Finally, the pictures…

We got the camper last week, just before Memorial weekend, but I just haven’t taken the time to get the pictures posted, so here they are.  We stayed in it (most of the time) over the weekend, since Al was working up there anyway. For the most part, we have it figured out and have things where we want them. I do need to put a cushy pad on the bed, it is hard as a rock now! But that’s an easy fix. I am already missing the big awning the last one had, though, but other than that we really like it (so far!).

(In case you are wondering, that IS Homer Simpson on the chair. A couple years ago Matt came up with him (from I don’t know where) and he’s had to come along with us on several of our voyages to Wyoming, Texas and lots of other places)

I’m going to love this desk (plus it’s a great place to put the dog kennel)..and Al loves the TV!

And the dogs like the chair.

 

  

And I think this is one of the things that Al likes the most. You push a button and the slides go out (one at a time) and another for the jacks, and another for the awning (until it stops working, I guess it’s great).

Lots of storage in the kitchen, which I like, and countertop space as well.  

Matt had to try out the kitchen this last weekend. We are going to take off the “breakfast bar” because it just accumulates STUFF and takes up space. We will never use it anyway.

We have a couple trips planned for June, one over to the Mississippi with two couples and one to Minnesota with another couple and I’m anxious to go. I think we will really like it and it should serve our purpose for several years.

Baby(s), graduate,

Sarah is officially having a girl. You can’t tell it from this, but they are pretty sure. It really is amazing how much you can see on these. When I had my kids you could only see a circle for the head and just had to trust the Dr. that you were having an actual baby. Now you can really see it.  This is “Baby Davis” at 25 weeks:

And this is “Mama Davis” at 25 weeks:

Everything is going great, and we can expect the arrival around August 11 or so……

And here is Sarah’s OTHER baby, Oscar:

He’s a cute little thing. He doesn’t have any idea how little he is, though. He keeps chasing our dogs around, especially Tai, and Tai is afraid of him. (although Tai is afraid of almost everything anyway, so what’s new)

We also officially have another college graduate in the family. Matt graduated from the University of Northern Iowa last week. He didn’t want to walk in the ceremony, then he did, then he didn’t and when he finally decided he really did want to, it was too late to get his cap & gown. My thinking is it doesn’t matter, you STILL get the diploma one way or another. CONGRATS MATT! We had a Mother’s Day/Graduation BBQ last week at the house which was nice.  GRRRR…..stop taking my picture!

We have geese babies around as well. I couldn’t get real close to them this morning, but as I watched a muskrat kept trying to get to his den in the dam, and the mother (or father?) goose kept chasing him away from the babies. I had a real cute picture of one of the geese with his wings out chasing the muskrat, but I deleted the stupid picture! It really was cute, I promise….

We are working on the fence for the chickens and the rest of the raised beds this week. Tai and Roxie had to check to make sure the pen area was fine.

We also jumped in and bought a new camper. We get it on Tuesday or Wednesday. I will post pictures after we get it and tell you all about it.  I told Al that now we HAVE to use it all the time. Thankfully his schedule has changed to where we actually can, I think. We are planning a trip to Minnesota the middle of June to visit friends, and I’m going to “camp” in our campground for Memorial Day weekend. Al’s going to be working all weekend anyway, so I might as well be up there too!

TTFN!