Look who's going camping!!!!

Did someone say Smores????

Most of you will remember our first Camping trip back in September...you know, the one that we loved so much that they had to kick us out of the campground and pry us off of the RV seats that we had rented for a week....yeah, that's it....the one that prompted us to go in search of a camper for our family. After looking for months we realized that to get one big enough to grow into, we would also have to get a different truck to haul it with....of course this was a pleasant problem for my husband...what man doesn't like to pick out a more manly truck right? At least my city slicker with a country boy just dying to get out husband does! So we found what our insanely obsessed with all things HOCKEY children affectionately dubbed "The Zamboni"...


The Zamboni was a lonely thing for months and months with no camper to call it's own....after months and months of listening to our kids nag "when are we getting a camper?!?!" looking and comparison shopping, we stumbled upon the "perfect" one for us...price and all! And it ended up being a lot newer than we thought we'd be able to afford...it's a 2007! So without further ado.....drum roll please....I would like to introduce you to the place countless memories and immeasurable laughter will fill our new Home Away from Home....

Here's Aidan the day we bought it at the lot....

Adam taking a walk thru (with the sales guy) ...maybe that snazzy green tie is how we got such a deal!... :-)

Amazing kitchen space for a camper...I'm pumped about all that cabinet/counter space!

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Adam is most certainly my new hero for getting this monstrosity backed into our house without taking out a tree or our mailbox...you rock baby!

We already have dates booked at our favorite campground the end of March and for my birthday in April....and hope to go at least once a month as long as the weather is nice...
Look out marshmallows, Hershey bars, and graham crackers world...here comes McManus Party of Five!!!

"And whatever I do, may it always bring glory to you"

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

• After the untimely death of my snazzy little Cuisinart "on demand" coffeemaker, I did not in pure lack of caffeine laziness, throw my hair up into a clippy unbrushed and hop into my car and head down the road to Dunkin Donuts in my pajamas....and while at the window, I did not realize that they were very obvioulsy my long underwear.
• While driving to Dunkin Donuts in my unmentionables, I did NOT see Forsythia blooming and tulips and daffodils coming up out of the ground!!! There's no way this could be since it's only February! Unless you are in Tennessee of course!
• I did not take my youngest two into the almost impossible, usually takes months to get into, holy cow they had a cancellation same day eye Doctor I had for my oldest son knowing full well that they were coming down with strep(cause 22 other kids in our church had it too) and were burning up with fever....and I did not keep whispering in their ears as to not be overheard asking them a million times if they felt like they were gonna throw up because that would have blown my "nope my kids aren't sick" cover....that would have made me an insensitive mommy and a super selfish germ spreader of a person...or a mom of three just trying to keep my head above water...not sure which.
• After leaving the eye doctor with my super dry eyed can you believe will be 13 in 6 weeks?!?!?! 12 year old and heading to get the dreaded "swabbing of the throat" for my other two, I did not make my poor youngest child walk into the doctors office with his mouth down in the hole of an empty Kleenex box....that may have been a bit embarassing...even for a 6 year old with a fever of 102 about to throw up.
• And I am still trying to figure out where an entire box of Samoas went this week.....because it certainly was NOT me!
• And that sleeve of Thin Mints???? Nope, NOT me either!
• And Do-Si-Do's??? AS IF!!!...I don't even like those so I would NEVER just mindlessly dip them into a cold glass of milk eat them at 2am.
• And while driving through town this weekend, I did NOT seriously almost stop at a roadside stand and buy more cookies from those little evil girls in green!!!

"And whatever I do, may it always bring glory to you"