A Summer Update Through Pictures

I owe my blog lots of pictures. This is More Than A Single Mom's summer so far -- in a nut shell. What better way to say it than with pictures??

First - There was summer fun in our backyard.......



Then there was a camping trip.......



Then there was 4th of July (my favorite holiday).........




Remember that tooth? Well, it finally came out! Bottom tooth, hard to see.




Last, but not least, Missy is turning 7! Happy birthday sweetie.

Can We Say C-A-M-P-I-N-G?

Every year.....for the past 13 years or so, our family goes to a place called Shakamak State Park. It's 3 and 1/2 hours away. On a boring drive through flatland also known as Indiana. My parents stopped going years ago. My mom said camping isn't a vacation. She works harder when she's camping than at home. She no likey. But, my friends and I take our daughters every June. It's a "girl trip". It's cool because we all have little girls.

But Shakamak is CLOSED this year. We were freaking out. All the storms that everyone have been having majorly affected Southern Indiana. There's no camping because they are on a boil order for water and you can't take showers or anything.

Did I mention when I say camping, I really mean we are staying in a cabin. Yes, I call this camping. Tiger thinks I am NUTS whenever I say it. But hey, there are bats in the walls of the cabin and once, when I was 17 I ran over a snake in the campground. To me, that's pretty damn close to camping.

So, now we are off to a new vacation. It's bittersweet. I love going new places, but I can't imagine not being at Shakamak in June. Tomorrow we leave for White Water Memorial Park (Missy and I call it Shakamak 2). We will be back on Saturday. Bye Y'all.

Some pics from last year. New ones when we get back.

I Have This New Life........

I'm back! I'm back! The vacation was wonderful, but I was reminded there that it can snow at anytime in Colorado. We ate. We shopped with hippies. We ate. We played with the baby. We played with the dog. We slept. We shopped. And we ate some more. We went to the best candy store ever! Here are a few pics................

Other than that, I have this new awesome life. I am on break from school until June 9th.......and I have to say, it's AWESOME. I forgot how fun things can be! I've been out drinking, catching up with old friends, shopping, cleaning.......and most of my laundry is clean!

I must say, I've been a bit selfish lately. I am falling in love with just working on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All last week I spent Monday thru Thursday alone. The Tiger and Missy were off at school and work. There is something sooooooo peaceful about being alone all day. I am going to miss that when I have to go back to school!