What a day!!! This morning we spent most of our time packing and preparing. Running around in circles making sure everyone has brushed their teeth and packed their tooth brush. We have enough flashlights for everyone to have their own. Blah blah blah. We made a wal-mart trip to pick up some odds and ends that we were missing from our 2 lists. Got home and started loading up the van. I don't know how many of you have tried to load up a mini van, but I'm here to tell you they don't hold much!! So once we got half of our kitchen loaded up on the roof (my husband was once a boy scout and will not be left unprepared for anything), it was time to load suit cases, sleeping bags, pillows, 2 adults, 6 kids and 2 dogs. Holy crap you couldn't fit a fart in there when we were done. The only person who's feet could touch the floor was the driver. And would you believe it was a very pleasant trip!! Not one fight or argument over ANYTHING!!! Amazing!! I normally can't even ride 10 minutes to the grocery store without someone screaming about something. I guess they were happy to be going camping.
We arrive to check in and get 2 of the kids to walk the dogs while we are inside paying and getting our key to the cottage. Someone ahem (not me) has to have an air conditioner to sleep. We get to the cottage and work some more unloading everything. Thank goodness my dad came by with the golf cart and took all the kids around the campgrounds so we could unload in peace. A little dinner cooked on the 100 year old portable stove and we are ready to go play. The kids got to do a flashlight lollipop hunt. And I got to hang out and chat with family and friends for a few hours.
What am I doing on the laptop after 1am??? Waiting for 3 little girls to fall asleep. They are watching a movie on another laptop. So no we are not really roughing it, but we are having fun. Hopefully there will be more fun tomorrow!! But for now I will leave you with a shot of my oldest perched on the roof of our cottage just because he can.
