not this cute anymore!I love to camp, right? So I was looking forward to my family reunion at Cherry Hill, even if I had to do it without a husband. This place is not just a typical campground.. It's all grass (a bonus when you have a son like Zack who LOVES to cover himself in dirt.) Plus.. playgrounds, swimming pools, waterslides, golfing, batting cages, restaurants, a store.. I mean, what more could you ask for? All I wanted was a good night sleep-- I would have probably settled for a couple of hours. I didn't get any.
The weather was great.. warm yet breezy, but when evening came, we had a terrible wind storm, and the first night everyone was out of their tents at 2 am. One of the shade/tarp things flew on my dad's car and we were all up to rearrange the camp ground. I think I had one or two hours of sleep that night. When I woke up, I took my three kids watersliding ALL day. No naps, no breaks.. just chaos and sunburns--it was a wild time. When evening came, I was completely exhausted. Before I actually fell asleep, our tent came down on us. I moved all of us outside to sleep under the stars, until the wind picked up and we had leaves and branches hitting us in the face. Around 3 am I put my tent back up, moved the boys back inside only to have the tent collapse again. I was so tired, I just wanted to cry and drive home to Vegas.. but I didn't! I unloaded my van, shoved our air mattress in the back (it obviously didn't fit..) and moved my kids once more. As soon as I started to fall asleep, the sun came up, which woke up Zack. So I strapped him in his car seat and put on a movie.. Peter Pan was starting the second time around when most of the camp woke up. And of course, everyone was laughing at me. But what's is a girl supposed to do??? Anyway, here are the pictures taken to prove my frustration. Thanks to Dave and Katie for the photography.. and for watching Zack before we pulled ourselves out of bed.
Don't you love Ben and Luke's arms and legs sprawled everywhere? They were troopers. 
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Oh Janet you are amazing and such a good story teller. Is part 2 about locking your keys in your car?
I don't know if I could do that. You are so amazing. I think I would of just cried. I bet your boys will only remember how much fun they all had.
I'm really sorry, but I think that story is quite hilarious. Maybe we can be friends again in a month when you think it's funny. :) I was totally laughing, especially when I saw the accompanying pictures. Thanks for the laugh and for being such a great person!
I honestly do feel bad for laughing, I really do. But I can't help it when you are being so funny about it!
The story was funny, and the pictures were hilarious! There are few things worse than being in a sleepless dilerium--no wonder they use it as a form of torture. Thanks for letting us laugh about the situation even though it was a (sleepless) nightmare for you. I hope you get lots of good sleep these next few days with your kids gone. Good luck to Aaron on the Bar!
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