The wheels on a SUV.....

You will be happy to know after (years)weeks of looking we finally found a new SUV. It is big enough to pull our camper. I think it is big enough to pull anyone's camper. LOL. Can't wait for the next camping trip to use it!

Wordless Wednesday-molars.'nuff said.

Not Me Monday

It's Monday! You know what that means. Time once again for not me Monday. I am so happy to see Mckmama back on Mondays. 

I did not ask for Wii and Wii fit for Mothers day. That is a game system for kids and clearly I am a mature adult who would never ask for one. Oh no. Not me.

If I got a Wii, I would never say to my daughter "Get your own" when asked to play next. Not Me.

I also did not spend the day shopping yesterday and almost forget to pick my 15 year old daughter from work yesterday. 

I did not give my (almost) two year old a lollipop Saturday at a wedding just to keep him quiet in church. Oh no. Not Me. After all everyone knows I hate lollipops.

I will not be spending the rest of the day putting ice on my back. I mean Wii sports could never kick my butt.

O.k. 'Fess up. What didn't you do? Don't forget to not read Mckmama's blog.

Happy Mothers Day

Wishing everyone out in cyberland a happy Mother's day.  

Love,Thursday

I know I am biased but isn't my daughter beautiful? This is a prom picture from two weeks ago. We took so many pictures that night,but this is Willy Wonka's golden ticket photo. Why? Because I am in it! I'm sure I have friends who passed out when they saw that photo. I am lucky I am in 1-2 pictures a year. That is so sad,I know. I seem to be the main picture taker around here. The biggest truth? I HATE to have my picture taken. Am I really the only one out there that does?Enjoy!

Wordless Wednesday-view from the campground

Weekend with friends..........

This past weekend we did two things we love to do. Camping and hanging out with our friends. 6 years ago we bought our first camper after friends of ours did. I remember looking at all the campers and thinking are we nuts? Hubby grew up camping. I did not. In fact my Dad's idea of roughing it was a hotel with no room service. So how does a girl like me start camping in the first place? A nature loving hubby. That's how. A thing that started out with just two families has grown. This past weekend we had four families with us. Next camping trip we will have seven families with us. How do we keep getting families to go with us? Easy. You have your kid tell their kid how much fun it is. Then their child nags them to get a camper or to go camping. Not that I would ever encourage such behavior. That would be totally wrong. I do have to warn you,if you camp with us at some point of the weekend it will rain. Rain hard.

Where has the time gone?

15 years ago today I was in the hospital. I was just suppose to get pre-labor testing. The next morning I was going to go back to be induced for my second daughter. She had decided that even being 13 days late she wasn't coming out. She was stubborn even before she was born. Let me correct that. She decided for the testing she was ready to come out. The rest of us,including the nurse were not.  We showed up for our testing. I got hooked up to the monitor and settled in for a few hours of tests. I think we were only there for two hours when I looked at hubby and said"you know that felt like a contraction". He looked at me and said wait and see if you feel another one. Yep less then ten minutes later there was another one. We called the nurse into the room and tell her that I think I am in labor. I'm not lying she looked at me and told me that I was not in labor. She just kept saying over and over again "The medicine makes you feel crampy". We just looked at her and said o.k. In the next hour we sat there feeling the "cramps" and the not contractions from the medicine. She came back in the room to un hook the monitor and again tell her I am in labor. I keep telling her this is my second baby and I know what labor feels like. She finally looks at the read out of the monitor to discover that Yes they were contractions. She leaves the room to call my doctor (who by the way is off for the weekend) when I look at my hubby and say"I feel like pushing". If you ever want to see a man lose all coloring in his face just say that when he is the only other person in the room. HA! He RUNS to get the nurse. She comes in and checks me to discover I am at 8cm. Oh yea! That's when all heck broke lose. She is running to call the doctor. Hubby is running to admit me in the hospital. Another nurse comes running over to get me in a labor and delivering room across the hall. So the new nurse checks me in the delivery room I'm a 10 and ready to push. In less then 5 minutes I was a 10. The nurse and on call doctor start yelling at me to push. The only problem was my Hubby wasn't in the room yet. He was still down in admittance. I'm sitting on a table listening to the doctor and nurse yelling at me to push and trying to hold me daughter in until my hubby got there. Have you ever tried not to push your child out when you really had to push? It ain't easy. He came in the room just as her head was coming out. At 11:32pm our second daughter made her grand entrance into the world. She was this really round faced dark hair blue eyes girl. She had a face like Ernie and hair like Burt. I thought she was the most beautiful thing. I sit here wondering where the time went and where is that baby girl I held that night. I am excited for her future. She is going to be one of those people who get the most out of life. Honestly I can't wait to see where life takes her. Happy Birthday Tornado!