BACK TO SCHOOL

Dear Lauren and Jace,

That time has come round where I must send you back to school. It's not that I don't love spending time with you, but you see it's the law. They give me no choice, I don't want to go to jail. Plus there's that tiny bit of time that I need to have some peace and quiet to do some of the things I want to do. So please understand. -Love, Mom

FUNTASTIC WEEKEND

It almost ended up a weekend like any other in this dreaded heat, that is until an idea that had been brewing finally got to work and made some progress. We'd thrown around the idea of having some friends to the cabin before the summer snuck to an end and surprisingly we followed through. So Friday we all headed up to Cedar mountain for a cooler weekend. Friday night we ate in town and played some cards til the wee hours. I swear I didn't sleep one wink that night for whatever reason, but we managed to have a great Saturday. Our first stop was Crystal Falls, a short hike to a small but pretty waterfall. All the kids kept up well and enjoyed the view and just simply being outdoors. We had twelve kids in all, but you never would have known because they all behaved so well!

After the hike hunger set in so we broke out the picnic lunch we had packed. Of course there were too many bugs for the girls so the gobbled their lunch in the back of the car. The boys ran around collecting sticks and stabbing the trees- go figure.

Our next stop was Mammoth Caves. The boys ran on down- the girls were a little more hesitant but made it in. We journeyed deep enough to have to stay crouched over and when Jason turned off the flashlight it was pitch black. It was spooky but a great thrill for the kids. I took this picture in the pitch black and the other is the kids going down into the cave.

We made a pit stop at the Cedar Breaks outlook but didn't stay long because it was windy and cold(yes I said COLD). It's so beautiful you just can't drive by without taking a gander.

The final adventure was the park in Cedar where the kids were told they could dip their feet in the water for a few minutes while some of the guys went to get gas and a few supplies. Needless to say they were soaked in no time. To their defense the river is very slippery because of the slimy moss so after 1 or 2 fell down it was all over.

Saturday night we left the kids in the trusty hands of Tyler and went for a peaceful meal at Milt's Steakhouse just down the road(thanks Tyler). That night we played Scum and who went to bed as King? Yeah it was me!! Sunday we lounged around, cleaned up, played outside, collected bugs, had rides in the go cart and enjoyed our time as friends. After a lunch of Del Taco we loaded our cars and hesitantly headed back to the dreaded heat of home. Thank-you to Donald, Angie, Duff, Leslie, Suzie and all the kiddies for joining us for a great weekend!!

VACANCY

I almost forgot- While Jason was at Scout Camp, Lauren and Jace were fighting over who got to sleep with mom. Lauren came up with this idea and made a sign for each of them to display when it was their night, that way there could be no arguing. It worked pretty well, plus Lauren and I had a secret plan that if Jace got in the bed and it wasn't his night, we'd wait for him to fall asleep then swoop him up and transfer him back to his. Worked like a charm!
Another tooth has given up it's fight, this time it was Lauren's. In fact it was her silver tooth, which means it had a big fat cavity in it and had to be capped a couple of years ago. It bled a lot and she whined a bit, but everything is fine now.

TO RICHARD:

Saturday night Richardo gave his number to two s-mokin' hot lay-dies, and still no call.