LIVE LOVE LAUGH: May 2020

May 26, 2020 Camping

Since we left the trailer up in a camping spot we decided to go back up north since it was going to be 110* for a couple days. We stopped in Payson on our way up and went to a park in town that has some new Pickleball courts. No one was there to play so we did some drills for about an hour.

Once we left Payson we went to our spot and hung out. After a while we headed to Woods Canyon Lake so Kev could fish and then we could go elking back behind Woods Canyon. The fish just weren’t biting but still a beautiful day out at the lake. I always love finding and watching the eagle that is up there.

The next day we went for a quad ride and over to Willow Springs for more fishing. Still no fish, just basically relaxing at the lake. I actually walked at each lake while Kev fished. After the lake we decided to take a road trip to Showlow to check out the new Pickleball courts they have there. We are going to do some camping near there so thought it would be fun to see where they were. Funny thing, we pull in the parking lot and see two people playing and Kev says, “good, there’s some people we can play.” And I say, “we know them!” Sure enough once we get next to the courts we realize it’s some friends from Apache Junction. They just moved their motor home up there for the summer the day before. We played some games together and talked about seeing them again once we camp closer to them later this month.

We ended up moving our trailer over behind Woods Canyon Lake to an old camping spot Friday morning. We had been at the other spot for 14 days and the camp host had come by on Wednesday to say he knew our 14 days were up, so we needed to move. We are all set up there for the next time we go up.

May 25, 2020 Eli in a Big Pool

I picked up all 3 of the kids so they could spend the night and Alicia and Arnold could get some stuff done without the kids around. We took them over to the Dukes to swim. The girls have been in their pool before, but it was Eli’s first time.

After swimming we came home and it was time for dinner. Eli is feeding himself these days and he is one messy eater.

Spaghetti for dinner

Yogurt and waffles for breakfast

May 23-25 Rock Posts

The thing about people finding rocks is that a lot of them post pictures of the rocks they found. It was fun to see posts of people posting pictures of the rocks that Yvonne and I made. Here are a few:

This was the first one that was found only about an hour after we hid it.

May 23, 2020 Painting Rocks

Even before Yvonne and I found some rocks we had talked about painting and hiding some ourselves. So we decided to hurry up and get some done since she was going back to Canada for 3 months in a few days. We found a great spot over by the construction gate where there were a ton of river rocks that we could use. We got some paint from our friend Cheryl so we would have a base coat on them so then we could just use sharpies to write on them.
We did a bunch of them with all kinds of positive says and even a few cute ones. Then we drove around in her golf cart and put them all around on different walking paths and sidewalks as well as putting some in some yards of people we knew.

The funny thing is while we were driving around we started thinking of some funny things we could put on rocks to hide as well as put out for people we know. So after we got rid of the first batch we went back and got a bunch more rocks and made some more. Yvonne made some pickle ones for some of our friends and then we made some others too with some sayings that pertain to certain friends. Then we just did some random ones to hide. We laughed cause rocks that people have been putting out as well as some from our first batch have been all positive and encouraging and we decided to change it up with some kind of rude ones that we thought were funny. Like.... Big Deal You Found a Rock......Love Joy Happiness blah blah blah....Keep Walking or that Covid 15 is going to be Covid 25......Not sure if others would think they were funny, but we did.

Here’s a funny story about this rock.....

This couple, Lori and Brett, got a letter in the mail anonymously from a neighbor that told them they were bringing down the value of the neighborhood because they park their cars in their driveway. It said they should get a storage unit and clean out their garage and park in it. So I made that rock for them and put it by their front door. Yvonne and I actually drove by them on our way to their house while they were out walking and we told them we were just cruising around. Well they didn’t see the rock that night but Brett saw it the next morning after he got home from playing Pickleball and he thought it was from the neighbor that wrote the letter and he went over and yelled at them. Oops!!!

Another friend text and asked if it was us cause she got a rock too, that says Fireball Queen, and another friend got the one that says , Who the Fuck are You, (a rude women said that to her at an event at the clubhouse) so we told her that yes we made it. I went over later to apologize but they actually thought it was really funny.

Yvonne had to get on my case a few times when I would jump out of the cart to put a rock out cause I would somewhat hide it. I’d put it in a bush or behind leaves and try to disguise it. So she’d say, ”it’s not an Easter egg hunt, we want people to find them, quit hiding them.” Overall, super fun painting them and “hiding” them, gave us something to do.

May 17-18, 2020 Testing out the Trailer

It was officially our first outing in the trailer. At least our first outing together. Kev had taken up the trailer last week with his friend Mark to get it all set up while they were turkey hunting for a couple days. Today we took up the quads so that we would have them up at the campsite and be able to put them in the trailer for the summer if we move from spot to spot. We not only wanted to take the quads up to the trailer but we needed to make some lists of what we still needed in the trailer. When we sold our old one, we sold it with everything in it as far as the dishes pots and pans and a few other things like that. We really didn’t know when we sold it if we would ever get another one because we just weren’t sure, but we’re glad we did because we really missed not having one when we did go camping. We figured a trip to Walmart is all we need to get stocked up on the things that we like to keep inside.That first day we went up we really just hung out at camp and since we have the quads we went out for a nice quad ride and then later went elking that night in the truck. Kev decided to park the trailer at a new spot, not too far from where we normally camp but just on a different road about 5 miles farther from where we use to go.
When we went and looked at the trailer at the time we bought it, the front part which is a pop up, was not open so this is the first time we had seen it all set up. That pop up is another bed area to sleep in and that’s where we slept that night.

The next day it was supposed to be really windy up there so once we got up and had breakfast Kev said let’s go for a short quad ride before it gets too windy. It’s funny because whenever we go out for a ride whether it’s on the quads or in the truck Kev can take road after road after road and we still will end up back at camp. It always amazes me how he knew the roads up north so well and how to get from one to another and then another and yet come back at camp. Well… This was a new area and Kev was not as familiar with the roads as he normally is. Our short quad ride ended up being closer to 4 1/2 hours because the roads that we rode on didn’t end up meeting up with the roads he thought they would and we ended up a lot farther away from camp than he thought we would. We actually kept riding and had to take a main road out to the highway and cross the highway and go get gas because we were going to run out before we would make it back to camp. We weren’t totally lost, it’s just that the roads that Kevin was looking for we never came upon so we had to take a really long way back to camp. And that wind that we thought was going to come sure ended up kicking in towards the end of our ride.

This is just a little bit of the dirt that was getting kicked up not only because it was dusty but because of the wind and towards the end no matter how far I pulled back I couldn’t avoid all the dust that was coming up from Kev’s quad.

I always wear a gaiter when we ride because it does help keep the dust out of my mouth and nose and just makes it easier to breathe. But even with that when we get back to camp I am just a dusty mess.

May 15, 2020 Finding Rocks

Ever since the stay at home orders have been in place around here a lot more people are walking, riding their bikes and basically spending time at home. A lot of people have been decorating rocks and leaving them around the neighborhood for other people to fine and people have really been enjoying it. Yvonne and I were out walking and talking about the rocks and all the sudden we came upon one. She was so excited, she kept saying I’ve been looking all over every time I go for a walk and I never see one and now I finally found one. The whole idea when you find one of the rocks is pretty much to enjoy the fact that you found it but then re-hide it for someone else. So she was carrying the rock she found and we were walking a little farther down the road and there was another one. So again she was so excited and said, not only did I find one, but I found two on the same walk.

We kept walking for a little while longer and then she really hid each one in a different spot for someone else to find.

May 9, 2020 New Trailer

Well....it happened. We bought a new trailer. Kev has been looking and looking and looking, on line, at dealers and from private sellers. He actually had one all picked out, a brand new one. But then all the BS from the salesman and just the hassle, it was so annoying. And Kev did what Kev does and we walked out. The next morning he was looking on line and said to me, let’s go look at a trailer. We did and he told the guy on the spot he wanted it. It’s new to us but it’s a 2004. It’s funny, all the trailers Kev was looking at were not toy haulers and then this one is. It’s really similar to our old one, just a little smaller. It’s going to be awesome to be camping again and not be doing it in a tent....yay!

May 8, 2020 Knock on the Door

It was around 7:45 pm and there’s a knock at the door and Kev says come in. We both sit there and no one comes in and I look at him and he says, what did you order and I was like I didn’t order anything. So I say to him I think you should go answer the door in case there’s someone there. He goes to the door opens it and there’s a box there addressed to me. It was a box of flowers from Paul, Sarah and Annabelle for Mother’s Day. Such a great surprise.

May 5, 2020 Score

I got a text yesterday from my friend Lyn that lives in the hood, and she said she was at Costco and they had toilet paper and did I want her to get me some. Ummmm yes!!! We are down to our last three rolls. I had told her Saturday morning when we were playing Pickleball that I went to Costco the day before because someone posted on Facebook that Costco had a bunch. Well I got there, there was no line so I walked right in and I saw all these carts with toilet paper in them. I go to the back in a quick pace and can’t find it. I say to this guy, who has a pack in his cart, where’d you get that? And he says I got the last one 😩 and he says plus they had it hidden over there, and points to the opposite side of where I am.
But hey.....I’m now stocked up, thank goodness Lyn didn’t need it for herself.

May 3 - 4, 2020 Twins Overnight

I missed my girls so much and Alicia was ready for a break. lol So I went and picked them up. Kev and I needed a Lainey and Emery fix❤️

It’s hilarious to watch. They make a race track around anything and just do circles

around and around. This race was with their babies in their strollers.

They love books...especially Emery. She’s always dragging out a book.

Kev gave them popsicles after dinner.

Emery’s fell off the stick so she was doing everything to still eat it

Kev’s been having this pain in his heel so he put on a support sock and I was rubbing his feet.

The girls were concerned so they wanted to help Papa too.

They had a fun afternoon over in the Dukes pool. They love the water and did great floundering around by themselves as well as playing in the boat.

The girls have gone for rides in the golf cart before so when they saw Kev take it out of the garage to wash they thought they were going for a ride. But once they realized they weren’t,

they just took turns driving.