Emily Park – July 3-5 Site 244 – great site!
Thursday:
Our adventure starts on Thursday since Cam was off! We headed up to the Arnold’s summer abode (where the trailer was parked) and The Monty’s…. minus Jill joined us. It was raining – which we were told had been the theme of the week up there. With the arrival of 5 children under 6 – things got fun even with the rain. The kids had a great time playing and laughing and at bedtime we were all pretty tired. The boys (Cam, Grant and Alan) and I played some Wizard until about 10:30pm when we all turned in for the night. We were expecting an early morning with the kids so we had to get our beauty sleep…as much as possible!!!
Friday:
The morning started off rainy so we thought we were in for the same as the day before. We had breakfast and Grant read the kids about 6 Robert Munsch books while the babies had their morning naps. We packed up and headed to Emily Park after naps. Taking the windy back roads out of the cottage Charlie and I got a little queasy. Thankfully we weren’t on the windy roads too long before we were on the highway and barrelling towards the park. We arrived to sunshiny skies and warm weather. All the kiddies had to have a nap and it was great to see the Brooks-Barfitt’s already there! The adults had some wobbly pops while the kids slept and then we went to the beach! It was gorgeous…everyone but me went in – despite it being very frigid! LOL!! Can’t stop the kids from staying out of the water….born water babies! Alan kept the good times going with his beer in the kid’s bucket…they were well supervised despite that hilarity! Jill arrived around 5:30pm when we were getting back from the beach and we made some supper. After supper we went to the park with the kids. They had a blast and it took a lot of convincing to get them to leave. We managed to bait them with the promise of roasted marshmallows. When we got back Alan had the fire ready to go and the kids were able to gorge themselves on sweets before dinner. Bedtime went without a hitch and soon we were all drinking by the fire again…funny how that goes….
Saturday:
Early morning as usual, however, Cam let me sleep until 8 – awesome! Got up and ready for the day. Made the traditional BLT breaky and had our morning Caesars (not an option) and the day took off from there! It was cool but we were still in shorts (and we had sweatshirts on)…it was a little disappointing because it is July! The kids had no problems – they ran amok for the day and had a great time. All the babies are mobile so we were on high alert since the Monty’s fire pit was smoking all day (good job with the bacon grease Alan!). Cam set up a tent for the kids to play in (once Jimmy brought it) and they had a great time in there. Once naptime came the kids and Jill went down for a while. The boys played horseshoes while Jacky, Ang and I thought about baby names had a couple beers…well most of drank anyway…no more breast-feeding for me! On a side note: I had a sacral flare up and the pain killers I badly needed required that I stop nursing…so I’m done now. Made my 9 months though…pretty happy for that! Back to camping…the weather did improve a bit so we did do the beach after naptime. We had a great time again even though it wasn’t as warm as the day before…no parents swimming this time! Got back and had a great big buffet smorgasbord with tons of great food. My kids ate like champs and we discovered that salmon right on the grill is very yummy! Kiddies in bed after marshmallows again (and a lot of teeth brushing of course) and then Cam busted out the guitar and serenaded us while we stuffed our faces with more great snacks. Jacky had her iPhone with music on it so we listened to some other tunes after Cam’s back got sore. As always we had a great time chatting and enjoying ourselves. Earlier night tonight…all the drinking during the day makes for an early night!
Sunday:
Ugghhh – Sam was up for 1.5 hours last night! He is teething so he was crusty! Cam was a saint and got up with him between 3-4:30 and even let Sammy falls asleep on him. He came back to bed and then the boys were up at 6:30am. He let me sleep and then at 8 am Cam went back to sleep for a couple hours while I did the parent thing. Sam was much happier but still lacking a little sleep. Gorgeous day outside! Can’t believe how nice is it – always happens this way – the weather is gorge on a Sunday when we have to leave! So…Cam decides that he wants to take Monday off so we can go back to the cottage and enjoy the day. First things first – we need some more Caesars and the kids play outside while the adults tan! It was so nice that no one was in a hurry to get home. After baby naptime we all packed up – slowly and begrudgingly! No one wanted to leave! We packed up and headed out. Decided to try a new route that GPS said…bad news! Took the back roads to a dead end. Have you ever backed up a 32 foot fifth wheel on a gravel road with overgrown trees? Luckily we had a cottage driveway to use but it was still a challenge. Cam was surprisingly calm and collected…must have been my stellar steering directions! LOL!! Got the cottage after the boys slept in the car and we went swimming…. it was cold but the sun was so nice and warm. Played some cards and then an early night…we were expecting Sam to be up early again however, he slept! As always we had a great weekend. Cam has the boys to himself next camping trip at the Love family camping weekend – I’m off to Windsor for Veronica’s bridal shower – a weekend alone….how will that fare? Hopefully Cam will chronicle the weekend!
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