dumb me

so apparently blogger was not broken, but rather my rudimentary understanding of blogger was not quite sufficient. the kind folks at the blogger help desk have addressed the issue, so now there are several posts in a row coming. this first one is from a family trip to forest home the second weekend of november. it seemed like a good idea at the time, spending time in the woods, enjoying each other and people from our church, but little did we know that it would nearly be the end of all of us.

this picture should have been our first clue. the boys are having a great time causing a ruckus, and i am already looking wasted. no wonder i felt like jack nicholson from the shining.

despite the lack of naps on the way up, everything went fairly well until friday night. i slept about three hours, mostly due to the fact that both boys had vicious gas all night long. something about the combination of high altitude and broccoli did not sit well with them. this is the boys the morning after.

isaac still thought climbing the bunk beds was just about the coolest thing ever

we didn't really make it to any of the sessions, but instead watched the boys explore the great outdoors.

this hat is still a favorite of ours

a quick picture with our friends the nelson's (jamie, sara, and little max). everything seemed normal, but the car ride home was about half nap, half screaming. if that had been the worst of it, that would have been all right. instead, isaac also came home with the flu.