Camping In The Rain. Ohhh What Fun!

Our camping adventure started Thursday when the kids got out of school.  Kelly Watson and I packed up and hit the road.  I had never pulled a trailer before, so that was kinda fun for me.  On our way we got to talking and of course I missed my turn,  surprise surprise,  well any way we went way out of the way.  When I finally realized that we were lost I called Matt,  fortunately we found another route that was just as fast.  I found out that I can go the wrong way, and still be going the right way, if that makes any sense.  Moving on.  When we get to Beavers Bend, Kelly and I selected the "perfect spot" and set up her tent.  Just as we were finishing, a man told us the bathrooms close to us weren't working,  that explained why no one else was down that way.  So we loaded back up and moved on.  After carefully selecting another "perfect location" we started the process all over again.  The five kids were wonderful about the whole thing.  Kelly and I are now professional camp setter uppers in case any of you want to hire us.  lol We set up two tents, a canopy, and fed the kids in the dark,  cause our light bulb burnt out.  She had two small flashlights and I had two book lights that the kids carried around.  We were laughing and having a wonderful time in spite of our hardships.  As we were sitting around in the dark enjoying our break,  our dog Minnie started barking, Meagan looked to see what the trouble was, and it was a raccoon, whom we named R.J.  He was so pesky and nosy.  Kelly was brave and shooed him away(so we thought).  We got the kids settled down and we turned off our flash lights while we were waiting for our men folk to arrive, we didn't want our batteries to run out our first night.  While we were sitting and relaxing I heard something right beside me.  I slowly called Kellys name and she flipped on the light,  she screamed and I jumped and ran,  R.J. was right between us.  When she screamed he ran so fast we didn't even have time to see where he went.  We laughed forever over this.  Finally around 11:00 the guys arrived.  Boy were we glad to see them.  They had a good laugh over all our tales.  We finally went to bed around midnight.  It started raining around 7:00 I guess that next morning.  It rained and rained and rained.  Kelly and Derek's tent started filling up with water from the bottom and ours started dripping from the top a little.  We cleaned up that mess when it stopped raining at around 5:00 that evening.  We found a laundry mat and dried all our blankets and towels.  Went back to camp, and prepared for the next storm.  While we did laundry Matt, and Derek, went to Wal-Mart to pick up extra tarps, and another canopy.  We completely completely covered both our tents and was ready to go.   The weather predicted a possible tornado.  We were determined to wait it out.  It rained AGAIN,  starting at 3:00am until around 7:00am.  At 7:30 a man we met at the laundry mat, stopped by to see if we survived,  He was so kind, he brought us donuts and a news paper.  He and his wife were so sweet.  Any way, we enjoyed the sun shine after that.  All of us went on a 4 or 5 mile bike ride in the woods,  my behind thinks it was more like 6 or 7 miles.  It was beautiful.  The kids walked around in the river at a waterfall that we found, and off on another adventure we went.  We had a wonderful time.  The canoeing was great.  The river was slow so we enjoyed the view as we floated along.  We tried our luck at fishing,  the only thing we caught was a limb thanks to Mason.  At least he caught something.  I am so thankful for the Watsons.  They are great examples.  I didn't have to worry about gossiping or anything like that.  I am glad to call them friends.  Sadly our trip had to come to an end, we arrived home late Sun. evening.  Believe it or not I am ready to go again.  Only next time I am going to try and figure out how to take a portable washer and dryer. lol Camping is great, even camping in the rain is okay, but all the laundry afterward really stinks. ( Literally and figuratively.)

"What A Wonderful World"

I see trees of green, red roses too,  I see them bloom for me and you, And I think to myself, What A Wonderful World. 

I see skies of blue, clouds of white, bright blessed day, dark sacred nights, and I think to myself, What A Wonderful World.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces of people going by.  I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do, Their really saying I love you.  I hear babies cry, I watch them grow, their like much more than I've ever known, and I think to myself "What A Wonderful World.

Nothing of Importance

Thanks for being patient with me.  It is so hard for me to think of things to post.  Do any of you have this problem too?  Matt is out of town on business,  so I am setting here at 1:30am trying to find things to occupy my thoughts.  Here is some good news.  I have lost 8.6 pounds on weight watchers.  I have always been one of those yoyo dieters,  not any more.  I have a clear goal in sight.  I told my husband that I can only imagine the day  when I step up on the scales and they say, "Mrs. Trimble congratulations, you have reached your goal weight."  What a feeling.  With the Lords help,  and all your prayers this day will happen.  As an incentive,  I asked that when I am half way to my goal if I can start planning our next trip to Disney World,  Matt said yes.  That really helps.  I can do this.  
Mason has started T-Ball again this year.  He is loving it.  I am glad he gets a boy thing to do.  Lets face it living in a house with mostly girls is not going to toughen him up.  He is really a sweet boy.  Matt tells me all the time I have a little Momma lover. lol  I will take all the love I can get.  
He gets his share.  Our three girls think their daddy hung the moon.  They have him so wrapped.  We are really blessed. 
Morgan is fixing to start back to Tennis lessons.  She is looking forward to this.  It is nice that she gets to do this with her friend Brooke.  They are like sisters.  When you see one of them, the other is not far off. 
Meagan starts gymnastics in April.  She is such a bendable ball of energy.  It amazes me to watch her.  One of these days she will be running and flying through the air like the best of them.  
They are all taking piano lessons.  For some of them it comes naturally,  others would rather be outside climbing a tree.  I think it is good for them.  
As for Maleah, she is happy enough right now to watch.  Her day will come soon enough.  I can't wait to see what things she will enjoy. 
We are looking forward to our Youth Trip to Houston.  All the young people are very excited.  
I feel so blessed to get to be apart of their lives.  They are a wonderful group. 
 For someone having a hard time coming up with things to post, I sure did put a lot on here.  
I hope everyone is doing well.  Have a great weekend.