Time For An Update!

Once again it's been way too long since I've posted anything here.  I need to get back on track with that!  A lot has happened since my last post.  Some things I can mention, others aren't my place to say, but our lives have been on a roller coaster lately!  First, about a month ago, we had to put our baby girl, Cloz'r, down.  That was a terrible day.  She wasn't acting quite like herself so I took her to the vet.  They found she had a tumor on her spleen and that it had been bleeding into her belly.  With her being 13, there wasn't much they could do, that wouldn't have ended up being incredibly rough on her, and the odds of her survival were slim.  It was heartbreaking to have to make that decision.  She went peacefully in my arms.  Our house is so not the same without her.  Every day there is something that reminds me she is not here.  When the kids drop food, when someone comes to the door... it's just not the same without her.




In other news, the kids are enjoying their summer break!  We've gone camping a few times already and have had a great time.  They love it, but much like me, they are always ready to go home at the end.  :)  Each time we've gone with been with family and/or friends and it's been a blast.  We hope to go a lot more in the near future.  The kids are also both in the summer reading program at the library again.  This year, Lucas is really getting into it.  Lauryn loves being in the older group and getting to do more with it.

Lloyd and I are doing great!  We are coming up on 15 years of being together (11 years married, in October).  It's been the most wonderful 15 years and I know they wouldn't have been this way if it weren't for him.  I'm so incredibly lucky to have found someone so amazing

Things are getting pretty exciting with my Jamberry business!  In 8 days, Cheryl and I will be going to Texas for the International Conference.  I'm excited and nervous!  The only time I've really traveled like this was almost 11 years ago, with Lloyd on our honeymoon!  It's going to be great!  We're going to trainings, special events and hooking up on some major Jamberry Swag!!!  Being away from Lloyd and the kids for a few days will be tough but I think it will be beneficial to my business....not to mention Cheryl and I have a blast no matter what we do!  :)  We'll be staying at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center....look it up, it's insane!!!

I suppose that's all I have for now.  Hopefully I can get back on track with this.  Not only can I share with everyone, it's also a little therapeutic!

Waiting...

The loaded baked potato salad is made, so are the biscuits, the house is clean, the camper is packed and now we're just sitting here waiting.  Lloyd is waiting for an important call and email and once he's gotten them, we're out of here!  I can't wait to get all set up so we can get to the pool!!!  Lauryn has been excited all day too!  She was my helper, getting the last few things packed.  Now if only these people we're waiting on would hurry up and get back to Lloyd - don't they know we're going camping??? - then we could go! :)

Lots To Do

We're getting ready to go camping again this weekend and there is a lot to do today.  I have to go shopping to get some food, pack our clothes and a few odds and ends, I want to give the inside of the camper a good once over and I still have my usual Thursday cleaning to do in the house! 

If I get some time, I need to get out to the garden and do some weeding!  My flowers needs some TLC too!  I think we need to get Lauryn her own set of kids gardening tools because she's always trying to take mine when I need them.  She's a very good helper out there.  As I'm pulling weeds, she's sweeping them up and putting them in a bucket.  Gotta love it!

Weekend In Review

 

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Friday ~ Very busy day!  After Lauryn and I got ready, we headed to the hardware store to get a key made for the camper, then to the grocery store to pick up a few things for camping.  On our way home, we stopped at B.C. Pizza and had the buffet for lunch.  When we got back, I had laundry to catch up on, a little light cleaning to do and then I had to finish packing the camper.  When Lloyd got home, we hooked the camper to the truck and headed out to Double R Ranch.  We pulled into our site and got everything unpacked and set up.  It was late when we finished so Lauryn and I had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips and pickles and later, Lloyd cooked a couple of hot dogs over the fire.  There was only one camper next to us and it turned out we knew of each other!  Lauryn had a difficult time getting to sleep, as she's only ever slept in her bed at home, but once she was down, Lloyd and I relaxed by the fire.

Saturday ~ We all slept in and it was great!  I made pancakes, fried potatoes with onions and bacon for breakfast.  After we cleaned up, we headed to the pool.  Lauryn hadn't been in a pool, other than her kiddie pool, and she wasn't too sure about it at first.  It took a few minutes but then she got used to it.  When we were done, my mom came out and had dinner with us.  We visited with the neighbors, my mom knew one of them from work.  For dinner, we had burgers, baked potatoes, macaroni and egg salad and grilling beans.  We sat around the fire for a little while and then mom headed home.  Lauryn went to bed much easier and Lloyd and I sat around the neighbors campfire and talked with them for hours.  It was fun!

Sunday ~ I woke up hearing the thud of Lauryn falling out of her bed.  Luckily, it's close the the floor so she didn't get hurt or upset.  We had breakfast, cleaned up and headed to the pool again.  Lauryn enjoyed it a lot more this time and even got a little braver.  When we got back, we packed up the camper and headed home.  It didn't take long to unpack, mostly just food and dirty clothes, because I had bought a lot of things that will stay in the camper.  Lauryn and I took long naps in the afternoon while Lloyd mowed the lawn.  We had an easy dinner of ham sandwiches, leftover macaroni salad, beans and chips.  We relaxed the rest of the evening, camping really takes it out of you :)

Camping

I've been camping before but it's always been with someone else who has a camper.  Now that we have our own camper, getting ready to go for the first trip is a little overwhelming.  I started with making lists of everything we'd need.  Now I'm trying to get everything together and figure out where I want to put it all!  Thank goodness I have a few days to figure it out and there's tons of storage in the camper so that helps!  I'm really looking forward to this first trip.  I'm not sure how Lauryn is going to handle it though.  She's never slept anywhere but her bed and I'm not sure how it will go in the camper.  Hopefully, between the swimming and other activities, we'll have her so tired that it won't matter! :)  I can't wait to have hobo pies and s'mores!! :)

Camping

It's been a while since we've gone camping.  We used to go and stay with Lloyd's parents in their camper but since our family has grown, that would be way too crowded for one camper.  We've been thinking, if we come across a good deal, we'd like to get our own camper.  We don't want a fifth wheel, but something smaller that has a bathroom :)  I  used to think that a motor home would be nice but then I realized that you'd have to take a car too for running around while camping and motorhome repairs can be very expensive!  Hopefully by next year, we'll have our own camper and we'll get back into going with the family.