When the weather hands you lemons......make lemonade

So our weekend did not turn out exactly as planned but we regrouped and had a great time with great friends anyway.

The original plan was to go camping up in Oklahoma with Erin and her family, Kelley and her family, Christie and us. Plans changed Thursday night when Kelley and Emily came down with the flu and then we started watching the weather and found out a massive storm with hail and tornado activity was headed right toward our camping spot. After several phone calls between Erin and I we changed camping locations and went ahead as planned. On the drive down to our new destination the weather was in the 60's with minimal sprinkling rain every once in a while. When we actually arrived at the campsite the rain had disappeared. We "thought" we were safe. Paul and I set up camp and shortly thereafter Erin, Bob, Mollianne, and Christie arrived. Bob and Erin proceeded to put up their tent and the weather just kept getting worse and worse. A little while later we had what will always be known as "The great tent catastrophe of 2007". Suffice it say that we all wound up in our travel trailer but it worked out great because there was plenty of room for everyone. The weather still refused to cooperate and even though the rain stopped the temperature continued to drop and the wind made staying outdoors unbearable.

Friday evening and night we had a game filled, dog watching, plenty of laughs night in the travel trailer. Long after Mollianne, Bob, and Paul had gone to sleep Erin, Christie, and I stayed up enjoying each other's company as usual.

Now on to pictures of our camping expedition:
The tent before the great catastrophe.

Paul and I sitting under the awning watching the darkening sky.

Yep, I think there may be a storm brewing.

After we were sequestered inside we found several ways to entertain ourselves:
Erin, Christie, and I played Clue with a little help from Rowdy.

It was also very entertaining to watch Bob and Mollianne play with a dish set we have in the trailer. Yes those are cups on Bob's ears!!

Don't ever let Bob tell you that Lucy is "Erin's dog". This picture of the 2 of them sleeping is priceless.

When we woke up Saturday morning and the weather was still crappy we decided to cut our losses and head back home. We devised a plan to go to Christie's house after Anton was finished with play practice and cook out as planned and just hang together.

We did make one interesting tourist stop on the way home
How many chances in life do you get to visit the World's Largest Wheelbarrow????

Now onto the fun at Christies. We entertained ourselves playing Wii and Guitar Hero. Since Paul and I went straight to Christies from camping we had to bring Rowdy with us. That meant we had to get Christie's dogs acclimated to Rowdy. It was very interesting to say the least.

Paul held Rowdy for awhile after we arrived so that Kaleigh could get used to a little dog being in the house. She still wanted to check Rowdy out!!

It didn't take long before Rowdy and Kaleigh were friends, teasing and chasing each other through the house. Annabelle (Christie's other dog)was pretty immune to all the chaos.

Bob, Erin, Christie, and Anton play a friendly game of tennis. Bob and Erin are severely hooked on the Wii system now. Much like Paul and I were after we played it several months ago.

Erin wants to point out that she won the bowling match, her very first time playing.

Before we started the Wii marathon we spent a couple of hours playing Guitar Hero. This is a game in which you are the guitar player in the band. The notes come on the tv screen and you have to follow along or risk getting boo'd off the stage. Christie is officially the Guitar Hero Diva. It was her first time to play and she blew us all out of the water.
Erin and Christie "Rock Out" and entertain the rest of us.

Paul and Christie strike true rocker pose with a little Gene Simmons action.

So you see, even though the weekend did not turn out as planned we were still able to have fun and make tons of memories with our friends.

Always remember: This is what memories are made of....