Floods, Mud, Pickin'

Last weekend we went to the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield. What an experience! Camping, old friends, new friends, great bluegrass and folk music, walk-abouts, campside jams... I already miss it. The girls and I look forward to this weekend all year. I've heard "It takes a year to recover from Winfield, and Winfield to recover from a year.

This year was a little different. The Walnut River flooded the campgrounds after 9 inches of rain farther up north. In fact, it even flooded the fairgrounds where the festival is held. Here's a link to a picture of what it looked like.

http://www.newscow.net/story.php?StoryID=2331

The campers were spread all over the county. We ended up camping at The Quail Valley Fun Barn. Not a lot of people were there, but we had music around us part of the night. Camping so far away from the fairgrounds made it interesting. In the past, we have been able to walk to our camp whenever we needed a break, or a thirst quencher, or a jacket. This year we had to plan ahead and pack whatever we needed to enjoy the shows we wanted to see. We stayed at the shows longer so we didn't drive back and forth, so we got to see some great acts. But we did miss the campground jams that make this festival so great. Still, it was a great, but short, weekend, and I'm already counting down the days until the next "3rd weekend in September."

Kenna Quote of the Week

When the alarm clock went off: "Turn that damn thing off, you stupid bitches!"

Sweet Sixteen

My baby turned on Monday. Yup, Kaemie is the legal age to drive now. I feel so bad that we don't have time to go get her driver's license anytime soon (insert sarcasm here).

Kaemie is a good kid. She is definately my success story. I trust her to make good choices (usually). The past sixteen years have flown by. I hope she can say that she had a good childhood, despite her mom.

Happy birthday, Kaemie! I love you!

Reliving My Youth

Poison still ROCKS!

I went to their concert at the Kansas State Fair this past Sunday.

I did this

more times that night than I've done in my whole life. My friend Jennifer went with me. I didn't take any pictures because I guess we were both so excited about going that we both forgot our cameras. Doesn't matter, I'll remember it for a long time, despite the four beers. I guzzled those pretty quickly so I could ROCK OUT without worrying about spilling them!

I felt old when Brett Michaels said that Poison has been making music for 22 years! Yeah, I probably saw one of their first concerts. 22. Years. Ago. It was my first rock concert (SHH... my parents think my first concert was Bon Jovi the following year). Then I felt really old when I woke up the next day and my knees hurt from dancing and jumping and my arms hurt from clapping and waving.

But, just so ya know... I ROCK AT CONCERTS!!!!