OUR VISITORS HAVE HAD A ROUGH TIME GOING CAMPING!

Cade's Mommy and Daddy finally made it up here in their new RV - after breaking down in Valdosta, GA and having to spend an extra day there waiting for a new starter to come in and be installed.  Cade was all excited for their arrival, and then was very disappointed at the delay.  He was glad to see them when they got here, though!  Laura and Brian arrived on Saturday, and on Monday they left to go camping in the foothills of the Smokies at a nice campground for three days.  On Tuesday, my husband and I drove to the campground to spend the night with them.  We got there a little before 4:00 P.M., and at 4:15, Laura stepped in a ditch near the river and broke three bones in her left foot.  So, she and I spent 4 hours in the hospital ER back in town while my husband, her husband, and Cade grilled fresh fish on the fire and had a delicious dinner.  We ended up going back to our house so she could get comfortable and get some sleep - leaving the menfolk to fend for themselves.  I guess they had a good time, and we were glad to go home and sleep.  We did go back to the campgrounds the next morning, and Laura proceeded to continue with her camping experience for another day - with a huge splint and ace bandages on her lower left leg.  They stayed another day and finally drove back to our house this noon.  She's in good spirits and now has a "leg scooter", which I'd never seen.  It's cool.  She can rest her knee on a "seat" with her foot pointing backwards, and then push it along like a scooter with her other leg.  It also has hand brakes, which come in quite handy when she gets to going too fast.  It's been a very intesting few days, and we're all pooped.

Tonight we all went to see the movie "Despicable Me 2" in 3D.  It was silly and clever, and Cade loved it.  So goes our summer.  I hope yours has been a pleasant one.  I need a rest!

I'm Home!!!

We got home at 8:30 last night, flying Allegiant Airlines from Ft. Lauderdale.  I'm sure my daughter was ready for us to leave, as she really worked hard to make sure we had a good time.  My husband and I originally went down to their house because he was going to help Brian (Laura's husband) replace part of the floor in their RV that had rotted due to mildew and a leak.  However, once they got into the project, it soon became clear that this was  going to be more than they could handle.  So - up to the RV dealer it went.  That left my husband with no project to work on, and that is NOT a good thing.  He is not one to just sit around and do nothing.  Drives me nuts, because sometimes I just love to sit around and do nothing.  However, we found quite a bit to do and had a couple of friends to get together with, since we were once Floridians.  I must say, the weather really cooperated, and we saw no rain at all until the afternoon before we left.  I really miss not living in SE Florida during the months of January and February!  Of course, the traffic was horrible because all the "Snowbirds" are still down there.   Actually, I guess that's what we were too.  LOL!  I took some videos and pics that I am working on getting uploaded.  Nothing on scrapbooking, but some interesting things.