my "favs" from the weekend....

this is our new "pad"!!! lol hey....might not be fancy, but it works! it keeps us dry and warm, and we don't have to worry about any tents leaking!!! this was given to me by my uncle bill. he was very generous and literally just gave it to us!!! THANKS UNCLE BILL!!! AND while some of you are thinking...."i wouldn't take that thing even if it what FREE!" i guess it's a matter of whether or not you enjoy camping. i am enjoying it, and so is our family. it's just a new way of building family memories :)

aren't these little light's fabulous!!! they are cute....but the are a PAIN to put up!! might be the 1st and last time i use them cause they were such a pain!!!

i loved seth and julie's dogs.... i hope to have a big black lab someday....

loved this shot of nathan :)!!!

these are backwards...but first he just looked at the worm....then he tried to put it on himself....then it was.....'MOM......I NEED ANOTHER WORMY PWEASE...." and don't ask me why he has the barbie fishing pole!

and this pics is for mary.....she just loved this pic because sophia caught a leaf......but it looks like she caught a heart!!! :) too cute!

thought it would be fun to show the "dogs view".

Camping w/ the Apples and Johnsons

well....we have started a new thing in the dora family......CAMPING! lol very hard to imagine our family camping i know....but kids just love it and i enjoy just "getting away" for the weekend. and drew.....well....not sure what he likes about it or IF he really likes it. i know he enjoys seeing how much fun the kids have and how they just light up when they know they get to spend the night in the camper!!! but all in all, it's just a fun & cheap way to make family memories!

so we were invited to go camping w/ the apples and johnsons. two of the most sweet, fun loving, and laid back families you'll ever meet! i already knew the apples...but it's always great to get to know them even better!!! :) and i had met the johnsons, but never spent any amount of time w/ them. they took us and our children in like they had known us for years!! just like the apples, they were so much fun, and treated our kids like their own! brad and mary (apple) even took our kids for about an hour so i could shower, brush my teeth, and just do what i wanted....IN PEACE! THANKS BRAD AND MARY!!!! as you will see in a few pics, the johnsons brought 3 out of 4 of their kids!!! lol their dogs! they are the sweetest dogs....and they listen sooooooo well!! and my kids just loved them, and they dogs loved them back!! so thanks guys for inviting us :) we had a great time!!!!!!!!!!! btw - beautiful pose mary!!!! lol

drew and i were playing cornhole against brad and seth! brad and seth won :( but only because they had the advantage of being used to playing on a small cornhole game! drew and i are used to big ones!!!!