A Rockin' Good Time!

Hey everybodee! Well, here I go again...round 2 of trying to post this entry! I had the whole thing almost totally finished last night and the blog site went down for maintenance. I lost the whole thing..UGH! I was quite ticked but I did learn a valuable lesson, always "save as draft" as you write.

Anyway, because of all these dilemmas, I've decided to completely skip the post on the October vacation week. There's hardly any pictures, and I missed half of it! I'm gonna move right along to this past weekend's events.

Friday night was a little different from our normal routine. Mitch really wanted to bring his buddy Trenton for the weekend, and we had absolutely no room for him (we had already planned on squeezing Dean in with us). You all know how kids can be though, they just won't take no for an answer..so they came up with their own plan. Trenton's Dad agreed to drive the two of them up to the camp after school, and Trenton's Mom (my friend Tracey), decided to come up on Saturday, stay the night, and drive Trenton home the next day. The only problem was that we were very late leaving; I had to work later than normal, we weren't totally packed, we still had to pick up groceries, gas,etc..not to mention we also had to pick up Dean. So, when we arrived at the camp it was dark, and I was getting worried about the boys. I have to say the two of them impressed me! They had built a fire outside and were standing in front of it, very proud of their accomplishment. I think they enjoyed the little bit of freedom, and liked proving how "grown up" they could be.

After unpacking everything, we built the boy's fire a little bigger, and a few guys from a camp down the road came up for a few beers. Scott showed up not long after that, and we all had a great night. I have to admit I was looking forward to the next day when Jana, Tracey and Kim were coming up...it kinda sucks to be the only girl up there. It was still good fun regardless, and the weather was awesome!

Saturday was a beautiful day! Chilly..but it is November right? After breakfast, Scott and Dean busied themselves splitting wood, Darcy went deer hunting, and Mitch and Trenton played around in the yard. Tracey arrived right at noon, and Jana and her parents (Frank and Joan) came shortly after. They stayed for a visit and the boys built another fire outside for us.

By supper time, everyone was congregated around the firepit again. I should mention that because of deer season, there are a lot of people at their camps. That means, we get LOTS of visitors, which is what happened on Saturday night. The more the merrier! :)

We had a great night for tunes..Darcy has been learning quite a few new songs over the past couple of weeks. Lots of them are Stones songs (go figure!), and we had such a hoot singing them! My favorite was "Sympathy for the Devil"...it took about 3 tries to get through the whole song, but we were determined! We even divided into groups..ha ha!! Darcy, Scott, Dean and I sang the main part, Tracey and Jana were the "Woo Woo" group, and Kim had the shaker (a case of BB pellets). :) Whatever works! Good times!

So, now I'll get to some of the pictures from that night. First off is a pic from early in the evening (Darcy was just starting to play). From left to right is Jana, Kim, Scott, Tracey, Trenton, Dean, and Darcy on the picnic table..


I had to take this picture of Tracey with her "never-ending" can of beer..ha ha! She's holding the smaller can so you can appreciate the size of that sucker!

Mitch, Tracey and Trenton in front of the fire. It threw off lots of heat!

The crew singin' a tune...

Mitch and I attempting to take a picture of ourselves...

Here's a couple from later in the night (when more company had arrived)....



And finally, Dean and I. That hat he's wearing is too cool! The flag on it lights up and flashes. Once I discovered that, I wore it the rest of the night..ha ha! Wish I could have had it for Canada Day!


So, that's it for that weekend! We all had a really great time, and we're looking forward to the next two weekends. Darcy is heading up on Thursday night to stay for 12 days, at least I can go on the weekends! Lots of people are coming up..Dean's Dad and his brother Jim and family, Darcy's brother Mike and his son Ryan, Aaron,Rene,Gammy, plus the usual crew. I'm sure it'll be a blast! Stay tuned..

Liss :)