Camping Trip 1 of 3 2009 Dreher Island

We're back! It was great!! Much better than last years camping trip even though not as many crazy stories to tell. The weather was perfect. Cool at night and sunny and warm during the day. It only started raining on the morning we were packing up. We did all the typical camping activities: Road bikes, fished, roasted marshmellows, hiked....
Two small things did happen and I knew something would. It wouldn't be a Schrock vacation without a little action.
The first morning we woke up there we decided to have eggs, sausage, and some beanie weenies for breakfast. I threw the can into the fire like Aaron had instructed me to and wasn't thinking anything about it when BOOM, it sounded like gunfire, I look up, see a metal can flying, hit Keagan in the head, Keagan goes down, and then I hear him screaming! It scared the crap out of all of us. Literally, the beanie weenie can exploded in the firepit, sent a pour down of beans everywhere and the can had hit Keagan. He was bent down so we didn't know how bad it was at first. Luckily it could have been a lot worse. He has been left with a knot and a bruise but we'll all going to be okay!
Then the very next morning there I wake up at about 5:45. It's still dark out but I really need to go use the potty. I couldn't take Aaron to the bathhouse with me because Keagan was still sleeping. I was a little freaked out because of it still being dark but I thought since it was morning surely everything would be okay. I get to the bathhouse, see the lights off, open the door and the automatic lights come on and I was thinking, "whew, I'm by myself!" I get to my stall, still freaked out, mind you, and go to shut and lock the door and there is no lock. I have to admit that my imagination went flying. I can't lock my door next thing you know everyone is going to be reading a headline that says, "Girl killed in bathhouse, etc." I proceed to sit down, look to my left and there is someone in that stall. I see feet just sitting there. How can there be someone in here?? The lights were off!!! How long would they have had to sit here before the automatic lights turn off on them. Surely a good little while! I bolt up, not even sure if my pants are buttoned, take off running out of the bathhouse, back on the road, down the street, constantly looking behind me....I make it to the campsite and of course I'm okay because I'm sitting here typing this but I still wonder what that person was doing in there....
Regardless, we've all three made it back in one piece and we're looking forward to our next camping trip coming up in May in the Pisgah National Forrest.

Keagan's Second Camping Trip...

And we're off.....We're heading to lake Murray for a two day camping trip. We are super exciting! Wish us luck and great weather!!! For those of you that don't remember our last camping trip-let me repost the blog from last May....hahaha, it was a mess but it made great memories. I'll let everyone know how this camping trip goes when we get back!
Happy Easter Everyone!!

Rewind to last May:
What a bizarro camping trip we had this weekend. We decided since we both love to camp and we've never taken Keagan that this weekend would be perfect so off we go to camp. We have about an hour and a half drive to get there and when we were about 10 mins away from the site all of a sudden it dawns on us that we forgot ALL of our blankets and pillows-so to walmart we go to spend an extra $60.00 that we shouldn't have had to spend. I'm sure you can only imagine my mood at this point. When we finally got there and pull up to our site it sucked! I was even more mad but luckily the statepark ranger was super nice and three hours later hooks us up with a spot that we loved. (So it took awhile but he went out of his way so I can't complain there) We get out, unpack, set the tent up. Lovin' it! Keagan is having a blast. We're right on the water and we're fishing, swimming....It's just great. Night starts to fall and we start a fire, roast some "cold" dogs (we have to say that because if we call them hotdogs keagan thinks they're too hot to eat, lol) grill out some steaks, roast some marshmellows. Life is good!
Finally bedtime comes and once everyone gets in and settled I could not sleep to save my life. I swear I heard something that sounded like animals carting our grill away. About 3:00 Aaron wakes up and says he hears thunder and I kid you not no more than a few seconds later a loud clap of thunder comes, lightening is making it look like it is daylight outside and the rain is coming down in buckets! And of course I remember my cellphone is outside on the picnic table. Aaron's response was that it was already raining and how long could it last.... Well 5 hours later we're still dealing with severe storms and tornado warnings and of course my phone is dead. :( UGH! It's finally daylight outside and we stick Keagan in the car to play while Aaron and I pack everything up in the pouring rain. We're soaked!
Just as we think our camping weekend can't get anymore exciting we decide to stop at a place for breakfast and discover when we're ready to leave that we locked our keys in the car.... I'm thinking to myself-WHAT A MOTHER'S DAY!!!.... About $60.00 and another hour later we're on our way back home!
Even with all the events, we had a blast! Keagan did great! He is a camper for sure! And we will go camping again but for now I'm happy to be home with my bare feet on my soft carpet watching the rain come down from inside! I also have tons of pictures to follow this. We ended up taking about 150 pics so in a bit I'll go through them and get some posted

Aaron the MVP

Well Aaron has without a doubt improved with his softball skills since he's started softball. He had not played in about 7 years and the first couple of games it showed....Not hitting the ball, playing outfield and not catching the ball...I was actually starting to feel bad for him but yet he continued to have a blast. I guess the positive attitude and the natural ability to play sports finally kicked in. Tonight he was the MVP of the game in my opinion. He scored half the points that his team scored and they moved him from outfielder to second baseman...I was so proud! Don't think for a minute I wasn't hootin' and hollern' when he would come in for a score! Or get the other team out!

Keagan also had fun. I think he enjoys watching his Daddy out there playing not to mention the popcorn, candy, and drink he gets to ingest-oh and the wonderful playgrounds. :D

So we've finally gotten a schedule and it looks like Aaron will be playing every Tuesday and Thursday night until the middle of June. Gosh that's a lot of games! Not sure if Keagan and I will make it to all of them but we'll certainly give it a shot.

Boring Week

I haven't forgotten about my blog this week....It's just been such a boring week. Works boring, home is, well calm...lol. I guess that's a good thing. Nothing to complain much about. I think what the problem is...I'm just not feeling it. We have a camping trip scheduled this weekend and I am so ready to just get away....To go somewhere but yet not to someones house where you are the guest. I guess we will be the guest in the woods and I may wake up scared like I did last time we camped because I could have sworn the raccoons were carrying our grill away....but still~That's different and I just can't wait!!! We actually have three camping trips scheduled. This weekend coming up at the lake. In May we're going to the mountains of Asheville, and then in June we'll be heading to Myrtle Beach for a nice warm camp out time with my sister and her family.

Other than that things are just dandy. Keagan is catching on to bike riding like a champ and he likes to ride our entire neighborhood every chance he gets. We've actually met two neighbors in the past week that we never met the whole first year we lived here and would probably continue not to meet them if it weren't for the bike. He did crash and burn this afternoon because he likes to ride up on the curb....But he picked his bike up and hopped right back on. That's my boy!

Aaron's Song...I swear this was written for him!

This song sounds like a quote straight out of his mouth! And yes, I love him the most too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlCGnGLlu64

Our Big weekend.

Gosh what a busy weekend we've had. We decided since we're going camping next weekend to go ahead and do Keagan's birthday a week early and also have the Easter Bunny come a week early. No big deal you would think....Well it's also the first pretty weekend that we've had a chance to get anything done so we've been NON stop. Friday night we did Keagan's birthday. It was a hit. He loved his cake and his presents. The main present was a new bike and we've been on it almost nonstop since then. Today we woke up super early and moved our garden from one side of our yard to the other. Also we went and bought new bushes for the front of the house, new pine straw, and I also planted 75 new bulbs around the yard! I thought I was never going to be done. Then of course since our Easter Bunny is coming a week early at our house since he won't be able to find us in the woods-we then dyed 18 pretty eggs and we're getting everything ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a big day with Keagan's Easter basket, church, and then a big egg hunt. I'm really excited!!! Also we bought Keagan a new t-ball set this weekend so in between any spare time that we've had, we've been playing baseball. :P I have tons of pictures of course but I'll wait to post them tomorrow after the Easter bunny comes and visits us.

Our Fence

Okay, so maybe I got a little happy with our new privacy fence....Yes, I have it blurred out for a reason. I totally shocked Aaron, pulled off all my clothes, and went running, prancing, dancing, all over the yard because we finally have some privacy. We have wanted this for a year! As most of you know...our neighbor is out of control annoying. When the fence guy came tonight to collect payment he said over the weekend he had 31 calls from him. The neighbor! Yes, the guy who isn't even getting a fence!!!Anyways, with the fence finally done, I guess I'll post a picture finally that you guys can see! It is very excited! And Boodro and Keagan love it too! The dog doesn't know what to think! I think he may just be the happiest of us all.....Or maybe not! :D (***not sure why my pics say Schrock Masterbath either...I'll have to look into that***)