DeWitt Family: May 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Mount Charleston

This DeWitt family is not well known for our camping expertise but our friends the Lazenby's - David, Breezy, Dutch, Maylee, and Tally - invited us to Mount Charleston overnight and we decided to go for it. We toyed with the idea of getting some gear but ultimately opted for borrowed sleeping bags and a bed in the back of the Odyssey. When we woke up and it was 29 degrees outside the car, I was glad we went that route but Brian says next time we need to get some better padding to sleep on - he apparently had a plastic clip in his back all night. Overall, I'd say it was a success because we got an ok night's sleep, quality campire time (w/marshmallows of course), and the kids loved exploring with their friends. Maybe we'll try it again when it's not so cold.

We "hiked" to a pretty meadow and found this nasty patch of snow to play in. Great picture with nobody looking, Mom.

Uncle Crabby (Cameron) would say, "Nice hair, wrong planet." Brooklyn looks like a real mountaineer with her walking stick.

Brian found Lukas this stick gun and he thought it was so cool we had to bring it home with us.

Didn't intend for this to turn out quite so cheesy but that's Mount Charlston in the background and I thought it was really beautiful. Everyone together now... Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thanks Everyone!!

Well, here's the tally on my 26th Birthday loot:

10 hours with Brian kid-free
10 shirts
1 dress
1 swimsuit
3 meals out on the town
1 movie
1 nap
0 diapers
2 fun new cooking gadgets with a cute apron
4 gift cards
1 hand-made watch
5 cards, an e-card and a decorated poster
8 phone calls
4 texts
4 happy birthday songs
2 cakes
1 bouquet of flowers and
32 facebook birthday wishes

You're all so wonderful!! Thanks for making my day so special.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Randomness and an Airplane Incident

So my monthly trip home for work was a one-hour flight instead of a five-hour drive (thanks Mom!). Overall, the kids did really great - better than their Mom who tends to get a little claustrophobic/nauseas. So... as I we were boarding our return flight, I asked Lukas to find 3 empty seats together, and he did. We started to take our seats and the Lady behind us says, "Are you serious? Children can't fly next to the wing." Assuming she was just kidding around, I laughed and continued to get my kids situated. I realized I was wrong when she said, "No really, are they going to scream the whole time? Can't you sit somewhere else?" I was a little stunned and choked out "They usually do really well." The flight attendant (probably a mother) swooped in from the aisle and told her "Excuse me Ma'am, SouthWest welcomes families on our flights, you're welcome to move to another seat." Lady: "Well I guess we'll have to move." Flight Attendant: "You know, if you don't want children on your flight you should have your next flight privately chartered." The other flight attendant who was sitting right there came up to me and said he was really sorry and if she said anything else to me that he would be happy to escort her off the plane. They were both baffled because they thought she was joking, too. I told him that it was sad that she clearly doesn't have any children and he said, "Yeah, big suprise that no one wanted to mate with her." Wow.

Flying home from AZ trip - May 2010