- PLANS DID NOT GO AS PLANNED -

wow, what a weird weekend - as you can go & read in my previous post about all we'd to do on friday, you can see it was VERY rushed (to say the least) - well, we picked brit up at school & ended up having to stop by spike's off (we'd not planned on this) to drop off some football tickets as since we were going camping, he wasn't going to be going to the game, so he was giving them to his brother - we then drove to the camper that we'd dropped off the night before just so that'd be one less thing we'd have to do - while on the way to the campground, mom called & said that dad went to get their camper & he was stranded out on the highway EEEEK! - she called my brother & he went & helped dad as they'd just put a new part on it & thought it might just need to be 'tweaked' a bit - they got it running so they were off - he took it to their house, they loaded it quickly & they were heading towards us as they were going to help watch the girls as we weren't comfortable with brit babysitting alone at a campgrounds - i dropped spike & brit off & they were going to get everything hauled out of the camper, awning out, rug down, lawn chairs set up, lights hung, etc. while i took the bear cubs to the grocery to grab some thing that the girls could eat for dinner that night since we were going out with spike's mom - with it being a short weekend, i wasn't going to be buying much (ie: hot dogs, marshmallows, pop, ice, etc.) - they were hurrying, we were hurrying & the girls were being so good - they all were so excited about going camping (espeically karleigh as she's definately the camper of the 5 kiddos) - mom called just as i was ending the grocery purchasing & said, "you'll not believe it, but your dad's in front of me & he just called to say the brake line broke on the camper & he's NO BRAKES on the rv!!!" - i'm thinking, "this can't be happening!!! - here it is 10 minutes till 5 & we've to leave for the restaurant at 5:15 & i've still gotta get to the camper (about a 10 mintue drive), get cleaned up, change clothes, do something with my hair & makeup, unpack groceries, etc." - mom said that dad was taking it home, but she'd still come to the campgrounds & sit with brit & the girls" - all the while, i've finished getting my things & before paying, i took the girls to the bathroom as the minute we get in the van, they'll all have to pee! - i'm talking to mom on the phone in the bathroom while waiting on all the girls to finish & proceed back to my cart so i could pay & then get outta there - i went out of the restroom to find that someone had taken my entire cart of groceries & i was going to have to start over!!! - i said, "mom, that's it, we're not camping this weekend!!! - i don't know how we'll do it, but we'll bring the girls to you so turn around & go back to your house" - i phoned spike to which he said (happily), "guess what? - brit & i are finished!!" to which i said, "hurry & pack up, we're heading home!!" - i headed for the camper, threw everything inside, changed clothes & got ready, then headed to dad/mom's house where they were standing on the sidewalk waiting on us to pull up so we didn't have to get out of the van, but instead the girls all just piled out & off they went sobbing all the way (not that they didn't want to go to papaw/nana's, they were thrilled, but soooooooooo wanted to go camping) - dad/mom said they could all (yes, all!) stay all night & that they'd 'make a tent for them to sleep in' - the girls were then excited & ended up having a great time - we made it to the restaurant at 2 mintues until 6 & had to be there at 6 (praise the lord) - we'd an absolutely wonderful time, great fellowship & great food, then we went to bill/sylvia's (spike's brother) for coffee & ice cream cake YUM! - we then went home & collapsed - got up saturday, went & got the girls, then went with dad/mom to lunch at golden corral (YUM & thanks dad/mom!!) - we then headed for the camper, dropped it off at the storage lot & came home where i began taking hair down (yeah, guess i was bored, huh??) - got everyone de-beaded, bathed, greased down & even got ruby's done (stayed up until 5am doing it) - got up this morning & started on kiara & then finished with karleigh, but you know what?? - I'M FINISHED! - now, we'll see where this week takes us *smile* - here's 2 pictures (front view & side view) that i did on them all - they love it! - i'm happy to announce too, that the front 2 rows going across from side to side & also the back braids that are all hanging down are all cornrows! - i wanted so badly to do the entire 'do' in cornrows, but my hands couldn't hold out - it'll take a lot of practice on my part, but for now i'm happy with taking it slowly - give me your read on how the cornrows turned out & tips are welcome as well!

- Lori - [keep smilin']