Last weekend we had a plan to go camping at Ben's aunt and uncle's house up in Springbrook,WI (close to Hayward). We were going to leave Saturday afternoon and return Monday afternoon. Well the weekend didn't go quite as planned. It all started at 5:00 Saturday morning with Connor throwing up a couple of times. Then later in the morning he also got the diarrhea. He was acting fine and didn't have a temperature so we didn't change our plans. We packed during the afternoon and then we were just waiting until 5:00 when Sarah, Dane's girlfriend, got off of work so we could all ride together. At about 1:00 Sarah called Dane and told him that her car had got stolen at work! Bummer. So she decided she wasn't going to go with. So Dane came over and we were on the way. Normally, a drive to Springbrook would take a little less than 2 hours and shouldn't need any stops. However, since Connor had the runs, we had to stop at least 3 times. And it really sucks when you encounter a gas station that doesn't have a changing table in the bathroom so you end up changing the poor kids yucky diaper in the van. Yuck! We finally got there and had some time to have fun. There were so many kids and dogs for Connor to play with, he did have a blast. Especially on the 4wheelers. He had to test out every single one of them. Grandma Sandy took him for a horseback ride and he thought he was the coolest boy in the world, and then she also took him for a ride on the 4 wheeler. Then it came time for bed, he fell asleep in my arms in the rocking chair and we moved him into the tent. All was going well until he woke up screaming because he had to poop but didn't want to do it in the tent. So out of the tent we went, waking up everybody else in their tents. Now this poor kid has had so many BM's in the last 24 hours that his butt is just raw and we forgot diaper cream, or as the kids would all call it, Butt cream. I don't think any of us got any sleep that night, except Dane, who was passed out in our tent and slept through all the screaming. Finally morning came and we were going to stay all day and night again, but then around noon the rain came and the storm came, and we just decided it was enough. We packed up and left and stopped at Wal Mart on the way home to get some Butt Cream. All in all, the weekend wasn't too bad and Connor was fine the next day with the help of some Butt Cream.
