2 posts tagged “pics”

Brenn and Mickey were helping their daddy in the back yard today.  I thought I would share pictures.

My garden, Steve's new tiller, and Steve & kids with the tiller.

My birthday bench, Micky randomly and Mickey & Brenna on the birthday bench.

Greetings from the wilds!

Yes, I have been in the wilds.  Steve got home from Over There last Monday night and we took the kids and dog and drove up to Pennsylvania to visit with my parents and spend a few days camping.  

We camped at Lyman Run State Park, which was simply gorgeous and it was a shame that it had to end so soon.  Next time (yes, there will be a next time) we will have to state longer.  They have facilities for campers and tents.   There's fishing, hiking, boating, swimming.  They even had a place where you could rent boats, paddle boats, kayaks, etc to use.  I wanted to rent a paddle boat but the concessions state couldn't cash anything bigger than a $50 and didn't take credit card.  

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Yes, there are places left in the world that don't take credit card.  Bless their hearts.   

This was Major's (my Dobie puppy, as some of you recall) first trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa and his first time going someplace outside the city.  I was somewhat apprehensive about it, but he's done really well.  It turns out, the country life on the farm agrees with him.  I've taken him 'up back' for walks at least 3 times a day before we went camping ('up back' means up through the hay fields on the hill behind my parents' house) and then there was all the wilderness for hi to explore while we went camping.  

He will, I think, come home a changed doggie.  

This was also Mickey's first camping trip.  He got to sleep in a tent, go fishing on the boat (Dad and Steve say 'never again' because he doesn't hold still and wants to jump in the water.  Hehehe.  Oops!) , stay up late, and take showers instead of baths.  With luke warm water instead of really warm.  

Mom and I took the kids and all the dogs (their poodles and my Dobie) to the 'beach'  to swim with the fish and the frogs.  Literally.  We weren't in the water for five seconds and we found a tadpole.  Which was very cool.  

Mickey was not sure about it, at first, but then he hooked up with a couple little girls and got over being afraid of the water so he could play with them.  My son… such a player at such a young age.  Hehehe.  

Saturday night we made S'mores and told tall tales around the camp fire until bed time.  Or rather, Brenna made every s'mores while Mom and I washed dinner dishes, Dad kept the poodles out of the way and Steve chased Mickey around.  

The next time we go, we're going to remember to bring actual money as opposed to the plastic kind, so I can rent a paddle boat.  

Anyway…

Today is Monday and I'm doing laundry so we can have clean clothes.  Tomorrow we'll be packing up to head home home (as opposed to 'the farm home').  We have a week left all the way around.  Brenna has a week left of summer vacation and Steve has a week left before he has to hope a plane back Over There.  

I'm uploading pictures from this weekend to my Photobucket account.  

The will be here once they all get finished loading.  It's slow going because Mom's Net is not as fast as mine.