We went to our favorite nearby vacation spot for the weekend, our trailer in Pinetop. The weather was great and when it wasn't, we just cranked up the air conditioning!
We left on Friday after school. Trevor and I were trying to enjoy this beautiful scenery..
But it was pretty difficult with this guy pouting in our back seat.
He was very tired and did pretty good for the first hour or so. Then he didn't like the movie they were watching and kept crying about EVERYTHING from his tummy hurting, to him "wanting" me. Usually he passes out within minutes, which is a good and bad thing. The good part is a nice, relaxing drive. The bad part is a restless kid when bed time comes around. We got the "kid going to bed easily" option and suffered throughout our 3 hour drive.
Once we were there, the kids were SO happy to get out of the car. Trevor's parents were already there. It was nice to get them to ourselves for the night and part of the next day before the rest of the gang showed up.
I asked Trevor to add a step for me. It didn't used to be a challenge to step up on our porch board, but my belly is getting pretty big these days. The extra step doubled as storage for Hunter's cars.
Hunter was busy all weekend bringing me "a surprise" (flowers that he picked).
We had the joy of experiencing morning and nightly meltdowns from Hunter. It was usually about food, ironically. It's not usually a struggle to get this kid to eat. In the morning, he had to eat breakfast before he could go outside to play. Once they were gone, it was usually for the day and I would have to track them down and force feed them. The meltdowns at night would be that he needed to eat his dinner before he got dessert. I really just think he likes to test his limits and see how far he can manipulate situations. Here, he finally agreed to eat his hot dog, minus the bun. He fell asleep like this with only 3 bites to go. I happily put him to bed, even though he was filthy! He was up early the next morning of course! The first thing he said to me was, "You didn't give me my dessert last night!!" I allowed him the one time courtesy of having a Zinger for breakfast. Anything to keep him quiet!!
The weekend was filled with creature finds, mostly lizards. This horny toad was a fortunate find. Luckily, it was safely returned to his forest home after the kids had their fill of it.
Jacob's cousin Gavin is the best free babysitter we've ever had! Jacob followed him around all weekend and I barely saw him.
Hunter enjoyed staying near the adults for the most part. He would go off with the other kids, but didn't like to be far from the campsite.
The boys looked forward to their daily can of soda.
Jacob & some of his cousins decided to open a "Rock Shop." They offered walking sticks, big rocks and other forest paraphernalia. I was invited by Jacob to visit. I was told to bring gravel from the campsite to use for money. I purchased 2 rather nice walking sticks and gave one to Jacob.
As fun as we had, it was nice to head home when the weekend was over. I didn't sleep very well there. Our bed is not as soft as I like and my hips were sore all weekend. Plus the kids were up bright & early every morning! It was nice to return to our regular amenities and schedules.
On the way home, we happened upon this truck. I don't think anyone was hurt and we felt fortunate to pass by just after it happened and before any part of the road was blocked off. I'm sure there are some people who had to sit there for some time while they cleaned up all the spilled fuel & got the truck upright again. We passed by a number of emergency vehicles...police cars, a fire truck & an ambulance making their way toward the accident while we were driving away.
It was a nice & cool weekend! We were sad to come home to the heat again. Hopefully the worst part of it is over now and we can enjoy the nice, cool fall right here at home!
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