loooonnnggggg day....

But not one minute of it was spent inside the shipyard gates!! Woo-hoo!!

DAY ONE, of our family vacation.... as I write this blog late tonight, going back over the day's events, starting with the guys haircuts (didn't we JUST cut their hair??) it seems so long ago, cause the day has been so long...

Anyway, first I cut Jeromy's hair....

Then Jeromy cut Kent's hair....

Look at his face, I love it!!! He looks like he did when he was 5 making that face....

Kent's face is hilarious in this video, Kent is one of those kids who have "sensitive" hair...

Then we did some running around town getting some last minute stuff for our trip. We also were having some friends from church over for dinner, so we ran to the grocery store. Now you get to see all the yummy food I got to make... first of course we have the salad, and the fixings....

Then I read this yummy recipe for baked herb potatoes... made with thyme, oregano, black pepper, salt and olive oil....Every last yummy potato bite was eaten....And some awesome banana bread, I tell you what- this house was smelling great all day...I also made a fruit salad: strawberries, blueberries, grapes and bananas....

Here's some pictures around the house getting it ready for company...

And this picture, I thought, was cool. These roses are on their last leg, so I had to thin them out a bit, but the greenery with the roses blends into the ivy painted on the wall...

It's like an optical illusion...Here's Alison, and her 2 kids Hannah and Phillip...Us parents talked for a while after dinner, while the kids played "Imagine If" and "Pictionary"... they were laughing so much, a couple times we would just watch them and laugh ourselves...Woooooo crazy eyes, how did that picture get in there....While at the store we went thru the miniature isle, where you get stuff for traveling, and I had to get out of their cause I was just going to buy stuff cause it was so cute and miniature... and cute... I got the kids each a miniature version of their shampoo... it was so cute....OK, so Hannah and Phillip are spending the night. It wasn't planned but the kids were all having a great time, so we were ok with it, they'll go to church with us, get dropped off and then off we go to the Great Wolf Lodge!!! And don't fret, wonderful blog readers, the lodge has free wi-fi, and Jeromy is bring his lap top so I will be able to blog our adventures every night!! I also bought a waterproof disposable camera that I'm going to use while I ride down the water slides!!! Too cool!!

Have a great night!