Homemade goodness

OK- YUM!!! Brinley reminded me today about cinnamon rolls when I was making my bread dough. I'm so glad she did. I haven't made them in a long time. My recipe makes 4 loaves of bread, so I just use one of them to make the cinnamon rolls.  They are so good, and I obviously couldn't wait!

Megunticook

So, we are starting to see little traditions emerge on this, our third year of camping. We are starting to return to favorite campgrounds at the same times of the year. This is our second annual trip to Megunticook Campground by the Sea on the weekend after Memorial Day. We love this campground for the super warm pool.  When they say they have a heated pool, they mean it (unlike many campgrounds up here in the North- northeast). :)

We brought the other Johnsons with us- don't the Casita and Oliver look cute together, though?

I was told there was alot of this going on...

and this....

and this.....

AND this.

But, unfortunately, this is pretty much all I was seeing for the weekend. Here's the story- Braedan woke up Friday night at 1AM screaming that his eye hurt and grabbing at it. He wouldn't open it to let us see, so after about an hour of him drifting back to sleep and waking up screaming, he slept the rest of the night.  The next morning, he wouldn't open either eye, although it was the left that had the issue.  At first I wasn't too worried.  I figured he would eventually open it.  We bought some saline to flush it out and this eye patch to cover it.  But he spent all day with both eyes shut and lying STILL (which was the scary part).  It was like having a little blind boy.  We even carried him down to the nice warm pool and thought he would open his eye when he got in there, but no such luck.  Sunday passed in the same way.  By this time, I was really worried. What was hiding behind that closed little eye?  We were afraid to take him to the ER because we didn't know to what lengths they would go to open his eye.  Sunday evening I put warm compresses on his eye for two hours and he finally opened it.  It was very red and inflamed.  We took him to the doctor and discovered he had a corneal tear/abrasion which healed after a few days on antibiotics.  I am so happy to see those beautiful blue eyes again and I am so thankful he is healed!

Memorial Day Weekend- Bar Harbor

Our second annual trip to Bar Harbor for Memorial Day weekend.  It sure is good to be back out camping and sitting around the fire roasting our Friday night hotdogs and smores!

Good morning, sunshine!

This picture is out of order and I don't know how to move it, so pretend it is down with the other Bar Harbor pictures. Thank you.

Sabbath, we took a drive up Cadillac Mountain.  We spent quite a while up on the top balancing rocks,

taking pictures,

and enjoying the view.

Cooper loved hiking.

Brinley found this cool heart shaped rock.

On top of the world!

Sunday we went shopping in Bar Harbor as it was drizzling rain a bit in the morning.

But by afternoon, it was sunny and warm. 

That evening we played miniature golf at Pirate's Cove.

We could not make Braedan understand that it is not a happy thing to be in one of these.

But we knew it! (not from experience)

On Monday, we packed up ready to go, but left the trailer while we went around The Loop.  Here's a quick stop at The Beach.

Then Thunderhole.  My sweet boy.

The mountain goat.

What a great weekend. 

Let the nightmare begin...

I am happy to see that my dear hubby is not letting much time go before starting on the bathroom rennovation.  Remember the fire?  Well, here he is now popping the tiles off the walls.  Poor guy- he had bleeding knuckles before it was all done.

A work in progress

Spring Magic

A little spring magic happening around here in the form of the new table topper I made from the Spring Magic line by moda.  I fell in love with that fabric at first sight...

Also, a little more magic happening in the garden...

And then there's the backyard....

The kids so love an adult to bounce them!

Spring has sprung!

Crocuses are the embodiment of the promise of spring!  We are always so excited to see them!

They look so happy and cheerful on an otherwise dark and dismal backdrop.

Also, finally time for Brinley to put out the birdfeeder she built and painted this winter.  Yeah, spring!