camping, kaydee, and grandpa

I realized I never gave the update on camping, kaydee or my grandpa for that matter, so here goes...


Camping
We had an absolutely wonderful time camping with friends. There were 12 adults, 17 people in total and craziness most of the time! When we go with our friends we split up meals and we all eat together which is so much fun. We ate lots of really yummy yummy food and too much of it, probably!
Mornings we spent around camp, a lot of the kids took naps then, or we would just go for walks. We often spent the afternoons at the beach, playing in the water, letting the kids play in the sand, and just soaking up the sun. Evenings were spent around the campfire, thanks to the TONS of wood Ben and Jessica brought with them from Ben's work. :) yeah for free firewood!

We managed to get in trouble from the DNR a few times as well. It's a running joke with our group, because we ALWAYS seem to get in trouble, which is just crazy. We're not a bunch of hoodlums by any means. We just think it's funny. I guess a group of 12 20-somethings generally are problem campers? Last summer we got in trouble for "too many cars" even though we didn't have too many cars. This summer we got in trouble because we had an extra picnic table that was on our site when we got there, then the next day we got in trouble for too many cars. Again, not too many cars, they just didn't like where they were parked. And, one morning we were playing fetch with Bella in the water and we got in trouble because she wasn't wearing her leash while swimming... hmm... we put it on and then took it off, because April said... um, yeah, I don't want her getting stuck on a log or something out there... We often want to say, well let's see, you could talk to that person about their incesantly barking dog, or how about the people that were shooting off firecrackers at night? ah.. well.. such is life I suppose.

The kids all did great!! No major fiascos! A few bumps, bruises and some crying, but nothing major which was great! They were all troopers, and it was COLD at night, low 50's, so they did great!


Kaydee
Sunday we got home and my parents were getting their dog, Kaydee that day. Mike and I unpacked, then headed over to my parents to meet her. She was just simply the cutest little bundle of joy ever. She sleeps a lot still, but then she gets up and romps around, and is definitely got a little attitude on her! She didn't tolerate Bella (my sisters dog) messing with her at all.
We spent the evening with them and had a lovely time getting to know her.


Grandpa
My grandpa is finally out of the hospital, but has moved to rehab. He will be in rehab for approximately 10 days. He is doing pretty well, getting stronger every day. There was talk of moving to a retirement center after all of this, but I guess for now they are going to come back home, and we are going to look into getting LifeLine or something similar to that in case they do need help.

Be sure to check out the pictures below of camping and kaydee

little miss kaydee

kaydee carley

A name..

Kaydee Carley

name yet to be determined

puppy carley is down to 3 names..

Lexi

Payton

Piper

any votes??!?!

puppy carley

new puppies!

a few weeks ago my parents dog died. it was very sad, and she had been a part of our family for about 12 years! as she was dying, my parents swore up and down they wouldn't get another dog. they wanted to be dog free! well, about a week after Maggie died, the talk began to find another dog. This time around though, it would be different. They were going to buy a puppy (which they've never done), buy all the stuff, the crate, the toys, EVERYTHING... so the search began. Well, April and Brian have a Golden Retriever they bought from a local breeder, so on a whim my dad called to see if they had any puppies and low and behold the same mother who had Bella had just had a liter, and thus it began. They were going to get a retriever, with the same parents as Bella!

They went on Saturday to pick out their very own puppy.

They fell in love and will bring her home in 4 weeks.

Puppy is yet to be named, but they are several names in the running.

Payton, Piper, Sage, May, Ruby, Lizzie, Lexi, Sahara,

and a few others I can't remember..