Our weekend...
We left here around 4:30 PM on Friday. I had picked the kids up at school and ran to Pizza Hut for 4 large pizzas and bread sticks. That way I had dinner covered for Friday night and lunch for Saturday. I wanted to keep it as easy as possible for myself. We got to the campground about 5:45 PM. Chris and I set up the site and my Mom and the boys ate Pizza then she took Nick and Hunter to candy bar Bingo. Colby stayed with us and finished eating and setting up. It was cold, but not raining. The other Scout families trickled in throughout the night and we ended up having a campfire at our site with about 5 other families. It was really nice and we stayed out until about 11:30. The kids had plenty of other kids to play with and by 11 they were worn out
I woke up at 3:30 AM to the sounds of rain on the camper roof. By 4:30 AM the rain had stopped. We had another brief shower around 8 AM, but it had stopped by the time our mini golf tournament started at 9 AM. We put the kids names in one hat and the adults in another and made teams of 4. It works out well as the kids end up NOT being with their parents so they behave better and don't whine or cheat and the parents can relax and enjoy the game. It was a lot of fun. Chris had the lowest overall score, but his team did not
The campground had the theme of Easter for the weekend with activities scheduled around that theme. At 11 AM as we were finishing mini golf they were having easter egg hunts. We took all of the kids to that. They were surprised to have so many kids show up so I ended up helping them hide eggs and we made a 6 egg limit to make sure that all kids got eggs. They enjoyed that. Then we headed back to our sites for lunch. Each family did their own thing. Then back to the Rec Hall for some cake with the Easter Bunny. The campground had a heated pool so some families allowed their kids to swim. I was not one of those nice Mom's and my kids were POd. Oh well they got over it. While the pool temp was 83 degrees, the outside air was in the 40s, not swimming weather in my opinion. My kids showed up for the egg relay race, but they were the only kids to show up so they won the prizes without doing anything. At 3 PM we had the fishing derby. The pond was surrounded with people. The fishing were jumping and everyone was really excited. The problem was that someone had fed the fish
So we fished for 1 1/2 hours and only ONE boy caught a fish. It was a 15 inch trout. No one else caught anything
(notice no mention of rain since 8 AM
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At about 5:30 PM we gathered at our site for the group meal. So many people had mentioned that they forgot to bring a dish so I was getting really nervous. I ended up making a croc pot cake, cooking 10 lbs of hot dogs and throwing together macaroni and alfredo sauce. I shouldn't have worried as we ended up with PLENTY of food. Way too many hot dogs. The cake was completely gone though. I was amazed how everyone just disappeared when it came time to clean up though. My mother was a huge help and we made short work of it. Chris started a fire and people started gathering again. The kids played on the road in front of the sites. Since it was only scouting families in that area the traffic was pretty much no existent so biking and frisbee etc was easy and fun. We had planned to do a campfire program around 8:30. The campground was having a dance starting at 7:30 with an Easter Bonnet contest at 8. I threw together an easter bonnet using flowers cut out of wall paper samples and a fishing hat. I talked chris into wearing it (sorry, I forgot my camera). He ended up being the only person with an easter bonnet so we won 3 nights free camping
. When we got back the kids did there songs and skits. It was cute. The boys were disappointed that we didn't do their favorite skit from last year so I had the kids do it for us very impromptu. they were a hoot and loved it. Colby even did the dentist part. Too funny. That was followed by smores. It was after 9 by then so some kids were ready for bed. some of the group broke up. Other kids went back to playing which left a nice group of adults around our fire. I made cocktails for those that wanted them and we had a great time just hanging out. It was after midnight before we went in. My kids trickled in before then requiring baths and tuck ins, but that was easy since we were at our site anyway. Other than the cold it was perfect.
We got up Sunday and slowly packed up camp. My Mom helped with the inside cleanup then took the boys to mini golf. Chris and I finished up and chatted with those around us. Very relaxing. We left for home about 11:15 and it had just started to pour. It rained most of the way home, but we drove through it and came home to no rain
Apparently it rained at home ALL weekend. We got really lucky. Thank you DDA Pixie Dust.
Once we got home I took a nap as I still had the sore throat and cold. I had to be at work at 4 PM. It was pretty slow which was ok as I wasn't feeling great. Came home and read here for awhile before crashing. I'm still feeling a bit under the weather, but not down and out. I'm working at 5 tonight too.
Now off to build train tracks for the boys.
I think you did the best thing for everyone, Deb. If you are running a fever, chances are you are contagious and the rest of the staff won't want what you have now. I hope you shake this thing pretty soon!
But this was taken in Oct. last year.....
I had a voice mail from the dad asking me to call to discuss the position, but I am going to wait a little bit before I call them. Obviously they wouldn't have called for references if they didn't manage to come up with a bit more in salary, so declining their offer is going to be difficult. They are SUCH a nice couple.
Here are a couple of pictures from after the ceremony.
