Camping Days!

Now that we are home, unpacked, rested up, and debugged ;) I thought it was time to share with you about our trip!

We headed out Sunday morning.. luckily only about an hour and half drive..to our camping destination. I was really dreading it to be honest. Excited to be with my dad and doing something fun but not even the least bit thrilled to be camping.. BUT when we got to the campground and my uncle showed us the tent we would be using (we dont not have one.. and I was not rushing out to buy one for 1 night adventure) I decided this might not be so bad after all!

This tent even had little hanging racks in the "closets". We had enough room for E's pack and play, two air mattresses and still had plenty of room to go!

Last time I camped (wwwaayy back when) you could not even stand up in the tent! Much less have little closets :)

Dad jumped right in! He pulled out his fav. "toy" his remote control boat and had a great time. 

This is the creek that was right beside our campsite.. gorgeous and so peaceful to listen to.

Emma loved the water as well.. her fav. part was throwing rocks. (she was trying to skip the rocks like her daddy ;)

That random piece of hair in my face adds a nice touch huh!?

Daddy and Emma looking for sticks for the fire

Roasted lots of Marshmallows for our smores (SO yummy!)

but all E could do was sit back and watch.. she was exhausted from all the exploring she did!

So over all we had a much better expierance camping than I thought we would. Hey, who knows, I may even want to go back before it gets to cold ;)

Safe!

Finally... Home Sweet Home!! 24 hours in the wilderness is not for me. I will update you on our "primative" camping trip in the next day or so ( have not had a minute to get any of my pics uploaded..and lets be honest.. that is what makes a fun post ;)

Anywhoodles.. as some of you know I did a "photoshoot" for one of my friends the other day. She is the cutest mommy-to-be ever. If I looked like that...

I would stay pregnant!

Are they not soo adorable?!

Probably my fav. shot of the day! Love that you can see the reflection.. wish the water was a bit more still so it would be a little more clear but ya can't control everything ;)

So sweet!

Very soon baby Caden will make his appearance and we can not wait! So excited!!

Congrats you two!!

Did I mention...

That we were going camping this weekend?! No? Probably because I am not much of a camping type girl AT ALL.. so I am not really excited about it!

My dad said last week when he made his decision to come home that he wanted to go camping one night. So I decided hey what better time than now. After all he could tell me to go and get him a piece of the moon right now and I would do it.. so if camping is what he wants then camping is what he gets. I, however was thinking my aunt has a camper in a campground already set up so we could just go and stay there. Ummm nope! Dad said that was cheating.. LOL! So you guessed it.. tent camping here we come. We will be heading out tomorrow morning and will be back sometime monday evening. It is only one night so I guess I will put on my big girl panties ( as Mama M says) and get over it!  Camping trip 2010 here we come!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I will talk to you all on Monday :)




PS Did I mention that I just heard on the news... yesterday... about the couple who were attacked by bears while sleeping in their tent... ahhhhhh! OK I am ready now ;)

Ice Cream Fun...

We are going to switch gears around here today and share some smiles!

With E being sick this past week she has def. eaten her fair share of ice cream. It was about the only thing I could get her to eat for the first few days. So in the evening we would sit outside and get a breath of fresh air and enjoy some ice cream...

It was

all fun

and games

until....

she decided to share!

Scooby got all excited about a little taste of ice cream and quickly took over (not that I would have let her continue eating it after the dog anyways... )

He pretty much at the whole cone at once...

Brain freeze!! LOL

Hope everyone has a great day!! :)

Heartbroken

**warning** Whiney, complaining, upset post ahead..consider yourself warned!

As you may have read in my earlier post my dad had an important doctors appointment today (if you are new here.. my dad is battling liver cancer and has been since right before christmas of '09)

Dad had been losing alot of weight on his chemo regimen he was on. In fact he was down to 113 lbs. He had blisters and sores all over his precious little hands and feet. He was sick most of the morning time. He was just miserable.

He went to the doctor today and they told him there was nothing else they could do right now. They said his "counts?" should be going down and instead they are still rising. So basically the treatments are making him sick as a dog but yet not even touching the cancer. The doc said he refuses to run him in the ground with chemo if it is not working.

Dad is heartbroken. I am heartbroken. We all are just devestated.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew this may be coming and it was hard. Once his shaky little voice called and told me those words I lost it (luckily not on the phone with him though). He still has so much fight in him and such a will to live is what makes it so hard. He is not ready to give up, he is not ready to leave his family so why!?!? Why does it have to be like this.. I just dont undestand!

I know God is in control. I know God has a better plan. I know that his will is best. BUT what about me? What about what I want? What if I just want my daddy to be better here on earth. What if I just want him to watch Emma grow up and achieve all that life has to offer her. What if I want him here to hug me.

I dont even know where I am going with this post... so I am going to stop.. I just needed to get it out.. all of that to say.. I am just..

Heartbroken

Everything but the kitchen sink...

Sorry I was pretty much absent from bloggy land this weekend. As some of you know Emma started running a high fever on Sat. afternoon. She had chills, was very lathargic, would not eat or drink and she started to have fewer and fewer wet diapers.. that right there was enough to send me overboard. High fevers just arent my thing! Anyways.. after a long night, lots of meds, and not much luck getting her fever down I knew a doc app was in order. The doc said her throat looked "wicked" and she would say it was prob strep or mono. So she did the strep test and left. We waited but I felt sure she would come back with an antibiotic prescription and a postivie strep test.. umm.. nope! That would have been to easy. Instead the nurse comes in with a finger prick kit. Tells us the strep was negative and that they were going to test for Mono. After she pokes and prodes all over my baby girl she then says this test is not very accurate in children under 4 so even if the results come back negative with the way her throat looks and all her other symptoms "I think mono would be a safe bet in whats going on here". Well why in the H did you feel the need to stick her?! Geeze! Anywhoodles.. we have been taking care of a sicky but she is doing a little better each day and we are on the uphill! Nothing like lots of ice cream and snuggles for a few days :)

In other news my dad is having a major doc appointment this morning. I am so nervous for him and am waiting to here what they say. He is having alot of adverse reactions to his current treatment and I am just not sure where they are going to go from here. They took him off of it last week because he had dropped down to 113 lbs and was staying sick. He was having to have fluids pumped in several times a week and all kinds of stuff. Since coming off the chemo I can tell a huge diff. in him. He has a little more pep in his step and is eating better. He even went to "work" a few days last week. The man amazes me! All of that to say even though he had a good week last week I am very worried that they may have to stop his treatment for good. Just please pray.. I am not sure how to pray.. I guess just for his will to be done. Even if it is not the way I want it.. I just want him to be well!

Alright lets leave that alone for a bit before I write a six page post or something

Also my bday is a week from tomorrow!! woot woot! I am so excited. My sweet mom and wonderful grandmother have decided to treat me like a princess for a day. Mom took me shopping and bought me some new clothes and my grandmother has arranged for me to have a salon day on my actual bday!!! I have never been pampered like this before.. I dont even know what to think about it. I get a thirty min. massage. mani/pedi, lunch, color and cut for my hair.. well hello heaven on earth! I can not even wait to enjoy a day of relaxation.

Well I think you are all caught up on what has been going on around here.. sorry this post had a little bit of everything in it but I just needed a little catch up post!

Have a great day!! Will be back this afternoon hopefully with some Ice Cream pics....

Macro Friday

It is a two post kind of morning. If you would like to check out my 5QF post you can do that here! I am also going to join in with Laura from Blogging From Bolivia for a pic. blog hop called Macro Friday!

This is from our recent vacation to the beach.. I thought this was just a neat shot.. colorful and well.. beachy ;)

Happy Friday Everyone!!