they are home ..

my campers made it home safe and sound sunday night .. for the record .. they did NOT want to come home .. they wanted grandpa to turn the rb around and go back .. they did not miss their mother .. their toys .. their beds or anything else for that matter .. they were with their 2 most favorite people in the entire world .. cash had loaded half of his truck and heavy equipment collection into the rb and ellie had plenty of her american girls and all their stuff .. so really there was nothing here for them .. 

nothing but me .. their mother .. who honestly enjoyed the first 5 days that they were gone .. 

i only did 3 loads of laundry .. i got to sleep thru the night .. 5 nights in a row .. and i didn't have to share my oreos with anyone ..

what more could a person ask for

but then i kinda started to miss cash and his funny humor and ellie and her bbq ways .. 

and then they unloaded half of the contents of the rb into my living room .. along with about 5 pounds of sand and rocks .. and i have no idea why cash took his skateboard camping in colorado ..maybe the holiday inn express had a half pipe or something .. who knows ..

cash wasn't home 5 minutes and he asked .. "hey mom .. do we have any oreos ?"

hello there son .. i said .. i missed you to

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Time to start celebrating

We are kicking off the holiday weekend a little early !!



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Really ..

How can there be this much laundry .. I only took 1 pair of jeans .. Which I wore .. And 3 shirts .. Jeff took nothing but an extra t shirt .. I don't understand ??????


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Breakfast !

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Nothing but blue sky ... And wind ..


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We are on the road to ...

We are on 23 heading to 74 .. Going to have a picnic lunch on the White river .. Picked up turkey sandwiches .. Oreos and diet coke at Harps

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let's hit the road ..

because it was 6:30 in the morning and i didn't want grandpa to have to stop at the first mcdonalds they saw i feed my little campers breakfast ...

lucky was in the truck .. he didn't want to come out for the picture .. he was afraid he would get left and not be able to go camping .. 

there they go .. 

off to colorado .. to play in the dirt .. ride rangers .. hang out by campfires and breathe in the cool dry air

happy fathers day ..

because my kids and my dad are in this heading to colorado we celebrated fathers day on friday night ..

so i fixed a super yummy and fancy dinner ..

thank you pizza hut ..

and because cash was about to spill his guts and tell jeff what his fathers day present was we had to move up the present portion of the evening .. 

oh dad .. let me help you .. i think mom put extra tape on this ..

look dad ..

oh these are so cool ...

acdc is our official boat music .. 

and for my dad ..

sandy's strawberry pie ..

happy fathers day !!

soccer camp ..

all this last week the kids have been at soccer camp at TU in tulsa .. ellie has learned alot and enjoyed everyday .. cash .. not so much .. 

they had different stations set up and would rotate thru each one .. this was fine for cash when he was at ms. rachels station .. but when it was time to move on to a different station and different coach .. well .. this was not a good plan according to cash .. 

this is his little group ..

is this not the saddest ever .. i picked them up on tuesday .. a little storm with some very big lightening had blown in and they had shuffled all the kids off super quick so they would not get struck by lightening .. thank goodness .. and he was waiting for me .. for what seemed like forever according to him .. for the record i was right behind him the whole time .. he only sat there long enough for me to take this picture and .. break my heart .. 

and no he did not want to go back on wednesday ..  or thursday .. or friday .. 

but he did .. 

granny took them on thursday and friday since we work .. 

it ended up ok .. granny wore her "soccer outfit" on friday because ..

1..  it is hard to join in soccer camp in a cute skirt and flip flops

and

2 .. cash was granny's partner at all the stations .. 

i wonder if granny got a completion of soccer camp certificate like cash and ellie did .. 

i might have to look into that ..

packing ..

granny .. grandpa .. lucky dog .. cash and ellie leave for lake city colorado on saturday morning .. so tonight i am doing the "last minute mad dash pack " .. extra shoes .. extra shorts .. extra trucks .. movies .. movie players .. medical release emergency treat forms .. which WILL NOT be needed i am sure of it .. so got to go and finish .. i will be back tomorrow with pictures of my campers leaving for the cool mountains of colorado .. 

lake day ..

last week we had our first lake day of the summer .. pretty sad seeing how it is already the middle of june .. ellie was getting situated in her skis .. jeff had forgotten her wake board so she was going to ski instead of tube  .. while we were waiting on them cash was being joe cool .. 

hey mom .. 

is ellie done yet .. no cash .. she is not done yet .. i want to jump off the cliffs some more .. the high one this time mom .. no cash .. no more cliff jumping today ..

and this is how cash's day ended .. passed out on the boat with sunscreen smeared all over his face and drooling .. 

those are for sure the sings of a great lake day .. 

right .. 

the long haul ..

because we needed more of these .. we sent dad on a road trip ..

 not the kind of road trip where you pack snacks and games to play in the car and stop at all the wonderful sights along the way to your destination ... 

dad went on the kind of road trip where you don't get to stop unless you need to get diesel .. and if you are stopping to get diesel that means that you are in a big big truck that probably smells like sweaty boys .. oil and gas .. yuck !!!

dad started out at 6 am .. i know this because i meet him on the driveway .. i was getting ready to go and run .. and dad was leaving .. i asked him about what time could we expect him home .. around 8:45 or 9 he said .. ok .. i said .. have a safe trip and see you tonight .. 

ok he said .. 

his first stop was richardson texas .. which is just on the outskirts of dallas .. 

this second stop was ft worth .. and then his last stop was oklahoma city ..

and yes .. he was home at 9 that night ..

 and yes it was a long day ..

 and yes they are all sold

 and yes he will be making another road trip .. 

but he will have to do it quick .. he leaves for nova scotia and new foundland on his motorcycle right after july 4th !!

flying .. thru the air and around the track ..

only in branson will you see a giant chicken on the side of a building .. i wonder if their chicken strips are any good ?

we flew thru the air .. and yes that is cash's hair and yes he needs a haircut ..

after the bungee jumping .. it was time for the go-carts 

jeff swears that this place has the fastest go-carts ..

this has nothing to do with go-carts  i know .. but look at those red cheeks .. 

cash was not tall enough to drive the big go-carts .. so ellie .. being the nice sister that she is said .. come on cash .. i will ride the little cars with you .. such a nice girl .. little did she know ..

she is explaining to cash that the red pedal is the brake and it will help you stop and slow down .. and yes he looks like he is staring into space .. she should have never said the words slow down .. she totally lost him at that point ..

ok .. things are fine ..

ellie is rethinking her generous offer  ... what you don't get to see is cash bumping into her ... for a whole lap .. bump bump bump ... and he was smiling while he was doing it ..

look at the expression on ellie's face .. she is mad mad mad .. she just got passed .. by her little go-cart bumping brother .. and cash .. he was on a roll .. he ended up lapping her again .. and yes jeff was proud ..

cash that was not very nice to bump ellie all the way around the track .. what are you saying mom .. can't hear you !!

ellie got over being mad .. she loves the tea cup ride .. i love the tea cup ride .. but i was pretty sure that riding the tea cup ride right after dinner would not be a great idea .. 

they are heading over to the big track .. the track where you have to have a drivers license to drive and the cars go fast .. 

and yes the girls beat the boys .. we came from behind .. bumped them hard .. spun them out and blew by them .. 

and yes .. they were mad ... cash .. especially .. he told jeff that he will do the driving next time because jeff doesn't know what he is doing .. you let the girls win daddy ... and that just isn't right ..

it was fine with us !!!