Another Happy Place

I have been blessed to have the most fantastically fun summer with my parents. We even had a fantastic visit from Jessica, Ryan, and Emily. This whole summer has been one fun thing right after another and it has been surprisingly busy! This past week we had one last hurrah before I have to head back to school. We got to go camping at one of our favorite campsites up in Canada. Its called the Pinery. Its on Lake Huron and the grounds are a mixture of dunes, forest, wetlands, and beach. We had so much fun!!

We had one major set back for the whole trip. No it was not the lack of space in the car. No it was not the screw we got in our tire. It had to do with the fact that we were there during what must have been a MASSIVE Daddy Long Leg hatch. They. Were. EVERYWHERE. One night we counted over 80 on our tent. And that was on a lighter night. The first night we could harldy keep them off the door of the tent in order for us to get in! We would brush them off and more would come crawling off the top of the tent! The pictures of the tent show a lighter version of that first night. Anything that looks like dirt on the tent is in fact a daddy long leg (with a few real spiders thrown in for fun) It was enough to give me the heebie jeebies for the whole trip :) They were all over the coolers, the tent, the bikes, the ground, in the trees and underfoot. Upon further research though, we found that they are NOT spiders. But they still looked enough like a spider for me to mildly flail upon contact.



Aside from the plethora of long legs running this way and that, we really enjoyed working on our tans, swimming, canoeing, riding our bikes all over, eating smores, and more smores, and playing games with each other and the bugs :)

Never say never about people who don’t fit your mold of what you think you want

I have joined the ranks of Pioneer Woman Worshipers. I started reading her blog a week ago and have spent two FULL (like 4 am full) nights reading, laughing, crying, and feeling like an idiot for laughing out loud and crying about a stranger's life. The title of this blog is my latest favorite quote from her. She blogs about everything in her life. From cooking to remodeling and children to cows. Its all there!

She has written her whole falling-in-love story on her blog (along with EVERYTHING you could EVER want in a blog) and its brilliant. She is a hilarious writer and has a way of making you feel like you're right there. Right there amidst all the sweat and cows and muscly arms.

So if you have a few moments, or a few REALLY late nights, or maybe an extra week or two laying around, take a look. Its my new happy place.