Camp Time Quality Time

Yes, it can be done..packing for a week in less then 24 hours.
Know how?
Well, it's "camp" and he's a "boy" so all of those 6 sets of shorts, shirts, socks, boxers {sorry Bear}, etc., probably won't be worn much anyway.
You know, even I had to laugh a little. I remember the first year Kody went to camp. A few days before I went out and spend well over $200.00 {sorry Karlio} on matching outfits and all kinds of travel sized stuff, a new toothbrush, littel over priced cases to keep all those travel sized things in, you name it, I really thought he had to have it.
He had with him three enormous rolling suitcases.
When he came home everything, seriously EVERYTHING I bought him was rolled up in exactly the same way I packed it.
On a happier note, his school clothes shopping was done early that year. :0)

Anyway, every year I downsize a little, every year I buy less and less.

This year I bought absolutely nothing. Yea, nadda, zippo, nothing at all. Just grabbed whatever I didn't care that got filthy out of his closet, a couple swim trunks and a few personal toiletries {deo, toothbrush, etc.} out of the bathroom and in a medium sized duffel bag, everything fit no problem at all.

I left him yesterday looking like this...



And I am sure when he get's home on Wednesday he'll look pretty much the same.
Gotta love camp. LOL!!

With Kaysha on vacation in Ocala this leaves us with only Kolin.
Talk about eerily quiet in this house, wow..so this is what's it's like to have one kid.
Call me crazy but I do love the madness of having 6. :0)

Anyway, I will have lots of quality time with Kolin, which he needs so it'll be great.
Today he is teaching me how to play PS3 Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2 and how to properly throw a football.
Tomorrow I teach him how to make the best blueberry cheesecake in the world and maybe a thing or two about dusting.
Hey, what's fair is fair, right? :0)

Hope you all have a great day today!!

Spidey

I have to give Central Florida props, we do have some pretty cool looking spiders around here.
Like for instance, this beautiful one I found just hanging around outside...



I used an 85mm 1.8 prime fixed focal lens on that so no zoom feature at all. In fact, the "zoom" is my own legs. You have to physically move yourself to get closer, so yeppers, I had to move pretty close to him.
No worries though, spiders don't phase me in the least.
Now, those stupid frogs...Holy crap, I am terrifies of those stupid things. LOL!

Have a terrifc day everyone.
Life as I know it, is beautiful.

Oh, btw...I got a call from Camp Boggy Creek this morning. Seems they had a cancellation for North Florida week {Kody's normal summer session} so instead of him leaving in a few weeks, he is actually leaving for 6 days starting tomorrow.
He is one excited kid. Getting away, on his own {kind of} for a while, basically not many rules, no Mom, Dad, semi annoying little brother, pita sister, heck yea who wouldn't love that? :0)

Never Trust A Kid Named Kolin

Especially if you are relaxing on a hot day in the pool. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. :0)













Here's hoping your day is going a lot better then Kody's...or is that Kolin's? LOL!!

***Disclaimer***
No hell raisin' crazy teenage boys or one very pricey camera or one dry Momma were hurt in the makings of today's blog post.

Made In The USA

Is certainly wasn't a sunshiny day yesterday, but it wasn't all that bad either. A little rain and mostly very overcast.

We let these two loose with some explosives. LOL, OK maybe not "explosives", just about 80 or so bottle rockets.
This was the first time we actually let them go for it without us protectively standing over them.
Watching them from the back porch, yes. Hovering not so much.

Please excuse the hair, they had just gotten out of the pool not long before I took these and well, pool hair is gross, especially uncombed pool hair. Kolin! LOL!!









This one here is particularly fond of blowing stuff up {scary}...



We hope your day was a good one too and an even better one today!!

Happy Independence Day!!

Hope your all having a fun and safe one!!




Love,
The "K's"

Hawk's & Bear's

After not seeing him {or her, I have no idea} for a long while, our hawk is back to hanging out in our backyard.

Pretty bird...



That was taken yesterday afternoon. No, it wasn't dark..I just purposely underexposed it so the back would get dark {or else you'd only see my neighbors trampoline}. I kind of like the way the hawk stands out more like that.

And here's one of our Bear, doing what he loves most, lifting weights and working out...



Kolin started football conditioning practice this past Thursday night. I didn't take the camera because it had just got done storming and since you can never tell when the skies will open up around here, I didn't want to take a chance on a wet broken camera.
Now, had that been a supa sweet D300 or 700, it wouldn't have mattered. They are waterproof. :0)
One day....one day...one day.

He practices every Tuesday and Thursday till season starts on August 2nd. Then he practices 5 times a week.
It's gonna be crazy, but I love seeing him out there, working hard, having fun and learning to find tune his "mad skills". lol!
He is, however, SERIOUSLY considering that haircut now though. hehe...

Not much else going on here. I have to wait for Kody's new med's to be delivered today and I have to hang around and look for a wreath hanger that I always keep in one particular spot in the garage which is now missing and I need it for my 4th of July wreath.
2...Kody's 4th of July sunglasses which he had Thursday night and now they are lost as well.
Dang I should have never let them leave the house, they were for the his 4th pic's I was planning on taking today. :0(

See, my life really is mundane and boring and soooooo normal-ish too. :0)

Have a great day everyone!!

M&M's For Breakfast?

Sure...it's "no rules" summer so why not? LOL!!



Hope you all having a really sweet day!!