Camping trip!

So we were not able to get up to Canada to visit family this summer because of our 3 week road trip.

So I grabbed the kids and left Dave behind and went camping.

I drove 4 hours north to Summersville WV to the Mountain Lake Campground where I met my parents and one of my sisters for 3 nights of camping.





I was lucky that both kids slept the second 2 hours of the trip up to the camp ground.


We arrived at the campground about 230 and right away the presents came out. We barely had time to unpack! lol

My sister and I and the kids shared a cabin. This was a great decision, it was a rainy/damp weekend.

We were able to hang out on the porch or go to mom and dads trailer while it was raining.

We also did some shopping :)

The first two mornings were cool and damp but the afternoons at least the water didnt fall from the sky as fast :)

the pool was nice and warm

bedtime reading

campfires are wonderful

chillin'

breakfast/lunch in the trailer

mmm - ice cream AND sun

It was a great weekend.

The ride home both kids slept 2 hours, in shifts. so it was rather uneventful. 

And here are a few more pictures of our few days.

Bears Go East 2013

So we have been gone for 3 weeks.

Dave is doing a daily recap of what we did over on his blog:
http://debaere.blogspot.com/

Each of the following is a blog link to that days activities according to Dave.

June 27 Getting Ready to go

June 28th We then left in the morning on a Saturday and got to Salem VA

June 29th From Salem to Elkridge MD

June 30th Six states for caching and a lot of Driving. We finished up in West Warwick RI

July 1st Dave does the Delorme Challenge. I go to Target and try to keep the kids busy in the rain (and get in trouble for running in the halls)

July 2nd Drive North young man and stay in Bangor Maine. Also a huge Globe

July 3rd Cross into Canada and end up in Moncton NB via the Bay of Fundy

 

July 4th Make our way to halifax via Peggy's Cove. I am loving Nova Scotia

July 5th Spend the day in Halifax. Take a pirate cruise and watch Canada Day fireworks.

July 6th To North Sydney to catch the Ferry to Newfoundland crossing the Canso Causeway

July 7th YAY the Ferry!! ending the day in CornerBrook NFLD

July 8th Spend the day exploring the area. Hung out at Blow Me Down Park

July 9th Have to catch the ferry back to North Sydney, Nova Scotia

July 10th Drive the Cabot trail.

July 11th We then drove to PEI. We stayed in a house the hotel had made into suites.

July 12th Explored PEI including the Squeaky Beach and a lighthouse

July 13th Left PEI to go to Bangor Maine to visit friends for a couple nights.

July 14th Explored Bangor and had a Lobster Dinner

July 15th Left Bangor to end up at Worburn MA. Dinner with a G+ friend and her family. Also got to go to Keepsake Quilting!

July 16th Dave went Caching with friends, I went to a splash park with kids and a Quilting Museum

July 17th from Boston area to Washington DC - boring driving day

July 18th Super hot in DC. Felt like 105F Lots of exploring along the mall. dave posted in 2 parts

 

July 19th Too HOT in DC, felt like 110F. took a bus tour and a boat cruise. I took kids back to hotel to nap and Dave continued exploring for part 2

July 20th Arrive back home after visiting the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Museum (Daves related)

5382 Miles all told.

Great trip. Kids did well. Dave did ok.

there are 350+ photos in this album. I know that is a lot to go though.


and the Cell Phone shots

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Zeke Singing in his Room

"when you wake up in the morning...
and you wait in your room...
for your mommy and daddy...
to bring you eeeggggsss....."

then a rendition of rockabye baby

"vinegar, vinegar, vinegar, Oh I like vinegar on my stuff"

"I am a lollipop, i am a lollipop. I colour on paper with markers"

"i am playing with my train set, and when i colour on paper, I colour on paper. Oh I will colour paper"

"and I need new batteries from the store"




"I am Zekey, I am Zekey, 
I like lollipops, 
I have lots of blankets, 
I have a purse, 
I will fill it up with abbys stuff, 
I will put it by my bed, 
the best bed in the whole wide world"



the songs change in pitch and they also get a warble at the last word too 

this kid cracks me up. I love listening to him play. his cars and trains get into all kinds of fun situation and they are polite and help each other out out. and then crash

does this work as a video?

Quilting Adventures: New England Quilt Museum

I had a day in Massachusetts where +Dave DeBaeremaeker got to go geocaching with friends. 

This left me with both kids until dinner time. I looked to see the area they were in for quilt shops but I did notice that there was the New England Quilt Museum 

As I drove Dave to his friends house I also noticed a splash pad. 

This made my plans with the kids clear. 

First I took the kids to the museum for about an hour and then we went to the splash pad for lunch and splashing. We then went back to the hotel and then to the friends parents place to play in the pool. 

Im thinking of a  quilt something like this for my bed in different colours

Quilting Adventures: Quilt shops

We just got back from a 3 week road trip. Dave did a lot of caching but I did manage to get a couple things in.

One of the places I got to visit was a cute quilt shop in PEI called Quilting B & More.

I got these fabrics to maybe make a queen quilt for my bedroom. I havent brought them into my room yet to see if they work.

The second one on the top was the one I started with. 

I bought the bottom ones to remind me of this trip. I think I should be able to sneak some into that same quilt. 

The other shop I got to visit was Keepsake Quilting.

They are known around the states and beyond with their mail ordering and catalogue. 

Abigail enjoyed petting the fabric.

lots of fabric

the wall to the right has the discounted fabric (where I got most of mine)

the fabric I bought there. The wrapped ones were the discounted ones and the grey one was yardage I bought. 

The prices were a bit more than I would normally spend unless I LOVED the fabric, hence the discounted ones.