820 Miles

The camper made the long trek North and back again, yeah! We had a great weekend. We arrived at the lake around 1am. We got Chase and Anthony put into bed, and Eric soon followed. I stayed up to visit with Grandma and Grandpa. I was really hungry, and Grandma had lots of good food to munch on. She made a homemade turkey soup that was excellent and corn bread to go with it. I also had her famous cucumber salad and a small slice of chocolate cake. We finally tumbled into bed around 2:30am.

Saturday was a beautiful warm 85 degree. Normally it is cold and rainy on Memorial Day weekend, therefore I did not pack our swimsuits. Good thing boys can just wear shorts! Grandma bought a blow up pool, so Chase had lots of fun in that.

Apparently, we had left a door or the tailgate open, because we had a dead battery on Saturday. We were able to jump it, but come Monday morning the truck wouldn't start again. So Justin took Eric to Wal-Mart to get a new battery. It is good to see the needle reading above 14 volts now.

My Mom, Madilyn and Hanna arrived at 4pm. It was fun to watch Tony and Hanna interact with each other. Tony followed Hanna wherever she went. They had fun looking at each other and Tony liked touching her. Chase and Madi were really excited to see each other. They played in the camper and ate their dinner in it and then spent the night in it.

It stormed Saturday night, and we didn't get wet! The thunder was really loud, I was sure Chase was going to wake up scared, but he slept right through it. We had Tony sleep in the house. Sunday morning we woke up to the sun and blue sky.

Sunday we had Chase's birthday party. Sara arrived at 11am with the Spiderman cake and presents, and Justin and Anne arrived shortly afterwards. Chase was so anxious to eat his cake, but we didn't get to that until 2pm. However, we let him open his presents. He got a really cool Spiderman mask and gloves that make noises from Sara. He also got summer Spiderman pj's. Can you tell he is into Spiderman? Sara brought along masks, since they don't have Spiderman party hats. We all had a lot of fun wearing those!

The lake was pretty calm, so Grandpa put the boat in the water. I forgot Chase's lifejacket. Justin was running to Wal-Mart to buy a new battery for the boat, so Eric went with to buy a lifejacket. Guess what...he now has a Spiderman lifejacket too. I forgot to mention that Delana and Dale gave Chase an Spiderman fishing pole too! He is really outfitted.

My Mom, Justin, myself, Madi and Chase went for a boat ride. We started off and the motor died several times. I was a bit worried. It would have been a long way to row back, and I hadn't packed any drinks or snacks for the kids. Thankfully it was just old gas. Once that got cleared out we had fun pounding over the waves. Chase and Madi were giggling hysterically as water splashed into the boat. That night we had a campfire and sang songs.

Monday morning was really hot and humid. Aunt Cheryl gave Chase a package of water balloons, so we filled those up and had a great time. Chase did so much running, that he took a 3 1/2 hour nap later. Myself, Eric and Tony hit the road around 10:45am. Chase stayed with my grandparents until Wednesday night, and then my mom the rest of the week. We are meeting my mom on Sunday at the Mississippi.