Camping with the fam

We decided to try out the camper for the first time this weekend at Mark Twain State Park. Saturday was my Dad's birthday, and Mother's Day was Sunday, so we thought it appropriate to invite my parents even though we knew that they probably would not camp with us. They agreed to come, but not stay the night.

After arriving at the park, picking our spot, and registering the camp site, they rolled in... my mom, dad, and then behind them were my sister, boyfriend, and my niece. I was so surprised to see them!!!!

For Mom, I got her a new trash can. I know that's a strange thing to get your mom on mother's day, but it was what she wanted. I put a big bow on it and put it in front of our camp's number marker. She loved it. I also got my mom and my sis each a gerber daisy. My niece loves to pick them! This way they each have one at their houses. Dad got a gallon of his (and mine) favorite bbq sauce, Showme Liquid Smoke. Mmmmm! I also got him Buckingham's for dinner. So we had pulled pork sandwiches, beef briscuit sandwiches, chips and dip, or potato salad. And Jillian had a hot dog. They were thrilled.

After our dinner we went to Buzzard's Roost lookout point. It's a gorgeous site. Jillian had a ball throwing rocks in the water. Ah, to be a kid again. After we returned to camp, Kyle started a camp fire. Jillian was getting tired, so they left. Mom and Dad stayed until about 10:30, which was later than expected. They really didn't want to leave!

Now they're talking about buying a camper. :) Here are some pics from the weekend...

The girls


Dip head


Happy Birthday Pappaw!


Mark Twain Lake at Buzzard's Roost


Happy Campers

Garden!

I put in the garden today. There are supersonic tomatoes, fooled you peppers (mild jalapenos), burpless cucumbers, romaine lettuce, basil, rosemary, thyme, and cilantro. I got some begonias for the front yard, and some various flowers. The boys helped me put in the banana tree. It feels good playing in the dirt!

Tomato


Garden Boxes


Romaine Lettuce


Scarlet Begonia (Ok, ok, I'm not that cool. It's orange.)


Banana Tree


The banana tree is just a stick right now, but I'll post a picture in a month and it will be going nuts. I promise. I think I'm going to put a couple of wildflower seeds here and there as well. We will see!

Waka tickets

Wakarusa tickets are here!!! Yipee!!!!



Steve said that we should just leave now.

I hate being sick!

I got a cold or something on Thursday. Sore throat, congestion, and general body aches. Worked through it and did ok Thursday night. Friday I was a complete slug. I called in sick and posted up on the couch all day. Kyle is feeling crummy too, so he called off his KC weekend and opted for couch time with me.

Today I'm feeling just as bad, but I can't ignore this gorgeous day. I weeded the garden and then did some knitting on the back porch.



Blues L to R: my gardening gloves, my knitting, my flip-flops, and my water bottle



My house boy cleaning gutters



My neighbor's beautiful blooming dogwood tree.

I love spring.

My phat fiber box is here!

Look what the mailman brought. Yay!



Opened with care...



Lots of fun stuff... 7 yarn samples, 7 mini bats, 4 stitch markers, 2 patterns, a small project bag, some lip balm, and some "oh my aching _" salve.
But no time to play because I'm off to work! If only I could yarn full time. Sigh.

Happy 4:20

Got phish?



The tickets came today. How appropriate.

The Fox was unreal. Paul Simon was amazing. People were dressed in suits and formal gowns. Fancy. I had chills the whole time. He could have played all night.
Here's the set list (thanks to Kyle for logging it in and then typing it out when we got home):

Paul Simon
4/18/09
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Gumboots
Boy in the Bubble
Slip Sliding Away
Father and Daughter
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
Lincoln Duncan
Mrs. Robinson>Not Fade Away>Mrs. Robinson
Only Living Boy in New York
Graceland
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Late in the Evening

E:
Still Crazy After All These Years
The Boxer*
You Can Call Me Al
Sound of Silence*

*solo

I was wowed.

JB and MB gave Kyle a t-shirt that they bought off the lot at the Hampton Phish show....



So cool. I'm a little jealous. If I could only find a dye with bacon on it...