Hey, Charlotte!

Look what I found!

and I thought of you.

Girls Camp 2010

We had a great time.  It wasn't as hot as last year for sure, but the humidity made us just as sweaty.  

Just not as sunburned.  We had some wicked thunderstorms.  Kind of cool.

We crafted...

We hiked...

We washed our dishes...

and nobody got sick so I think the buckets must have worked.

Some leaders (miss wonder) caved and suds them in the kitchen sink.  I braved and trusted the dip method set up for us.  

We had a lot of great free time to do the high ropes course, swim and hang out.

Second year Maddie.  She got a little tired of my picture taking, but that's my prerogative, eh?  

She'll be glad later when she sees how dang cute she is at a beehive.

Now that I'm showered and rested...

I'm ready for next year.  

And I'm practicing more camp songs!  

Love the camp songs.

Whaaaat!

In the grocery store.  Next to the fruit cups.  My little girl grew up.  

LOST A TOOTH?  She's only five for heaven sake.  I thought I had another year at least.  But all her friends are doing it.  I gave her the old "if your friend jumped off a bridge would you?" speech and yet, she followed.  Right over that edge.

So long youth!

So long tooth.

Fare thee well.  

I am an old old woman.

Cuh-Ray-Z

I've had three days with my girls while the boys finished out their school year.


Three crazy days.  With two crazy girls.


Love it.

Ever wonder what it looked like inside a giant yellow M&M?  

I'm hungry

My maiden name family went to NYC to see my brother in his play.  It was an awesome trip.  

Because of a lot of things.

FIRST of all...we were soooo smooth as to get ourselves onto an earlier flight that only had 20 passengers so we were moved up to FIRST CLASS!  Where our seats went ALL the way down (we took a nap and lamented our flight wasn't a few hours longer) and we got FREE snacks (we took two...each!).

Being with family.

Yummy Yummy FOOD!

These burgers are from the Shake Shack.  Oh My.

I was showing Brian my pictures and it was pretty much "Here's where we ate and this is what everyone had...Then we walked past this to go eat here...and this is what I had.  This is where we couldn't eat, so we walked here and ate THIS."  Every day it was marvelously the same thing.  

AND - Lots and lots of walking which was a fabulous companion to all the eating.

This is Central Park.  So pretty.

We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, too.

It was difficult not becoming attached to the structure.  But we did.  

We loved it so and loathed to leave it.  We didn't even get written approval!  

There was no time for that.  Hope we don't get in trouble.

Candy! Candy! Candy!

Dylan's Candy Bar was awesome.  

I had the best rice krispie treat EVAH!  With caramel and pretzels in the middle.  

Then there was this place.

'Nuff Said.

Except for this.  

I love my brother.  

He's amazing.

So that was my trip.  

(Except we went and saw some shows, too.)  

I wasn't in charge of anything. 

I just walked around, following the man with the iPhone (you were awesome!),

ate delish food, looked at pretty things, and hugged on my beloved family.

I also shared a FULL sized bed with my sister!  It's been YEARS since we've done that.  We would draw lines down the middle of the bed with our hands to determine 'sides'.   We didn't have to do that this time.  We knew our sides and didn't even try to hog.  We are so grown up.

So, THANKS DAD!  Let's do it again!

(Here is a link to Cally's blog for more pictures if you just can't get enough of our family trip to the Big Apple!  Also she edits her pictures so they look better.)

zzzzpring break!

We're hunkered down at home here.  Doing nothing.  It's been good.

Maddie has slept in as long as possible every morning.  She needs better curtains, though.  They let in too much sun.  She did get one of those sleep eye mask things for Christmas and uses it well.

I used to sleep in on Saturdays.  When I was a youth.  I'm grateful for a mother that let me.  I remember getting so annoyed, however, when the someone would start their piano practicing at 10:00!  I still had much sleep in me.  I would grump upstairs and complain to my mother that I was trying to sleep down there.  She would let me know that by 10:00 life would have to go on whether I was awake or not.  10:00!!!  At the time I was incredibly offended.

Selfish, silly youth was I.

10:00!  My mom kept everyone quiet for me until 10:00.  On a Saturday!  What a marvelous lady.

here's s'more

And Carter spent most of the time chopping at this stump.

Cally says it's only funny because I laugh at myself through the whole process of posting.

I do admit that I think I may be my biggest fan when it comes to my funny.  There is a lot of context in my head that you are ~ apparently ~ not privy to.  But just trust me,  I am a HOOT and laugh at my posts.  

Be assured, I am bustin' my own gut.

I get it from my pop.  

sho do.