General Butler Summer 2012

Each time I drive into Carrolton, past the campground, up the hill, past the golf course and into the lodge parking lot, I remember.  All the years we came with Clyde when he first started at KU.  Jason was a toddler, Becky an infant.  We stayed in the cabins at first.  They grew and played at the playground there, rode bikes around the campground.  Grew more, we moved up the hill to the lodge.  There it was....the swimming pool.  At that time, with a diving board:) 
These days, new pool, no diving board.  Same good meals in the dining room.  Same activity after dinner.  Walking the road hunting for golf balls and looking for deer. One big difference.....different kids.  Clyde (Pap) is still working ten hr. days and we are lounging in the pool during the day, waiting for his truck (years ago it was BIG and red).  Now it is a utility truck, white. 
Tonight it was lodge eating.  The boys were hungry and ate very well.  We also love "Our Best" over in Henry Co.  It is great.....big pies!  We also love Hometown Pizza....that's about all the nights we have:)  Tonight we came up lucky in our hunt.  Austin found four golf balls and Matthew found three.  One of Matthew's had a UK blue paw print on it:)  Then they saw several deer, fairly close (well, not too close, but kind of!)  Here are a few pics:

This was when they were still looking.....course we teach them about caring for the greens (stay off short grass)....cause Kimmie would want them to have good golf etiquette. 

Austin found one all by himself in the bushes....hope that's all he found.

Look this is my cool UK one:)

Fun in the pool:)

Tomorrow will be much of the same.  We will start the day, while it's cool, down the hill at the playground.  Then we'll get some lunch (most likely Subway) and go up the hill to the pool.  Then some quite time (ha) and wait til pap gets home later.  Then pool time with pap, supper, walk, bed.  Tonight I read Austin's Children's Bible (love it) to them.  So easy to understand.  Then they watched Reds baseball and now all is quiet.  That's what I need to be doing before they are awake too soon!  Night all.