Michael packing

Here is the picture I told you about in the previous post about Michael trying to help with packing. Also, his big sister Alyssa got tired of him getting in the way while they were cleaning so she trapped him in the laundry basket. He didn't make a peep until he saw me while I was sweeping the kitchen floor and looked down the hall way only to find what I thought was funny! I did have a talk with Alyssa about not trapping her brother inside of things and thanked her for picking one with holes for him to breath ;) She found a solution to her problem......Smart little girl lol

Leaving Tonight and Almost Ready!

Now this is much better than Hurricane Amber and Alyssa lol . I took the opportunity to show them how to pack better and more organized especially since the are so eager. It was a really good teaching moment. Last night we were testing out the rack Jason borrowed and hooked up to the back of the van to store some of the luggage. He came inside while I was working on some laundry he said "Hey, you wanna get hitched again?" I turned around with a confused smile on my face and he was holding the "hitch" thingy in his hand LOL.......then later he was watching me pack/reorganize a couple of things and said "Okay, you are not taking that Dan", then a couple seconds later he tried to take something else away and I said "No", and his response was "Oaky, Dan".........hmm LOL (Dan is Jason's father's name) I guess I am resembling his dad so I looked at Jason and said "Thanks! I take that as a compliment" and he laughed ;p


You all Really didn't think I was going camping and have no way of drinking coffee did you??! LOL I bought instant coffee! I even bought a little Tea Kettle to boil the water on the camp stove that we are borrowing!
Ah.....the tote of yummy goodness lol
Our supplies which we ended up taking out of the tote and putting in an old tent duffel bag since we bought a new tent. It works better.
This is better than what the living room was....that's for sure! The Red Baby carrier comes from our next door neighbor so we can go hiking when we get there! How sweet! I was looking for one but they are expensive.......so the Lord blessed us with borrowing one!
Now......See the RED COOLER to the Right? Well.....I got a picture of Michael taking Movies out of the the movie case and putting them in the Red Cooler. He was helping us pack LOL..... the cooler was opened from when I put drinks in it. I can't upload the picture just yet because apparently my camera cord can be used for ipods as well..........Jason STOLE my camera cord! I knew about it this morning once I saw it was gone, however, I looked EVERYWHERE yesterday for my camera cord in confusion because I knew for a fact I had put it in the camera bag. I was looking ALL DAY lol I asked the kids if they had seen it and they had no idea so finally I asked Jason once he woke from his nap if he had seen it and sure enough the boy took my cord ;p I said all that to say, I will post the picture when I get my cord back from my hubby boo ;p

Getting ready!

We have our food and supplies for our camping trip. The girls turned the living room upside down trying to help organize and put everything together......woha! We also tested our new tent out back. Yeah, the nieghbors thought it was funny, and Jason's boss came by and teased him saying "Too cheap to take them to the lake hu?" lol .....We can't wait to leave Sunday and we still have a lot of work to do. Jason has told me stories about his dad getting the family ready when he was a kid and everything he would take.......I think I am reminding him of his dad LOL

A future love of reading?

So Michael is on a track of either distruction or a love of reading lol......what's funny is we were so tired from our day we just sat there and watched him do it. The girls were sweet to put everything back on the sleves.

Michael & Azi

Hey, who are you...
I thought I was the only baby round here...

Azi hanging with momma

He looks intrigued lol
Ah, momma tried to get out of the way lol
Michael thought Azi was funny