Sunday, August 01, 2010

One Last Vacation

We're here in Ohio again for one last week of vacation before getting back into the daily grind of school again! We got up early and left to pick Nathan up at Camp Caleb Friday morning. We were OUT THE DOOR by 8:15--a TOTAL record for our family, LOL. This is especially impressive since we had to be packed for a week in Ohio as well. I don't know if this feat will ever be replicated however--it was not easy!

Nathan had a wonderful time, as usual, at Camp Caleb. I think what I am most impressed about is always the quality of the counselors. Nathan could not decide on his favorite activity, but he finally said it might have been the whole day of Tuesday, when he went on 2 hikes, did some rapelling, and camped out. Unfortunately, he left his swimsuit and towel drying over the rafter in his cabin, so we are hoping we can get that back when we drop Luke off on Sunday. In the meantime, I guess he'll be swimming in his shorts.

We had a picnic lunch up at the pond at White Sulphur Springs before heading west. We had a horrific drive filled with construction once we got into West Virginia, so we didn't get here until after 7:00. It was a long day, but we were listening to Redwall on CD. That is a very long book (9 CDs!) and a very exciting, fast-moving one, so we were all entertained. Well, not Faith so much. But she survived!

The past 2 days we have just hung out and relaxed! The weather was so amazingly pleasant yesterday--mid-70s and not humid--so we went for a walk to the park after dinner. The kids had a ball, and it was so nice not to be dripping with sweat!

We were supposed to pick my dad up at the airport at 11:30 last night. He was getting back from 2 weeks in China where he taught English to some 5th grade kids. Unfortunately his flight from O'Hare was delayed and then eventually cancelled, so he didn't actually get in until this morning. My mom went to get him, so we decided we would try Amy and Jason's church. They weren't there this morning, but we had a great time! Everyone was very friendly, even though they had to bring out another row of chairs for us all to be able to sit together, LOL.

I am REALLY looking forward to this next week! Tomorrow we're going to Amy's house after lunch to play and spend the night! Tuesday morning my Aunt Claire is flying in from Utah for a visit! Wednesday morning, a friend is coming over with her 2 little girls for a play date and to talk! Wednesday evening Amy and I are getting away for a night to scrapbook at a hotel! Thursday afternoon the Mom's group of international wives is coming over, and Friday Mom, Aunt Claire, and I are hoping to have lunch with Amy and her mom! Wow--what a week! I am not going to be ready to come back to the real world, LOL.

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