Camping Wilcox Style

One of our favorite things to do as a family is go camping. Some people argue that it's not camping unless you tent camp but the trailer is the best I do. Here are some pictures from our trips.

Todd is showing off his Rpod and Emma is doing what she loves best. (Double Lake)

Double Lake had a lot of trails in the back of our campsite and the kids had fun exploring. 

At double lake we had a campfire friend. A raccoon stared at us all night and would glacier over every chance he got.

This is Emma bed. We stuck in the back of the bottom bunk and trapped her in with two pillows.

Within 10 minutes of us getting to Double Lake Wesley got stuck in the mud. The lake was right behind us with a trail leading to it. We decided then and there to move campsites to one that's not on the lake.  

This is at Cagle, it's on the North side of Lake Conroe. This is Emma's bike and she loved it she would always beg to sit in it.  

Wesley found something besides his sister to torment.

Maddie learned how to ride her bike on this camping trip!! We took some advice from some friends that told us to take off her petals for a few days so she can learn how to balance. After a year of frustration this trick worked and she learned how to ride a bike with training wheels.

 Todd and Emma had a long day.

Yes we camp with alligators!!!

We love to Dutch oven. Roast and potatoes you can't get better when you're camping!!

Family Campout

We just got back from a cub scout family camp out and we are exhausted. The kids had a great time and didn't want to leave but they fell asleep in the car on the way home. It was a big success and we had over 60 people there. Camp Strake was awesome they had an obstacle course, tee pees, rock climbing wall, a fort and a pirate ship. They even had an alligator in the pond with the pirate ship, I thought I was in Peter Pan.

Todd made a rocket that shot a bottle about 30 feet in the air, the kids loved that. We are all looking forward to the next camp out. Here are some pictures of our adventure. Thanks Melanie!!!

Mandie told me I needed to

I have been absent in the social network and Mandie told me I needed to start again. Life has been crazy since I started to home school. Any free time I had has been replaced.

The kids and I worked in the yard all day today. We put mulch and down and planted flowers. We also go an awesome fish fountain, which we love. Emma has been Emma and I don't know if I'm ready for a toddler. She is in to everything and everyone in the whole family is tired of it.

Wesley is a awesome cub scout, he has earned his bobcat and is half done at getting his wolf. He also is a great reader and love wimpy kid books and Calvin and Hobbes.

Maddie just got glasses and she looks smart. She is really great at math and loves numbers.

As for Emma I don't know if we are going to survive toddler hood.

Todd has been gone all weekend at a scout camp and he has a load of dishes to look forward to.

I am going to start up this blogging thing again so stay tuned.

You did what?

Yes we took a lonnng road trip this summer. We put over 5000 miles on our car in just over a month. While it was long we had a great time. Here is a little snippet on the road. This was actually one of the better snippets.

Deep in the heart of Oregon

We escaped the heat and drove to Oregon. We stopped in Utah and had a fun time visiting family. We then headed up to Oregon. Todd dropped us off and flew home, we are having a fun time camping and seeing the Oregon coast. We are leaving for Texas on Friday, as sad as I'm am to leave I'm looking forward to my own bed!

Kroger's Mega Sale!!

I usually don't take pictures from my shopping, coupon extravaganza but this was a great one. Four hundred dollars worth of food and I only spent $138. Plus I got $5.50 to use on my next shopping trip. The cash register wouldn't let the transaction go through because I saved so much money a manager had to come and override it. Did I say how much a love kroger's mega sales?

Another year another day at Chuck-e-Cheese

Happy Birthday Maddie!!! Yes she did it, she turned 6! And she told, "now that I'm is six I will no longer throw fits". I'll let you know how that goes. Maddie wanted to open her presents right when she woke up. She got a computer game, camera, shirts, and pjs. Later that night she had a few friends go to Chuck's with us. She said, "I've never had a birthday like this before". So I think she has a great day.

I looked in mirrow while I was driving and I saw three girls giggling. I don't know how Wesley survived.

Third times a Charm

This is the third year in a row we have planted a garden. This has been a good year for some things while other have failed. But we got a ton of peppers (which we love). Our squash and cucumbers did better last year but it has rained so much the water doesn't have anywhere to go. Not to mention the hose was left on for 24 hours (don't ask it might make me angry at Wesley and Todd again). But here are some before and after shots. We did patio tomatoes this year.

Right after planting

Our experiment, Todd made a Topsy-Turvy.

I feel a little guilty

I admit I do feel a little guilty with this one. I was teasing her but I couldn't resist.

Happy Birthday Emma!!!

My baby is one year old (okay a month ago). She has been so much fun. I love hearing her laugh and play. She has a big grin with one dimple. Emma loves giving her mom sloppy kisses. She loves taking bags apart one item at a time but she will also put everything back in (one at a time). Happy Birthday Emma we love you!!!!

Emma enjoying her birthday cake. She wouldn't touch it unless we all looked away, she would scream at us if we looked at her. So we only got the after shot.

The girls in the matching dresses.

Did I mention she's a multi-tasker.

It's the one dimple grin!

First Day of School compared to Last day of School

Can you believe the school year has come and gone? Both Wesley and Maddie had a great year. Wesley has become a great reader. He has read all the Wimpy Kid books. Maddie can add numbers like nobodies business. I'm so proud of both of them. The kids loved going to school but they are excited for summer.

First Day of School

Last day of School

First Day of School

Last Day of School

I love Kindergarten Drama

Maddie came home from school upset. I asked her, "Whats wrong?" She said she got in a fight with all her friends at school. I asked her who she played with and she said, "Elisabeth, she's my backup". We had a nice talk about being nice to everyone.

Some Disney World Pics

I finally got my memory stick back. I posted a lot of pictures, we had so much fun I can't wait to go again.

Pocahontas asked Maddie to sing her a song. Maddie started singing so I leaned in to listen. I was a song she made up about Jesus. Like in the Book of Mormon Maddie was teaching the Lamanites.

I love the up characters. This was one of the longest lines we waited in but I love the movie UP!

She is so cute (I'm not talking about Emma)

It was a hard long day!

We're excited but Maddie is unsure. I think this is in Pirates.

The Crystal Palace was great! One of the best restaurants we ate in.

I was unsure if I wanted to put this picture in being that it's a horrible one of me, but looking at Wesley I couldn't resist. This is the rock n roller coaster, you go from 0 to 60 in about 10 seconds. Needless to say Wesley didn't go on this again.

This was at our hotel.

The end of the first day about 12:00 am. We were excited to run into Mickey and Minnie. Maddie got her purse that day and wouldn't put it down.

Chillin at Epcot

Someone is peeking out the window

This was at our hotel. This was the red shirt day.

Look for the bear necessities