Crazy dogs

After church and transporting the oldest to camp and more church this evening, the dog was feeling a little neglected. I get it. She had spent a fair amount of time in her crate and needed some wearing out. So her cousin dog came over to play. He's a husky of some sort and has loads more stamina and speed than Copper does. They ran and frolicked and growled and drank and panted and ran and smell and went to the bathroom and flopped down on the grass. Currently, I think Copper is wiped out on the floor next to her cushion. Wonderful.

A side note: the girl was delivered safely to her shelter of wood and screen. She was ready for us to go so she could get the camping party started. I did embarrass her by smelling her head one more time before I left her. She was appropriately mortified and I loved it. I can't wait to hear all about her week. She'll have a blast I know.

Going to get a shower and wash sweat and mosquito crud off for the night. Night all.


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Camp eve

I am so glad I was a terrible mom and forced my child to pack early. We are not scrambling tonight for last minute bug spray or shower shoes. The camper is currently trying to decide if she will have time to send notes home or if they will be too busy. I believe she will be too busy and want her to not worry about it. I love a good note home from camp and they are usually quite short and humorous, but that needs to not be at the top of her list. Once we get home from delivering her, we will commence to packing the 10 year old for her half week at keeper camp. The biggest idea with her is to pack cool things and lots of supplies for hydration. The temps are supposed to be bad next week and 8-10 hours of training without shade is going to be a lot.

Time to get people to bed so they will be pleasant for church tomorrow. Night all.


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Camp prep

Tis the season for camps and our house in deep in the midst of camp prep. Since all of our children are like the equivalent of crack to mosquitoes, we are stocking up on every possible type of repellant from natural to Deet. We have various and sundry sun protection sprays and creams. The children are finding lots of old Bible school tshirts that will be perfect for caving and hiking and climbing and generally getting gross. One child requires clothes specific for kayaking while another requires clothes for being on a soccer field all day. The other needed a backpack and information to record notes aout raptors. I am just trying to make sure everybody's clothes get in the right bag to the right camp. You can't do much with keeper gloves in a canoe. Just saying.

Time for a packing break to watch the USWNT play Sweden. Here's hoping for a big "W". Night all..


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Another short post

It has been a long day that started fairly early. The hub and I left the house in the dark to go to Lake Junaluska, NC for our associate pastor's ordination. It was so nice to see her reach this goal and she looked so very happy. It was nie to see several people from home including my friend who sand at our wedding 19 years ago. 19 years?!?!?! Can you believe it? It was nice to see them all. It was also nice to see the scenery up there. The mountains never get old:



The hub and I didn't stay for the luncheon afterwards, because I wanted to get back home to the children. Yes, today was my birthday and I wanted to be with them. I don't need much of anything anymore, but hugs and cuddles from my three are a necessity. The boy picked up a harmonica during a lunch trip to Cracker Barrel, so he entertained us for a large part of the afternoon. Then the girls had to go to soccer try outs and marching band practice for a few hours, so I worked a little on camp packing and checking the garden. We feasted on my favorite, lemon pound cake, and I received some very thoughtful gifts and even more thoughtful cards. The boy incorporated his gift into his card. Genius I thought:



I mean Reeses and duct tape and little individual floppy notes on the side. Pretty nice. I am a blessed woman.

Night all. I am tired.
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Short post after a long day

It is late and I need desperately to get to bed soon. The two youngers went to day camp at Camp Wesley Woods today. They had a great time, but came home exhausted. The oldest and I took the dog for an appointment to get a bath since we can't bathe her without have her go into crocodile mode and do a death roll in the back yard. Water dog who hates water, that's what we got at the animal shelter. Tonight I was in an Bible School meeting while the two olders went to ice cream night at youth. No, they did not eat ice cream. Instead they threw ice cream toppings at each other and blew showers of it out of pool noodles aimed at their friends. Needless to say, when I left our meeting room to use the facilities, the whole hallway smelled like dirty kids dipped in chocolate. Not as good as it sounds, my friends. Tomorrow we travel for the morning to Lake Junaluska to see our associate pastor be ordained as an elder in the Methodist church. I have known her since she was baking in her mom's belly, so it is exciting to be a part of this milestone in her life.

Night all. I'm tuckered.


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Always comes back to a Seinfeld episode...

Tonight we took the youngers to soccer practice. On Tuesdays, they have palyer development for people who have signed up for the summer program. This just involves lots of foot skills and 3v3 games and allows the kids to get more touches on the ball. G is in a strange category at this time. She and a couple of friends are good enough to hold their own with the big kids, but will not be playing with them in the fall due to age, so they try to keep them separated at practices. That way the youngers don't get pummeled to death and the olders don't feel they have to go easy at their practice. Tonight there were about 5 kids in her position, so one of the coaches sent them over to be with the u10 and u9 kids. For G who, not towering by any means, is a bit taller than some of the other girls her age. So being on the field with these younger kids made her look like an Amazon which was quite funny. Her skills and size made it pretty easy to just dribble through and score with little effort. She certainly wasn't being ugly about it, just a matter of age and ability. The hub and I got tickled, because we immediately thought of a Seinfeld episode. In our house, almost everything can be linked back to a Seinfeld episode. Soup for dinner? The Soup Nazi. A favorite t-shirt is on its last leg? "Golden boy is slowly dying..." Someone didn't replace the toilet paper in the bathroom? "Not a square to spare..." So naturally there was an episode where Kramer was in a karate class. This clip should speak for itself. Night all.

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Family TV night

The US Women's National Team is currently playing and tied with Australia at this particular moment. We are huddled around the idiot box(as one of my relatives calls it)screaming at the television in the spirit of America...or something like that. G is such a bundle of nerves she has twisted up her body in a contorted bundle while watching her girls. We all have our favorites and the girls and I like to comment on hairstyles as well. I'm enjoying the blonde that Abby Wambach put in her hair. She keeps getting her head on that ball. It's going to go in soon we hope.

I would write more, but I can't really concentrate. This family is insane...but they sure are entertaining.


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