Camping fun

So Ryan gave his girl-friend Kayleen a ring in April, and has been wanting to celebrate their engagement, and this is what they came up with. A camping trip with his/her families invited.
We went out to Ogallala to the lake on Friday afternoon, spent the night and enjoyed Saturday until about 2 p.m. when we had to head back home so Leon could go to work. A short trip, but since it's only about 2 hrs. out there, not bad, and it was worth it, we had a great time even tho the wind blew and it rained Friday night. The tent was fine although had to be tightened several times in the night but I gave up on the no-good air mattress, and went & slept in the van. Took a while to work the kinks out of my legs the next morning, but the fun we had at the lake made up for it.

OH! So this isn't really Ryan and Kayleen....it's just my two older boys being dorks :*)
Kayleen, are you SURE you want to marry this guy???



In fact...we won't blame you a bit if you dump him....
In the lake anyway!





We camped at Lake Ogallala, and went over to Martin Bay at McConaughy for swiming & jet skiing. It got pretty crowded at the start of the beach, but we were a ways down, and didn't have anyone crowding next to us. Maybe they thought they'd better keep their distance tho.... :*)








Hmmm...can you tell who my favorite photo subjects were?!

Can you tell what I had the most fun doing?
That was a great ride! It's been years since I've gotten to jet ski!

Those poor white legs came back home a "lovely" color of pink... They had a hard time complaining too badly about it tho, they had way to much fun!

I'll let this be all on here...Here's the link to my photobucket album if you want to see more. I'm really sorry, I'm very tired of editing, and the ones there are all mixed up and not in any order!

http://s511.photobucket.com/albums/s353/lmjelinek12/

Don't we love digital!!

We went camping Friday and Saturday...I just put my pictures on the computer...347 of them!
Gotta love digital :*) I need to go thru and edit, plenty to delete, so I'll be back with my favorites.

If you're curious about Trey's amber...check out Lynisha's post

Convention Preps

I found these on my mom's camera today, they were taken at our convention preps in June.
Meshayla and Kara went out for a week with Jana before convention.


The grounds--back in the sandhills!


Hiking up (and back down!) Scottsbluff Monument





Meshayla and Kara helping Jana in the kitchen

NOT a skate board!!

It's a "Rip-stick" and it's the latest thing around here for the kids to do. Two swivel wheels instead of 4. Can't balance on the thing myself, but it sure is fun to see the kids on them!

We have rednecks in NE too....

This has been here for years. All seasons. I suppose the farmer has put new bales out occasionally, but otherwise, it sits off the side of the highway, with the sign, for the amusement of cars passing by.
The kids have always thought it was funny, so thanks to my S-I-L...Morgen got his picture taken at the rest stop on their way home from G. meeting Sunday.........

The hardest thing,..

We're in the middle of wedding planning. I can plan and do decorations. I can sew flower girl dresses. I can make invitations, programs & guest books. I can plan and cook for the reception. I can clean house & beautify yards. I can give my opinions freely on about anything else involved in a wedding.
I've managed to do all these things in some measure for two of our other daughter's weddings already plus two nieces & a nephew.
So what's the problem?? Not "much"....just the problem of finding something for ME to wear!
Do you know how hideously ugly "mother of the bride" dresses are? (I could go to the goodwill and find some old draperies & wrap around myself & look like that) Why would I want to wear something that is so totally "not-me"? Why would I want to buy something that I would never wear again? Why is it so hard? I just want something I like, That looks good on me, I can enjoy wearing, feel good about myself in, wear again, and doesn't cost me a fortune either!
hmmm......
Is that really too much to ask?

I've just spent (way to long) on-line, searching sites for ideas...Maybe I don't know how or where to look, but came up with zilch, nada, NOTHING that I liked.
Any suggestions anyone?? Feel free to send me links! I won't offer any prizes, but believe me, If I found something from your suggestions, You would have my un-dieing gratitude!!! post them here, or you can find my e-mail on my profile.
Here's the wedding colors, and the wedding is the end of Aug, so I have to plan on higher temperatures. I dislike long sleeves, The blue or green is out, I don't wear suits...
I googled "mother of bride" dresses, and went to nearly every page. I also checked out "dressy" which is more along my line of thought. Long or tea length is fine...
Another one of my problems is that I don't want to look like I'm wearing something for a 60yr old,...but not 20 yr old either. Not picky....NOT ME!!