Ten fun things to do at the camp

#1. Kick back on a hammock and read a book!!!
Or- hey,
#2. chew your toe nails:
Don't worry about the fact that you haven't showered in 2 or maybe 6 days...and you've been going barefoot....chew away!!! LOL

AWWWW- #3. bond with your cousins!!!! That's the best one of all....
#4. Harrass the poor dog! Yippee!!! What could be more fun? LOL
I love Ella!!!
#5. Play with bubbles! Thanks Aunt Keli!!!
#6. Ride a huge stuffed fish...... LOL
Alice is so adorable!!!

Or #7. throw an awesome Easter egg hunt:
#8. Sit on the side of a hill and watch a bunch of your crazy relatives purposely fall off a zip line into a huge mud hole! Top that!
#9. Load as many family members as possible onto one 4-wheeler so they don't have to walk 20 yards back to the camp. LOL
#10....and the best of all!!!! Be a REAL kid and do real kid stuff- like playing in a patch of dirt for hours on end!!! YAY!!!!
I can list at least a million more....I might just have to keep adding to this list. I haven't even scratched the surface yet!!!

The Zip line

As U can see:
Randy hooked up a zip line-
from the wench on his truck to a tree at the bottom of the hill, above a huge mud hole....
the above picture is Randy going down it, backwards and somewhat upside down....he is a daredevil!!!
I lost count of how many times Julian went down that thing. I closed my eyes almost every time.
Someone would go down in a 4-wheeler to bring people back up the hill...I'm surprised no one got stuck in the mud.

But a few people did fall into the puddle!!!
I think it was on purpose, though.

Easter at the camp

Hey!
We had the most awesome week out at the camp....there's Annie and me (above)...she loves the camp!
Easter was the best, then Spring Break vacation came right after. It was non-stop fun.
I have about 5 gazillion pictures to share....LOL...so I might have to narrow them down a bit.
I took these next 4 pictures- they're my favorites!!!!

slackin'

I've been pretty busy lately.
I hardly have any new pictures to show for it though!
There's Josh washing some golf balls he found in the woods.
Josh was in a tournament Saturday. He won a hat.
Conneen got rid of some of her clocks. She has a huge collection. I might just take up collecting clocks myself!! These look pretty cool.
Annie is the most loved dog on the planet.
Carrie, Patty, and I went out on a Girls' date this past Monday. It was SO much fun!!! We went to IHOP for brunch, then went to see "Race to Witch Mountain" which was cute. We were the only 3 people in the whole theater so we could make loud, obnoxious comments through the whole movie. That always makes it sooooo much funnier. We were laughing our hineys off.
Last weekend it rained and rained and rained....
This is normally a ROAD::::

We were in Josh's truck, which rides pretty high...I would not have driven a car through the water! Several people in small cars got stuck trying to drive through it!
See these people:
We went to the temple that night (last Friday) and by the time we got back home, the road to our house was CLOSED. We had to take a one-hour detour to get to our house from the back way. We actually live in a relatively high spot, but we have to go THROUGH the low area to get in and out of town.

Valerie's wedding

We had a blast at Josh's little sister's wedding last weekend.It was so lovely.
Here's Emily dancing with her uncle Andrew's girlfriend Carrie: Josh's aunt Peggy and his Mom, Laurie:

Josh and his little sister, Valerie (the bride!)

OH, I asked Julian to get a shot of me and Josh dancing (since we hardly ever get the chance!) and this was the best he could do??? LOL

Since I'm almost always the one behind the camera, the pictures of me usually end up something like this, but it is kind of sweet.

Me and my girl, Emily- (she gives the BEST hugs):

Josh's little brother Andrew, escorting their Mom.

Oh yippee- another great shot of me! LOL

Just kidding, I totally posed like that on purpose.

The food was GOOD. Valerie's husband is Italian, so the food was Italian. YUM!!!

Emily and Julian chowin' down:

They had a Mother/Daughter dance- I had never seen that done before. It was so sweet!!!

Valerie and her new husband, Anthony! They are so cute.

Her step Dad James walked her down the aisle. He looked so handsome:

Papa & Grandma Odom:

Valerie danced with Emily- that made her day!

My gorgeous guys!

Mother and son: :0)

Emily had a few dances with her Uncle Andrew! She had so much fun. He's such a sweetheart.

Here's Emily joining in on a line dance of some sort. She cracks me up!

14 year wedding anniversary

March 18th was our 14th wedding anniversary!

Carrie and Randy were so sweet to babysit for us , so we could go out on a date to celebrate...

We had a wonderful time- dinner at "New Orleans Food and Spirits" (Yum) and then went to see a play at Playmaker's Theater- "The Mousetrap"-

It was AWESOME and sooooooo funny.

These are the flowers Joshua brought home to me! How sweet! The card was the best part.

regional science fair

Recently Julian won 1st place in the Science Fair at his school, so
he was able to move on the regional competition.
It was a fun day! He got to skip school, and I drove him to SLU. During the lunch break, we went to the mall and Julian bought some new clothes- that's why he's wearing a different outfit! LOL
We went to Dillard's and they were having a HUGE sale.
He got 4 shirts and that zip-up hoodie for $11. You can't beat that!