Letters #11-16 To my long lost husband and oldest child

     Boyd and Amelia went for a week long camping trip.  (No this picture is not from the trip--it's from the hike we did 2 days before their trip.)  I thought it would be fun for them to be met with some letter love when their adventure was over.  I've been sending them letters (3 each) care of Grandpa and Grandma Bartlett--Boyd and Amelia (and everyone else who went on the trip) slept there one night before beginning their backpacking journey.  Now I'm just hoping they stop at Grandpa and Grandma's again on their way out.  It's going to be a bit of a downer if they don't and G and G end up just forwarding those letters home.  That wouldn't be as much fun at all.  Cross your fingers that all the letters make it to Grandma and Grandpas' house before the campers stop in Tridell.  If they stop at all...

Letter #9--Dear Amelia

Oh we had a doozy of a morning.  I felt so bad sending my sad and upset oldest girl to school today.  And to top it off, even though she had set out her school library books the night before, there they were, still sitting on the ottoman.  Now, bad things were going to be happening for Amelia at school too.  I wanted to be a rescue hero mom and run the books over to her, but we were loaning the truck to a neighbor so Boyd had the van--no car seats.  (Why didn't we all walk over?  I don't remember.)

Then I had a bit of luck.  The neighbor taking the truck ended up running late, so when she called, I asked if she could run the books over to the school.  She said she could, so I tucked an I love you letter into the bag with the books.  This at least made me feel a little better.  I think it made Amelia feel a little better too.