April 11, 2008

CAMPING ON WEST POINT LAKE
April 3rd - April 6th

What a fun and exciting camping experience we had over this long weekend. Carrigan was on Spring Break last week so we decided a couple of months ago that we wanted to go camping. Luckily Kati and Kevin and the kids were able to join us on Friday along with Kevin's oldest son Josh and his wife Katie and their 2 kids Hunter and Cole. Josh and Katie came over on Saturday.

I took several pictures from our trip - I hope you enjoy!



Here is a picture of our camper all set up. We were at Holiday on West Point. We were on Site 11 (it accommodated our camper 30'+). Kati and Kevin were on Site 10 and Josh and Katie had a tent on their site. For those of you looking for a place to go camping...I highly recommend this place. As you can see .... there was plenty of room and we were literally right on the water. The site was pretty flat also so that made it easy for the kids to ride their bikes. With these 2 sites being together we were pretty secluded which made it really nice. The site (#12) next to us was through a wooded area and we could not see them. The only negative thing was the bathroom in the culdesac (a toilet set over a hole in the ground and the bathroom needed a new paint job). There was a bath house within walking distance which had showers and 1 bathroom that was in much better shape than the hole in the ground - LOL!!! For those of you wondering - yes, our camper does have a bathroom and a shower but we did not use it all of the time since there was no sewage hookup at the site. However there was water and electricity. Rusty had to make a couple of trips to the dump station but it was not bad at all.



While we were getting the camper ready - the kids could not wait to go down to the water. This is a picture of them skimming rocks across the water.



This picture was taken on Friday. We went to site 19 & 20 (no hookups). The sites were beautiful and it was in a cove. With it being in a cove there was no wind which made it easier for the kids to fish using their bobbers.



I love this picture of Carrigan and Alan fishing side by side.

Friday afternoon when Kati and Kevin arrived - the winds really started to pick up. We knew there was some bad weather coming but we weren't sure how bad. The winds were so hard that it tore up our white canopy. Hopefully Rusty will be able to fix it. Later that evening Kevin took out his laptop and we started watching the radar. We were able to eat dinner before the bad weather came. We had our radio on and heard that there was a tornado spotted near Pine Mountain and that people needed to take shelter. As soon as we stepped outside Rusty and Kati heard the sirens. I never heard them but all I was concerned about was getting the family and Princess to the bath house. Once we all pulled up to the bath house we all ran inside and waited. Kevin had his laptop so they were able to see when the bad weather went by. Once it passed it was back to the camper. Kati took a picture of us in the bath house so hopefully it turned out good enough to post.



This picture was taken Saturday morning. Brooke is helping Alan with his fishing pole.



Carrigan had a serious look on her face.



Brooke fishing!

MEET OUR ANIMALS THAT WENT CAMPING!



Princess was probably checking out a boat in the water.



This is Josh and Katie's puppy Buck sitting so pretty!



Here's a picture of Amy on the front of Kevin and Kati's boat. This picture was taken before they pulled away to launch the boat. As Kati was driving the truck and trailer/boat to the launch - Amy spotted another dog and decided to jump out of the boat. To make a long story short - Amy ended up being fine but she scared us to death. She only suffered road rash on her chin. They were so lucky.

There's never a dull moment when camping with The Black's!!!! LOL!!!! Love Ya'll!!!!



While Rusty, Kevin and Ty went fishing - Rusty put Carrigan and Brooke in charge of keeping the fire going. Carrigan stirred while Brooke found pine cones. They were a good team.



Left to right:
Hunter, Brooke, Carrigan and Alan
The kids had a great time playing in the rain :-)



Left to Right:
Kati, Brooke, Carrigan, Kevin is in the back, Ty is to the left of Alan sleeping, Alan and Rusty.
Here's a picture of almost everyone sitting by the camp fire roasting marshmallows.



Ty sleeping :-)



I think that Brooke had way to much fun that day and was on the sleepy side!



Rusty helping Alan with the marshmallows!



Princess decided to get in Carrigan's seat and sit by the fire!



Left to Right starting at the back row:
Carrigan , Brooke and Ty
Katie holding Cole. Hunter, Buck and Josh


This picture was taken not long before a tree branch came crashing down and just missed the girls! Like I said - it's always an experience when camping with the Blacks! HAHAHA!!!!



Brooke and Carrigan getting ready to go for a ride in Josh's boat. Carrigan still thinks that Josh is the coolest cousin ever because he has a big fun boat!



While they went boating Alan decided to get his fishing pole and his net to catch some fish!



Kati and Kevin on their boat!



Alan thought this was so cool when Uncle Kevin would do this :-)



Josh and Katie bringing Carrigan back to shore so we could go home.



Josh couldn't get his boat any closer so Carrigan had to swim to shore. This is a picture of Josh putting her over the side. She wasn't scared at all. Notice the kids watching her!



She was doing so good :-) Everyone was smiling!



I did it Mommy and Daddy :-)

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MEET OUR NEW FAMILY MEMBERS

Kiwi and Kiku




This is Kiwi.
He is 9 weeks old! He loves to be held and that towel is his favorite! He is a Parrotlet. He loves to be cuddled. The picture on the right is his first time being on his playpen. He was a little scared but he loves it now!



This is KiKu.
I don't know much about him/her. As soon as I find out more I will post.
Thank you Shannon for thinking of me and bringing him to me. He is going to be in a very loving home and he will get lots of love and attention.

I hope that everyone enjoyed reading my BLOG!!!!

Kim