack up and off to the lake we went! It was beautiful weather,a little breezy but nice. We had a fun night there, the kids went on 4wheeler rides, went on the golf cart, played bean bag toss, ran around, ate way to much... and played with Daisy...
and ended it with the bonfire and the kids slept in Grandma and Pa's bunkbeds!
Sunday morning we woke to quite a storm... the camper was shaking with the thunder and the rain came down hard... but it was over pretty quick to. We took off early morning and headed back home... the kids played outside while we unloaded and then came in and both took a nap 
(ok I did too - camping takes a lot of a person)! Since we didn't do up the big breakfast at the lake (cause it was so wet outside) we opted to have breakfast for dinner-- a fav of the kids (and DH)... and then the storms rolled in again (this time in DBQ) the sirens went off (though in the distance) so we snuggled downstairs and watched a movie, while my DH th stormchaser, listened to the scanner and watched out the upstairs windows searching for signs of a twister! Finally it appeared to have passed, so we came up to bed and woke in the morning to find we received 2.5" of rainful! Whew!
(ok I did too - camping takes a lot of a person)! Since we didn't do up the big breakfast at the lake (cause it was so wet outside) we opted to have breakfast for dinner-- a fav of the kids (and DH)... and then the storms rolled in again (this time in DBQ) the sirens went off (though in the distance) so we snuggled downstairs and watched a movie, while my DH th stormchaser, listened to the scanner and watched out the upstairs windows searching for signs of a twister! Finally it appeared to have passed, so we came up to bed and woke in the morning to find we received 2.5" of rainful! Whew!Monday was a beautiful day... we loaded up again and headed to Eagle Point Park for a picnic lunch. The kids looked at the Lock and Dam (Lauren asked if she could call it that, or if it should be Lock and Darn-- to cute) 
and we wandered over to the Koi Pond to watch the fish and frogs! 
We also played on the swings and jungle gym, although the swings were the biggest hit since Paul was giving underdogs to the kids! They love to go so high! Then it was off to the River Muesum for a walk through... we only stayed an hour or so... enough to take in a movie, see the Otters, and a few other exhibits...and they walked on the dock - holding hands! I see this in black and white and enlarged for my photo wall!
and then we headed to Swiss Valley for our big idea of letting the kids go creek stomping! HA! That has changed since DH was a boy! First the water was rushing was to much and was way to deep to make it safe, second, the not so nice looking kids that were playing in it (unsupervised) we throwing rocks without a worry of hitting anyone, and third the water was so muddy and yuck, there would be no way they would be playing in it! So of course we had hyped it so the kids were totally bummed... but we will try it some other place or time. We were totally mean parents, since it was so warm (yes it was 80 yesterday woohoo) we let them end the day with fun time in the sprinkler-- even though the ground had taken in about as much rain as it could the night before... and really didn't need even a drop more of water on the grass--- they enjoyed it!
and we wandered over to the Koi Pond to watch the fish and frogs! We also played on the swings and jungle gym, although the swings were the biggest hit since Paul was giving underdogs to the kids! They love to go so high! Then it was off to the River Muesum for a walk through... we only stayed an hour or so... enough to take in a movie, see the Otters, and a few other exhibits...and they walked on the dock - holding hands! I see this in black and white and enlarged for my photo wall! and then we headed to Swiss Valley for our big idea of letting the kids go creek stomping! HA! That has changed since DH was a boy! First the water was rushing was to much and was way to deep to make it safe, second, the not so nice looking kids that were playing in it (unsupervised) we throwing rocks without a worry of hitting anyone, and third the water was so muddy and yuck, there would be no way they would be playing in it! So of course we had hyped it so the kids were totally bummed... but we will try it some other place or time. We were totally mean parents, since it was so warm (yes it was 80 yesterday woohoo) we let them end the day with fun time in the sprinkler-- even though the ground had taken in about as much rain as it could the night before... and really didn't need even a drop more of water on the grass--- they enjoyed it!What a beautiful blessed weekend... and while we missed church this weekend, we did feel spiritually connected-- easy to be when there is so much to be thankful for!
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Great pictures Nicole, glad you had a very fun holiday weekend!
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