It's conference weekend...
time for camping!
With this beautiful scenery,
fresh air, trees to climb,
endless trails,
friends to chat with and
a lake as a backdrop...
we had a great time!!
Shhhh...Larry's taking a moment of peace.
I think this was the only time he sat down!!
Keira found the one trouble spot.
The remnants of the water spicket.
She enjoyed dipping her foot in it
whenever mom wasn't looking.
This specific tree gave the monkeys...
I mean "kids"... loads of entertainment.
It was bent over and would bend
like a rubber band.
Ben took full advantage of the dirt,
sticks, pine needles, bugs and
friends to run around the camp with.
This little beauty was in "boyfriend" heaven.
Her male BFF, Mason, was there and
she couldn't get enough of his attention.
The temperature was great.
We had 70 during the day and 45 at night.
It was picture perfect.
There was a fabulous trail that followed along
the waters edge.
The one thing about camping that
we all enjoy is letting go.
No more "hushing" telling the kids to
be quiet, no more keeping them clean
and plenty of reasons to have
s'mores for every meal.
We came across many spots
for fishing and boating.
Next time we'll be prepared to add
for a few more fun activities
to our schedule!!
And finding the "perfect" stick
for walking. waking plants,
poking bugs and playing
"Harry Potter"
was a necessity!
During our fun adventure,
Ben said to us...
"When are we going camping?"
I couldn't help but laugh at his question.
Either he was so used to asking that
for the past week it was just
on repeat in his brain...
or we needed to have a deep
conversation that we WERE camping!!
Dan did great.
He slept, relaxed and went with the flow.
I'm glad we camped now before he
started to crawl!!
Please note:
all of the kids were content with the sand,
but Emma.
Not Emma.
She wanted to swim.
Not just once.
But ALL THE TIME.
Surprised? We weren't.
Poor Keira.
She's been going through
cycles of constipation these past weeks
and was not enjoying having
to endure it's effects.
28 hours later,
it's time to pack it all back up.
If only you could zoom in and
see the dirt that is crusted on these guys.
They were still in their pj's
and covered in nastiness from
head to toe.
Which was our plan.
We figured we'd let them soak up the fun
for as long as possible and just before leaving
we'd scrub them down for the car ride home.
But HARK!
What is that noise?
What is that noise?
It sounds like an occasional popping
noise is coming from that direction.
Is it another family of raccoons to
sniff around our tents?
Nope, it's day time silly and they're asleep.
Is it our friend Camille popping her
hubby on the nose for playing a trick on her?
Nope, because it was really mommy who did it.
What is that noise?
It's a tree.
A big tree.
Randomly popping!
And cracking.
And cracking.
Until at 8 am it decided to fall over.
All on it's own.
We were so shocked,
all we could do is watch it.
Thankfully it fell the opposite direction of our
tents and car parked only a few feet away.
Now that was an amazing camping trip!!
3 comments:
Looks like tons of fun!
isn't it amazing how loud those falling trees sound? We camped for a few days a few years ago with wind raging the whole time. Every night we could hear them going down . . the first morning Jon went all around our camp to make sure there were none near us that would come down.
Oh and then there was the love sick bull elk bugling every night. Now that was a treat along with the crashing trees!
What a gorgeous place to camp. The lake, the trees' the GREEN! (I need to get my self outa the desert).
And what the heck random tree falling! How crazy is that?! Glad you all were safe!
I'm impressed that you went camping with a newborn! Camping is such a chore, it's amazing how much stuff you have to pack. It looks beautiful out there! Crazy tree.
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