Dylan hasn't even been real big on taking a vacation. If you look up workaholic in the dictionary you will find his picture. I have to admit he has gotten better over the years but getting him to take time off can still be a challenge.
I must say after driving all night Friday, with naps in between shifts, if that's what a hangover feels like, you don't have to worry about this girl ever getting drunk.
Since we haven't been home in over 2 months we tried to make sure we have some time to just sit home and relax and we did but we also had plenty of things we wanted to get done while we were home.
I got my Sunday dinner at my mom and dads, it was my my late birthday dinner complete with my favorites - steak, homemade macaroni and cheese, twice baked potatoes, yeast rolls, salad, and yellow cake with chocolate icing.We even picked some cotton to bring back to Michigan for everyone to see.
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| YUUUUMMMM |
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| Doin a little pickin |
Monday we spent the day enlarging the dogs run so they will have more room to play. We have to have happy fur babies :)
Tuesday and Wednesday we rested in anticipation for Thursday, we finally got to put up the new box stand. It went fairly easy for the size of the operation we were trying to do. This task was important to both of us, we both wanted to be there to help in some way to prepare for the upcoming hunting season and since this deer stand has been in the works for so long it was nice to finally see it in the woods.
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| Out with the Old |
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| In with the New |
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| Complete |
Friday, Dylan had an evening at home by himself while I took a trip to Monroe with Mom and Granny. What girl wouldn't turn down a mani/pedi and a shopping trip? :)
Saturday is when the big surprise took place. It was a hard reality when we hit the road that we would be so far away from family and important events. For a while it looked like we would miss the wedding of Dylan's cousin, Devon. This was hard because the boys are more like brothers. Since Devon was there for Dylan on his big day, Dylan wanted to be there for Devon also. So some time toward the end of August the discussion began if we could afford a trip home, so we could be home for the wedding. I even considered fly for a moment but that didn't last very long. It was $185 for Mo to fly one way so it was way cheaper for us to drive. Well things worked out and we made it home. We still don't know exactly who came up with the idea but on the Monday before the wedding Dylan got a call from Devon sister and fiance, the plan was put into action. Devon still didn't have a clue we were home and it would remain that, the girls had arranged it so Dylan would be able to be in the wedding and Devon wouldn't find out until Dylan showed up at the wedding.
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| Got to see my handsome husband all dressed up! |
The top picture was captured at our wedding in 2012 so I couldn't miss the opportunity to capture this memory again at Devon and Mandy's wedding.
After the wedding festivities we headed back to Franklin parish, picked up Mo, and headed back towards Michigan.
We arrived back in Michigan about 9:30 am eastern time. As much as we both wanted to take a nap we decided it would be better to go ahead and move the camper to the new campground and have the whole evening to rest. It was a little sad leaving our first campground, Red Pines, but was closing October 1st so it was time to move on.
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| Pulling out of Red Pines |
The move went very smoothly and we impressed some people at the new campground by how fast we set up. Our new home is located at
Leisure Lake Family Campground. We tried to stay here when we first arrived in Michigan but they were booked full until after Labor Day weekend. It is nice here, we actually have grass but I am missing the trees to protect us from wind and rain. Unfortunately the fact that we live in a 17ft trailer has been very obvious the past few days since it seems like it has been raining every day and the wind makes it too cold to sit or unpleasant to sit outside when its not raining.
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| Our View |
Even with the not so pleasant weather this is still a nice campground. We have visited the pet goats, check out the put-put golf course, but have yet to play. We also have seen 2 eagles and too many geese to count.
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| Photo Credit Leisure Lake Family Campground |
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| Ferra & Samson |
We only have a few weeks left to work at this point I believe so hopefully everything works out and we don't freeze before then!
