Life in Colon

Well we've been in Colon now for over 24 hours and it's been great so far. We arrived yesterday around 11am, unloaded got ourselves cozy in the cottage. Within 2 hours, we met two of the cottage neighbors. One even brought us fresh produce from her garden. We tried laying the girls down for a nap but not successful as Macey was way too excited about everything, she just kept singing everytime we laid her down. So we were off to explore Walmart in Coldwater. Got a bunch of groceries so the fridge is now full! Elizabeth, Darrin, kids, and dogs came over as well as Carol and Mark (owners of the cottage). Carol greeted us with fresh flowers and homemade cookies even. After some fishing of the dock, popsicles, and some chatting, we got the girls in pj's and they were off to bed. We all slept pretty good besides it being a little warm upstairs, but the girls slept just fine. Woke up and had a cup of coffee (yes I am starting to drink coffee now) as the sun was rising over the lake. Had scrambled eggs and toast on the porch when the girls woke up and enjoyed the relaxing morning. We keep saying we feel like we're on vacation. Jason headed off to school for a few hours to get some stuff done, while Elizabeth and kids came on over. The kids played in the sandbox, did shaving cream on the picnic table and played with the water table. It's very private where we are so the kids were running around with undies or nothing on at all, so now Macey thinks this is quite fun. After her nap, she requested to just wear undies outside to play again, we may have started something here. I took quite a few pictures but since I'm not Elizabeth's computer right now I will have to download them later.

We are now at Elizabeth's and just got done eating dinner. We had pork chops on the grill, it was delicious! The kids are now off to the park, then Mace will have a bath here (we only have a shower at the cottage, which Mace is not fond of, so thanks to Elizabeth for their tub!) and we'll head back to put the girls down. I think Macey should sleep good tonight :)

Tomorrow, the plans are: Jason at school for just a bit, while us girls and kids go to the library or park. The rest of the day should be just us relaxing at the cottage. Brenda is coming on Wednesday for the day and I'm waiting to hear from the Burgess' of when they're heading down to visit :)

Just wanted to check in since I know many people are wondering what's going on and we don't have that great of phone service at the cottage. Feel free to try and call though whenever!