Packed and ready to go

Well, tomorrow is day one of our summer camping trip, so this morning I packed up all of the gear I'll be needing. You know, important things like a cuddly animal, bananagrams, and my magic cards :P


And, you know, other important things like clothes and reading material (though the nook will get packed later).

Camping prep

Still getting ready for camping. This is what the garage looks like right now, while we're getting everything assembled to pack up:


Kinda scary, but it has most of the ingredients for a good camping trip (missing, of course, are smores supplies and good weather). While Dad and Mom were busy bringing stuff up from the basement and organizing things, Sophie and I took a few moments for a quick jousting match with the kayak paddles.


Getting ready...


Charge!


Aaaaand, contact! We may or may not have been Monty Python-ing the horses.

Ice cream!

Four words: Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream.


Look it up. Right here. It's like the God of all other ice creams. It's what other ice cream aspires to be. It is delicious and amazing and you will NEVER find better ice cream anywhere.

Office Space Day

You know the scene in Office Space where Ron Livingston's character is explaining that if he had a million dollars and could do whatever he wanted, that he'd do nothing? That was my basic inspiration for today. I didn't even get dressed. I sat around and read, and watched Harry Potter with my sisters. And you know what? It was everything I thought it could be. So today's pictures are brought to you from the dining room, where we're assembling our camping stuff. Some of the important things:


The non-frozen food. But you know what's even more important than the food? (hey, we can go shopping when we get there if we really need to)


The blankets. As we learned last year, it can get REALLY cold at night. Especially when it's been raining all day. BUT! This year will be better. It will be sunny and lovely and I will be able to sit on the beach and read or take my baby out to go kayaking. Or else.

I am a slacker.

Terribly sorry. Here are the pictures I haven't posted yet, including today's.

Wednesday
Shep, my elephant/pillow on guard duty.


Thursday
Soph and Bren had fun chilling in Bren's room for awhile after dinner. Dork and dorkier? lol, at least they were having fun :)


Probably they were saving woobies. You can find the game here :)

Friday
My grandma brought doughnuts over from the good bakery where she lives! AND W came over! It was def. a good day. Here's a shot of W playing with Soph and Bren.


His favorite new phrase of the day? "Trooper come here?"

Saturday
Saturday was a Farmer's Market day. We got some good snacks (bison jerky) and some potatoes to make with dinner on the 4th. We also found this guy sitting on top of one of the buildings. I'm not sure that I've ever noticed him before, but it seems kind of hard to miss now.


Sunday
What did we do on the 4th of July? Not go to fireworks. It was too drizzly. Instead, we took the shaggy puppy to get groomed.


He loooooves the car. And taking up Soph's entire seat.

Monday
My parents gave me my birthday present early this year, and it.was.AWESOME!


YAY!