Camping Day 3 3/19/2012 Heading Home

Brooke & Daddy had already dropped Lindsay off at school, and they came back to the pop up to fix a hearty breakfast and have some Daddy/Daughter time.
Brooke enjoys her toast and poses for Daddy in her favorite Dora Jacket.

Sassy girl with her toast.

Brooke doing the breakfast dishes without her big sis! Great job Brooke!

Brooke finishing up the dishes.

Brooke must have taken this photo of Dad, because Mom had already gone home sick at this point.

Brooke sitting on the step going into the pop-up.

No shoes, no socks, the way Brooke LOVES to be!!

It's so warm here it's flip-flop weather!!

Sneaking a peek inside the cooler for a snack on the ride home!! :o)p

Camping Day 2 3/18/2012 Red Top Mountain

Lindsay and Brooke are happy to do dishes after breakfast, at least here they don't have to stand on a chair or stool to reach the sink! ;)P

Chores should be this fun at home!!

The girls laid back in their camp chairs waiting for a nibble from the lake.

When Brooke really concentrates that tongue comes out and she makes funny faces.

Q-T-PIE!!

Uncle Paul riding the girls around in his bike trailer.

At least THE GIRLS have on their bike helmets...ahem, Uncle Paul!

Uncle Paul was hooking the fish and letting Brookie reel them in!!

Lindsay has herself a big one, thanks to Grandad and her Daddy!

Lindsay caught 4 fish and Brooke caught 3 on their Barbie and Dora fishing poles, respectively.

Lindsay is saying her "Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah" I can just tell from her face in this picture! LOL!

This photo I am dedicating to Aunt K.K. (FiiiSH Liiipppssss!!)

Just in case anyone wants to know the girls worked on a "catch and release" basis!

Thanks Uncle Paul, Grandad and Daddy for helping the girls have such a good day fishing!

Lindsay decided she was much more about the worms this trip and wanted to bring them all home as pets! Thank you Daddy for not letting that happen! Mommy is not about the worms EVER!!

The girls on their ride back to the campground.

Brooke has her arm raised in the ride, thanks for the fun ride Uncle Paul!!

3/17/2012 Camping at Red Top Mountain State Park

Brookie's shirt says "Everybody Loves An Irish Girl" and she looks like she KNOWS it right here!
Brooke, Lindsay & Mommy on the wagon ride to the Iron Mines.

The Bresnan 4 Daddy, Brooke, Lindsay & Mommy. Lindsay lost her 3rd tooth the day before and I think the funny face she is making is her putting her tongue into the new hole in her mouth! Heh! heh!

Ranger Marcus telling us his lesson about the history of the Iron Mines.

The girls with Ranger Marcus it was so funny, Brooke was REALLY into him!

Brooke poses for Daddy on the wagon ride!

The Iron Hill Trail was where we met the wagon for the ride and educational experience.

Lindsay showing off her lost tooth! She actually pulled the tooth out herself on 3/16/2012!

We were so shocked she actually did it! There was much DRAMA surrounding it. We finally told her that Grandad would pull it for her when she sees him at the camp site. Once she did we told her she would have to call her cousin Derek and brag about the fact that she was brave enough to pull her own tooth!!

Lindsay found herself a four leaf clover and could not be happier!

Lindsay making a wish on her four leaf clover.

Lindsay and daddy working on her Scratch Block Mold to eventually turn it in to a cast iron work of art to take home.

Lindsay and Dad work well together, while Grandmama and Brooke work on hers.

Brooke loves getting to do art work!!

Grandmama watches Brooke work on her Scratch Block.

Mike and Lindsay doing a great job, they only had one hour to work on it before they were going to heat up the furnace and get ready to pour iron in the molds.

Brooke seems to have left Grandmama to do the major work for her. Brooke has now fluttered off to spend time wiping down the tables.

Brooke cleaning the black dust off the tables and I catch her sassy pose!! :)p

Both girls making progress with thier art partners and Grandad sits in the background.

Brooke's Masterpiece! (you have to write the letters and numbers backwards so they will be forward after the Iron Pour.)

Lindsay's Masterpiece! She decided to include a shamrock on hers since it was St. Patrick's Day, her initials and the year so she will always know what year she made it.

Brooke holding a purple rock at the demonstration so she could feel how heavy it was.

Awww...giving some lovin' to Grandmama!

"RANGER Lindsay!" LOL!!

The "cupola Iron Furnace" named Maryanne will eventually heat iron up to 3,000 degrees and they will pour the molten lava from the furnace into all of the scratch blocks.

Once the furnace is close to the right temperature it starts spitting out sparks and flame sort of like fireworks. The girls really enjoyed this part.

Now the furnace is ready it is "white hot".

An example of a piece of Iron Ore.

We had a great day and the artwork came out great. Lindsay is going to bring her cast iron mold to school on Friday for show and tell. Her teacher thought that would be the best day to do it since they always have a "Fun Friday" event. I will have Mike take a photo of both girls with their finished pieces tomorrow and put them up on the blog after I get the rest of the photos from the weekend up.

We hope everyone had a great St. Paddy's Day and a special Happy Birthday to Aunt Patti!!

Love,

Mike, Chris, Lindsay and Brooke