Lake Murray Camping Trip 2009

We arrived home last night from the best camping trip we've ever had!!! Davy took off from work early Thursday afternoon and we headed for Oklahoma. It was Dawson's 10th Birthday and that 1st night we spent the night with David and Debra. Shane made Dawson the BEST birthday cake I have EVER tasted!! I mean, this was GOOOOOD!! We even got up the next morning and had the rest of it for breakfast, I told Shane he should open up his own business. It reminded of one of those Baskin-Robins ice cream cakes. After breakfast, we headed for Lake Murray to begin our weekend of adventure! The boys had been looking forward to this for a very long time. (so had we!) It would be Kelsey's 1st camping trip! A major milestone in our family. Her 1st time swimming in the lake. Her 1st time climbing Buzzard's Roost. 1st time roasting hot dogs. 1st time making smores. 1st time fishing...etc. etc. etc!!! I can say that she was a little late though. Davis was camping at 4 weeks I believe, Shawn was camping at 6 weeks. But she did beat Dawson, but only because Davy had just had his back surgery and we couldn't go at the time. But I've always been proud to say that I've been camping since I was 6 weeks old and now my children can say the same!! We had the most enjoyable weekend! No stress. Ok, well, with 4 kids there is always some level of stress, but we all had a great time. We have decided it was the best vacation we've ever had....even better than Sea World! Just the fact that we were all together and relaxing and doing little things together made it wonderful! We went fishing and walking and exploring. The boys and I went and found shells or "clams". I remember camping at elephant's rock the entire time I was growing up and the big "thing" was getting to swim out to the rock....and so this year Davis and Dawson were able to swim out to the rock with Davy and this was the highlight of the trip for those boys! On the last morning we were there, we drove over and kept our family tradition of climbing Buzzard's Roost alive! It was Kelsey's 1st climb....the 1st of many!! The very 1st time we ever went up, it was just Davy and myself....I was 8 months pregnant with Davis. We were telling the boys about it on the way up this weekend...they could not believe that I made the climb while pregnant! So far, we have kept the tradition alive every single year for the last 12 years, it's a family event! Here are some pics from our camping trip.....

Great Wolf Lodge 2009

Last week was a very busy week for us, as well as a very exciting one! Aunt Kay Kay took the boys to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Tx for a vacation with their cousin, Brooklyn! They got to spend the night in a really cool kids cabin suite with bunk beds and a playstation and everything, it was really nice. The entire hotel was "kid friendly" with just about everything you could imagine, even bedtime story hour by the big tower clock in the lobby. Of course the biggest hit was the indoor waterpark, huge waterslides, wavepool, hot-tubs, lazy river, and there was also an outdoor waterpark! It was more than any of us could have imagined! Kelsey and I met up with them on the 2nd day and spent several hours at the waterpark, it was alot of fun! I took 200 pictures! And when all that was over, Brooklyn got to come and spend the night at our house, which the boys really enjoyed. Then we all went to see the movie "Up". And we just love and thank Aunt Kay Kay for giving us the opportunity to do something like this! She is so wonderful and generous! She has been this way for as long as I can remember, it's always about the kids, making sure they get to have a good time no matter what. That is what makes her the heart of our family!!! Here are some pics from our trip!!

JUNE 2009

Well, it's June. Kelsey is almost 2 months old! Where has the time gone? The boys are out of school and our summer has officially begun. Tomorrow they are heading to Great Wolf Lodge with their Aunt Kay Kay for 2 days of fun-filled adventure! They are really looking forward to this, they will get to spend time with their favorite cousin, Brooklyn! And then Kelsey and I will join them on Wednesday to play at the indoor waterpark for a few hours, and then Brooklyn gets to come home with us and spend the rest of the week at our house! We can't think of a better way to kick off the summer!! Kelsey is now smiling!! I didn't think she was ever going to! Seems like the boys smiled alot sooner than she did. We also have one with a birthday coming up----DAWSON is about to turn the big 10--on June 18th.....my babies are growing up :( and there is nothing I can do about it! I tried giving them coffee to stunt their growth but it didn't work.... he will always be my cuddlebug..ALWAYS I say!!