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15 minutes to put them in and now she wants them out. Best 15 minutes ever.

Camping on purpose!

Gerard is still shaking his head. He can not believe that I would even consider going camping. A couple of months back Anna and I got the chance to go to a Girl Scout Camp-o-ree at Dutch Wonderland. So I took advantage of the offer and purchased a tent and we were off. Anna really liked it. She was able to run around and play, we had a camp fire. She cooked a hot dog on a stick and actually ate it.

I think what she really enjoyed was going with a group. During that trip there were a total of 6 kids. All six kids played beautifully together. It was a 3 day 2 night trip. So this summer I asked my fellow co-leader if she wanted to use up these tubing passes I had bought a couple of years ago. She agreed so we set a date to go camping.

We had hoped for a bigger group of people but it can be difficult to manage many different schedules. Sunday we set out on our journey to Ringing Rock State park. At this park there is field of large rocks that if you hit them with a hammer or another rock it makes a ringing sound. They also have a trail for hiking that was pretty cool.

 

 

We stayed at the Ringing Rock campground which was a few minutes from the state park. The grounds were beautiful and because we decided to stay midweek we were the only tent campers there. The pool was very nice but the showers were a little rough. We woke up early, had breakfast, a quick swim, and then set out for our tubing adventure down the Delaware river. Since my camera is not water proof I did not get any pictures of us doing this but Michelle did. Hopefully, I will be able to go back and put them into this post.

 

 

Tubing down the Delaware was actually pretty fun. I joked and said I would never do this again but I actually think I will one day. The tubing company we used which I HIGHLY recommend was Bucks County River Tubing. Anna and I were in the same tube and took the 4 hour tour.

 

 

After a little more swimming and a camp fire we were off to bed for a good nights sleep. I was surprised how fast I was able to get everything pack up and back into the car. The girls all want to camp again so maybe one more trip before school starts. 

Whew...it has been a long time!

Time seems to fly by at warp speed around here these days. Anna has finished kindergarten! How is that possible? Wasn't it just the other day when I was considering preschool for her? Here she is on her last day holding a picture from her first day.

 

 

 

We have been busy. As I mentioned back in September Anna has started Girl Scouts. I am the leader. I have to say I think we have done so much this past year with the Girl Scouts and Anna has enjoyed it. I have become friends with the co-leader which is also very cool. We hold so many of the same values and at times that can be difficult to find in a friend. She puts up with my crazy spontaneous ways and I laugh as her OCD planning. I think we actually make a pretty good pair.

 

 

 

 

 

We did a beach clean up in May. It was such a beautiful day that I even got a little sun burn unexpectedly. Anna and her friends even got to play in the surf a little bit even though the water was cold.

 

 

 

One of the girls from the Daisy troop has a pony. Her Mother offered to let them ride Rocket. To say Anna loved it was a severe understatement. She was so excited and talked about it for weeks. She is currently saving her chore money for a horse.

 

 

The triplets have grown too. They are so amazing. I a truly amazed how my sister is able to hold it all together everyday. Her lifestyle has changed so drastically but I think it was a good change. I can not imagine our family without these smiling faces.

 

This is Jillianna, Jacqueline (At the table) and Jennalynn. This is the first official time they got dirty.

 

  

Hans is growing so big. I can almost not believe that he is now five! It seems he was just born the other day. If only I had 1/8 of his energy I could easily move a mountain. It is so funny how much he loves the babies. Here is a picture from Easter of the two clowns dyeing eggs as they do every year. This time they were dressed as super heroes.

 

 

 

I have decided to take the summer off from school. It was not a hard decision because the next three classes require me to work in a doctor's office 24 hours per week. That is just too hard to do during the summer time. I do welcome the break. I woke up bright and early this morning with the plan of cleaning up my office and writing this blog post.

 

Gerard is doing well. His summer has been busy as usual cutting the grass and putting the boat in the water. Since we can not afford a horse Gerard is willing to step in as any good Dad should. She saddles him up and they ride around the living room. I am sometimes forced to break out my magic Mommy wand and turn him back into Dad so he can answer my questions in a human voice rather then a horse voice. I don't speak fluent horse yet.

 

Yesterday I took pictures of Me-Me, Greg and Hans at the beach. Lets see if anyone can decode this picture for fun.

 

 





Ice, Ice,_____!