March 9-15 Spring Break 2024

Kyle brought the boys to us on Saturday for the week. It was a cold day and the wind was blowing pretty hard. It didn"t bother the boys as they played outside in their dirt pile and rode bikes.  Sammi was playing volleyball at the George R. Brown Convention Center. There is so much walking we didn"t go. We did watch the games on Baller TV.  Sunday was a much nicer day. Peyton, Luke and Cooper played hard all day. We loaded a few things in the trailer as we are headed camping tomorrow.  I never unloaded my truck from the Canton trip except for a few things we will not be taking on this trip. Now we just have to get adjusted to the time change.  Monday morning Luke was awake when I got up, he said he was to excited about camping to sleep. Susan, Peyton and Cooper slept in till about 7;30. We finished hooking up and headed out. We made one stop in Woodville to eat lunch at a little mexican food place. We pulled into Sandy Creek Coe at Dam B at about 1:30 pm. We have a nice big site. Its close to the playground, in fact I can sit in my chair and see the boys there. The loops are big and good for them to ride their bikes.  They played out all evening. The one thing I wasn"t prepared for were gnats, didn't bother the boys but did me. We had hot dogs for supper but ate inside.  Tuesday morning we all slept in pretty late for us. I got up about 6:30 and the boys got up about 7.  It was a nice morning outside with no gnats. By 10:00 am the gnats were back in full force. We drove to Jasper and got cintronella candles and coils and two types of spray.  Nothing fazed the gnats. The boys played out and they were not bothered too much. If it was just Susan and I we would hook up and leave. There is not a swimming area here so we went next door to Martin Dies State Park and let the boys swim for a couple of hours. We had hamburgers for supper but had to eat inside again. Wednesday morning was a repeat of yesterday. Thursday we loaded up and went home. Susan and I were ready because the gnats were just too bad for us.  The boys had a good time though.