Whirlwind Summer Plans

The last few weeks have been absolutely CRAZY. We went to the beach from Friday, June 27th (Doug's birthday #35) to Wednesday July 2. We drove home, unloaded the car and went to our friends' house (Sarah and Jim Winters) to go swimming. We got home late and went to bed.

Thursday morning the kids went to swimming lessons and then we came home and I did laundry and unpacked all of our luggage from the beach. Are you still with me? The kids and I went to run errands in the evening. My friend Sarah called while I was out and said they were thinking about going to the Poconos for the weekend and did we want to go? I called Doug right away and we decided we were in!! Why not?

I went home and repacked what I just UNpacked!! We left around 7:30p.m. and got to their cabin around 9:30p.m. The kids were sleeping, so we set up beds and the adults had some "coo coo juice" and sat in the hot tub .

Friday July 4th was a great day! Sarah and I took our kids (6 total) and went to Claws and Paws which is the zoo in the Poconos and in my opinion the best zoo hands down. The guys went golfing with the understanding that Sarah and I get some time without kids later.

We finished at the zoo (pictures to follow) and found a pizza place for lunch. We drove back the cabin and 5 out of the 6 kids fell asleep. (Kayton was the non sleeper). The guys took over kid duty and Sarah and I went Horseback riding.

We had a great time with the horses...we walked the trails and trotted and ran. Our legs were so sore the next day!! After that we had dinner with everyone. The next morning we packed up and were on our way home.

We had a pool party to attend Saturday afternoon. We went to the party and then went to watch fireworks in our development. Then Kayton and I went to our neighbors house for s'mores.

Then, Sunday we went back to Sarah and Jim's house for a cookout and swimming.

All in all we had a GREAT time! We were so busy. By the time Monday rolled around I needed a vacation from our vacation!!