This morning Karli was up before Cameron, which is pretty rare. Cameron usually comes to find me when he wakes up.......but today I heard his little pitter-pattering feet come down the hall and Karli said to him "You want to come and snuggle?" I peeked my head around the corner and took this picture. She is such a little mommy to him sometimes, I love it.
My friend Suzy introduced me to Skype. I've seen it on Oprah for a while, but it is so cool! You can call people and see them at the same time if you have a web cam, I love it! Plus you can call another "skyper" for free. Plus it's free to sign up too. You all know how I like free things! Uncle Wayne you should get a web cam if you don't have one and the kids could talk to you too! It's perfect for those of you that we don't see very often and live long distances. This would be perfect for Auntie Zilda!
As you can see from the slide show, we had one really nice day at the sand dunes (Sunday) and then the weather went down hill. Mon-Thurs was just not good at all. Rainy off and on, cold, windy, cloudy. Not good vacation weather! We managed to still go fishing on and off between rain drops and rough waters. We took our annual walk on the pier at the Ludington beach during a rainy mist and went inside the light house. We made our annual stop at the house of flavors which almost went bad when Karli's ice cream fell on the floor. Mommy sacrificed hers and gave it to the teary eyed Karli. Friday the sun started to come out just in time for us to leave and head to Lewiston.
In Lewiston the weather was great sunny and 75, comfortable. In Lewiston we went on many walks in the woods, went to the "5 minute" Lewiston parade, had some ice cream, watched fireworks from the beach, went on ATV rides, and celebrated Greg's birthday.
Cameron started using his tricycle pedals for the first time yesterday. He finally got the hang of it and now he's off.
Ugh!
Found out the hard drive on our computer is totally dead and they can not recover any pictures. That was my main concern. Of course I haven't backed up the last 500 or so photos I took either. So for anyone reading this GO BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS! It's my own fault I am aware, but I am not happy about it. On top of that, our cable box isn't working and of course I was looking forward to watching some of my taped shows from vacation after the kids went to bed. NOT going to happen. I'm going to go pout now.
On a happier note, Chris got his new truck today.
After this crazy, but all in all a blessed week, we are looking forward to getting out of town. We will be going to Ludington and Lewiston. Weather is supposed to be great. We'll keep our fingers crossed. Thanks to my mom for dog sitting Cabo...Good Luck with that ;)
Chris took some better pictures with a real camera instead of his phone. Here is a better slide show. He is still very sore and not sleeping much, but maybe a relaxing (I hope it's relaxing) vacation will help him feel better! One picture also gives you perspective how far the back end of the truck is pushed up. It's almost taller than Greg. We're still waiting to get the police report and find out what the insurance is going to do. Oh, Joy.
UPDATE: Police report said 79 yr old man fell asleep at the wheel. $53,000 to repair the truck....in other words it's totaled. AND NO TICKET WAS ISSUED.
