Boy, I tell ya, this is the time to be laid off if it has to be....:) We have been having a blast! Dad left the hospital Friday, the 19th and headed home. He's doing good - a little tired, but healing and thankful! We have the trampoline, swingset and grey tarp barn all out at the property now. The chickens enjoyed their time there and we had them butchered this past Monday and now they are in the freezer - all turned out around 4.5 pounds or so. I brought the crock pot camping with us and we are having one for dinner in a few minutes:) During the rainy week we had, Jeremy did repairs/overhauling to the baler, cutter and tractor and all was ready to go, just had to wait on the weather and we finally got the hay cut Sunday and were leaving to go camping on Monday! We got up here Monday night 9pm and it started to rain:( It was cold, too! But, we settled in, watched a movie and woke up to chilly weather but no rain and did a lot of walking and biking with the kids - they love the park here! Yesterday morning, we had to head back to Millington and baled hay all day - 400 bales and it looks good and is all sold! Jeremy and Brooke worked hard loading the wagons while I drove the tractor/baler. It was fun and we got back up to Mackinaw City around 2:30am! Slept in this morning - no jog by the beach for me early today:) and then had breakfast and went for a bike ride (we remembered to bring the bike trailer back with us for the girls:)) and park time, then had lunch and went swimming in the heated pool! We are waiting for chicken dinner and then who knows:) My dad and Teresa are coming up tomorrow night and staying in a little cabin for 1 night. They were going to camp with us for 3 nights this week, but can't so soon after Dad's heart attack. We have extended our stay to Tuesday morning cuz we had to go home yesterday. We would like to go to the Fort, the Island and Mill Creek while we are up here. The kids are having so much fun walking the dog, riding bikes, etc. Erin and Isaac are riding bikes better and better - something we don't do often at home (no sidewalks). Lyndsay likes to walk walk walk! Thunder is being good - he's getting so much exercise he is too tired to misbehave! We even brought our cat with us - she got bit by something and it got infected and she has to have antibiotics every 3 hours so she's enjoying vacation with us and is being good at staying in the camper even! Yes, we are crazy! Brooke got her first blisters on her hands/fingers from doing hay and Erin scraped up her knee today in the gravel rushing around. That's all the troubles so far! So, here are a few pictures and I'll check back in sooner than last time - promise!
Oh, good news - Orion got the production for the Chevy Spark! They only need 1080 production people for the car so I am not sure if Jeremy and I will make the cut or not... We'll know more when we go back to work on the 20th of July, I'm sure!
Have a great night! Christine
