Lambert/Ryan Camping Trip

So on Friday after work, Josh and Angela and Mike and I went camping out at Birch Lake. The lake was flooded (as you'll see in the pictures) so we were the only ones out there, except for these people in a camper, and this hippie-ish guy. It was funny. When we got there, he was wading out in the water, in his shorts, washing his clothes. Then he hung them up on a tree, on a little hill away from the water. Later we heard him playing a Ukulele or something to that effect. then he just got in his sleeping bag and camped out the rest of the night. Anyways, we had a good time. It was so quiet and peaceful out there....and there was SUN!!! It's amazing, I know. I didn't realize how tired of the rain I was, and how much I missed the sun, until we got out there, and there it was. God is good. :o) What a blessing that was. Anyways, here are some pictures (there's a lot). :o)

Me and the hubby. :o)

Josh and Ang, just chillin by the lake


I was enthralled with this bench that was partly under water. It just looked so cool, so Ang took some pictures. :o)


She told me to "throw your arms up in the air!" and this was the result: :o)


Mike, making wood shavings to start a fire


The hippie-ish guy's little camp. :o)


Sun set




Saturday morning, after we woke up. :o)

Cookin breakfast


She was messing with her camera:



My nature pictures. :o) Ang and I decided we would take some. I'm especially happy with my mushrooms. :o)


Oh yeah, I like these ones too. Kinda mystical. :o)



Aren't they cute?


I thought this was funny:



So cute. :o)

This sign cracked me up.



We walked over to the military side of the lake, and they had all these beach chairs lined up, and it was actually pretty nice over there. Lame. Luckily we were the only ones there, so we could actually get over there.

The lighting didn't turn out right in this one. It was way cooler in person. :o)


Haha, this is what you get now that I'm married. You have to have a kissy-face picture every once in a while. :o)


The lighting was bad in this one too. Hmm, I wonder if that's what you would use a lens hood for?

Group pictures! This was right before we left to go home.


Oh yeah, then Ang and I decided to get on the bench together. :o)

Good friends. Love it. :o)


So, I think I got too many pictures in this post or something, because blogger won't let me load any more. So, I think I'm going to post the first half (I load them backwards, so they stay in the right order) in a different post. :o)

Flowers

So, I guess I'm on a roll today as far as posting goes. :o)

So Monday night, Mike calls me, telling me he has to run by Wal-Mart before he comes home, and being the sweet husband that he is, asks me if I need anything. So, I think for a minute, and start rattling off a list. It went something like this: Umm...Well, I could use some new hair scrunchies, a shirt would be nice, Oh! I need some new eyeliner, I'm almost out, something chocolate would be good...umm, that's all I can think of for now. After I rambled on for a few seconds about all these things I really didn't need, I laughed a little, and said, "No, dear. I don't need anything. thanks though. See you when you get home." So that was the end of that. Or so I thought. When he did get home, I was rummaging in the cabinets, trying to figure out what to make for dinner, and he came up be hind me. when I turned around, we were talking, so I didn't really pay attention to the bag he was holding, until he opened it up for me to see. He had bought me a beautiful potted flower. I don't know what they're called, but I love it. :o) He also bought me a bag of Hershey's Bliss chocolates, which I would venture to say are just as good as Dove. :o) Anyways, here are pictures of the flowers. :o)

More Birthday

Well, I forgot to buy candles on Saturday when we did Mike's birthday, and it was driving me nuts that we didn't sing, and he didn't get to blow out candles. So, on his actual birthday, I went to the store, and bought a chocolate cake mix, and white icing that has that fun fetti stuff in it or whatever, and candles, and went home and baked him a cake. :o) However, I didn't have anything to spray the pan with, so I used olive oil. It didn't work. The cake stuck, and fell apart. Well, I managed to get it iced anyways, although it wasn't pretty. It sure was tasty though, so I guess it didn't matter in the end. :o) Josh and Ang were over for dinner, because Ang and I went shopping for food for our little overnight camping trip this weekend. So, once again, they helped us celebrate Mike's birthday. :o) Here are a few pictures.

Poor cake. :o)

we were singing. (hence the funny look on Josh's face)

He was proud of himself that he blew out ALL the candles at once. :o)