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Sunday, July 31, 2011

One Last Cabin Retreat As a Family of Four



Yes, for some reason Sullivan was the star of the camera this weekend...Monty was a bad boy and acting strangely most of the weekend...and Claire stayed put!

What a greaaaat mini vacation: Me, Tim, Mont Man (grumpster), Sullivan (snubasnorklingdoggie), Brad, Jen, and Luca (their English Bulldog - Sullivan's friend, Monty's enemy).

Sooo I will let the pictures do the explaining.
Friday - Tim and I arrived with the boys (after Sully was Mr. Salty with a bad 'tude going on)
We took the boys to the river immediately and let them play for as long as they wanted. I read and read and read nearly half of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (OH MY IT'S A MUST READ) while sitting in the water!
Jen & Brad arrived with Luca around 7:30 pm. We made dinner and enjoyed it on the screened in porch!

Saturday -
Everyone was up by 9 (Tim woke up last at exactly 8:52 am which was the joke because he told B & J that he always gets up by 9 am - which is sooooo not true!!!). I made breakfast and we all started playing outside! It was a by the river kind of day. Monty was acting semi weird sitting in Tim's Pilot the entire time because he was a little grumpy. Sullivan was learning how to dive in the water. Tim & Brad would take the boat for a spin while Jen & I were reading in the water!

After lunch we decided to head down on the river in tubes and kayaks. It was a suppppper sloooowwwww ride. I looked like a beach whale on a tube that surprisingly stayed afloat! Half way down the river the unthinkable happened - Brad got stung right on the chest by a yellow jacket. And BAM he was feeling the effect. We are probably a 30 minute float still to our property and thankfully he had the kayak. He paddled hard and fast home to go take Benadryl. He mentioned the last time it happened he was ten and rushed to the ER. Well, yep sure enough by the time the big pregnant lady made it up to the house it had probably been 30 minutes and he was swelling and getting hives. I told him to call his doc immediately and he said to go to the ER. Well, he went and sure enough is very allergic to bee stings - they wouldn't let him leave until his heartrate settled down again. Well the good of the story is we know it took Tim 15 minutes (driving VERY FAST up and down the mountain) to get to the hospital. They also said the nurses and doctors there were awesome and super nice! So we know where to go in case of an emergency. Once the guys got back we had dinner and enjoyed the evening.

Sunday - Last trip to the river where the boys ran and ran and ran. When we finally left the boys were SOUND ASLEEP in the car the entire ride home and remainder of the day on Sunday! :o) Success!

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