Floating on Root Beer

The planning/packing for the family reunion camping trip was in full swing today. Oh yes, every year pretty much my entire extended family heads up to Rockford to camp on my great uncle's property, which sets picturesquely on a pond, on a several acre cow farm, next to a babbling brook and several nature trails. It's the outdoorsman mecca. I never run out of things to do! I can't wait. There's swimming, floating, fishing, hiking, river walking, talking with the fam, cooking over the campfire, s'mores, way more food than any one person could ever eat, scavenger hunts, sleeping next to the river sounds...it's heaven. A close second to Gull Lake.

Anyway, today I prepared by packing, making lists and piles of clothes for my different activities for my OUT OF CONTROL weekend (I have the family reunion camping trip Thursday/Friday, rehearsal dinner and bachelor party on Friday night, wedding on Saturday, going BACK up to camp on Sunday morning and ANOTHER friend's wedding shower on Sunday afternoon...kill me now).

I also made rice krispie treats, chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin bread to take along. Jonathan, my nephew and my brother's family came over tonight and we had a chance to walk over to the pit that was once the house two doors down. Jonathan loves his work machines and there's a real live back hoe right there in front of him. He points and chatters a whole lot. Later tonight we had root beer floats. He liked his so much he wanted two straws!