Back from the wild...almost

We have finally taken the camper on its first "real" trip! We were gone almost a week, and everything went very smoothly. I was amazed that I was able to pack the right clothes and planned meals well. I thought I'd share a few photos from our trip...



Credits: Traci Reed's new Build a Dream, available at Sweet Shoppe Designs tomorrow
Font: Courier New











I say we are almost back because Rob and I are taking off again, this time without the kids, down to my alma mater Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. We're staying at Hueston Woods campground, where I had a job during college cleaning...guess what...the campground potties!!! I think it is ironic to go back there after all these years in a giant camper. I love it there...it is so beautiful...wooded sites, a lake where you can canoe, and of course it's 5 miles from campus. It's been so long since I've been back there.

Back next week! :-)

The naming of the camper

Many, many names have been tossed around for this big rig we just bought. Today Rob is going to get the license, and here's what we came up with....








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With the last name Gasser, how could we NOT get this? LOL

Two pics for my camper scrapbook

Credits:
Date stamps by Traci Murphy, font: Facelift

Trying a different style

I'm an avid fan of Ali Edwards' work, and love her simplistic style. She has these cool new journaling frames out at Designer Digitals, but since I'm on a pretty strict budget right now (that wampa party bus is sucking all the extra fundage right out of our house!!), I thought I'd try my hand at making my own. Here's what I came up with:



Credits:
Date dots by Amber Clegg
Fonts: DJB Kelli (journaling), Facelift (title)

We had fun yesterday. After church, where we played/sang a rockin' rendition of Let It Rise (LOVE that electric guitar in there...woohoo!), we had lunch at a cute little local diner near our house called the Mayberry Diner. I highly recommend it to all my Toledo friends...great food, and reasonably priced. Later in the afternoon we decided to go on a spontaneous picnic in the camper. We picked up Rob's parents and my grandma (ages 87, 86 and 91!) and headed out to Secor Metropark. Grandma didn't know we had the camper so she was shocked when we picked her up. It was cute, listening to all of them chat like they were sitting in someone's living room.

Today Rob is in Valpo for LBAA meetings, so it's a girls day. After we watch The Return of the Jedi for the 68th time, we are going to go swimming. Hope it doesn't rain!

Happy Birthday USA!

Credits:
American Kit by Redju
Alphas from Traci Reed's iCandy and Stampy Foamy Messy Alpha
Notepaper/arrow from Traci Reed's Bare Feet and Blue Jeans

When it rains, it pours...literally

Right now, we have...

-Bowls and buckets holding several inches of water that leaked through our porch roof last night
-Water covering 3/4 of the floor in our basement
-A kitchen table covered with all the stuff that was in the porch
-Two kids who are so exhausted from getting up early to go to Safety City, all they want to do today is watch movies (I can't say that I blame them...it's still rainy and yucky outside).

I'm about ready to pack up the motorhome and take off for a few weeks and forget that we even own a home! You can't have a leaky basement in an RV! LOL

On a more positive note, yesterday was our 14th anniversary. We went out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Carraba's. I had some yummy ravioli, Rob got canelloni and we shared a bottle of wine. Mmmmm! Afterward we tried to go to the bookstore, but it was storming and the tornado sirens were going off. Apparently a funnel cloud had been spotted in the south end of Toledo (S. Byrne and Hill, for those of you who know Toledo). When we got to the bookstore (in Monclova), they were closed due to the storm. I've never heard of this! They offered to let us come in and stay in their break room, but we decided to just get back in the car and go get the kids, who were staying at Rob's brother's house nearby. Sigh. At least it will be a memorable day!

Tomorrow we are planning to go to our neighborhood's little July 4th celebration. It's so cute...great for kids. There is a bike parade, a clown, jazz band, face painting, games, snacks and the fire fighters bring the truck so the kids can sit in the driver's seat. We invited some friends to come along too, so it should be a good time.

Happy birthday to the USA...wishing all my friends in digi land a safe and happy holiday!