The Froehle's: Pomme de Terre Lake......and the flu

We spent the weekend at the Sweetman's cabin near Elbow Lake on Pomme de Terre Lake. It was 6 adults, 8 kids, no AC, HOT HOT heat, kids who didn't want to nap.....and the flu for the Froehle's! We definitely need a vacation after that vacation! :)

We arrived on Friday evening and Bishop was all excited to get in the water! The beachfront was a rockwall, so we had to be careful....he climbed up and down the ladder in and out of the water a ton of times. He was all fired up to be at the lake!

The Steffen's joined us later that night and it got to be a late night for the kids. Nora was the first one asleep at 9 and I think Bishop was up til 10:30 or maybe even later. We camped, which Bishop loved, but it made it hard to get him to go down.

Saturday we woke up, had breakfast and hung around the cabin for a bit. Bishop had some diarrhea and didn't want to eat or drink anything. He wasn't acting himself and I was worried about dehydration because it was so hot. Come to find out...he had the stomach flu and wasn't feeling well!! Poor guy!

We rented a pontoon and took a ride to the beach, which was a little less stressful. Bishop loved playing in the sand and just hanging out in the water. Nora enjoyed cooling off a bit too! We packed sandwiches for lunch and had them on the beach. We went back to the cabin to attempt some naps...with no luck!! Now we have 8 kids who are extremely tired and hot on our hands! Yikes! :)

Bishop turned the corner later in the afternoon and started drinking and eating and acting more like himself. Thankgoodness!

We were all committed to having our kids in bed earlier and I think Bishop was asleep by 9 this night and Nora was the one who was up til almost 10!

Around 1:30 in the morning I woke up with stomach pains and I did not feel good at all! We were sleeping in the tent and Luke told me to go inside.....I just barely made it....just in time for the stomach flu to keep me up for the rest of the night! Thankfully there was a bed open next to the bathroom, so I had Nora with me, in the event she woke up to eat (of course, she slept til 5). I was miserable!!! I HATE the stomach flu and not being at home makes it that much worse.

We packed up on Sunday morning and were on the road by 8:30. My mom came to help us out that afternoon and by Monday night Luke had gotten the bug, along with Molly, Matt and Margaret (Matt's 18 month old). I haven't heard of anyone else who we've infected, except my mom is now struggling with it! I feel horrible! I'm sorry everyone!

The bug came from Bishop's school, as a bunch of teachers were sick over the weekend too! So far Nora hasn't gotten it and hopefully she doesn't!