Tick Tock!

On our Memorial day, we went swimming, had a barbecue, and settled down to watch a family movie. Half way through the movie, Sabrina discovers something under her armpit, that made her itch. In the darkness, I saw something, and I sent her straight to Jason to check it out in the light. Guess what is was!

Yes, it was a tick! I guess that is what we get for going to the lake. It was not filled with blood yet, but it sure did have it's head buried in. Poor girl would not hold still, and we called a nurse's line for help. They said it had to come out no matter what! And now it's body and parts are in the freezer. Oh joy! But not really...Because we have to wait for a few weeks to see if she comes down kind of disease.

Ticks totally freak me out! I have had one or two before, and if they weren't potentially dangerous, I would not fret as much. Am I making your skin itch with all this tick talk? I am...Ever since this has happened, I have been on tick alert! I am now starting to second guess my lake pass, and the plans to spend a bunch of time hanging out there. I am also worried about ticks ruining my girl's camp experience in July. I will be out there, as a counselor, and the girl's are going to look up to me for help, and possibly tick removal. Yikes! That is not my thing...but I will suck it up, and do what I have to. In the mean time, I am preparing for my trip.( I am buying a mosquito net for bed space) Also, I am waiting and praying that Sabrina will not get sick from this experience.

Up, Up, And Away....

A few weekends ago, on a beautiful warm Saturday, we set out to have a full day of activities. The girl's had back to back games in the afternoon in Churchville, and at night, Sabrina had a play performance where I was doing make-up and hair for. As I had already ad plans, Jason decides to tell me he had something he had to do Saturday morning that was quite unusual...

He said he was going to be one of four guys to pull a plane for publicity at the local airport. Wow, that seems exciting, so we all went to watch him do that. BUT when we got there, the kids had a unexpected opportunity to fly in a plane. It's the young Eagles program, headed by Harrison Ford, where pilots teach kids how to fly small planes. So COOL! How lucky they were, no one was waiting in line, and it was so simple to sign-up that and just go, it made me nervous, especially with all my kids in the air at the same time in different planes.

The girls' rode together and Clark and Erick went by themselves, much to Erick's dismay. I thought he would never get off the ground, but he did. Here are some pics of the day....