Vacation Here We Come...

In less than 24 hours we will be loading ourselves into the family wagon and heading on a big family fun road trip to the Outer Banks, NC. Ahhhh...I can't wait.

But before we leave this is what I have to look forward to:

*Pay bills (Ugh! Do I have to???)
*Finish laundry!
*Pack!
*Go to the bank and deplete our life savings! (Just kidding)
*Switch all the junk from my current purse into the one that I want to take with us
*Feed my kids lunch and dinner
*Take Kye to the doctor...he's been complaining of a sore throat for 2 days now and I've been avoiding the subject with him because sore throats come and go, right? Yeah, little white spots on his throat are probably not a good sign. 3:00 appt. Camden probably won't get a nap again today (3rd day in a row! Yikes)

Please pray for no hurricanes and only sunny days because Beach, here we come!
Bon Voyage!

4th of July in Milwaukee: Part II

The 4th of July started earlier for some of us, than others...okay, so maybe not for me but Brad was the chosen one. He went to save us a spot on the parade route. He left the house at 6:30 and the parade didn't start until 9:00. Unfortunately, he froze his butt off waiting for 2 1/2 hours but he got us front row seats!

This is how Jordyn looks in most of the pictures I take these days. Actually, I don't have many of her because she runs and hides. Lovely, I tell ya! She should take some pointers from Elsa. You'll see why...keep reading!

Camden didn't know what to think of the parade. However, he REALLY enjoyed the muffins and other goodies Mindy brought.

This here is Max. He was quite patriotic on this day.

This here is Elsa. Once upon a time, she didn't like to get her picture taken. But you couldn't tell that now. She was modeling her red, white, and blue sunglasses for Aunt Brooke.

It's not every day you see a camel in a parade!

Some day I would like to walk in stilts. I should put that on my list of 101 things to do before I die!
Some people think clowns are creepy but I thought these clowns were sweet.
These here motorcycles were probably the best part of the parade. They were zooming in and out of each other and coming quite close to the crowd of people on the curb. I wonder where these people practice their routine?
I saved the best for last...these here ladies are the "Dancing Grannies." We remembered them from last year and were hoping they'd make a return appearance. These ladies get their groove on and put on quite a show. We tell Mom she should sign up.

4th of July in Milwaukee

We had the pleasure of making our 2nd annual trip to Brad and Mindy's for the fireworks on the 3rd and the parade on the 4th of July. Other than being terribly cold, we had a great time. We headed down to the lake and had a little picnic on Thursday evening. We spent the next hour or so all huddled under 1 blanket! Did I mention is was quite cold? Milwaukee puts on quite the sha'bang! (Is sha'bang a word? Probably not, but I like it!) There were fireworks going off all around us at 3 different locations. Pretty cool!

Here's the only firework picture that turned out!

A little out of order...but here's a picture of the cousins (l-r: Jordyn, Camden, Elsa, Kye & Max) in their red, white & blue garb. This was taken on the 4th, right before we hopped in the car to head for home.

Waiting and amusing ourselves before the fireworks started. Little did Jordyn and Elsa know that we would all be sharing this blanket a little while later!

Here they are...the host & hostess...Brad & Mindy.

I think the fireworks were going on about the time this picture was taken.

More pictures to come of the parade! Here's what you can look forward to...camels, clowns, motorcycles, men on stilts, dancing grannies...did I just say dancing grannies? The curiosity will kill you until I reveal the dancing grannies!

Humor You...This Humors Me!

Don't mind me, but I am a little delirious this evening. My eyelids are being held up by toothpicks, I tell ya'! So anyways, it dawned on me today that we use a lot of toilet paper during the summer. I'm not sure how it happened, but we ran out of toilet paper today! Unfortunately, this is the 2nd time (!!) this summer that this has happened. Thank goodness I bought 4 boxes of Kleenex the last time I went shopping (I technically don't believe in Kleenex and am quite content using toilet paper for my nose, so why I bought 4 boxes is completely beyond me!) Anways, dear Kleenex, thank you for getting us through until I ran to the store!

Run along and hop in bed. I am sure you will sleep better knowing this tiny little fact about our family.

Coming Soon...

Update 7-17-08: Okay, I know some of you are ready to dial up 911 and send the search party out looking for me. Here's the deal...I got 1 out of the 2 papers done that I must finish. I'm a little stuck on the last paper and I'm sure it has something to do with my lack of motivation to finish up this class. So please, don't give up on me. I will be back and (hopefully) with pictures from the 4th!

I really want to post some pics of our trip up to Milwaukee over the 4th. However, my pictures are held hostage in my camera until...

I get my lazy behind in gear and finish two (easy) assignments for this silly class I insisted on taking. So once that is done, I'll be back to blogging! I needed an incentive to finish this silly (or stupid...did I just say that?) class and this, my dear readers, is it! Don't miss me too much while I'm gone and if I'm not back in a week, please send a search party out looking for me.

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