Grandma and Grandpa John come to town!

It's like Christmas every time we have Grandparents come to visit! We have count down till they come just like for Christmas. :-) This time was especially exciting because we were planning a camping trip when they came.
We went to JellyStone Park and stayed in these cute log cabins right on a lake. They have playgrounds, a dog park and fishing and forest for the kids to adventure around. It's really nice to be out in the great outdoors and feel the fresh air. It is a lot of work to plan and pack for, but worth it in my book. Especially with moms help, it goes quickly with her efficiency.
We had a great time getting used to the park, having a campfire dinner, and playing with glow sticks past dark. Boys slept in one cabin with me, and the girls slept in one cabin with Grandma and Grandpa.
We woke up to eggs and sausage breakfast, with bagels and fruit and hot chocolate. It was delicious and a beautiful morning. The adventuring started, with setting turtle traps, hiking and a craft at the lodge. Mom took the 3 younger kids to the craft, while Grandpa John and the boys and I worked on Webelos stuff. I worried about mom having to handle all 3 of the wild ones for a craft and then walking back for it. Well i wished i hadn't of worried, because maybe what happened next wouldn't of happened....
I met mom and the kids up at the lodge and she excitedly told me that she rented a golf cart for the day to make our day more fun and easy to get around. Well she was to nervous to drive and felt it would be "safer" for me to drive so we switched seats and she hopped in the back with Jordan. The girls each wanted to take turns driving so Kaylee went first hoping on my lap. They were really cute about how excited they were about the experience.
Renee says to Kaylee "Wow Kaylee, you are a good driver!"
and Kaylee responds...."Well we are twins, so you will be great too!"
Probably one of the cutest twin things I've heard, at least in a long time haha!

Well shortly after that is when i wish i could do differently. The twins wanted to trade and take turns, so Renee jumped onto my lap and started and the  road ahead looked "dangerous" because cars were parked on both sides and people were carrying large things across the road for a high school reunion, so i decided to U-Turn and go a different route, to be "safer" Well Mom was sitting in the back and lost her balance and flew off onto the gravel road and hit her head on a rock. She was yelling "ow, ow, ow!" I helped her up and drove her back to camp. We laid her down and she was getting dizzy and started throwing up, so Grandpa John took her to the hospital. They determined that she had a concussion, but to be safe they wanted to keep her over night and transfer to a Trauma Hospital just in case she started bleeding in the middle of the night, she would avoid a helicopter flight and about $30,000 fee. So Joe and John went to visit Grandma and give her a blessing and returned once they transferred her to the other hospital to figure out how we would get grandma home.
So we decided that Joe and John should go home and take Wrigley and Jordan with him. He would drop them off and he could take Joe's car to go get Grandma. I stayed with the kids and tried to salvage what remained of the camping trip. We packed up as much as we could before they left and just left the essentials to make it easier clean up.
We enjoyed a camp fire, roasting marshmallows, and singing songs around the campfire, until it got to cold. Then headed into the cabins for some games and then headed for bed. The boys slept in a cabin by themselves and and I joined the Girls in their cabin. Kaylee actually bundled up with me and Renee slept on the top bunk.
We woke up to a beautiful morning and made pancakes and a fire of course. We cleaned up camp, packed up and headed out by 9:00 and made it home by 10:45. Joe was great and unloaded the car, helped get the kids showered and ready for church and I took off for my meeting.
Joe called when I got out and said that 2 of the kids have fevers and decided that they will stay home for sacrament, and we will swap during 2nd and 3rd hour.
I was surprised when I got home from church that mom wasn't even home yet, i called and she said that she was still waiting to be discharged. So we got the kids to bed since they weren't feeling well, and waited up for mom to get home. She didn't get home till 10:30. went  straight to bed. I rubbed her back and neck and help tuck her in. It was nice to be her nurse, a sweet tender moment.
She slept till late morning, and went back to bed and kept sleeping till 3. We just took it easy for the rest of the trip. Which is abnormal for time spent with mom, it's normally go go go!
It was actually perfect timing to take it easy because I was just put in charge of the Ward Christmas Party so we sat on the couch and planned it all out. She is the perfect person to do that with because she loves parties, loves themes, and does it with such fun enthusiasm.
She did muster up the energy to finish sewing the girls Halloween costumes, and help me make a bunch of fire starters. It was a nice trip. Just wish that accident didn't happen, but accidents happen, unfortunately and have to be grateful it wasn't worse than it was!