Dad's Camp

July 4th in Newberry for my grandparents birthday, luckily everyone in our family has already had the chicken pox! It rained, it shone, it rained some more...no matter! We have been sharing lollypops with many chicken pox hopefuls this week, kind of gross, if you think about it. I feel bad because the boys both have bad colds on top of E's pox, so everyone may get two kinds of sick. I'm thinking that E is no longer contageous at this point, and The Baby has another couple of days until he should get it. This may change our vacation plans at the end of the month. We'll see. Tamera heads back to California tomorrow. Her cabin got nearly completed during her visit, and it's super cute and cozy. Myra and Jim return from the Canary Islands this evening, I believe. The sun is actually out today! It's been so wet and icky, I feel like we haven't had any summer yet and here it is, half over. Boo. Anyway, putting the Small One down for his nap now and making lunch for the Spotted One. -Emily

Yesterday - Day Two Of The Chicken Pox

It's much worse today, poor little guy. Also, The Baby should come down with it in 10 days or so (yay...we are doomed to a MONTH of Chicken Pox), but right now he has a terrible cold.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/verhext/3682062593/ (a short video Tamera took of The Kid)

Chicken Pox

I took these photos yesterday, and I photoshopped what looked like several bug bites off his face...this morning when I peeled off his night shirt, he was covered in red spots and bumps. Dr. visit confirmed Chicken Pox. He DID have a fever a couple of nights ago. Well, I'm glad we are getting them now...but there is so much fun stuff happening that we are going to miss in the next few weeks. It looks like we picked it up at the wedding, Jim's tiny, swing dancing nephew, Wyatt, came down with it. Anyhow, if anyone's looking for it, it's here. Free germs for the taking!

Myra & Jim's Wedding

Most beautiful day. Our family farm was the perfect setting for it. Magical. Every single bit home-made, simple and elegant. More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48439883@N00/sets/72157620076487316/

Summer, so far

BUSY. Rat-race. So much to do, so little time before snow flies again. The Kid's end-of-school picnic was last week, Myra's wedding looms closer every second, and of course the usual round of birthday parties, dance lessons, house projects, etc, etc, etc. All three of our cars suddenly died, at once. Well, mine is still semi-drivable, so Justin is carefully using it for work until we can get at least two repaired. Eh. As you can see from the next post, our chicks arrived today. They'll be in a cardboard box for a week or two, but then we've got to re-do our coop, and do some serious dog-proofing, 'cause Captain thinks these little chicken nuggets look mighty tasty. Jen and I took all three of the kiddies to the new aquatic center yesterday to check it out. The Baby screamed and clung to me, pulling my swimsuit down several times in his clawing to get away from the water. "Home!" he sobbed, "Go home!"...until we left, and then he wanted to go back to the pool. Big E and Av loved it though, the waterslides and sprinklers were lots of fun for those two daredevils. Anyway, it's a cold, darkish, clammy day, my boys are still sleeping...How they are snoozing through the loud peeping that fills the house, I'm not sure! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far!